ref: https://communities.bentley.com/products/hydraulics___hydrology/f/haestad-hydraulics-and-hydrology-forum/147484/drainage-design-options
I am looking for a summary of products that Bentley offers on design of drainage systems. I have been searching but find nothing that tells me about the computational differences and workflow for designing with GEOPAK Drainage, InRoads S&S, Civil Storm, StormCAD, etc.
Any help or direction would be appreciated.
Hi
What kind of drainage projects are you intending to do ? There are several products for different types of work. The Civil products generally have a drainage option ofr modelling storm wate drainage for highway networks etc, and the Haested products are designed for other types of work.
If you can give me some ideas, I will be able to suggest the best way forward.
Simon Pegg
Bentley Civil Support
Thanks Simon
They are mostly road projects, so I am aware (but have not yet used) drainage analysis options in Geopak and Inroads, not using OpenRoads yet). I am looking for more technical information about modeling techniques within and in comparison to something like StormCAD (ie computational engine and methods). I am familiar with the standalone modeling products StormCAD and CivilStorm. Based on some further reading/responses, it sounds like the engine in the drainage packages with Geopak and InRoads are maybe more simplistic hydraulically than in StormCAD/CivilStorm.
Couple other questions
1. I have read about StormCAD integrated into Microstation. When was this available? Assuming its better hydraulics, this makes the other drainage design routines obsolete???
2. If I use StormCad (standalone) and need to get the info into Microstation (construction docs) is this coming into through Geopak/Inroads?