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Autodesk
Status Gathering support
Product InfoWorks ICM
Categories API / Exchange
Created by Anthony Andrews
Created on Oct 12, 2025

Enable Exchange Ruby method for carrying out spatial analysis in Workgroup Products

SQL tool in InfoAsset Manager enables users to perform spatial analysis of a variety of types using a selection of layer types. This is an extremely important and useful analytics tool which avoids the need for a user to export data out of InfoAsset Manager into a GIS to then use the GIS to perform analysis. See https://help.autodesk.com/view/INFOAMAN/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-9805FF67-F5D4-4745-B128-56ED07E58EEF for details. Data layers include:

• Network layer: object layer in the current network

• Background layer: network layer of network opened as a background network in the GeoPlan

• GIS layer: GIS background layer displayed behind the network in the GeoPlan

• Spatial rain layer: the rainfall radar cells used in the simulation, the results of which are displayed in the GeoPlan

The spatial queries available are: Cross, Inside, Contains, Distance and nearest. This is a big capability gap in our Exchange offering and will be an obstacle to the use of the Workgroup products for users who want to build applications on top of our data.


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    Samer Muhandes
    Nov 26, 2025

    Thank you for the suggestion and thanks to those who voted. This is a great idea, and I will progress this to "Gathering Support" so we can gauge the interest from the wider ICM community.

    In the meantime, have you considered triggering spatial SQLs using Ruby?