Tile-drainage planning software
A Windows desktop planner for farmers who install their own tile. Turn an elevation survey into a routed, depth-checked, pipe-sized drainage plan — no consultant required.
Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit · one-time purchase
How it works
Three steps from a raw elevation survey to tile lines your contractor can install.
Download LiDAR elevation for your field in Ag Leader SMS, export it, and open it in DryAcre. It builds a color-relief surface and draws contours automatically.
Watershed analysis finds the flow paths, catchments, and the field-edge outlets where water actually leaves your ground.
Auto-route mains up the flow paths, add laterals, let the depth router keep every run on grade, size the pipe, and export.
See it in action
DryAcre turns raw LiDAR into a readable picture of how water moves — then lets you route and depth-check tile right on top of it.
What's inside
Purpose-built for the farmer doing the work — not a general-purpose GIS package.
Imports LiDAR elevation exported from Ag Leader SMS and interpolates it into a smooth terrain grid with a hypsometric color ramp and configurable contours.
Fills sinks, traces flow accumulation, and delineates the catchments and outlets that drive where tile should run.
Traces the main stem upstream from each outlet to the channel head and lays a mainline that follows the field's natural drainage.
Draw laterals with live length, bearing, and spacing read-outs, then parallel-duplicate them across the field with a keystroke.
Holds minimum slope, targets your preferred depth, looks ahead through flats and dips, and flags any run that can't gravity-drain.
Manning full-flow capacity against your own product catalog, stepping diameter down along collectors and warning on undersized reaches.
See surface, tile invert, and the depth band for any run. Hover to probe elevation and depth anywhere along the line.
Write tile lines to Shapefile, KML, or GeoJSON — with tile IDs, inverts, lengths, and pipe sizes — ready for a GPS or contractor.
50-deep undo/redo and a self-contained project file. Reopen your whole plan — surface and all — without re-running anything.
Pricing
A perpetual license — no subscription. Your first year of updates is included; renew maintenance only if you want the newest builds.
Per user. Includes 12 months of updates & maintenance.
Installer + license key emailed instantly · free trial before you buy
Try before you buy
Install DryAcre on Windows and run it against your own field. When you're ready, drop in a license key to unlock — no reinstall.
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · single-file installer · we'll email your download link.
FAQ
No. DryAcre is a one-time purchase — a perpetual license. Your purchase includes 12 months of updates and maintenance. After that, the software keeps working forever; renewing maintenance only gets you newer builds.
Every update, fix, and new feature released during your maintenance window. You keep perpetual use of any build released while you were covered — even if you never renew.
A 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 PC. DryAcre installs from a single installer and does all its processing locally — no internet connection or account required to use it.
Elevation exported from Ag Leader SMS. Download LiDAR for your field in SMS, export it, and import it into DryAcre — it builds the surface, contours, watersheds, and everything else from those elevation points.
Never. All import, analysis, routing, and export happen on your own machine. Your survey and drainage plans stay on your PC.
Yes. Export finished tile lines to Shapefile, KML, or GeoJSON — carrying tile IDs, inverts, lengths, and pipe sizes — for a GPS guidance system, plow, or contractor.
Yes — download the free trial and run it on your own ground. Everything works during the trial, so you can plan real fields before deciding to buy.
Stop guessing at grade and spacing. Lay out a tile system that follows your field's water — and know it'll flow before you ever open a trench.
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