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DrivewayIQ

Purpose-built for Australian residential design

Design residential driveways with confidence.

DrivewayIQ makes design, gradients, transitions and vehicle clearance easier to understand, navigate, and document — all in one easy-to-use visual workspace.

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South-East QLD15+ years12+ months

Short and steep - 1:4 at its steepest
COMPLIANTCLEARS
10111213RL1,2501:20Kerb Zone1,5001:40Footpath1,5001:12Verge1,0001:54,0001:41,0001:8RL 9.78RL 9.84RL 9.88RL 10.00RL 10.20RL 11.20RL 11.32KERBBOUNDARYGARAGE4,2506,0002251,260100GARAGE SLAB RL 11.36PLATFORM RL 11.2618031185Underbody 31 mmTRUE SCALE · H = V

Analysing

Toyota RAV4 2024

6.84 m

Lowest Clearance

+31 mm

How we source vehicle data →

An innovative workflow

Save time, money and headaches

  1. Designa best-fit profileInstantly trial thousands of profiles, to find yours at the click of a button
  2. Reviewevery transition as you drawSelectable compliance pack bundles to ensure your design stays within the rules
  3. Simulate1,116 real vehicles100 models across 28 makes, 2010 to 2026, measured and scaled using real published data
  4. Exportto CAD and imageDWG, DXF, PDF, JPG and more — your way, with customisable templates
Designed, built, and tested against

Built on a strong foundation of technical knowledge and compliance, DrivewayIQ draws on current Australian Standards, state-based planning and design requirements, published SAE International approach, departure and breakover angle principles, extensive industry design guidance, and published real-world vehicle specifications and data.

  • AS 2890.1
  • AS 2870
  • QDC NMP 1.1
  • Local Council Regulations
  • SA Planning & Design Code
  • ACT MIS 07
  • SAE J689
  • SAE J1100
  • ISO 612:1978

The best-fit designer

Thousands of layouts tried. One best fit.

Enter your levels and the designer tries thousands of driveway layouts against the rule pack you choose, ranks the ones that pass for comfort, and draws the best one at true scale, ready to check and export.

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The vehicle library

Every body type, 1,116 vehicles

From a city hatch to a dual-cab ute, pick your client’s make and model and run it over the driveway you drew. Every body type is in the library, at its published length, wheelbase and height.

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Micro Hatch

e.g. Kia Picanto 2016 · 11 in the library

0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m1 m2 m14°25°5972,9973,5951,485141
Width
1,595 mm
Clearance
141 mm
Approach
14°
Departure
25°

The export

Export from Model space to CAD

The profile leaves as real CAD — a DXF on proper layers, at the scale you set, not a picture of a drawing. Font, lineweights, dimension ticks and slab hatching are set the way your office drafts, and saved as a template they carry into every driveway after it.

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The driveway profile as the DrivewayIQ workspace draws it
The same profile exported as a CAD drawing
In the appExported
One driveway, both ways — 8.5 m fall, kerb to garage. Drag the handle, or focus it and use the arrow keys.

Screen to site

From the profile on screen to the driveway on site

Concrete is only poured once. So everything on a DrivewayIQ profile is a figure somebody can set out — not a line to be scaled off a sketch.

Example 1 · steep climbIn the app
A DrivewayIQ long section: a driveway that rises 1239 mm over 8 m from the boundary to the garage, lettered with the RL at each change of grade, the zone lengths and gradients, garage slab RL 11.274 and platform RL 10.960.
Boundary RL
10.00
Slab RL
11.274
Rise
1,239 mm
Steepest
1:4.5
A new exposed-aggregate driveway climbing steeply from the kerb to a double garage
On site
Illustrative photo

Check it against the rule pack you picked, drive the owner’s vehicle over it, then export that same profile to DXF, DWG or PDF at your sheet scale. The section on the builder’s set is the one you checked — not a redraw.

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DrivewayIQ works from the levels you enter. It doesn’t survey the site or set out the pour.

Who it's for

Built for the people who draw, build and review driveways

For Building Designers

Find the slab levels the block can actually reach before you fix one.

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For Drafters

DXF on named layers at your sheet scale, styled to a saved preset.

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For Residential Builders

Find out where the owner's vehicle grounds before the concrete goes down.

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For Certifiers

See which rule pack a profile was checked against, named and versioned.

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More confidence before construction begins.

Explore the driveway, check the vehicle and produce the drawing while the design is still easy to change.

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  • 1,116 vehicles

    Wheelbase and overhangs close to the published overall length, to the millimetre.

  • 9 rule packs

    Every result names the rules it was checked against, and which version.

  • SAE J689

    Approach and departure angles checked for consistency with its definitions.

  • DWG, re-read

    Every DWG is opened and checked before download. One that fails is refused, not sent.

Resources

Driveway rules, in plain English

Guides to gradients, transitions and council requirements, Queensland first.

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Compliance · 5 min read · 18 Aug 2026

AS/NZS 2890.1 for Residential Driveways, in Plain English

Approval conditions name it, it costs money to read, and its gradient figures are copyright. What the standard covers, when it governs, and how to get hold of a copy.

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Council Requirements · 6 min read

Residential Driveway Gradients in Queensland: A Complete Guide

Homeowner Guides · 2 min read

How Steep Can a Driveway Be?

Homeowner Guides · 2 min read

Why Your Car Scrapes at the Bottom of the Driveway

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