Wallingford Software What’s New in InfoWorks CS v9.0 Andrew Walker Wallingford Software

What’s New in CS v9.0 Enhancement to Trade / Waste Water Profiles In previous versions of InfoWorks it was only possible to specify wastewater and trade waste calibration profiles for weekdays and weekends. Improvements have been made to the Wastewater Profile Editor allowing specific 'day of the week' calibration profiles to be specified for each trade / waste water profile. Australian Rainfall Generator The Australian Rainfall Generator model is based on a set of accurate, consistent intensity- frequency-duration (IFD) design rainfall data that has been derived for the whole of Australia. Displaying Web Map Service Images on the GeoPlan It is now possible to load a Web Map Service (WMS) image into the GeoPlan View as a background layer. You should note that this functionality is only available when using the ArcObjects Map Control. Integration with Google™ Earth An InfoWorks CS network can be viewed as an overlay in Google™ Earth, showing the objects' location on the aerial photography. It is now possible, from within InfoWorks, to save the active network from the current GeoPlan view as a KMZ file for export to Google™ Earth.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Integration with Google™ Earth It is now possible, from within InfoWorks, to save the active network from the current GeoPlan view as a KMZ file for export to Google™ Earth.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Enhancements to 2D Functionality The following enhancements have been made to the 2D modelling functionality:- New Porous Wall Object A new object has been introduced for use in 2D modelling. The Porous Wall is a new line object which allows height and permeability to be defined. Improvement to 2D Mesh Generation A new 'Exclude roughness polygon boundary when creating 2D Mesh' option has been added to the Roughness Polygon object. If this option is selected, the roughness polygon boundary is not used as a break line during 2D mesh generation. This functionality is of use when inclusion of the polygon boundary would result in the creation of a very high density of small mesh elements. When the exclude option is used, the boundary of the roughness polygon is ignored when creating a 2D mesh. The roughness of the roughness polygon is assigned to the mesh elements that have their centroid within the roughness polygon. Name Field for Point Selection Points A name field has been added to Point Selection Points allowing points to be distinguished more easily. The specification of a name when creating a point is optional. Flood Contour Mapping for the Display of 2D Results The display of 2D results using themes has been improved to allow flood contours to be displayed in addition to the 2D triangles theme.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Numeric Summary Results for 2D Results It is now possible to view numeric summary results for individual 2D elements. When using the 2D Mesh Element Pick tool on a GeoPlan view displaying simulation results, a new Summary Results button becomes available on the 2D Polygon Mesh Element Properties Dialog. Click this button to display the Summary Results for 2D Polygon Dialog, which lists minimum and maximum values and ground elevation for the selected 2D element.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Derived Results for 2D Mesh Elements The following derived results attributes can now be viewed for 2D Mesh Elements: · Elevation · Froude Number · Unit Flow These attributes can be viewed on the Time Varying Results Grid or Graph and exported to CSV file.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Import of Flow Survey Data from CSV Format In previous versions of InfoWorks, it was possible to import flow survey data from CSV files in a specific flow survey data format. It is now possible to import flow survey data from CSV files in general. New Flag Fields The ability to flag the following fields has been added: · Node fields: Node ID, Asset ID, Node Type · Link fields: US Node ID, DS Node ID, Asset ID · Subcatchment fields: Subcatchment ID, Node ID These flags can be used as an indicator of assumptions made by the modeller when building the network (regarding connectivity, for example). Saving Ground Infiltration Conditions as a State Ground Infiltration conditions are now saved when saving the final state at the end of a simulation. (In previous versions of InfoWorks, the Ground Infiltration conditions were not saved to the state file). Ability to Query on Upstream and Downstream Links Fields An object can now be selected or updated by carrying out a query on that object's upstream and downstream links. Upstream and downstream link fields can be selected from the Field dropdown list in the SQL Dialog and take the form us_links. and ds_links..

What’s New in CS v9.0 Enhancement to Simulation Replay in 3D Terrain View Themes on the network are now updated in the 3D Terrain View when the simulation time changes. This functionality is of particular use when viewing flooding themes (2D Triangles and Flood contour themes).

What’s New in CS v9.0 RTC Scenario Editing Improvements The following improvements have been made to the RTC Scenario functionality: - Editing Improvements via the Tree View Ability to Copy and Paste a Regulator - In previous versions of InfoWorks, pasting a regulator to the RTC Scenario with an existing regulator of the same ID, resulted in the replacement of the existing regulator. It is now possible to paste a copy of a regulator with the same ID to a RTC Scenario. The name of the copied regulator will be appended with a '!'. Multiple Selections - In previous versions of InfoWorks, it was only possible to select one regulator or dependent at a time from the tree view of the RTC Window. It is now possible to make multiple selections by holding down the SHIFT or CTRL keys while making a selection from the tree view. This allows multiple regulators or dependents to be copied and pasted or removed in one action. Save All Button - A new ‘Save All’ button has been added to the RTC Scenario Window, allowing changes to be saved without the need to close the window. RTC Grid Editor A new grid editor has been introduced. The grid allows insertion of rows and supports cut, copy and paste functionality. The RTC grid is activated by right-clicking in white-space on the RTC tree view and selecting the Open RTC Grid Editor option from the popup menu.

What’s New in CS v9.0 RTC Grid Editor A new grid editor has been introduced. The grid allows insertion of rows and supports cut, copy and paste functionality. The RTC grid is activated by right-clicking in white-space on the RTC tree view and selecting the Open RTC Grid Editor option from the popup menu.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Pick Graph & Graph Selected Objects tools It is now possible to move to a different simulation time directly on graphs generated by the Pick Graph tool and the Graph Selected Objects tool. The red time line (showing the current time of the simulation on the graph and mirroring the current time of the simulation on the GeoPlan) can be dragged and dropped on the graph to the desired simulation time. The simulation date & time will be updated accordingly on the GeoPlan. Enhancements to the use of SQL in InfoWorks New SQL Keywords - New SQL keywords have been added which provide greater flexibility by allowing different object types to be searched or updated in the same query. The SELECT FROM / DESELECT FROM keywords allow selection / de-selection of objects of a specified object type. The UPDATE keyword allows the value of one or more parameters to be set for objects of a specified type. The SELECT ALL / SELECT SELECTED keywords apply a query to all objects / only those objects that are currently selected. The CLEAR SELECTION keyword is used to clear the current selection of objects. New SQL Functions - NOW(), yearpart, monthpart and daypart are new SQL functions that have been added in order to provide the user with means of writing queries to determine the time between two events for a given object type. NOW() is a function without any parameter defining the present. This function looks at the current date and time of the computer, so that SQL queries with NOW are always current. Yearpart, monthpart and daypart work on date fields and string fields which are formatted as dates.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Enhancements to Tool Tips It is now possible to use and customise tool tips to display information about an object on the GeoPlan when the cursor is hovered over it. The fields to be displayed as tool tips can be set up per object type, in the same way as long labels. Two new options can be found in the Labels tab of the GeoPlan Properties dialog. These options are two new check boxes, one allowing the user to use the selected label fields as tool tips and the other to make the tool tip interactive (i.e. so that the user can browse different objects and expand / collapse the list of displayed fields for each of them).

What’s New in CS v9.0 Support Contract Expiry Notice A warning message can now be displayed when a dongle is nearing its expiration date. Periodic warnings will be displayed when the application is started if the dongle is within one month of its expiry date. The display of these warning messages can be turned on and off using the new Dongle expiry date reminder option on the General Page of the Options Dialog.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Network Templates The user now has the possibility of specifying a database and a network that will be used as templates for newly created networks. Any new network that is subsequently created based on one of these templates will automatically inherit default values. Parameters include any object created, simulation parameters, user defined defaults and water quality parameters. This allows the user to carry over some values from one network (the template) to another (new) network.

What’s New in CS v9.0 Improvement to Find GIS Object Tool In previous versions of InfoWorks, searches could only be made on text fields. In this version, the functionality has been extended to include the ability to search on numerical fields. Improvement to Log Results Summary information regarding objects causing timestep halvings is now output to the Log Results file when using the Timestep Log option from the Run Diagnostics Dialog. Records of each node and link, (for flow and for depth), that caused a timestep halving and the number of timestep halvings caused by each object are output to the log file at the end of the initialisation and simulation phases. This information is intended to aid investigation of model convergence problems.

Wallingford Software What’s New in InfoWorks CS v9.0 Andrew Walker Wallingford Software