FLOOD Manager

v8.00.20

New Features:
– [METADATA] – Added ability to bulk process metadata key/value pairs
– [MIKE URBAN] – Added support for MIKE URBAN results
– [SURFACE PYRAMIDS] – Added support for building pyramids for gridded (wrr) layers using infinite grid
– [GeoPDF] – Added support for displaying GeoPDF (and standard PDF) as background image layers
Refinements:
– [ADVANCED SEARCH] – Added ability to select ALL/NONE
– [ADVANCED SEARCH] – WHERE added automatically on first click in row
– [MIKE CONVERSION] – Standardised conversion form
– [MIKE FLEXI MESH] – Added ability to automatically stretch DFSU water surfaces to ensure wet edge is fully defined
– [LINKSWIN – DOUBLE CLICK GRID CELL] – Added ability to save as Excel XLSX (in addition to CSV)
– [PROGRESS BARS] – Added estimated completion time for some processing tasks
– [KEYPOINTS] – Added ability to select field to use for keypoints from toolbar
– [FILTERING TINs] – Filtering now carried out at centroid of triangle. If criteria is met, the entire triangle is retained. This provides a match to finite volume modelling.
– [CLEANING TINs] – Added flexibility to allow cleaning criteria to be tested for: triangle centroids, any triangle nodal values, or all triangle nodal values
– [AUTO LINKED FILES] – Set default links window tab to first linked file
– [TUFLOW CONVERSION] – When merging 1D/2D by mapping 1D onto 2D, added option to control if 2D terrain should be updated using 1D elevations
Bug Fixes:
– [MIKE21 DFSU CONVERSION] – Fixed tolerance for ground elevations set to precisely 0.0 being flagged as DELVAL
– [GIS-SURFACE INTEGRATION] – Fixed DELVAL bug when integrating GIS points against a water surface
– [TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Fixed “map 1D onto 2D” if MESHPARTS used and not all parts selected in conversion
– [FORECAST SETUP] – Fixed bug in saving surface list if ARI’s not specified and some surfaces not selected
– [COMPOSITE LAYERS] – Fixed display of overlapping portions when using translucency
– [COMPOSITE LAYERS] – Fixed display of all values at a location
– [MAPPING TO EXTREMELY LARGE DEMS] – Fixed integer overflow error
– [RELOCATE LAYERS] – Fixed relocation of MIF/MID layers
– [MAXMIN SECTION OF CFG] – Fixed non-update of CFG MINMAX section
– [OVER AND UNDER RANGE COLOURS] – Fixed saving of over and under colours
– [PRINTING] – Fixed access violation

v8.00.12

New Features:

[ADD/REMOVE LAYERS FROM MULTIPLE VIEWS] – Added ability to add/remove layers from multiple views
[ADJUST PEAK WATER LEVELS] – Added ability to specify minimum or maximum value within polygon
[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Added ability to integrate property GIS layer with any other GIS layer
[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Added ability to extract field information from SQL database

Refinements:

[PROPERTY PHOTOS SETUP] – Added ability to search for properties
[PROPERTY PHOTOS SETUP] – Added ability to update photo for current property
[GIS-SURFACE INTEGRATION] – Added ability to limit processing of GIS objects within a layer to a polygon specified in a separate layer
[PDF HELP] – Added PDF help to help menu
[KEYPOINTS] – Added access to key points in Viewer
[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Enhanced dealing with collection of metadata from WRC layers
[BATCH EXPORT VIEW] – Added ability to reset extents for each view to defaults during batch exporting
[BATCH EXPORT VIEW] – Added full tree-path to each view for batch image exporting

Bug Fixes:

[COPY/PASTE VIEWS] – Tree node being copied is now sticky, overcoming “intermediate left click” issue.
[COPY/PASTE VIEWS] – Fixed “Paste View to Base” sometimes pasting the entire branch
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Fixed creation of *.wrc files if TUFLOW results using MESHPARTS
[ADVANCED SEARCH] – Fixed linking to quick search tool
[GIS-SURFACE INTEGRATION] – Fixed limiting processing to visible objects if specified
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Fixed processing of GIS-Surface integration where a surface is selected directly from the library
[GDAL IMAGERY] – Fixed display of single band imagery with invalid internal min/max value bounds
[BATCH EXPORT VIEWS] – Fixed ID mismatch for default view export
[RELOCATE LAYERS] – Fixed display of layers
[LINK TO GAUGE LEVEL] – Fixed execution of tool
[COMPOSITE FILES] – Fixed access violation error in adding layers using the browse button
[EXPORT RASTER GRID] – Fixed integer rounding of lower left coordinates

v8.00.6

New Features:

[DRAG DROP MAP WINDOW] – Added ability to drag files directly onto the map window to add to current view

Refinements:

[DFSU BATCH CONVERSION] – Only prompts once for output timestep size
[BATCH IMAGE EXPORT] – Added ability to batch export view images
[WEB MAP SERVICE] – Added support for specifying background colour in transparent PNG’s
[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Added ability to save as PDF instead/as well as Word DOC format (Word 2010 or later – Word 2007 requires Microsft Plugin)
[TUFLOW PIPES] – Added support for Shapefiles and TAB files to pipe network layout GIS layer.

Bug Fixes:

[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Fixed handling commas in user entered text
[ECW TRANSPARENCY] – Fixed identification of transparency in ECW images
[GDAL LAYERS] – Fixed non-display of highlight field when different to active field
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed conversion when non-standard result order encountered
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed surface value where water level below ground and using PLANNING_LEVEL
[WEB MAP SERVICES] – Fixed issue when exporting high resolution screenshots beyond the maximum resolution the WMS can supply

v8.00

New Features:

[MOUSEWHEEL ZOOMING] – In PAN mode (or any other mode and holding SPACEBAR or CTRL), scroll mouse wheel to zoom in/out
[PROPERTY TAGGING] – Added ability to tag a property as flood affected based on hydraulic parameters at/around property
[INFINITE GRID] – Added support for “Infinite Grids”. Disk based caching is employed to facilitate visualisation/interrogation of extremely large grids (up to 1 trillion cells)
[PIPE MODEL RESULTS] – Added generic framework support for interrogating/visualising pipe model outputs including dynamic linking to 2D water surfaces
[PIPE RESULTS – TUFLOW] – Added support for TUFLOW pipe model results
[HYDROLOGY MODEL RESULTS] – Added generic framework support for visualising/interrogating hydrology model results
[HYDROLOGY MODEL – RORB] – Added support for RORB model outputs
[HYDROLOGY MODEL – RAFTS] – Added support for RAFTS model outputs
[HYDROLOGY MODEL – URBS] – Added support for URBS model outputs
[RIVERFLOW 2D RESULTS] – Added support for RiverFlow2D model results
[ISIS 1D/2D RESULTS] – Added support for ISIS 1D/2D model results
[AUTOMATED FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Added ability to incorporate imagery from any view into the certificate
[METSERVICE FORECAST RAINFALL] – Added ability to import MetService (NZ) forecast rainfall time-varying surfaces
[AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY – NOWCAST] – Added ability to import BoM NowCast forecast rainfall time-varying surfaces
[REPORTING] – Added ability to generate CSV reports from GIS layers
[GDAL WMS/WMTS] – Added support for GDAL formatted Map Server XML files
[GDAL v2.1] – Implemented GDAL v2.1
[ADVANCED SEARCH LAYER] – Added support for BOOLEAN searches on GIS and PIPE layers
[SURFACE INTERPOLATION] – Added generic surface interpolation tool
[SURFACE EXTRAPOLATION] – Added generic surface extrapolation tool
[BULK HYDROGRAPH EXTRACTION] – Added a tool for extracting flow hydrographs for X-sects in a GIS layer for multiple water surfaces
[RATING CURVES] – Added a tool for drawing rating curves using mutliple flow hydrographs at a location
[POSTGIS/POSTRGRESQL] – Added support for POSTGIS/PostgreSQL vector GIS layers
[CLEAR “COLOUR” PALETTES”] – Added support for specify clear cells in a colour palette
[GREYSCALE IMAGERY] – Added ability to greyscale file based imagery
[RASTERISE GIS POLYGONS] – Added tool to rasterise polygons in active GIS layer
[ADJUST PEAK WATER LEVEL] – Added tool to adjust peak water level within a polygon(s)
[POSTGIS/POSTGRESQL] – Added support for PostGIS/PostGreSQL database layers
[PEAK FLOW SURFACE] – Added ability to generate a surface of peak flow across the entire surface

Refinements:

[FPM TOOLS] – Restructured menu layout
[GIS TOOLS] – Restructured menu layout
[FLOOD PLANNING SURFACE] – Added ability to batch process multiple files
[TIME BASED QUERIES] – Added ability to batch process multiple files
[PARAMETER QUERIES] – Added ability to batch process multiple files
[INFOWORKS CONVERSION] – Added ability to adjust 1D X-section extents as an interim stage to results conversion
[TIFF IMAGERY] – Added support for alpha channel
[ECW IMAGERY] – Added support for alpha channel
[GRID CONVERSIONS] – Added a single form for batch grid conversion/import
[TAB FILE EDITING] – Added support for editing Mapinfo TAB files
[UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROPERTY COUNTS] – Added ability to use both TAB and SHP files for NRD or MasterMaplayers
[GDAL PATH] – Rationalised GDAL library path for easier future upgrades
[QUICK SEARCH LAYER] – Enhanced search form. Form supports column sorting.
[EXPORT POINTS] – Added ability to export cell/node values as a Vector GIS layer.
[CLEANING DIRECT RAINFALL RESULTS] – Added ability to remove puddles as part of cleaning process
[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Added support for using the water level from a field in the GIS layer
[NULLIFY] – Improved speed of running nullify on many grids
[DIFFERENCES] – Differences now applies to common items in surfaces with different items
[FLOOD FORECASTING – TABLE AND TIME SERIES] – Added ability to run forecast using flows and cross referenced rating curves
[ECW IMAGERY] – Improved display speed
[LOAD/SAVE PROFILE/TIME SERIES POINTS] – Added ability to collect all point values using external GIS layer
[AUTOMATED FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Redesigned setup and processing forms
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Grid routines will use the grid size if a WRR file is being used
[UNIT STREAM POWER/BED SHEAR] – Now strictly calculated using water surface slope
[GAUGE LAYERS] – Changed river level gauge time series plots to continuous lines
[KEYPOINTS] – Added ability to dispay keypoints using any hydraulic parameter previously active parameter only)
[CUSTOM LEGEND] – Added ability to specify “inf” and “-inf” as labels in a custom legend to define “<” or “>” in the legend

Bug Fixes:

[PROJECT TEMPLATES] – Fixed copying of any layer filters
[GAUGE LAYERS] – Fixed Halo text and highlight display
[OBJECT INFO] – Fixed display of Object Information fpr single item surfaces
[TIFF IMAGERY] – Fixed Red/Blue colour band ordering issues in some files
[PROFILE PLOT STACKING] – Fixed “range check error” when stacking many profiles in some circumstances
[GDAL LAYER SEARCHING] – Fixed GDAL layer searching
[FLOW PLOTS] – Fixed navigating to timesteps by clicking on flow plot
[EXPORT VELOCITY VECTORS] – Changed export type to polyline (from polygon)
[LIVE STREAM GAUGE LAYERS] – Fixed display of continuous line (ignore “no value”)
[NULLIFY] – Fixed integer overflow on very large grids
[UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY uFMfSW] – Fixed range check error during conversion of very large datasets
[LOCATION OF MIN/MAX SURFACE VALUE] – Fixed surface value where water level below ground
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed surface value where water level below ground
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Fixed access violation when converting some XMDF results
[IMPORT DXF 3D_FACES] – Fixed occasional error with nodal elevations converting as 0.0
[GDAL LAYERS] – Fixed filtering on numeric fields that contain NULL values

v7.20

New Features:

[UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROPERTY COUNTS] – Added ability to carry out EA property counts
[EXPORT FILTERED GIS LAYER] – Added ability to save the filtered part of the active GIS layer as a new file
[LINK TO GAUGE LEVEL] – Added to tool to GIS-Flood integration to determine the level at a gauge at which the level specified in a field value for a GIS point is reached (eg the gauge level at which various evacuation routes are cut)
[BULK EXPORT PEAK FLOW] – Added tool to export peak flow across multiple X-sections for multiple water surfaces
[PROBABILITY OF INUNDATION] – Added tool to determine probability that a level in a GIS field is exceeded
[GIS FILE: MICROSOFT SQL SPATIAL] – Added support (read only) for direct connection MSSQL SPATIAL vector layer
[GIS FILE: ORACLE SPATIAL] – Added support (read only) for direct connection ORACLE SPATIAL vector layer
[PROJECT TEMPLATES] – Added support for building waterRIDE projects using a template
[SEA LEVEL RISE INTERPOLATION] – Added support for interpolating lower SLR surface

Refinements:

[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Added support for calculating damages using building polygons/polylines
[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Added aupport for using an external field to specify whether damages should be calculated for each property
[UNIT STREAM POWER] – Improved speed of calculation
[SURFACE SMOOTHING] – Improved display of smoothed surface where water level exists “below ground”
[IDENTIFY LOCATION OF MIN/MAX SURFACE VALUES] – Added ability to store the min/max value for the point
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Option to convert TUFLOW outputs to grid (wrr)
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Added support for XMDF format files
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Automatically search for _d.dat files if _h.dat files do not exist
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Enhanced, single form for all TUFLOW conversion (classic and FV)
[COMPOSITE FILES] – Added check for consistent timesteps in a composite water surface
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Enforced strict conversion of dfs2 file depth values to match MIKE Zero (previously, waterRIDE used a depth limit of 0.001m)
[ZOI CREATION] – Enhanced automatic creation of ZoI GIS file to number downstream to upstream
[INFOWORKS CONVERSION] – Improved support for InfoWorks RS/ICM. Now supports binary results exports.
[MULTI-GAUGE INTERPOLATION] – Improved selection of bounding surfaces in multiple buffer zone setups
[LOST PALETTES] – Added ability to relocate palettes if not found during project loading
[SCALED PROPERTY PHOTOS] – Added display of current photos floor and eave levels
[CLEAN MODEL RESULTS] – Added support for multiple WHERE clauses (eg cleaning for [D > 0.1] OR [(D > 0.05) AND (VxD > 0.025)]

Bug Fixes:

[GIS FILE CONVERSION] – Fixed bug converting MapInfo files using DECIMAL fields
[SURFACE SMOOTHING] – ObjectInfo values are now smoothed (matches display)
[UPDATING MAXMIN] – Fixed bug in updating the MAXMIN section of CFG/CFG2 files
[MIKE FLEXI-MESH CONVERSION] – Improved conversion for steep catchments
[MIKE FLEXI-MESH CONVERSION] – Fixed timestep prompt during batch conversion
[SURFACE STRETCHING] – Fixed “Abstract Error” when using limit lines with GDAL based GIS layers
[RANGE CHECK ERROR ON PROJECT LOADING] – Fixed issue opening projects containing GDAL based GIS layers and model results set at non-peak timesteps
[PROJECTION ISSUES WITH EXPORTED VECTOR GIS] – Fixed issue with projections not being set for Export->Surface or Export->Contours
[MANNINGS CALCULATOR] – Fixed “non-update” issue when repeatedly extracting cross sections from DEM
[VELOCITY MAPPING] – Fixed bug in mapping peaks of “DELVAL” velocities
[EXPORT GIS TO CSV] – Fixed range check error if CSV file did not exist
[MIF FILE EDITING] – Fixed range check error when editing a newly created, non-active MIF/MID file
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed range check error where GIS object outside flood surface extent and “Vertex Max” selected
[WATER SURFACE COMPOSITE FILES (*.wrc)] – Fixed animation of profile plots, hazard chart display and flow pot stacking

v7.12

New Features:

[IMAGE OVERVIEWS] – Added ability to create image overviews to improve access to jpg/tiff aerial imagery
[RUBICON CONVERSION] – Added support for conversion of RUBICON models with a 2D framework (*.12da TIN framework)
[GRID CONVERSION] – Added support for FloatGrids (*.flt) to ESRI Grid Conversion menu

Refinements:

[GRID EXPORTS] – Changed default delete value to -9999.9 (from -9999) to fix ESRI rounding all values to integers
[GIS TOOLS] – Improved highlighting display for text tools
[STRETCHING] – Improved stretching speed
[MAPPING SURFACES] – Added extra option to map from the peaks dataset of each source layer (as opposed to the full time series)
[WMS COORDINATES] – Added support for “reversing” coordinates (X/Y) for CRS that are Northings/Eastings vs Eastings/Northings
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Added support for converting using depths output files (*_d.dat)

Bug Fixes:

[MISSING DATA RANGE] – Relaxed automatic fix of cfg/2 files when MAXMIN section (“Data Range”) is missing (recreated from PEAKS dataset only)
[MAPPING SURFACES TO DEM] – Fixed “Range Check Error” when mapping a water surface without a CFG file.
[WRC FILES] – Fixed “info” tool where overlapping areas have valid terrain but invalid water surfaces
[GIS TOOLS] – Fixed creation of rectangles
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Set MIKE defined “invalid velocity” to 0.0 instead of DELVAL (ensures consistent flood extent and hazard mapping)
[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Fixed calculation of indivdual property AAD where property not inundated (DELVAL as depth)
[VIEW DELETION] – Fixed Access Violation on deletion of blank last view in table of contents
[VIEW RENAMING] – Fixed bug in renaming newly created views
[“ON THE FLY” MAPPING FILES] – Fixed display of query results
[EXPORT PEAKS] – Fixed specifying user defined output file name
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed issue when mixed time varying and peak only water surfaces used in a script
[FLOOD FORECASTING SETUP] – Fixed issue with editing indicative ARI label for forecasting library surfaces
[FLOOD FORECASTING SETUP] – Fixed processing issue with library files that did not contain terrain

v7.11

New Features:

[TIME/PROFILE/FLOW PLOTS FROM EXTERNAL GIS FILE] – Added ability to “label” plots using field values from the GIS layer
[ERDAS IMAGINE IMAGERY] – Added support for Erdas Imagine Aerial Imagery (*.img)
[AVI RECORDING] – Added support for including “logos” in AVI file
Refinements:
– [DIFFERENCE MAPPING] – Included DEPTH difference as a parameter in difference mapping
[AVI RECORDING] – Enhanced control over AVI file appearance

Bug Fixes:

[FILTER AND SHOW UNDER RANGE – WRR] – Fixed white shading issue for cells outside of range
[CLIPPING WRB’s] – Fixed routine which missed triangles in some circumstances
[HALO TEXT] – Fixed bug in reading label settings when project using Halo text
[FORECAST SENSITIVITY] – Fixed sensitivity % label rounding
[EXPORT IMAGE] – Fixed legend sizing bug

v7.10

New Features:

[DIRECT TIMESTEP SELECTION] – Added direct timestep selection tool to Animation toolbar
[GEOTIFF IMAGERY] – Added support for GeoTIFF (*.tiff, *.tif) aerial imagery
[AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST RAINFALL PRODUCT] – Added support for ADFD prediction of all parameters (including rainfall 10%, 25% and 50%)
[AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST RAINFALL PRODUCT] – Added support for PME prediction of rainfall (10%, 25% and 50%)
[AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST RAINFALL PRODUCT] – Added support for merging ADFD and PME datasets into a single surface
[IMAGE SERVER FALLBACK] – Added support for using local imagery files if image server (WMS) connection fails/unavailable in an *.aps file
[HALO TEXT] – Added support for halo text
[WRC FILES] – Added support for running queries on composite water surface layers (*.wrc)
[SELFE MODELS] – Added support for 2D hydrodynamic outputs from SELFE models
[DEFAULT HAZARDS] – Added configuration option for default hazards: File->Configuration->Default Hazards
[TIME-BASED COSTS] – Added tool for calculation of time-based flood inundation costs
[AVERAGE ANNUAL CALCULATIONS] – Added tool for average annual calculations
[ZONES OF INFLUENCE] – New approach for creating ZOI files results in significantly faster interpolation where 3 or more gauges are used. Existing ZOI files will need to be recreated.

Refinements:

[wR FILE INFO] – Added base grid size in MB
[PARAMETER QUERIES] – Added ability to run parameter queries on “peaks only” datasets
[PARAMETER QUERIES] – Improved query grid row management
[FPM DIALOG] – Standardised icons across tabs
[WRB/WRR SPOT POLLING] – Enhanced single point read speed
[ACTUAL/RELATIVE TIME] – Added tool to switch between Actual/Relative time “Utilities->Set Start Time”
[START TIME] – Added ability to reset relative start time to a specific value
[TRIM TIMESTEPS] – Added ability to reset trimmed file to “0.0hrs”
[VERTICAL MAPPER GRID CONVERSION] – Can now convert Vertical Mapper grids without MapInfo being installed
[VERTICAL MAPPER GRID CONVERSION] – Significantly improved conversion speed
[ASCII GRID CONVERSION] – Added support for Gridded ASCII files (*.xyz)
[MAPPING FORM] – Layout improvements and smart file extension defaults
[AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST RAINFALL PRODUCT] – Forecast rainfall displays as bar chart for each period
[ENVIROMON GAUGE DATA] – Added support for interchangeable use of StationID and CommsID
[MAPPING MULTIPLE SURFACES TO DEM] – Option for “maximums only” now stores source of peak water level
[COPY/PASTE REPLACE] – Fixed width of layer substitution selection form
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Support for GDAL based vector layers (if editable)
[HOUSE PHOTO SETUP] – Support for GDAL based vector layers (if editable)
[FLOOD DAMAGES CALCULATIONS] – Support for GDAL based vector layers (if editable)
[FLOOD DAMAGES CALCULATIONS] – Tool remembers flood surface probabilities once set
[WEB MAP SERVICE] – Added support for transparent PNG based imagery
[WEB MAP SERVICE] – Added support for TIFF and BMP based imagery
[SAVE/CLOSE UNSAVED PROJECT PROMPT] – Made this message clearer
[GAG LAYER TIME SERIES PLOTS] – Changed default visibility of gauge status to OFF
[RAFTS MODEL HYDROLOGY] – Added support for additional RAFTS rainfall distribution type: “Rainfall Distribution Data”
[SURFACE STRETCHING] – Added ability to batch process within interface
[FLOOD EXTENT EXPORT] – Substantially reduced computation time
[GIS SURFACE/CONTOUR EXPORT] – Substantially reduced computation time
[GIS SURFACE/CONTOUR EXPORT] – Rationalised processing options
[COMPOSITE FILES] – Improved creation and editing processes

Bug Fixes:

[ENVIRONMENT PATH CONFLICT] – Fixed issue on some systems where GDAL libraries conflict with ESRI/MapInfo installations
[MIKE21 BATCH PROCESSING] – Fixed bug in firing of multiple MIKE21 conversions
[UPDATE TERRAIN] – Fixed rare bug in update terrain when source files do not overlap
[FLOW PLOTS] – Fixed speed issue in extracting flow plots
[wR FILE INFO] – Fixed issue in timestep units
[wR FILE INFO] – Now reports starting RELATIVE and ACTUAL times
[PROJECTIONS] – Fixed issue for layers without projection being assigned Lat/Long (WGS84)
[TIME STEP LIST] – Fixed display values
[ON THE FLY MAPPING SETUP] – Fixed bug in creating file if output file left blank
[ON THE FLY MAPPING] – Fixed time display value for flux plots
[ON THE FLY MAPPING] – Fixed speed issue in creation of wrb/wrr index file
[ON THE FLY MAPPING] – Fixed profile plots
[EXPORT VELOCITY VECTORS] – Fixed support for additional vectors GIS file types
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed issue with integration between layers in different projections in some circumstances
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed speed issue with “duration of”/”time to” integrations
[HYDRAULIC PAIR QUERY] – Fixed saving of query results
[MAPPING TO DEM] – Fixed grid interpolation option in some mapping combinations
[MAPPING TO DEM] – Fixed range check error in some circumstances
[PROFILE PLOTS] – Fixed discrepancy between active result (when level) column and level column
[PACK N GO] – Fixed issue with “case sensitive” palette filenames
[EXPORT PEAKS TO GRID] – Fixed issue in automatic exporting of V*D due to asterix in filename
[SEARCH DIALOGUE] – Fixed inability to resize form
[MAP INFO TOOL] – Fixed issue where depth-related values would disappear from Map Info box for some wrb’s
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Fixed range check error for some conversions using MESHPARTS
[GIS EDITING] – Fixed node display when editing GIS objects
[MISSING DATA RANGE] – Automatically fix cfg/2 files when MAXMIN section (“Data Range”) is missing (force file initialisation)
[THEMATIC LAYERS] – Fixed bug where a thematic layers translucency settings cause temporary override of active layer translucency settings

v7.00

New Features:

[DEFAULT INSTALLTION FOLDER] – Is now: C:\Program Files (x86)\waterRIDE\productname (or C:\Program Files\waterRIDE\productname for 32bit Windows)
[GIS FILE SUPPORT] – Added many new formats. Some are “Read Only”, others “Read/Create” but not Edit.
[GIS FILE: TAB] – Added support (read/create) for Mapinfo TAB vector files
[GIS FILE: DGN] – Added support (read/create) for Microstation DGN files
[GIS FILE: ESRI Personal GeoDatabase] – Added support (read-only) for Vector ESRI Personal Geodatabases (*.mdb files)
[GIS FILE: ESRI File GeoDatabase v9+] – Added support (read only) for Vector ESRI File Geodatabases v9+ (*.gdb folders)
[GIS FILE: ESRI File GeoDatabase v10+] – Added support (read/create) for Vector ESRI File Geodatabases v10+ (*.gdbfolders)
[GIS FILE: KML] – Added support (read/create) for Google KML vector files
[GIS FILE CONVERSION] – Added ability to convert vector GIS files to various formats
[WEB MAP SERVICE (WMS)] – Added form for automatic/manual configuration of WMS
[uFMfSW] – Added support for UK Environment Agency Surface Water GIS file conversion (uFMfSW)
[waterRIDE PROJECT FILES] – New waterRIDE project file format is NOT backwards compatible. Added ability to save a project as older style (v1)
[PARAMETER QUERIES] – Added “Hydraulic pair query” (eg determine velocity at peak depth)
[LAYER TRANSLUCENCY] – Vector/raster GIS and water surface layers now have individual translucency settings
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Completely rebuilt and expanded
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Added support for display/interrogation of river/rainfall gauge layers from Enviromon, CSV, and SQL database sources
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Added support for lookup-table based forecasting (flash flood forecasting)
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Added support for upstream control based forecasting (eg dams, weirs)
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Added support for real-time hydrologic modelling using XP-RAFTS and URBS, including model setup, execution and results processing
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Added support for importing BoM 10day, 3hourly rainfall forecast netCDF files
[Projections] Added the following to the list of supported projections:
Vicgrid66
AGD84 AMU zones 48S to 58S
NAD83 UTM zones 1N to 23N
ETRS89 UTM zones 28N to 37N
ED50 UTM zones 28N to 38N
Web Mercator
British National Grid
Irish Grid (TM65)
PSD93 UTM zone 39N & 40N
QND95 / Qatar National Grid’
WGS84 / Dubai Local TM’
WGS84 UTM zone 36N to 40N
lat/long (AGD66, ED50, ETRS89, GDA94, NAD83, OSGB36, PSD93, QND95, TM65).

Refinements:

[FLOOD FORECASTING] – Extensive expansion of existing functionality
[GIS MENU] – GIS tools now reside on dedicated GIS menu
[GIS MENU] – Added numerous GIS layer manipulation tools
[HAZARDS MANAGER] – Added ability to backup hazards CSV files to a specified folder
[STRETCHING TOOLS] – Added ability to batch process files
[DIRECT RAINFALL CLEANING] – Added ability to clean “peaks only” surfaces
[EXPORT FLOOD EXTENTS/WL CONTOURS] – Compact polygons to reduce output file size
[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Added ability to toggle calculation of true AEP for a given ARI when doing AAD calculations, rather than just AEP = 1 / ARI
[WEB Map SERVICE (WMS)] – Added support for password protected WMS
[INDEX GIS LAYER] – Added ability to exclude objects that cannot be indexed (eg outside water surface)
[EXPORT WL CONTOURS] – Added ability to export Planning Level contours
[TABLE OF CONTENTS] – Added ability to right click and manipulate tree structure without having to left click select the view first
[TABLE OF CONTENTS] – Copy/Paste replace now allows selection of multiple surfaces for substitution
[FLOOD CERTIFICATES] – Added support for docx based certificates
[PROFILE PLOTS] – Fixed charts where no information available between profile points
[LAYER DISPLAY STYLES] – Time series steps now display step number and time
[HOUSE PHOTOS] – Enhanced look of photos
[HOUSE PHOTOS] – Added support for PNG images
HOUSE PHOTOS] – Allow resizing of photo registration form
[TIMESTEP CONSISTENCY] – Enforced timestep consistency between views using the same active layer
[DEFAULT PALLETTES] – Adjusted default hazard and category data palettes
[UTILITIES MENU] – Restructured with enhancements to most tools
[UTILITIES MENU] – Added additional general tools
[FILTER] – Filtering a water surface now applies as the surface is drawn (slower, but more appropriate)
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Added support for MESHPARTS during conversion
[RELOCATE FILES] – Added support for substituting any layers of the same type
[PROJECTION MANAGEMENT] – Updated storing of projections to eliminate potential conflicts with files of the same prefix
[Projections] Removed the following extraneous projections:
GDA94 / MGA zone 47
AGD66 / AMG zone 47
AGD66 / ISG zone 56/3
[Projections] Changed the labels of the following projections:
MGA-94 -> GDA94 MGA
AMG-66 -> AGD66 AMG
ISG -> AGD66 ISG
LATLONG -> LATLONG (WGS84)
[SOBEK CONVERSION] – detect the mapper file version automatically.
[SOBEK CONVERSION] – check in the “<projectname>\FIXED\” folder first for the DEM grid files before asking the user for the location.
[SOBEK CONVERSION] – prompt user for the location of the H-map and C-map files if they are not found in the default location in the case folder.
[12DA DTM IMPORT] – Improved performance of 12DA file import routine. The “null” command is now optional.
[MIKE21 DFS2/DT2] – Conversion form now displays both the file origin & orientation and the target file origin & orientation.
[MIKE21 DFS2/DT2] – Now consider all cells with terrain value at or above the ‘true land’ value as dry cells.
[MIKE21 DFSU] – Extend water level and velocity values out by one element to cover the full flood extent.
[MAPPING] – Added ability to automatically find TUFLOW 1D files when mapping to a fine scale DEM

Bug Fixes:

[DIRECT RAINFALL CLEANING] – Fixed bug where terrain value was removed in any cleaned area
[DIRECT RAINFALL CLEANING] – Fixed error in timestep for cleaned file
[HAZARDS MANAGER] – Fixed installation of hazards where user did not have suitable permissions
[HAZARDS MANAGER] – Fixed issue with fine precision hazards being different between the hazards file and CFG files
[MAPPING] – Fixed integer overflow when mapping surfaces to a large DEM
[WEB MAP SERVICE (WMS)] – Fixed proxy timeout issues for non-direct connections
[INDEX GIS LAYER] – Fixed support for projections
[SAVE BUTTON] – Now behaves as expected when saving existing project
[FORM SIZES] – Fixed form scaling issues when using non-standard text DPI settings
[HILLSHADE] – Fixed display of areas without terrain information
[THEMATIC ONLY LAYERS] – Retain original timestep settings for view
[COMPOSITE FILES wrc] – Fixed display of current timestep
[ERROR MESSAGES] – Fixed some general error messages throughout interface
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed bug arising when GIS polylines do not overlap water surface for vertex-based integration
[MIKE21 DT2 CONVERSION] – Fixed bug that prevented DT2 file conversion in some cases
[MIKE21 DFSU CONVERSION] – Fixed bug that resulted in no water level and velocity data when converting Flexi Mesh (*.dfsu) files with quad elements
[SOBEK 2D CONVERSION] – Fixed a conversion error that could occur for nested grids where the number of active cells was different between the *.wrb file and the results file.

v6.77

New Features:

[ESRI GRIDS] – Added ability to convert Esri *.img DEM files (ERDAS IMAGINE grids)
[ESRI GRIDS] – Added ability to convert Esri *.tif DEM files
[CREATE OPTIMISED BLANK ROTATED GRID] – added ability to create smallest rotated terrain grid around a polygon
[CREATE USER DEFINED BLANK ROTATED GRID] – added ability to create user specified blank rotated terrain grid
[TIME SERIES PLOT] – Added dropdown list for Windows XP/2000 users
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Added ability to easily convert a standard output TUFLOW TIN to a Grid (this does NOT apply to the refined mesh output in current TUFLOW models)

Updated Features:

[GENERAL INTERFACE IMPROVMENTS] – general enhancements
[UPDATE TERRAIN] – added ability to update terrain using files in different projections
[ANUGA CONVERSION] – added ability to batch convert ANUGA results
[PROFILE PLOT] – added ability to execute profile plot of any available parameter, not just the active one
[TIME SERIES PLOT] – improved response of dropdown list
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – changed “Vertex” based integration to operate as “perimeter”
[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – added “task” to calculate duration above a level in a GIS field
[GIS TOOLS] – added ability to select new GIS object type from button’s drop down menu
[TUTORIAL] – Updated basic tutorial
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Conversion now reads “1D Correction Factor” from *.2dm header
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – added ability to separate 1D and 2D conversion
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – improved conversion, particularly in areas of very shallow flow
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – added ability to select whether 2D sits on top of 1D (or vice versa) for combined meshes
[FLOOD DAMAGES] – Added check that the specified water surface files actually contain water level
[TIN TO GRID CONVERSION] – Reduced conversion time dramatically
[SURFACE SMOOTHING] – Added to composite files (*.wrc)
[EXTRACT PEAKS] – Added ability to batch extract peaks
[ZOOM TOGGLE] – Added ability to toggle between zoom in/out using the SHIFT key when in either mode

Bug Fixes:

[PROFILE PLOT LABELS] – Fixed vertical access label on profile plots
[LOAD TIME SERIES PLOT POINTS] – Fixed loading time series plot points as nodes of a GIS polyline
[STRETCH BY CYCLES] – Fixed access violation affecting stretching a time-varying WRR/WRB by a “Number of cycles”
[NULLIFY] – Fixed toggling of terrain nullify option
[TERRAIN UPDATES] – Fixed updating terrain for rotated grids.
[GRID CONVERSIONS] – Added check for NaN in importing grids
[CREATE NEW GIS FILE] – Fixed error when manually creating a blank GIS file from the menu.
[MIKE FLEXI MESH] – Fixed conversion of DFSU files
[ANUGA CONVERSION] – Added checking for NAN’s
[LEGEND DISPLAY] – Fixed decimal point display for large numbers
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed conversion of rotated grid velocity vectors
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed floating point overflow conversion error
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed detection of “land value”
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Added detection of “excessive” velocities
[INSTANTANEOUS FLOW] – Fixed access violation on display of instantaneous flow

Known Issues:

[“BETTER” WRR GIS EXPORTING] – issue with “better” option for exporting grid extents/contours/polygons etc. Use “grid edges instead.

v6.76

New Features:

[INDEX GIS POLYGONS] – added ability to export the location of minimum/maximum hydraulic parameters within GIS polygons as a GIS file of points (can be used to speed up GIS-Flood Integration when repeatedly run)
[ZONE OF INFLUENCE CREATION] – added ability to draw zones of influence in GIS and automatically format into ZoI GIS polygons
[FLOOD FORECASTING] – added function to read a CSV file of gauge forecasts from gauge level entry form

Updated Features:

[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – added ability to batch convert results
[UPDATE TERRAIN] – significantly improved speed of updating terrain values for gridded DEM’s
[INTERFACE] – Minor interface improvements
[UTILITIES] – Enhanced processing speed of some utilities

Bug Fixes:

[GIS-FLOOD INTEGRATION] – Fixed issue with sampling a polygon by gridding
[MAPPING] – Fixed range check error when mapping from non-initialised source files
[SHP FILES] – Fixed header update when writing points to SHP files
[waterRIDE BATCH] – Fixed prompting for MIKE21 projection information

v6.75

New Features:

[GRID SURFACE SMOOTHING] – added ability to smooth grid surfaces using localised TINning
[MAPPING] – added ability to map from a grid to a finer scale DEM using localised triangulation to provide potentially better representation of areas of shallow flow
[STRETCHING] – added ability to specify “limit lines” to manage automated stretching
[STRETCHING] – added ability to specify depth tolerance when stretching
[WEB MAPPING SERVICE] – added support for “Web Mapping Service” image layers
[TUFLOW FV CONVERSION] – added support for TUFLOW FV results
[PANNING SHORTCUT] – hold down space to switch to pan view mode
[GENERAL] – General interface enhancments

Updated Features:

[STRETCHING] – now enforce strict stretching routine (ie if depth criteria met, cells will be stretched onto)
[CLIPPING] – added ability to specify whether clipping is inside/outside the polygon
[LINKING] – removed need for specifying .vmole file for commonly linked OLE files
[NULLIFY] – dramatically increased speed of nullify tool
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – added ability to process scalar velocities (although velocity vectors will be incorrect)
[EXPORT FLOOD EXTENTS] – added warning for exporting lines where “glass walls” are present
[EXPORTING] – Added support for exporting to Esri Shapefiles (*.shp).
[HILLSHADE] – brightened hillshade
[EXPORTING wrb’s] – enhanced speed of exporting flood extents/surfaces/contours from wrb’s to GIS files
[TIME TO PEAK QUERY] – added ability to specify hydraulic parameter to use
[EXPORT VIEW] – added exporting of jgw file
[VOLUME CALCULATIONS] – allow volume of “peak” water surface to be calculated, despite surface not being real
[TIME SERIES ASCII GRID] – added ability to convert only time-varying water level grids

Bug Fixes:

[CLIPPING] – Fixed bug in clipping TIN’s
[EXTENTS] – Fixed removal of island/puddles
[MAPPING] – Fixed progress display on progress bar
[LINKING] – Fixed display of CSV file charts
[TUFLOW CONVERSION] – Fixed detection of NAN’s in TUFLoW output
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed detection of some depth codes in header
[MIKE21 CONVERSION] – Fixed specification of target and source projections
[MULTIPLE TIME SERIES EXTRACTION] – Fixed error writing to temp folder
[ASCII GRID RESULTS] – Fixed velocity writing for single timestep results
[TRIM TIMESTEPS] – Clarified specificaiton of start and end timesteps
[HAZARDS MANAGER] – Fixed display of default waterRIDE hazards
[SURFACE MAPPING] – Fixed bug in filepos for large mapped surfaces
[EXPORTING vECTOR GIS] – Fixed bug in some surfaces when exporting mif/mid vector linework
[TUFLOW AUTOMATIC CONVERSION] – added ability to specify mapping option from setup form
[SOBEK CONVERSION] – fixed width of “case” selection form
[PROFILE PLOT] – fixed missing layer labels
[LINKSWIN] – fixed activepage display of “repeat profile” chart window
[COMBINED FILEs *.wrc] – fixed time series, profile and flux plots
[TIME SERIES PLOTS] – fixed display of current location (black line)

v6.65

New Features:

Added a tool for cleaning direct rainfall/rainfall on the grid model results using multiple parameters across time
Added ability to select which projections to display in the list.
Added a tool for carrying out statistical analysis across multiple water surfaces (eg ARI at which all areas are inundated)
Added option to interpolate water level at “blocked out” buildings in flood damages calculations
Added time adjustment to “time-based queries” to determine time once “triggers” are reached (eg 5.0m at the bridge gauge)
Added ability to extract both flow and profile plots from all polylines in a GIS file
Added the option to copy tabular data to the clipboard for Word, Excel, etc (CTRL-C) from the Links Window
Added automatic conversion of TUFLOW results using only *.2dm file
Added the option to paste from Excel to Mannings caclulator.
Added additional smoothing function to export flood extents
Added ability to select individual layers to relocate

Updated Features:

Enhanced speed of nullify tool
Added ability to export CSV record of GIS table in GIS-Flood Integration
The last project file location is now saved in the INI file in the Windows user local app folder
Improved the wR surface rotate/offset coodinates tool window and added the option of scaling the coordinates.
Improved the clipping of WRB file tool
Added units to the ruler tool.
Enhanced speed of mapping-on-the-fly surfaces used in a flood forecast application
Improved the usability of the MIKE21 conversion window by displaying more information to the users
The conversion window will now adjust the default orientation automatically when the map projection is changed to account for the convergence angle.
The tool can now locate h.dat & v.dat files using the file name of the .2dm file for TUFLOW conversion
Reduced the run time of time-to-peak query for mapping-on-the-fly files significantly at the cost of higher (~50% extra) memory usage.
Added ability to index polygon GIS file by deepest point in polygon
Reduced the run time of rate of rise analysis.
Can now have negative or zero reference level for depth over and freeboard to level
Can now give negative depth for depth over level
Added the option to update a database instead of creating a Word document flood certificate.
Improved the detection of the correct parameters in MIKE21 DFS files for non-standard list of time-varying items.
The peak of peaks tool will no longer specify a peak source for nodes without a water level.
only wet cells display peak of peaks source
Now use the file extension of the first source surface as the default file extension of the output file for a peak of peaks calculation
Added ability to vary number of points on output cubic spline smoothed lines

Bug Fixes:

The trim time-steps tool will now exit gracefully if there are no time-steps in the file.
Fixed import of DXF files and 3D faces
Fixed an access violation error when doing a profile plot for DTM files with only a single point.
Fixed a bug in the IPCR conversion where the program were passing the input files in an incorrect order for the procedure.
Fixed cursor information stutter for large GIS files
Fixed Load/Save profile point inconsistency
Fixed a bug where updated layers were not re-initialised if they were not in the active view.
Fixed a bug where the WRR coordinates were off by half a cell width/height in MIKE21
Fixed a bug where the rotation for WRR files were rotated in the wrong direction in MIKE21
Fixed a bug to allow correct rotation around the centre of the bottom-left cell instead of the corner in MIKE21
Fixed meta-data use in automated certificates
Fixed an issue with flood certificates that sometimes would leave opened instances of MS Word that would cause the processing to hang.
Fixed a bug where a blank record was inserted when adding new properties after processing the certificates.
Can now read IDRISI grid file >2GB correctly.
Fixed a range check error in the time-to-peak query for mapping-on-the-fly files
Now convert all units to seconds when calculating the area under the flow hydrograph.
Fixed a bug with the rate of rise analysis if two or more rate of rise items were selected.
Fixed an invalid floating point error and a division by zero errors that sometimes occur when re-projecting a layer.
Fixed bug in saving defult output path on automated certificates setup form
Fixed bug in some surface labels when exporting GIS vector linework

v6.50

New Features:

Added ability to hillshade gridded terrain surfaces
Added ability to show combined hillshade for gridded water surfaces
Added ability to drag and drop files on layers forms
Added ability to drag and drop files on utilities forms
Added ability to repeat last time series/profile/flow plots to stack multiple events on single chart
Added rates of rise analysis tool
Added ability to extract “point” data for all water surface layers in view (hold CTRL when using the Map Info tool)
Added support converting ESRI grids (*.adf)
Added ability to select time series plots of any parameter from toolbar
Added ability to plot location in map window when clicking on profile plot
Added ability to load Key Points from points in a GIS Layer
Added ability to extract flow profiles across multiple polylines in a GIS file
Added ability to edit common layer properties for multiple layers in a view
Added InfoWorks RS conversion
Added ICPR conversion
Compiled using Windows 7 libraries

Updated Features:

Updated automatic water surface stretching algorithm (stretch to wet extents)
Improved and expanded utilities dialogs
Improved export flood extent speed
Improved export GIS speed
Improved dialog layout and on-form descriptions
Improved speed of MrSID Imagery
Updated ECW libraries
Speed enhancements to waterRIDE libraries
Added more description to the mapping/overlaying water surface to DEM tool dialog

Bug Fixes:

Fixed bug in GIS-Flood Integration time calculation
Fixed bug in exporting some GIS layers of water surfaces
Fixed exporting flood extents for rotated grids
Fixed hazards implementation in “on the fly mapping”
Fixed bug in clipping/nullifying grid surfaces
Fixed slow window resizing issue on some windows configurations
Fixed a flow calculation error for WRB files

v6.09

New Features:

Exporting to GIS – Added simplify routine
Added Key Points for dislaying active surface value for a view/view export
Added CSV support for exporting X,Y,Value files
Added support for TFW image registration files
Added active text position control for GIS layers
Added ability to select which series are displayed on multi-variable charts

Updated Features:

Exporting to GIS – Enhanced smoothing routine – uses constrained cubic splines
Enhanced layout of export WL Contours and Flood Extents form
Added ability to nullify surface both inside and outside multiple polygons

Bug Fixes:

access violation when converting SOBEK 2D file
Fixed a Unicode problem with the MapInfo Drid Import DLL.
Fixed default filename for saving Flood Planning Level Surface
Changed labelling of “DTM Files” to “waterRIDE Surface Files”
Fixed bug in copying and pasting branches
Fixed “basic” display of wrr files when reprojecting
Fixed exporting edges for wrr files
Fixed a bug VMFPM script that was putting -9999 values for “Depth over level in field”.
Fixed a bug where mouse actions like zooming and panning where no layer was active in the view.
Fixed deleting selected layers in a view from the project
Fixed updating layers in the current project after processing
Significant changes have also been made to the utility waterRIDE BATCH. **

New Features:

Exporting of flow vectors to GIS added to tools menu
Start date & time added to TIN & Grid metafile to facilitate dateTime display instead of hours
Multiple data point selection available for water surfaces (hold CTRL while selecting points)
GIS toolbar tool added to calculate distance along a polyline to a user clicked point (usefull for determining chainages along a centreline)
Batch exporting water level contours at a specfied interval

Updated Features:

Exporting contours, surfaces and flood extents rationalised between TINs and Grids and speeded up for Grids. Extents mapping can now be lines or regions.
Auto exporting of water level contours added to the flood extents tab
Saving of Grid queries added
Printing of map view altered to print the view’s bitmap at 200dpi, rotated to fit the page
Translucency bar shows percentage
View contents list items now coloured similar to the add layers dialog for improved recognition
Search dialog for GIS layers improved
Basic flood certificate creation & use improved
The Links Window graphs (profile, time series, etc) now includes buttons for zooming, panning, etc
Profile and flux plots can be exported in AVI files
Two options available for difference surfaces where one surface is wet and the other is dry
Improved methods for rotating Grid water surfaces
A number of small improvements made for efficiency & use
Functionality of composite water surface layers improved for a number of actions
Included axes on time series chart in AVI files
Included icons for zooming, panning, exporting, and calculating area for charts in the links windows

Bug Fixes:

Comparison profile for terrain was only showing one profile
GIS vector text layers could not process long text
Exported contours were extending beyond wet extents
Synchronisation of charts in AVI files

v5.05

New Features:

Introduced Flood Hazards Management console. Greatly improves the flexibility of using various flood hazards.
Update Existing Feature – ‘Peak of Peaks’ enhanced to store the name of the water surface file containing peak water level at all locations in surface
Minor Bug Fix – fixed display of discrete category data in wrb files

v5.0

New Features:

Added support for direct import of HEC GeoRAS model results (previously in waterRIDE 1D surface)
Added support for rotated grid model results.
Can now display the actual date & time for each model time-step.
More powerful tools for automated stretching of flood surfaces to the flood extents.
Can now import model results from ANUGA hydrodynamic model.
Create a single seamless DEM from multiple source files using waterRIDE Batch.
Added thematic display of the energy surface.

Updated Features:

Expanded confetti tracer to wrr files
Update Existing Feature – Enhanced support for the network license server option. A network license server provides floating licenses to users anywhere on the network without the transfer of the physical dongles.

Bug Fixes:

Minor Bug Fixes

v4.50

New Features:

Mannings equation hydraulic calculator (Tools Menu)
Confetti tracer function (Animation toolbar)
Additional easier access to time series & profile plot tools (Flood toolbar)
Importing of MicroStation 3D triangles & DXF 3D Faces to wR TINs added
Utilities menu added to replace wR_Translator – includes model conversion, peaks manipulation, clipping, stretching, grid
Conversions, dtm updates, dtm exporting & importing
Refinements to contour and surface exporting
Conversion of GIS field values to GIS vector text (useful for contour labels)
Removed need for /nologo in shortcut – fullscreen or presentation mode can now be toggled on & off
Active view name added to application title bar
Logarithmic and custom legend scales added to thematic mapping
DtmBatch merged into wR_Batch and now includes batch processing of flood surface manipulation.
Numerous small improvements to make the interface and dialogs more intuitive and easy to use.

v4.31

New Features:

There are no longer separate standalone and network versions.

v4.27

Updated Features:

[MIKE21 conversion] added support for converting MIKE21 DT2 files of over 2GB in size.
[MIKE21 conversion] The user can now specify the land value.

v4.20

Updated Features:

[Utilities] Can now update the terrain of a DTM file using multiple source files.
Can now use mapping on-the-fly (*.wrm) files in DTM composite files (*.wrc).
Exporting X-Y-V tool now saves the file as *.txt file instead of *.dat files.

Bug Fixes:

Minor Bug Fixes

v4.11

Updated Features:

[House Photos] Added the images back to the photo registration navigation buttons.

Bug Fixes:

[House Photos] Now accept float as the field type for the floor and eaves pixel
The values will be rounded to the nearest integer.

v4.10

New Features:

Integrated some model conversion tools from Translator.

Updated Features:

When exporting flood extent for a single layer, the user is prompted to select the output file location and the projection of the layer if projection is not set in the layer.
The search dialog now remembers the last field used for searching.
FPM dialog will not be shown if the necessary layers for a tool are not available in the project.

Bug Fixes:

Now shows the locations of the points and cross-sections for flux plots

v4.02

Updated Features:

Widespread speed improvements

Bug Fixes:

Minor Bug Fixes

v4.01

Updated Features:

An optional eaves level field which can be used in place
of the 2.4 metres floor-to-eaves height for house photos

Bug Fixes:

Minor Bug Fixes

v4.0

New Features:

Major release incorporating significant interface and usability enhancements, and release of ‘Flood Plain Manager’ sophisticated toolset.
Added GIS drawing/editing tools
When exporting view, can choose whether to draw the legend or not. For custom bitmaps, both the draw legend and draw scale check boxes are available.
The current time or the peaks text is now shown permanently on the screen, including exported views.

Updated Features:

Under the tile plot border graphics tab, can now move objects and edit text.
When running the flood parameter query, an empty form is no longer shown if the active DTM
Surface does not contain time-varying results.
Zoom window can now be dragged in any directions.
Improved the speed of exporting Raster grid.
The time-series and flux plot tools are no longer shown unless the active layer has time-varying data.
When running forecast setup, any existing settings saved in the *.VMINI file will be loaded.
For the flood forecast setup, the automatically created interpolated layer can now be a *.wrr file as well.
Parameter query results are now retained after repainting.
Added the option of using the flood levels of an existing flood surface as well as interpolation from gauges.
Reduced the time it takes to read the gauge levels in forecast application
Can now specifies the start-time, end-time and time-step of animation recording. Recording now starts and stops automatically.

Bug Fixes:

The current time-step is now displayed correctly to the second without the 00:00:59 problem when the time is exactly in one-minute increments.

v3.44

New Features:

Added a time-to-level option to GIS flood integration.
Added ability to load mif/mid point files for time-series plot and profile plots.
Holding down the shift key while moving the mouse in a time-series chart now snap the cursor to the data points.

Updated Features:

View comparer tools are now located under the tools menu and not on the toolbar.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the Ctrl-A shortcut for bringing up the layer display dialog box for layers that do no store the true file name in datasource (eg. .wrm and composite files).

v3.43

New Features:

Added info tool to display all hydraulic parameters at a point
Added a quick-run button for GIS flood integration.

Updated Features:

GIS flood integration will no longer use the peak results by default. It will use the time-step that is currently active.
Significant speed improvement for GIS flood integration.
– New Feature –

v3.42

Bug Fixes:

Fixed profile plot

v3.41

Bug Fixes:

Resolved singles/doubles file format issue

v3.40

New Features:

Added .WRM file format. Supporting mapping-on-the-fly with base raster .WRR file and .WRB or .WRR data results file.
Added a view comparer feature where images of multiple views can be captured and then compared by ‘flicking’ through them.
Added support for comparative flood damages analysis (i.e. not NPV analysis). Flood damages can be calculated for any number of flood surfaces at the same time.
Added the zoom-lock button to the presentation version toolbar.
Flood damages save the flood depth to GIS files to 3 decimal places instead of one decimal place.

Updated Features:

Flood planning levels only drawn when ‘wet’ (i.e. flood planning level higher than ground).– Uodate Existing Feature – save/load flood damages settings.
Added mouse-wheel zoom factor adjustment and other zoom/pan improvements.

Bug Fixes:

Can read files of over 2GB in size correctly.

v3.32

New Features:

Flood forecast support for WRB and WRR files incorporated.
Support for exporting flood planning surface for both WRB & WRR layers.

Updated Features:

Terrain can be displayed when time-varying data is selected instead of limiting to peaks data only.
Streamlined memory management routines to enhance display speed

v3.31

Updated Features:

Streamlined the read and write disk access of grid layers.

Bug Fixes:

Minor Bug Fixes
– Enhance Existing Feature –

v3.30

New Features:

Support the first public release of the waterRIDE Grid (*.wrr) file format.

v3.26

New Features:

Added ability to export animations as AVI files

Bug Fixes:

Minor bug fixes

v3.201

New Features:

Initial release of DTMbatch (v2.95)

v3.20

New Features:

Added tutorial

v3.11

New Features:

Added tutorial
Added support for MrSid imagery

Updated Features:

Updated Help system
Enhanced control over velocity vectors

Bug Fixes:

Fixed bug in index system

v3.0

New Features:

Added support for JPEG2000 imagery
Lock zoom added – <Ctrl Alt Z> to lock zoom between views
Save links table to csv – overwrite prompt added
Flux plot added
Added paste branch from TOC
Added ability to load hazard files in File menu
Added contour export choices including joining and smoothing
Added Ctrl Alt NWUDR for autocontour scaling
Added support for saving profile plot point locations
Added ability to quickly move layers
Added ability to do tile plots
Added ability to plot node labels
Various new minor features incporporated into interface

Updated Features:

Numerous interface improvements
Enhanced speed of general display
Enhanced speed of raster layer display
right click return to prevmode or popup menu rationalised
zoom/pan and timesteps maintain current TOC panel
expanded Export FloodInfo to write out multiple wrbs to an active gis layer