GMS:What's New in GMS 8.1

The following is a list of the more significant changes introduced in GMS 8.1.

1. 64 bit

   • GMS 8.1 comes in both 64 and 32 bit versions for the first time.

2. Faster MODFLOW I/O

   • Reading and writing large MODFLOW files is much faster in GMS 8.1 due to eliminating repacking of the hdf5 file.

3. Multiple light sources

   • Lighting Options have been updated to allow for multiple light sources and multiple lighting schemes.

4. Annotation improvements

   • Many improvements have been made to the annotations initially introduced in GMS 8.0.

5. FEMWATER improvements

   • The FEMWATER interface has been updated including several dialogs.
   • The FEMWATER executable has been updated to included a number of bug fixes.

6. Updated Global Mapper library

   • Global Mapper version 1.35 is included in GMS 8.1 which removes a conflict between Global Mapper and ArcObjects that resulted in a crash when loading raster data via ArcObjects.