SMS:Release Notes SMS 10.0

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Intermediate release SMS 10.0.11 - February 10, 2009

• Fixed a merge meshes crash
• Fixed a problem with RMA2 Marsh Porosity where all of the data was not being saved
• Fixed a problem with ADCIRC weirs
• Fixed a problem with zonal classification
• Fixed a crash in converting GIS shapefiles to feature objects
• Fixed a problem where RMA2 steering it always reports 0.0% of target

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.10 - December 10, 2008

• Fixed a crash with converting Shapefiles (GIS) to Feature objects (Map module)
• Fixed a problem where Shapefile->Map created additional arcs
• Material Assignments to elements mixed up
• Fixed a problem with initial values not initializing correctly in the vector to scalar dialog
• Fixed a crash when opening sms or fpr file
• Fixed a problem where renaming an arc incorrectly closed a profile plot
• Fixed a problem where image pyramids were sometimes not setup correctly for large images
• Fixed a problem where SMS sometimes hung when doing a delete all command
• Fixed a problem where ADCIRC spatial attributes were not being seeded correctly from the specified dataset
• Fixed a problem where ADCIRC spatial attributes were not using the default values which caused larger files to be written then were necessary
• Fixed a problem where reading a partially complete ADCIRC solution was completely aborted rather than reading valid timesteps

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.9 - November 4, 2008

• Fixed a crash with the material properties for generic model interface
• Fixed a problem with contour labels showing incorrect values
• Fixed a problem with the controls to adjust the size of the contour legend
• Fixed a crash with cleaning really complicated map coverages
• Fixed a crash with opening project files with plots that have incomplete data
• Fixed a crash with zonal classification feature
• Fixed a crash that occurred when moving SMS between monitors when using multiple displays
• Fixed a crash with the FESWMS global bed control
• Fixed a problem with demo mode that prevented the user from panning or zooming correctly
• Fixed a problem with using the virtual earth locator to download teraserver images

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.8 - October 6, 2008

• Fixed a problem with merging cartesian grid rows and columns
• Fixed a problem where generating cellstrings along boundary produced overlapping strings

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.7 - August 29, 2008

• SMS now correctly writes the viscosity data to the appropriate input files
• Fixed a problem with RMA4 nodestrings with midside nodes
• Changed find by node ID so that the red circle stays around longer
• Fixed a crash relating to flux plots
• Fixed a crash that occured when reading certain project files
• Fixed a crash relating to boundary conditions with the Generic 2D Mesh Model
• Fixed a crash that occured when running FESWMS
• Fixed a problem with an improper wave angle written out when steering with CMS-Wave
• Fixed a problem with specify input paths for PTM hydrodynamics
• Fixed a crash when selecting a cell in a grid with no elevation dataset
• Fixed a problem where the BOUSS2D Wave generator arrow was displayed in the wrong direction
• Fixed a crash that occured when reading an ADCIRC fort.61 file
• Fixed a crash that occured when observation coverages were deleted before their associated plots
• Fixed a problem with converting Cartesian Grid coordinates
• Fixed so the selection highlighting is done correctly when using the Cartesian Grid Find Cell command.
• Fixed a crash after deleting materials from the CGWave materials dialog
• Updated the PTM executable so it will work with hardware locks
• Fixed a crash when using nested STWAVE grids
• Fixed a crash that occured when you tried to read in scattered data when the scatter module is not enabled
• Fixed a crash when reading incomplete FESWMS .sed files
• Changed SMS to not report PTM warnings for "Mapping Output Interval" if mapping output is turned off
• You will no longer be prompted to save twice when working with STWAVE
• SMS now treats ADCIRC fort.73 and fort.74 files correctly in the model control tab
• Fixed a crash with some RMA4 project files
• Fixed problems with exporting multiple timesteps into a tabular data file
• Fixed a problem with functional surfaces not displaying correctly after changing the display options.
• Fixed an endless loop when trying to create "multiple view" filmloops

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.6 - July 15, 2008

• A problem with the display getting fouled up after changing the z-mag until the next frame command has been fixed
• Fixed crash when trying to assign ADCIRC weirs to nodestrings with different numbers of nodes
• SMS now correctly uses external files specified in the TUFLOW grid options dialog
• Fixed a problem where invalid material references could be created when using the generic model interface
• Fixed a crash that happened on certain computers when saving scatter sets as TINs
• Fixed a problem with the tutorial files for the generic model interface
• Fixed a crash with multiple view filmloops
• Inverting cell selection with Cartesian Grids now works correctly
• Select Cartesian Grid cells by data value has been fixed
• The node ordering for boundaries and forcing files has been made consistent
• STWAVE now runs multiple events from SMS
• The display will now update correctly after changing a nodes x, y coordinates
• Fixed a crash with observation fluxes
• Fixed a problem with observation attribute names for arcs when using both nodes and arcs
• Scatter edges now display correctly when panning after swapping edges
• The display now updates correctly after reversing the direction of a feature arc
• Fixed a crash with zonal classification if you enter the dialog with zones defined that don’t have any criteria
• Fixed Ctrl+ key shortcuts to match the descriptions in the menu
• When mapping an elevation dataset the correct name is now used
• Fixed a problem saving TUFLOW event data
• Select by material type now refreshes appropriately
• Fixed select by dataset value for nodes
• Fixed a crash with certain FESWMS sed files
• Fixed a crash that occurred sometimes when loading a DEM from an asc file
• Fixed a crash that occurred with Cartesian Grid functional surfaces and ATI graphics cards
• Modified the Scatter Contour -> Feature dialog to work more cleanly
• Fixed a crash that occurred with reading some ADCIRC datasets
• Fixed creating cell strings for PTM from CMS-Flow

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.5 - June 20, 2008

• Fixed a problem with SMS accessing deleted temporary files.
• Fixed a crash with trying to access plot data after deleting feature arcs.
• Bouss-2D wave maker images now appear right side up.
• Fixed a crash with deleting nodes with nodal boundary conditions being displayed.
• Fixed a problem with creating PTM input data from an RMA2 solution.
• Fixed a crash that sometimes occured when smoothing size datasets in the mesh module.
• Fixed a problem with reading RMA2 mesh and solution files that have gaps in the node ids.
• Fixed a crash that occured when deleting improperly created Cartesian grid cell strings.
• Fixed a crash with exporting tabular data.
• We now give an explanation message if we cannot create a nautical grid.
• Fixed a problem where sometimes multiple scalar and vector datasets could appear active.
• SMS now updates the time window when datasets are referenced to a specific timeframe.
• Fixed a problem where SMS doesn't terminate on exit if a solution dataset has no valid values.
• Coordinate transforms are now applied to all the grids and not just the active grid.
• Fixed a meshing crash that sometimes happened with scalar density paving.
• SMS now writes the TUFLOW initial water level value in the tgc file so it can be overriden by water level polygons.
• SMS now writes the STWAVE nesting cells correctly.
• Fixed a problem where it was necessary to launch STWAVE twice before it would run successfully.
• Fixed a problem with Bouss2D probe dialog.
• SMS now saves the Cartesian Grid arc options.
• Changed the output format of the CMS Wave energy file to ensure proper spacing between numbers.
• The Refine point dialog now uses I and J rather than U and V to be consistent with other parts of the interface.
• SMS now handles the TUFLOW external grid file correctly.
• Trying to assign weirs to nodestrings of different numbers of nodes no longer crashes.
• Fixed a problem with changing the z-magnification that broke the display until the next frame occured.

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.4 - June 11, 2008

• Mesh contours will now display correctly when there are timesteps that are completely dry
• Fixed a CMS-Flow, CMS-Wave steering crash
• Fixed a crash that occured when creating arrowheads using the map draw tools
• Fixed GIS to Coverage when using a TUFLOW network coverage
• The profile plot now updates when adding and removing arcs from arc groups
• Map nodes were drawn in their old location after being dragged to a new location
• Arcs would sometimes disappear behind transparent contours
• The origin of observation arcs now save with map files
• Default stamp elevation for feature stamping is now used correctly
• Newly created coverages are now active in the project explorer
• Transparency for Cartesian Grid functional surfaces has been fixed
• Color filled and linear contours now appear at the same z elevation for Cartesian Grids
• Naming observation arcs no longer cause a crash
• Fixed a nodestring display update issue
• Fixed a crash reading shape files
• PTM post processing datasets are now saved with the project
• Triple clicking the same point when creating an arc no longer causes a crash
• Having multiple CMS Flow grids with cellstrings no longer causes bad cellstrings
• Trying to save a scatter set to a read only file no longer crashes SMS
• SMS again allows users to drag files onto the icon to open them
• An issue with the timestep window not showing up when using PTM has been fixed
• Fixed a crash when deleting points used by an observation plot
• There were times when newly created scatter points were not added to the triangulation. This has been fixed.
• At times SMS would hang when optimizing the triangulation
• Contour labels are no longer cut off by color filled contours
• Fixed a selection problem with scatter vertices by when using a polygon
• Some DEM files were not reading in correctly but they do now
• TUFLOW 1D Flow vs WSE boundary conditions were not be written to the TUFLOW files correctly
• The get info dialog for meshes no longer reports information from unused models
• Fixed the DEM import dialog so that the feedback is correct and makes sense
• Fixed a problem with display updates when assigning flowrate boundary conditions
• Functional surfaces now frame correctly
• The screen refreshes correctly when interpolating between nodes
• It is now always possible to exit selecting with a box by using the escape key
• Fixed a crash that occurred when copy a coverage with selected entities
• Removed excess information from the zonal classification logs
• Fixed a crash when reading an invalid RMA2 solution
• SMS now stores Bouss2D grids the right size and with the correct indices
• Fixed some problems with Bouss2D probes
• SMS now displays coverages in the correct order
• Fixed a problem where multiple CGrids sometimes displayed
• Fixed 1D element contours
• Fixed problems with grid frames (dragging, deleting, and copying)
• Fixed a problem with 1D element node updates
• Coastline files can be created even if you don't have CGWave enabled
• Fixed a crash with deleting cell strings

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.3 - May 1, 2008

• PTM executable updated to version 2.025
• Saving out coastline file available if CGWAVE or ADCIRC is enabled
• ADCIRC 63/64 file crash
• Slow deletion of feature points
• STWAVE coverage issue specifying land polygons
• GIS to Feature data crash
• Generic model interface - global parameter definition bug
• Import wizard problem where z elevations not properly mapped to feature points
• Fixed multiple views film-loop
• GIS to Map for TUFLOW network coverage fixed
• Relocated map node displayed at old location until refresh
• Origin of observation arc is now saved in the map file
• Cartesian grid Color fill and linear contours are now displayed at consistent elevations to improve visualizing them in 3D
• Name observation arc crash
• Nodestring display issue
• Fixed create arc tool crash
• Editing scatter points and overwriting HDF5 file problem
• Crash when deleting feature points in specific situations

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.2 - March 14, 2008

• Crash when performing change/delete when triangles selected
• Print preview not functioning
• Scale legend does print correctly
• Text and drawing objects not printing correctly
• Transform feature objects was not working for PTM coverages
• STWAVE Boundary conditions types not saved correctly

Intermediate release SMS 10.0.1 - February 19, 2008

• Fixed the inability to select Southern hemisphere UTM zones
• Fixed several graphical glitches including texture mapping on a surface and several update problems
• Fixed various problems with the spectral energy dialog
• Removed misleading messages that originate from the generic model interface
• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when using zonal classification
• Fixed a problem with PTM traps that was reporting the open/closed state incorrectly
• Fixed some issues with models that only support metric units
• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when trying to use LTEA
• Changed STWAVE to write out all datasets by default
• Fixed coordinate conversions for PTM sources
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused poor meshes to be generated

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