SMS:What's New in SMS 11.2

Release Notes

General Features

Dataset Toolbox

• A Merge Datasets option is now available in the Dataset Toolbox.

Interface Components

• Projection commands have been moved to the Display menu.
• A Reproject All command has been added in the Display menu.
• Help buttons in dialogues will open the corresponding page in the XMSWiki.

Dynamic Model Interface

• We are excited to present a more flexible and powerful alternative to the generic model interface that has been supported by SMS for several years. This methodology allows a model developer to define all the attributes of an interface for a specific model in an XML file. SMS will read this file when launched, and then interact with the model. This schema is defined in Dynamic Model Interface Schema. The dynamic model interface includes:
  • Model specific menu commands.
  • Model specific parameters.
  • Model specific boundary conditions.
  • Model specific file formats (for both reading and writing).
  • Model specific execution procedures including as many different pre-run utilities or execution steps as are required by the model.

MIKE 21 (*.mesh) File Support

• MIKE 21 (*.mesh) files can now be loaded into SMS 11.1 and later. See the article MIKE 21 *.mesh.

LIDAR File Support

• SMS can now recognizes a LIDAR file when a user asks the system to read such a file. The user can choose the import methodology to load selected layers from the file as either a scatter set or a raster. SMS also loads an image of the data in the specified format.

Saving Color Palettes

• Color palettes will now be saved when doing File|Save Settings. When SMS is loaded, any saved palettes will automatically be loaded as defaults.

NOAA HURDAT File Support

• SMS will now load storms for the standard NOAA HURDAT format. The file will need to have a *.hurdat2 extension to be recognized by SMS.

Contour Options

• The default values for contour options in a dataset will be that of the module.

Vector Display Options

• New display option feature for showing vector arrows at a constant elevation. See Vector Display Options for more information.
• New display option for vector arrows to follow flow path (vectors curve). This is done by selecting "Arrows follow flow path" under the Vectors tab in the Display Options dialog.

  Warning: this can be slow if displaying lots of vectors.'

Module Features

Curvilinear Grid

• New tool to split and merge row/column of a curvilinear grid. See the Curvilinear Grid Tools section for more information.
• Ability to merge two curvilinear grids. See the article Curvilinear Grid Module for more information

Mesh Modules

• SMS 11.2 allows for use of multiple meshes.

Model Features

SRH-2D

• There is now a custom interface for the SRH-2D model developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/sediment/model/srh2d/index.html). This model is a finite volume engine that is very stable in wetting/drying conditions. It has been tested extensively by various agencies, academic and commercial users.

ADCIRC

• There is now support for time varying bathymetry in ADCIRC.
• You can now do a spatially average interpolate from a raster/DEM to an ADCIRC mesh.

ADH

• The CSTORM-MS coupler has been updated to now include AdH meshes in addition to ADCIRC. This is in preparation for linking to AdH simulations for sediment transport in the CSTORM-MS.

CMS-Flow

• The cards, values and comments are now displayed in color in the CMS-Flow Advanced tab
• Added projection cards

STWAVE

• The model control now uses a spectral coverage to specify the cases/wave states that will be included in a simulation. This allows a user to utilize multiple observed spectra to drive the model in the same manner that a nested simulation has been used in the past.