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SMS User Manual (v12.3)

The Surface-water Modeling System

1. Introduction: What is SMS?; Tutorials; Highlights; What's New in SMS 12.3

1.1. Support: Support; System Requirements; Downloads; License Agreement; Introduction to Setting up SMS; Registering SMS; Community Version; Hardware Locks; Graphics Card Troubleshooting; Report Bug

1.2. General Information: General Interface Features; Keyboard Shortcuts; Publications

1.3. Layout: Layout; Data Toolbar; Toolbars; Static Tools; Dynamic Tools; Echo Window; Edit Window; Graphics Window; Help or Status Window; Macros; Project Explorer; Time Steps Window
1.3.1. SMS Menus: SMS Menus; File Menu; Edit Menu; Display Menu; Web Menu; Window Menu; Help Menu; Project Explorer Right-Click Menus

Functionalities

2. Functionalities

Get Online Maps

XMS Print Layout

2.1. 2D Plots: Plot Window; Computed vs. Observed Data; Error Summary; Error vs. Simulation Plot; Error vs. Time Step Plot; Observation Profile; Profile Customization Dialog; Residual vs. Observed Data; Time Series; Time Series Data File; Time Series Plot; ARR Mesh Quality Assessment Plot

2.2. Animation (Film Loop): Animations; Film Loop Display Options; Film Loop Drogue Plot Options; Film Loop Flow Trace Options; Film Loop General Options; Film Loop Multiple Views; Film Loop Time Step Options

2.3. Projections: Projections; Projection Dialogs; CPP Coordinate System; Geographic Coordinate System; UTM Coordinate System; State Plane Coordinate System

2.4. Datasets: Datasets; Dataset Toolbox; Data Calculator; Smooth Dataset; Metadata

2.5. Display Options: Display Options; Color Options; Functional Surfaces; Lighting Options; Raster Options; General Display Options; Z Magnification; Contour Options; Vector Display Options; Visualization for 3D Solutions

2.6. File Import Wizards: File Import Wizard; File Import Filter Options; File Import Wizard Supported File Formats

2.7. Export Options: Export Tabular File; Exporting Profile Dialog; Export Dataset Dialog

2.8. Geometric Tools: Data Transform; Zonal Classification

2.9. Images: Images; Image Pyramids; Import from Web; Registering an Image; Save as Image; Web Service for Background Imagery

2.10. Preferences: Preferences; Time Settings

2.11 Cross Sections: Editing Cross Sections; Managing Cross Sections

2.12. Spectral Energy: Spectral Energy; Create Spectral Energy Grid; Generate/Edit Spectra; Import Spectra; Spectral Grid Properties; Spectral Events

2.13. Datasets(VTK): Datasets VTK; Conversions Scalar↔Vector; Dataset Calculator VTK; Interpolation VTK

Modules

3. Modules

3.1. 1D Grid Module: 1D Grid Module; 1D Grid Display Options; 1D Grid Tools

3.2. Cartesian Grid Module: Cartesian Grid Module; Cartesian Grid Coordinates; Cartesian Grid Data Menu; Cartesian Grid Module Display Options; Cartesian Grid Tools; Grid Frame Properties; Grid Smoothing; Refine Point Dialog

3.3. GIS Module: GIS Module; Importing Shapefiles; GIS Module Tools; GIS Module Menus; GIS Conversion and Editing; GIS Module Display Options; ArcObjects; GIS to Feature Objects Wizard

3.4. Map Module: Map Module
3.4.a. Coverage Types: Coverages
3.4.a.1. Generic Coverages: Generic Coverages; Activity Classification Coverage; Area Property Coverage; Feature Stamping; Mapping Coverage; Observations; Particle/Drogue; Plot Data Coverage; Spatial Data; Spectral Coverage
3.4.a.2. Model Specific Coverages: Model Specific Coverages; 1D Hyd Centerline Coverage; 1D Hyd Cross Section Coverage; ADCIRC; ADCIRC Wind Coverage; ADH Vessel; ESMF – Earth System Modeling Framework; Synthetic Storm Coverage
3.4.b. Interface Components: Interface Components; Map Module Display Options; Map Feature Objects Menu; Map Module Tools; Map Project Explorer
3.4.c. Functionalities: Feature Objects Types; Attributes in the Feature Objects Menu; Map Module Selection
3.4.c.1. Feature Object Creation: Digitize; Build Polygons
3.4.c.2. Feature Object Modification: Feature Object Modification: All; Converting Coverages; Converting Feature Objects; Unstructured Grid Generation from a Conceptual Model; Select/Delete Data...; Arcs; Arc Size Function; Feature Object Commands

3.5. Mesh Module: Mesh Module
3.5.a. Mesh Generation: Mesh Generation; Refine Attributes Dialog; 2D Mesh Options Dialog; 2D Mesh Polygon Properties; Advancing Front Triangulation; Mesh Node Triangulation; Merge 2D Meshes; Patch; Patches; Paving; Adaptive Tesselation; Size Function
3.5.b. Interface Components
3.5.b.1. Mesh Module Display Options: Mesh Module Display Options; Mesh Quality
3.5.b.2. 2D Mesh Module Tools: 2D Mesh Module Tools; Editing 2D Meshes; 2D Mesh Module Tools Right-Click Menus
3.5.b.3. 2D Mesh Module Menus: 2D Mesh Module Menus; 2D Mesh Nodestrings Menu; Mesh Data Menu
3.5.b.3.1. 2D Mesh Elements Menu: 2D Mesh Elements Menu; Element types; Boundary Triangles; Convert Elements; Mesh Element Options
3.5.b.3.2. 2D Mesh Nodes Menu: 2D Mesh Nodes Menu; 2D Mesh Node Options Dialog; Renumber; Reduce Nodal Connectivity

3.6 Particle Module: Particle Module; Particle Module Display Options; Particle Module Menus
3.6.a. Particle Module Datasets: Particle Module Compute Grid Datasets; PTM Create Grid Datasets – Fence Diagrams

3.7 Quadtree Module: Quadtree Module; Telescoping Grids; Quadtree Tools; Quadtree Menus; Quadtree Display Options

3.8 Scatter Module: Scatter Module
3.8.a. Interface Components: Scatter Module Display Options; Scatter Project Explorer Items; Scatter Module Tools
3.8.a.1. Scatter Module Menus: Scatter Menu; Scatter Data Menu; Scatter Breakline Menu; Scatter Triangles Menu; Scatter Vertices Menu
3.8.b. Functionalities: Scatter Options; Use of Digital Elevation Maps in the Scatter Module; Scatter Breakline Options; Process Boundary Triangles; Generate Contour Breaklines
3.8.c. Scatter Interpolation: Scatter Interpolation; Laplacian Interpolation; Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation; Natural Neighbor Interpolation; Linear Interpolation

3.9 UGrid Module: UGrid Module; UGrid Menus

Generic Models

4. General Numeric Models

4.1. Generic Model: Generic Model; Generic Model Coverage; Generic Model Files; Generic Model Graphical Interface

4.2. Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM): FVCOM

4.3. Particle Tracking Model (PTM): PTM; PTM Model Control; PTM Graphical Interface; PTM Particle Filters; PTM Traps
4.3.a. PTM Coverages: PTM Gage Coverage
4.3.a.1. PTM Sources: PTM Sources; PTM Arc Attributes Dialog; PTM Feature Point Attributes Dialog
4.3.b. PTM Files: PTM Files; PTM Control File; PTM Sediment File; PTM Source File; PTM Wave File; PTM Trap File; PTM Trap Output; PTM Boundary Condition File

4.4. TUFLOW FV: TUFLOW FV

Coastal Models

5. Coastal Numeric Models

5.1. ADCIRC (Advanced Circulation) Model: ADCIRC; ADCIRC Database; ADCIRC Files; ADCIRC Graphical Interface; ADCIRC Menu; ADCIRC Mesh; ADCIRC Model Control; ADCIRC Spatial Attributes; LTEA
5.1.a. ADCIRC Boundary Conditions: ADCIRC Boundary Conditions; ADCIRC Weirs and Island Barriers

5.2. BOUSS-2D – A Boussinesq Wave Model for Coastal Regions and Harbors: BOUSS-2D; BOUSS-2D Using the Model; BOUSS-2D Simulations; BOUSS-2D Calculators; BOUSS-2D Files; BOUSS-2D Graphical Interface; BOUSS-2D Model Control; BOUSS-2D Parameter File; BOUSS-2D Probes

5.3. BOUSS Runup/Overtopping: BOUSS Runup / Overtopping; BOUSS Runup / Overtopping Model Control; BOUSS Runup / Overtopping Input Files; BOUSS Runup / Overtopping Viewing Data

5.4. CGWAVE: CGWAVE; CGWAVE Graphical Interface; CGWAVE Files; CGWAVE Math Details: Governing Equations; CGWAVE Math Details: Boundary Conditions; CGWAVE Math Details: Numerical Solution; CGWAVE Model Control; CGWAVE Incident Wave Conditions; Long Wave Input Toolbox; CGWAVE Boundary Conditions Dialog; CGWAVE Practical Notes; CGWAVE Test Cases

5.5. Coastal Modeling System: CMS; CMS-Flow/CMS-Wave Steering
5.5.a. CMS-Flow: CMS-Flow; CMS-Flow Coverages; CMS-Flow Simulation; CMS-Flow Menu; CMS-Flow Model Control; CMS-Flow Files; CMS-Flow Spatial Datasets; Lund Cirp and Watanabe Formula
5.5.b. CMS-Wave: CMS-Wave; CMS-Wave Cell Attributes Dialog; CMS-Wave Graphical Interface; CMS-Wave Menu; CMS-Wave Model Control
5.5.b.1. CMS-WAVE Files: CMS-Wave Files; CMS-Wave Control File; CMS-Wave Depth File; CMS-Wave Monitoring Station Output File; CMS-Wave Simulation File; CMS-Wave Spectral Energy File; CMS-Wave Spectral Table File; CMS-Wave STD; CMS-Wave Structure File

5.6. GenCade: GenCade; GenCade Files; GenCade Modeling Process
5.6.a. GenCade Graphical interface: GenCade Graphical Interface; GenCade Arc Attributes; GenCade Events; GenCade Menu; GenCade Model Control Dialog; GenCade Refine Point; GenCade Result Visualization; GenCade Structures; Wave Gages

5.7. STWAVE – Steady State Spectral Wave: STWAVE; Grid Nesting; STWAVE Graphical Interface; STWAVE Menu; STWAVE Model Control

5.8. WAM – Wave Prediction Model: WAM; WAM Map to Raster Utility
5.8.a. WAM Graphical Interface: WAM Graphical Interface; WAM Grid Options; WAM Simulation Model Control; WAM Spectra from STWAVE Grids

Riverine and Estuarine Models

6. Riverine and Estuarine Models

6.1. ADH – Adaptive Hydraulics Modeling: ADH; ADH Bed Layers Assignment; ADH Boat Definition File Cards; ADH Extract WSE; ADH Hot Start File; ADH Hot Start Initial Conditions; ADH Material Properties; ADH Run Model; ADH Time Series; ADH Wind Stations
6.1.a. ADH Boundary Condition: ADH Boundary Condition Assignment; ADH Boundary Condition File Cards
6.1.b. ADH Model Control: ADH Model Control; ADH Model Control Model Parameters; ADH Model Control Iterations; ADH Model Control Time; ADH Model Control Output; ADH Model Control Global Material Properties; ADH Model Control Advanced; ADH Model Control Solver
6.1.c. ADH Library Control: ADH Sediment Library Control; ADH Consolidation; ADH Transport Constituents; ADH Sediment Transport and Bed Layers

6.2. Finite Element Surface Water Modeling System (FESWMS): FESWMS; FESWMS Attributes Dialog; FESWMS BC Nodestrings; FESWMS Executable Known Issues; FESWMS Files; FESWMS Graphical Interface; FESWMS Hydraulic Structures; FESWMS Material Properties; FESWMS Menu; FESWMS Model Control Dialog; FESWMS Sediment Control; FESWMS Spindown

6.3 HEC-RAS – Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System: HEC-RAS

6.4. HYDRO AS-2D: HYDRO AS-2D

6.5. SRH-2D – Sedimentation and River Hydraulics – Two-Dimensional: SRH-2D; SRH-2D Coverages; SRH-2D Boundary Conditions; SRH-2D Files; SRH-2D Menu; SRH-2D Material Properties; SRH-2D Model Control; SRH-2D Populate Dialog; SRH-2D Sediment Transport Parameters; SRH-2D Sediment Material Properties; SRH-2D Simulation; SRH-2D Structures; SRH-2D Errors

6.6. Steering: Steering

6.7. TABS-MD (Multi-Dimensional) Numerical Modeling System – RMA2/RMA4: TABS; TABS Attribute Dialog; Total Flow Nodestring
6.7.a. GFGEN: GFGEN; GFGEN Executable Known Issues
6.7.b. RMA2 – Resource Management Associates: RMA2; Nodal Transition (Marsh Porosity) Dialog; Rainfall Values Dialog; RMA2 1D Control Structures; RMA2 Boundary Conditions; RMA2 Files; RMA2 Graphical Interface; RMA2 Material Properties; RMA2 Menu; RMA2 Model Control Dialog; RMA2 Spindown; Roughness Options Dialog; RMA2 GCL Card
6.7.c. RMA4 – Resource Management Associates: RMA4; RMA4 Boundary Conditions; RMA4 Graphical Interface; RMA4 Material Properties; RMA4 Model Control

6.8. TUFLOW – Two-dimensional Unsteady FLOW: TUFLOW; TUFLOW Simulation; Define TUFLOW domain; TUFLOW Coverages; TUFLOW Menu; Command Objects; Reading a TUFLOW Simulation; TUFLOW 2D Geometry Components; TUFLOW AD; TUFLOW Boundary Conditions; TUFLOW Check Files; TUFLOW Combining 1D and 2D Domains; TUFLOW Flow Constriction Shapes; TUFLOW Grid Options; TUFLOW Inlet Database; TUFLOW Irregular Culverts; TUFLOW Linking 2D Domains; TUFLOW Manholes; TUFLOW Material Properties; TUFLOW Model Parameters; TUFLOW Network Node Attributes; TUFLOW ZShape

Appendix and File Support

7. Appendix: Release Notes; Dialog Help

7.1. Dynamic Model Interface: Dynamic Model Interface Schema

7.2. File Support: File Formats; File Extensions; Native SMS Files; Importing Non-Native SMS Files; Import from Web; XMDF
7.2.a. File Formats: 2D Mesh Files *.2dm; 2D Scatter Point Files; 2D Grid Files; ARC/INFO® ASCII Grid Files *.arc; ASCII Dataset Files *.dat; Binary Dataset Files *.dat; Boundary ID Files; Boundary XY Files; Coastline Files *.cst; Color Palette Files *.pal; Drogue Files *.pth; Fleet Wind Files; KMZ Files; LandXML Files; Lidar Support; Map Files; MapInfo MID/MIF; Material Files *.mat; MIKE 21 *.mesh; NOAA HURDAT; Quad4 Files; Settings Files *.ini; Shapefiles; SMS Super Files *.sup; Tabular Data Files - SHOALS *.pts; TIN Files; XY Series Files; XY Series Editor; XYZ Files; Generic Vector/Raster Files
7.2.b. GSDA: GSDA; GSDA:Digital Elevation; GSDA:Hydrography Data; GSDA:Imagery; GSDA:Meteorologic Data; GSDA:Oceanic Data; GSDA:Surface Characteristics

7.3. Archives: Archived Features; Archived Models

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