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#Community Version==
#Community Version
#*The [[SMS:Community Version|SMS Community Version]] is an unlicensed version that allows using a basic interface to:
#*The [[SMS:Community Version|SMS Community Version]] is an unlicensed version that allows using a basic interface to:
#** Open and view files.
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#* Options added to '''Smooth Arc''' tool.
#* Options added to '''Smooth Arc''' tool.
#* Size functions can be used to redistribute vertices along an arc.
#* Size functions can be used to redistribute vertices along an arc.
#Curvilinear Grid===
#Curvilinear Grid
#*SMS can now use multiple curvilinear grids.
#*SMS can now use multiple curvilinear grids.
#*Curvilinear grids can now be duplicated.
#*Curvilinear grids can now be duplicated.
#UGrid Module===
#UGrid Module
#*[[SMS:UGrid Module|UGrid]] module added to SMS.
#*[[SMS:UGrid Module|UGrid]] module added to SMS.
#CMS-Flow===
#CMS-Flow
#*Structures coverage added.
#*Structures coverage added.
#*Monitoring stations coverage added.
#*Monitoring stations coverage added.

Revision as of 23:16, 19 May 2021



<sms 12.0 never left beta, went to 12.1> <sms 10.0 might be the oldest one they've got, from 2008> <use bug fixes pages to get dates> <go to what's new pages, might also have dates> <don't do sms 13.2, don't do unreleased ones> <copy stuff out, format to make sure fits tables> <some might not have beta releases> <do not reformat what's new pages and bug fix pages> <not expected done today, fine if take rest of week> <don't know how fast it's going to go> <also want one for wms> <will need to look at it when it's done to see how it is> <keep notoc> <double-check categories to make sure going to the right place, product working on> <put in links as appropriate> <get idea of gms page setup, learn how to convert what's new into version history> <turn items into bolded lists? could be tedious?> <when finish SMS 10.0 or 13.1, come get him and see how looks in table and go from there, send him link, don't have to wait for him to start meeting> <don't include images in version history> <maybe think about adding Model versions released when done with going through all the versions?> <get rid of text links in third column> <can't do the grabbing of text like they do for WMS, set up differently>

SMS Version History
Version Date Changes
13.1
  • 2020 Jun - beta
  • 2021 Apr - final
  1. General Features
  2. 1D Module
    • 1D Module added back into SMS to support HEC-RAS 1D.
  3. GIS Module
  4. Map Module
  5. UGrid
  6. ADCIRC
    • Updates to the ADCIRC interface.
      Note: SMS 13.0 ADCIRC project files should not be imported into 13.1. Instead, use the native ADCIRC files to rebuild the project.
  7. CMS-Flow
  8. HEC-RAS
  9. SRH-2D
    • Tools available on simulation right click
      • Advanced simulation
        • Multiple scenario management
        • Automatic calibration (Parameter Estimation or PEST) using Manning's n and/or flowrates.
      • View Simulation Plots (see new plots discussion)
      • Statistical Analysis
      • Summary Report Generation. Generates an HTML report summarizing contents and attributes of the project. This is designed to be a first pass at model review.
      • Datasets to Rasters
    • SRH-2D specific floodway tools available on simulation right click (New): These are in addition to the general floodway delineation tool available on the 1D centerline coverage.
      • Generate Floodway Simulation: This generates a new simulation and a new boundary condition coverage.
      • Generate Floodway Cross Section: These cross sections can be used to evaluate rise and velocity comparing a floodway simulation to a floodplain simulation.
      • Compare Floodway Simulation Data: This generates a customized cross section summary table to compare water levels and velocities between a floodplain simulation and a floodway simulation.
    • New plots - displayed in the Run Queue as well as accessible in Tools|View Simulation Plots menu command when right clicking on a simulation:
      • Simulation plots:
        • Net Q (Outflow - Inflow)/Inflow
        • Mass Balance. This includes both mass balance for each time step and the cumulative mass balance
        • Simulation plot for number of wet elements
      • Structure plots available when right-clicking on a BC arc for Culverts, Weirs, Gates, and Links
      • Monitor line and monitor point plots available when right-clicking on these entities.
    • New boundary condition options:
      • Option to instruct SRH-2D to allow 2D flow for overtopping an HY-8 culvert
      • Option to specify boundary condition arcs as data lines and associate these lines with structures. This allows the controlling water levels used for structures such as weirs and culverts to not be right on top of the structure.
    • Option to define pressure zones as a dataset. This allows arbitrary bridge geometry. This is coupled with a tool that will convert 3D bridge objects into a "ceiling" dataset for this purpose,
    • New "Water Surface Elevation Dataset" initial condition option in the SRH-2D Model Control dialog.
    • Option to output spatial datasets of "maximums" and "times of maximum".
    • Updates to SRH-2D material coverage and material properties.
    • Sediment transport parameters are now set on in the SRH-2D Model Control dialog.
    • The Populate dialog has been replaced by the Channel Calculator dialog.
    • Improved management of HY-8 linkage.
    • Functionality to import "Model Native" files (srhhydro, etc.) and create representative simulations.
13.0
  • 2018 Oct - beta
  • 2020 Jun - final
  1. General Features
    • Updates to the measure tool.
    • Coordinate system preview option.
    • New GIS tab showing GIS module information in the Information dialog.
    • New Notes tab included in property dialogs.
    • Updates to projections.
    • Toolbox and scripting updates.
    • Select by features in the Edit menu:
      • Find commands in individual menus to find objects (nodes, vertices, elements, cells, triangles, polygons) by ID or X,Y moved to "Select by..." option.
      • Select by coverage option. Coverage
    • Removed the Web menu and moved many of its commands to the File menu.
    • STL files can be imported.
    • Bridge scour tool.
    • Ability to import a flood map.
    • Floodway delineation tool.
    • New Simulation Run Queue that allows running multiple simulations at once for SRH-2D, ADCIRC, and STWAVE.
    • Plot option improvements:
      • The background of all plots used to have alternating light/dark bands. The user can now control the display of this feature with a toggle in the plot options dialog.
      • Plots can now be saved in one session and restored/loaded in another. The plots are saved using the File | Save As command and specifying the type to be ".plt". When a plot is loaded, SMS looks for a mesh and datasets that were specified for the plot display. If a mesh doesn't exist, SMS looks for another mesh that contains an appropriately named dataset. If the dataset doesn't exist in the folder named in the plot file, SMS looks for another dataset with a matching name in a different folder.
    • Mesh generation changes:
      • During the mesh generation process, SMS will no longer redistribute vertices on the boundary arcs based on a size function. This process is available in the Redistribute Vertices dialog and is done on an arc-by-arc basis.
      • The Map → Mesh command used to bring up the 2D Mesh Options dialog. This dialog is now no longer used. See the archived article for more information.
  2. GIS Module
    • Faster lidar file import process.
    • New lidar tools and display options.
    • Hill shading display option has been removed.
  3. Map Module
    • Constant paving density option.
    • Arc redistribution based on size function. This impacts mesh generation because it is not done automatically during mesh generation anymore.
    • New Snap Mesh to Arcs command which changes mesh nodes to match arc nodes and vertices.
    • Faster meshing.
    • Meshing now handles single segment breaklines.
    • Meshing no longer redistributes the arcs when scalar paving is used.
  4. Mesh Module
    • Ability to interpolate solution sets to another mesh.
  5. Scatter Module
    • Convert 2D scatter sets to raster data.
    • Laplacian interpolation option removed.
  6. ADCIRC
    • ADCIRC graphical interface changed to allow having multiple simulations in a single project.
  7. HEC-RAS
    • HEC-RAS 2D grid generation tool.
      • Creation of DEM for HEC-RAS and autolink to this DEM.
      • Use of material coverage with polygons defining zones and material list defining attributes.
    • HEC-RAS translator process completed when exporting files.
  8. FESWMS
    • FESWMS is no longer supported in SMS. The interface has been removed.
  9. SRH-2D
    • Link to HY-8 for culvert calculations via a table of flow rates - significantly reduces for HY-8 computation time.
    • Update to internal links to allow for a rating curve inflow condition to these structures.
    • Support for internal momentum-less source/sinks.
  10. STWAVE
    • STWAVE graphical interface changed to allow having multiple simulations in a single project.
  11. TUFLOW 2D
12.3
  • 2018 Feb - beta
  • 2018 Dec - final
  1. General Features
    • Updated icons to higher resolution.
    • Selection to echo window.
    • Updates to the Virtual Earth Map Locator.
    • Default Contour Range options added to the Preferences dialog.
    • Data points on plots can be selected to show the point values.
  2. Map
    • A transparency can be set for filled polygons (such as materials) in the map Display Options.
    • Right-clicking on an arc in an observation coverage now has the option to directly generate an observation plot from that arc.
  3. SRH-2D
    • Ability to create inflow-outflow link structures that model flow between two separate meshes.
    • Update to internal links to allow for a rating curve inflow condition to these structures.
    • Link to HY-8 for culvert calculations via a table of flow rates—significantly reduces for HY-8 computation time.
12.2
  • 2016 Sep - beta
  • 2018 May - final
  1. Community Version
    • The SMS Community Version is an unlicensed version that allows using a basic interface to:
      • Open and view files.
      • Generate a mesh (limited to one mesh).
      • Use the SRH-2D interface (limited to one simulation).
  2. General Features
    • Options added to Smooth Arc tool.
    • Size functions can be used to redistribute vertices along an arc.
  3. Curvilinear Grid
    • SMS can now use multiple curvilinear grids.
    • Curvilinear grids can now be duplicated.
  4. UGrid Module
    • UGrid module added to SMS.
  5. CMS-Flow
    • Structures coverage added.
    • Monitoring stations coverage added.
  6. HEC-RAS
    • Now uses the simulation process similar to that used in SRH-2D.
    • Can be used to export geometry generated in SMS for use in HEC-RAS.
  7. SRH-2D
    • New sediment materials coverage.
    • Pressure zones with arched ceiling elevations.
    • Weir flow over pressure zones.
    • Internal links to connect internal source and sinks.
    • Internal source/sinks.
    • Option to use energy total head instead of water-surface elevation for culverts.
  8. Removed Features
    • The GIS to Feature Objects Wizard no longer allows creating a new coverage during the conversion process. Existing coverages can still be selected.
10.1
  • 2015 Oct - beta
  • 2016 Feb - final
  1. MODFLOW support
    1. GNC (Ghost Node Correction) Package for MODFLOW-USG
    2. SWI (Seawater Intrusion) Package for MODFLOW 2005
    3. CLN (Connected Linear Network) Process for MODFLOW-USG
    4. Import of MODFLOW-USG models created outside GMS
    5. Observations for MODFLOW-USG
    6. Pilot points for MODFLOW-USG
    7. Name file / unit number manager and improved support for unsupported packages
    8. Option added in the MODFLOW Preferences to create a Cell Summary text file when reading MODFLOW Head files. The file is added to the MODFLOW solution in the Project Explorer.
    9. Advanced Run MODFLOW dialog to run custom MODFLOW binaries from GMS.
  2. mod-PATH3DU particle tracking
  3. UGrid functionality
    1. Refinement and structure type
    2. Isosurfaces
    3. Convert
      1. Solid to UGrid
      2. Raster to UGrid
    4. Interpolate
      1. From UGrid to UGrid
      2. From rasters to UGrid
    5. Vector display and CCF -> Vectors works for UGrids
    6. Better support for both cell and point based datasets on UGrids.
    7. Z Values -> Dataset and Map to Z Values commands for UGrids
    8. Cell center set at outer edge point for voronoi grids
    9. Faster voronoi grid generation
    10. Better contouring and matching linear and color-filled contours
    11. Duplicating the ugrid duplicates MODFLOW
    12. Cell/point numbers switched to 1-based
    13. File export for:
      1. VTK ASCII Legacy file
      2. TOUGH2 MESH file
      3. GSF (grid specification file), import and export
  4. Shapefile export for:
    1. TIN
    2. 2D Mesh
  5. New tutorials
    1. Getting Started
    2. MODFLOW-USG Calibration
    3. MODFLOW-USG GNC Package
    4. MODFLOW-USG CLN Package
    5. MODFLOW SWI Package
    6. MODFLOW-Unsupported Package
    7. mod-PATH3DU
    8. Print Layout
  6. Print Layout (beta) for creating nicer prints
  7. Miscellaneous
    1. Preference to change direction of mini grid up/down spin control
    2. Preference to invert mouse wheel zoom direction
    3. Borehole cross sections are cleared instead of deleted when a borehole is edited
    4. Importing transient point data will add data to all objects with the same name, not just the first
    5. Borehole segments now have descriptions that can be edited and imported
    6. Option to show grid in cross section editor in front or back
    7. Material legend option added to cross section editor
    8. Import dataset from column delimited text file
    9. 3D Mesh -> Solid command
    10. Much faster, parallel interpolation for IDW.
    11. Zoom To Extents commands for all geometric objects, including CAD layers
    12. SEAWAT 64-bit executables added to Preferences dialogs
    13. File|Settings command to set the defaults used for new projects.
    14. Different icons in Project Explorer for cell and point based datasets
    15. Export solids to VTK
    16. Right-click on CAD to check/uncheck all layers
    17. More raster features:
      1. Conversion to Feature Contours
      2. Resampling
      3. Smoothing
      4. Trimming
  8. Other
    1. Length units are defaulted to computers current regional settings unless defaults have been saved previously.
    2. Save/restore expanded/collapsed state of Project Explorer
    3. Standardized on "dataset" instead of "data set".
    4. Switching to MODFLOW-NWT switches the solver to the NWT solver
    5. The user is asked about inactive cells when converting a 3D Grid MODFLOW model to MODFLOW-USG.
    6. Improved isosurface volume calculations

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.11.00, MODFLOW-LGR: 1.2.0, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.8, MODFLOW-USG: 1.3, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.3.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.1, Global Mapper SDK version: 16.24, Teigha: 3.9.0 (3.09)

10.0
  • 2014 May - beta
  • 2014 July - final
  1. MODFLOW-USG
  2. Unstructured Grid module
    1. Horizons -> UGrid
    2. Map -> UGrid
  3. Improved MODFLOW native text output
  4. Improved Model Checker results with color
  5. Selection Echo window
  6. Overhauled and improved Plot Axes
  7. New tutorials
    1. MODFLOW-USG: Complex Stratigraphy
    2. MODFLOW-USG: Converting From MODFLOW 2005
    3. MODFLOW-USG: Quadtree
    4. MODFLOW-USG: Regional to Local
    5. UGrid Creation
    6. MODFLOW-LGR: Regional to Local
    7. MODFLOW-Save Native Text
  8. Miscellaneous
    1. TINs can now be used for SFR2 elevations in a coverage
    2. Units in areal packages dialog
    3. Improved export of 3D grid shapefiles
    4. Export faces to CAD files
    5. Added rasters as an alternative to TINs for getting elevations of drains and other BCs in the map module.
    6. Added button to the MODFLOW Source Sink packages (DRN, WEL, GHB...) to bring up a spreadsheet to edit Use previous for all stress periods.
    7. Added button to the MODFLOW Areal Source Sink packages (RCH, EVT, ETS) to bring up a spreadsheet to edit Use previous and multiplier of active array for all stress periods.
    8. Added button to the MODFLOW Array Editor dialog (HK, SS, SY...) to bring up a spreadsheet to edit multiplier for all layers in the grid.
    9. HFB default line thickness now 3 and color is orange
    10. moles/liter units added (for PHT3D)
    11. Solids root item in Project Explorer includes Projection menu
    12. Select By Dataset Value command
    13. "Check All" added in Project Explorer
    14. Display projection text moved from bottom right of Graphics Window to bottom right in status bar of main window.
    15. Module toolbar default location changed to top of GMS window.
    16. Some icons changed to be consistent with SMS, WMS.
    17. Pin/unpin Project Explorer
  9. More shortcut keys added
    1. F2 edits labels in the Project Explorer
    2. Ctrl+U unselects all
    3. Ctrl+O opens a file
    4. Ctrl+H hides the selected objects
    5. Ctrl+W shows the hidden objects

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.11.00, MODFLOW-LGR: 1.2.0, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.8, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.3.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.1, Global Mapper: 15.08, Teigha: 3.9.0 (3.09)

9.2
  • 2013 Oct - beta
  • 2013 Nov - final
  • MODFLOW-LGR Support
  • MT3D improvements
    • MT3D menus and dialogs rename to reflect MT3D, RT3D, SEAM3D or PHT3D
    • MT3D starting concentrations much easier to enter in new spreadsheet in Basic Package dialog
  • FEFLOW import/export
  • MODFLOW improvements
    • Streamflow Out data shown in a table via command on CCF file
    • Starting heads can be set to always match the grid top elevations for convenience
    • ISTCB1 option added in both MODFLOW STR and SFR2 packages
    • Partial support for MODFLOW-USG on structured 3D grids. You cannot create any sort of unstructured grid yet (nested grids, quad-tree, voronoi etc) but you can run MODFLOW-USG on a regular, structured grid. Unstructured grid creation is coming soon.
  • Projection improvements
  • Display projection can define units even if there is no projection defined
    • New objects are assigned the display projection if one exists
    • Vertical projection saved to .prj files and restored
  • Miscellaneous
    • Update to PEST 12.3
    • "Don't Register" button on Welcome dialog
    • Ability to add points to a TIN without wiping out all datasets
    • Properties for the Project item in the Project Explorer
    • 3D grid cell selection: can now select range of cells by holding the shift key
    • Changing scatter point activity now asks what to do with transient datasets
    • Wider database fields allowed when exporting shapefiles
    • More options for exporting 3D grids to shapefiles with multiple datasets.
    • Nodes no longer displayed at 2D mesh quad element centroids.
    • DGN (Microstation) cad file import (via convert to temp DWG file). Results vary.
    • Pathlines can be exported even if there are no capture zones defined.

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.10.00, MODFLOW-LGR: 1.2.0, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.7, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.1, Global Mapper: 14.2, Teigha: 3.9.0 (3.09)

9.1
  • 2013 Mar - beta
  • 2013 May - final
  • PHT3D interface
  • Improvements to importing transient data including new tutorials
  • Transient TIN data sets can be used in Map -> MODFLOW
  • New tutorials:
    • MODFLOW - Transient Calibration Pump Test
    • MODFLOW - Transient Calibration
    • PHT3D - Ion Exchange And Surface Complexation
    • PHT3D - Transport And Mineral Reactions
  • Framing improvements
  • Snap Boreholes to TINs command
  • Exporting material names/colors/patterns/tranparency
  • Computed flow and Residual flow columns added to the map attribute table for flow observations
  • Isosurface transparency
  • Copy feature objects to another coverage
  • Activate / Inactivate scatter points command
  • More bitmaps in pop-up menus
  • Simplified and consistent main menus and pop-up menus

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.10.00, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.7, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.1, Global Mapper: 14.16, Teigha: 3.5.1

9.0
  • 2012 Oct - beta
  • 2012 Nov - final
  1. MODFLOW
    1. MODFLOW SUB package interface
    2. MODFLOW Gage package interface
    3. MODFLOW PCGN Package solver interface
    4. Model checker for SFR package added
    5. Simplified MODFLOW menu
    6. UZF package option to save only groundwater data
    7. Gage folder in solution starts out collapsed by default
    8. Global Options dialog now shows executable options: single vs. double precision, MODFLOW 2000 vs. MODFLOW 2005, serial vs. parallel. These options are now saved in the MODFLOW super file and are therefore portable.
    9. Capture Zone Analysis dialog rearranged
    10. CCF files are read more generically and data in unsupported packages is imported
    11. MODFLOW writes out the final array values of input arrays that use parameters. For example, if HK is being estimated with pilot points then part of the MODFLOW solution in the Project Explorer will be an HK data set with the final array values.
    12. Stochastic analysis of MODFLOW solutions now includes calculating the min, max, mean, and standard deviation of the MODFLOW parameter arrays that are part of the MODFLOW solutions.
  2. PEST
    1. Push-of-a-button support for PEST null space Monte Carlo. Generate multiple calibrated models for uncertainty analysis.
    2. Pilot points can now be used with all array based parameter types
    3. Convergence Options command and dialog renamed to PEST ASP Package to help clarify what it really is.
  3. Images
    1. Online dynamic images
      • Choose from several online images, maps, and elevation data to include as background images. The images update automatically while panning and zooming.
      • Create a static image from the dynamic image to save with the project
    2. Raster/DEM import and interpolation
      • Support for large DEMs (multiple formats) and GeoTIFFs containing elevation data (such as those created from USGS NED data online maps). These can be imported and interpolated directly to TINs, 2D scatter points, 2D grids and 2D meshes without the need to convert to 2D scatter points. DEMs can be exported in multiple formats.
      • Images moved to be under GIS layers. Images folder no longer exists.
      • Horizons to Solids using rasters
  4. Project On-The-Fly
    • Individual objects can now define their own projections and get projected on-the-fly to the display projection. This is how images have always worked and now it's available for all GMS objects.
    1. Projection files saved and imported
      • A projection file (.prj) is saved whenever a geometric object (TIN, mesh, borhole etc) is exported to a file. GMS will also look for a corresponding .prj file whenever a file is opened if the current projection is local. If one is found, it is opened and the current projection is set to the information in the file. This is a precursor to full project-on-the-fly which is in the works.
    2. Current projection displayed at the bottom of the graphics window
    3. Latitude/longitude displayed at the bottom of the graphics window
  5. CAD file changes
    • Support for having multiple CAD files added to the project
    • CAD files are no longer saved when the project is saved
    • CAD properties dialog
  6. Tutorials
    • MNW2 tutorial for non-vertical wells and pump capacity
    • MODFLOW Subsidence Package
    • MODFLOW STR Package
    • Split MODFLOW conceptual model tutorial into two
    • Null Space Monte Carlo
    • Online Maps
    • Rasters
    • Horizons with Rasters
  7. Miscellaneous
    1. Measure tool
      • The static tool palette gets a new tool for quickly and easily measuring distances.
    2. Selected items
      • Locate Selections: This new commmand in the Edit menu causes an animated rectangle to zoom in around whatever is currently selected.
      • Zoom To Selections: This new commmand in the Display menu causes the screen to be framed around whatever is currently selected.
    3. GMS version number appears in window title
    4. New round logos
    5. More and better menu bitmaps
    6. View Values menu command now opens data set values dialog in editable state.
    7. Collapse / Expand menu items added on multiple items in Project Explorer
    8. More "Open Containing Folder" commands throughout
    9. Open multiple files at once via the File|Open dialog.
    10. TINs, 2D meshes and 2D scatter points now have a clear separation between z value and data set value
    11. Wells are now included in MT3D TOB package so that mass flux is calculated and mass vs. time plots can be generated
    12. Node XYZ coordinates in coverages are now displayed in the attribute table.
    13. Bitmaps in right-click menus

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.9.01, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.5, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.1, Global Mapper: 1.38.0.0 updated to 14.16, Teigha: 3.5.1

8.3
  • 2012 Mar - beta
  • 2012 July - final
  • MODFLOW MNW2
  • MODPATH Color Pathlines by Cell Zone Code
  • MODPATH Starting locations from 3D Scatter Points and Vice Versa
  • Shapefiles -> 3D Scatter Points and vice versa
  • ISTCB2 Option in MODFLOW SFR Package Supported
  • Improved water table display
  • SEAWAT tutorials
  • MT3DMS Improvements
  • SS stress periods
  • STR, MNW1, DRT, ETS in SSM package
  • Point and Areal Sources/Sinks with selected cells
  • Zero-order reactions
  • Component-Dependent Diffusion in DSP package
  • No license required for Community Edition
  • Report A Bug feature

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.9.01, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.5, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.0, Global Mapper: 1.38.0.0, Teigha: 2.7.1

8.2
  • 2011 Dec - beta
  • 2012 Feb - final
  • MODFLOW NWT
  • MODFLOW DE4 Package
  • MODPATH manual option
  • MODPATH pathline to arcs command
  • ZONEBUDGET
  • Export 3D Grids as Shapefiles
  • CCF -> Velocity vectors
  • New tutorials: MODFLOW-NWT, ZONEBUDGET

Models: FEMWATER: "Simon Woodward" modified 2011, MODFLOW 88: 2.6, MODFLOW 96: 3.2, MODFLOW 2000: 1.19.01, MODFLOW 2005: 1.8.00, MODFLOW-NWT: 1.0.4, MODPATH: 5.0, MT3DMS: 5.3, PEST: 12.1, RT3D: 2.5, SAMG: Release 24a2 (12 May 2010), SEAM3D: 3.0, SEAWAT: 4.00.03, SEEP2D: 3.0, T-PROGS: 2.1

Libraries: ArcObjects (ArcGIS): 10.0, Global Mapper: 1.38.0.0, Teigha: 2.7.1

8.1
  • 2011 Jun - beta
  • 2011 Sep - final
  • 64 bit version of GMS created
  • Faster MODFLOW I/O by eliminating repacking of hdf5 file
  • Multiple light sources and lighting schemes
  • Annotation improvements
  • FEMWATER improvements to interface and bugfixes in code
  • Updated Global Mapper library
8.0
  • 2011 Jan - beta
  • 2011 Mar - final
  • MODFLOW 2005 with the UZF Package
  • SEAWAT
  • Faster OpenGL graphics via vertex arrays
  • Lighting added specular highlights
  • Transparency accuracy improvement and material-by-material transparency
  • Free Community Edition launched
  • MODFLOW 2000 version 1.19.01
  • MT3DMS version 5.3
  • Updated GUI look and feel
  • Contouring - Dialog overhauled, faster and better looking contours, block fill added
  • Annotations replace Drawing Objects
  • ArcGIS map server layers can be added
  • Regional to Local model conversion improvements
  • LMG3 package
  • Check for Updates
  • Named Layer Ranges on 3D Grids
  • Grid Row/Column/Layer redistribution
  • T-PROGS improvements
7.1
  • 2009 Oct - beta
  • 2010 Feb - final
  • New toolbar with "Map to..." tools and run model tools
  • MODFLOW MNW package
  • Parallel PEST
  • SVD and SVD-Assist with PEST
  • More UTEXAS supported features and GeoStudio import
  • GMS 2D mode GUI simplifications
  • GMS icon color goes red
7.0 2009 Aug
  • Support for Windows Vista
  • Arc Hydro Groundwater export
  • Map projection (coordinate system) interface overhaul
  • Updated ArcObjects libraries
  • MODFLOW enhancements - SFR, DRT, ETS, Increase support for parameters, MODFLOW Translator
  • MODPATH version 5.0
  • Support for the Transport Observation Package (TOB) with MT3DMS
  • New Tutorials - Advanced Parameter, DRT, ETS
  • Model menus stay when changing modules
  • Safer saving via temp directories
  • Updated graphics engine
  • Materials in tables
  • Separate color ramps for different objects
  • New image file format: ECW
  • Discontinued ART3D interface
6.5 2007 Dec
  • Components added: UTEXAS
  • HDF5 support for project files
  • Multi-panels for cross section editor
6.0 2005 Jul
  • OpenGL rendering
  • MODFLOW data stored on disk and not in memory
5.1
  • GIS Module added
  • Conceptual model objects added
  • Coverage attributes in tables
5.0 2004 Jan Components added: MODAEM
4.0 2002 Oct
  • Components added: Stochastic
  • Project Explorer appears
  • MODFLOW 2000 support
  • Stochastic modeling support
  • Horizons
  • Cross section editor
  • T-PROGS
3.1 2000 Sep
  • Components added: Parameter Estimation (PEST & UCODE), UTCHEM
  • MODFLOW 96 support added
  • Calibration tools
  • PEST
  • Ortho mode for 3D grids and true layer elevations
  • Standard Windows icons in GUI
3.0 1999 Sep
  • Components added: SEAM3D
2.1 1998 Mar
  • Components added: SEEP2D, RT3D
2.0 1996 Jun
  • Components added: Map, MODPATH, FEMWATER
  • Map module and conceptual modeling introduced
1.2 1995 Aug
1.1 1995 Mar
  • Components added: MT3D
1.0 1994 Dec
  • Components added: Sub Char, Mesh, Grid, Geostats, MODFLOW, FEMWATER
  • MODFLOW 88