GMS:What's New in GMS 9.0

The following is a start at a list of the more significant changes that will be introduced in GMS 9.0.

1. MODFLOW
   1. MODFLOW SUB package interface
   2. MODFLOW Gage package interface
   3. "Streamflow Out" of each reach in separate CCF file

      • The ISTCB2 flag in the SFR package allows for streamflow out of each reach to be saved. This data was moved to a separate compact budget file so that it doesn't get included with the flow budget since it doesn't affect the aquifer.

   4. ISTCB2 option added for STR package
   5. Model checker for SFR package added
   6. New STR package tutorial
   7. UZF package option to save only groundwater data
   8. Gage folder in solution starts out collapsed by default
   9. Capture Zone Analysis dialog rearranged slightly
2. PEST
   1. Push-of-a-button support for PEST null space Monte Carlo makes calibration faster and easier.
   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

      • DEMs (multiple formats) and GeoTIFFs containing elevation data (such as those created from USGS NED data online maps) 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.

4. 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. 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.

   4. Current projection displayed at the bottom of the graphics window
   5. Latitude/longitude displayed at the bottom of the graphics window
   6. GMS version number appears in window title
   7. New round logos
   8. View Values menu command now opens data set values dialog in editable state.
   9. Collapse / Expand menu items added on multiple items in Project Explorer
   10. CAD file changes

       • Support for having multiple CAD files added to the project
       • CAD files are no longer saved when the project is saved

   11. TINs, 2D meshes and 2D scatter points now have a clear separation between z value and data set value
   12. Wells are now included in MT3D TOB package so that mass flux is calculated and mass vs. time plots can be generated