GMS:Version History

GMS Version History

Version	Date	Changes
9.0	2012 Oct - beta 2012 Nov - final	MODFLOW MODFLOW SUB package interface MODFLOW Gage package interface MODFLOW PCGN Package solver interface Model checker for SFR package added Simplified MODFLOW menu UZF package option to save only groundwater data Gage folder in solution starts out collapsed by default 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. Capture Zone Analysis dialog rearranged CCF files are read more generically and data in unsupported packages is imported 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. 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. PEST Push-of-a-button support for PEST null space Monte Carlo. Generate multiple calibrated models for uncertainty analysis. Pilot points can now be used with all array based parameter types Convergence Options command and dialog renamed to PEST ASP Package to help clarify what it really is. Images 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 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 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. 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. Current projection displayed at the bottom of the graphics window Latitude/longitude displayed at the bottom of the graphics window 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 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 Miscellaneous Measure tool The static tool palette gets a new tool for quickly and easily measuring distances. 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. GMS version number appears in window title New round logos More and better menu bitmaps View Values menu command now opens data set values dialog in editable state. Collapse / Expand menu items added on multiple items in Project Explorer More "Open Containing Folder" commands throughout Open multiple files at once via the File|Open dialog. TINs, 2D meshes and 2D scatter points now have a clear separation between z value and data set value Wells are now included in MT3D TOB package so that mass flux is calculated and mass vs. time plots can be generated Node XYZ coordinates in coverages are now displayed in the attribute table. 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, 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