SMS:TUFLOW Interface

The TUFLOW interface in SMS exists in several modules including: Cartesian Grid Module, Map Module, Scatter Module, and Mesh Module. Many of the TUFLOW building blocks are managed using the Project Explorer.

Tutorials

The SMS tutorials are a good place to start learning to use SMS and associated models. The following tutorials will help get you started using TUFLOW.

• Models | TUFLOW 2D
• Models | TUFLOW 1D
• General | Data Visualization
• General | Observation

General Steps to Build a TUFLOW Model

• Define the domain or domains
• Setup boundary conditions
• Create the simulation
• Define Material Properties
• Set Model Parameters
• Run TUFLOW

• Find problems and verify model setup using check files
• View and analyze the results
• Repeat above steps to generate new simulations

Optional Steps

• Define flow constrictions
• Define geometry modifications such as levees

TUFLOW Coverages

Much of the data used in TUFLOW is specified on a coverage level into one of the TUFLOW Coverages.