SMS:What's New in SMS 13.1

General Features

• Extract Features tool for generating streams, bank arcs, and cross sections from raster data.
• Support for Additional Online Maps.
• New "Relative to dataset" origin option for viewing vectors.
• 3D bridge modeling using components.
• Plot options allows for displaying 3D bridge location.
• Updates to using simulations.
• Access to limited dataset tools in the dataset toolbox from the community version.
• Option to generate animations (film loops) from the community version.
• Project Explorer project right-click commands.
• Updated Floodway Definition tool.

Modules

1D Module

• 1D Module added back into SMS to support HEC-RAS 1D.

GIS Module

• Ability to generate flood depths from a raster.

Map Module

• 1D Cross Section Tools
  • Changes to Extract Cross Sections dialog.
  • Changes to importing wizard to create a cross section database.
  • Tool to create interpolated cross sections.
  • Tool to trim cross sections.
  • Tool to efficiently convert cross sections to a TIN.
• New Feature Extraction functionality
• New universal Select Objects tool.
• New Select Intersecting Objects selection tool.
• Ability to export shapefile files by right-clicking on a coverage and selecting Export.
• Support to export shapefile files in community version.
• New Copy to Coverage command.
• New arc annotation options, direction and stationing.
• Updates to the bridge scour tool.

UGrid

• UGrid clipping option added.

Models

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.

CMS-Flow

• Updates to the CMS-Flow coverages and model control.

HEC-RAS

• New HEC-RAS 1D export option.

SRH-2D

• New "Water Surface Elevation Dataset" initial condition option in the SRH-2D Model Control dialog.
• 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• The Populate dialog has been replaced by the Channel Calculator dialog.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.