SMS:What's New in SMS 11.1

General Features

Dynamic Images

SMS can now link to dynamic image sources on the web so that the background image is updated as user pans/zooms around the domain.  These images can be converted to static images for speed or if internet access may be lost.  
New Online Image Sources Recently, the terraserver web service that had been available in SMS was discontinued.  SMS now accesses a number of new web sources for image and/or elevation data using the previous web source tools.

Project on the fly

All data in the SMS instance is now projected to a user specified projection for display.  This makes working with data in various projections much easier and less prone to round-off or conversion errors.

Other enhancements

• Dataset Toolbox Angle convention conversion for scalar datasets.
• Open as... command General data formats such as raster, vector and image files are not always supported as native in SMS. This new command allows SMS to use the Global Mapper library to convert the data in these files to be read in to SMS.
• Import Wizard column associtaion The import wizard can now associate Northing/Easting headers with Y/X.

VTK Dataset Interpolation

Can interpolate from a VTK dataset to mesh2d, cgrid, scatter, vtk mesh or curvilinear geometric object.

Module Features

GIS

• Convert GIS data to Generic model coverage. Users can now bring in GIS data (shape file or mif/mid) and convert this to generic model node or arc attributes.
• Read in a boundary condition file into the GIS module.

Map Module

• Select all arcs connected sequentially to define a polygon. Can be used to detect poor connectivity in a conceptual model.
• Split arcs based on user specified criterion.
• Convert Map feature arc and point attributes (Generic 2D mesh coverage) to mesh nodestring and node attributes.
• The Select/Delete Data function (Feature Objects menu) now gives the user the ability to set how points that lie on the selection polygon will be treated.
• Map data can be imported/exported in mif/mid format.
• Export map data in shape format.
• Map files have been optimized to load faster.
• Converting a area property coverage to a 2D grid has been optimized to convert faster.

Mesh Module

• Nodestrings now contain an id.
• A subset of the mesh can be selected and edited on its own.
• Meshes can be imported/exported in mif/mid format.
• An option now exists for mesh to scatter conversions where only selected mesh nodes are converted.
• Automatic zoom was removed when generating a mesh from a map coverage.

Mesh Quality Tools

• Reduce nodal connections.
• Global mesh renumbering done using the Cuthill-Mckee renumbering scheme replaces nodestring based renumbering.
• Mesh quality scatter set creation
• ARR plot Click here to learn more

Particle Module

• Extract particle subset - Export a portion of the times and/or particles to a new file to reduce file sizes of particle solutions.

Raster

• New raster set tree item folder in the project explorer.
• New "Options" dialog in the raster set project explorer. This is used specify if raster values are/aren't elevations.
• Ability to convert part of a raster to a scatter set (TIN).

Scatter Module

• Ability to autogenerate TIN breaklines following elevation values.
• New option to use Laplacian interpolation when interpolated to a Cartesian Grid.
• Merging scatter sets will now show a report of the number of vertices, triangles, breaklines before and after the merge.
• New scatter filter using VTK Decimate Pro algorithm.

Cartesian Grid Module

• We now have a floating projection option.

Model Features

AdH

• Support for version sediment and constituent transport.
• Preservation of "unsupported" or "advanced" cards in an "Advanced" tab in model control
• Support for weir structures.
• Support for PC LVL card (output control).

ADCIRC

• Support for version 50.0. New distribution of the model.
• Support for running ADCIRC in parallel (PADCIRC) on windows environment.
• Support for the new NWS 19 option

CMS-FLOW

• Support for version 4.5 of the CMS. This includes both CMS-Flow and CMS-Wave in a single executable.
• Complete overhaul of the CMS-Flow model parameters.
• New parameters to the "Sediment" tab.
  • Calculate morphology change during ramp period
  • Avalanching
  • Made the D50 Dataset optional
  • Added a new dataset called Sediment Standard Deviation (mm)
• Changes to the wave model control tab
• Added new Harmonic WSE-forcing boundary condition. This is located in the CMS-Flow Model Control options under "Tidal" tab.
• Added Longitude dataset. You will see this option in the CMS-Flow Model Control options under "Flow" tab.
• Added 29 new Tidal Constituents bringing the total to 37.
• Added Grid modification flag.
• Added ability to read netCDF files for visualization.
• Added ability to read fleet wind data.
• New save point coverage and file support.
• Ability to extract levee/structure height from an unstructured (ADCIRC) grid.

CMS-Wave

• Support for updated version
• We now write the .std file according to the new format.
• Users can associate times/dates with the simulation.
• We now support full plane simulations.
• Ability to create input spectral locations in spectral coverage.
• Support of the new permeable structures.
• Support spatially varied wind input fields.
• Support for 8 (yymmddhh) or 12 (yyhhddhhmmss) date fields for temporally changing spectra.

CSHORE

We now can interface with CSHORE.

CStorm

• Exporting ADCIRC/STWAVE & ESMF
• We now write the STWAVE and ADCIRC files into a single directory along with the ESMF mapping information.

LTFATE (In testing phase. Developers only)

• Users can specify in the simulation's model control how many layers there are for their curvilinear grids.
• Users can now use a masking coverage to create more precise curvilinear grids.
• Curvilinear Grid LTFATE supports Tidal and Inflow boundary conditions.
• Added support for Sediment river boundary conditions.
• Added support for wind.inp file.
• New feature for relaxing curvilinear grids using predictor/corrector algorithm.
• User can now display 3D solutions mapped onto fence diagrams cut through the domain.
• Support for SEDZL-J sediment transport parameters.

Generic Model Interface

• Converter utility provided to model developers to facilitate migration from previous template to SMS 11 template.
• Ability to only show material options for active material group.

PTM

• You can now read in PTM trap files.
• Ability to use an ADCIRC ascii fort.45 files for hydrodynamics.
• Improved smoothing of display of 3D solution of fence diagrams.
• Support to read in BC file.
• Improved interface with CMS-Flow.

STWAVE

• You can now run stwave in parallel if you have multiple processors.

TUFLOW

• Can specify which TUFLOW executable (double or single precision as well as 32 and 64 bit) to use for each simulation.
• Improved model check for boundary conditions for specified event.
• Add ability to specify a clip region.
• Convert GIS rainfall data to TUFLOW boundary conditions
• Provide option for GIS check/outputs to be shapefiles
• Support mass balance corrector toggle
• Support new Source over Area commands
• Support storage reduction feature
• Support variable z shape restore/repeat
• Rearrange grid options dialog
• Improvements to multiple file import dialog (open TCF file)
• Support for customary units option