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. Dataset Toolbox Angle convention conversion for scalar datasets. Click here to learn more. 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. Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn more.
Read in a boundary condition file into the GIS module. Click here to learn more.
Map Module
Select all arcs connected sequentially to define a polygon. Can be used to detect poor connectivity in a conceptual model. Click here to learn more.
Split arcs based on user specified criterion. Click here to learn more. Convert Map feature arc and point attributes (Generic 2D mesh coverage) to mesh nodestring and node attributes. Click here to learn more. 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. Click here to learn more. Map data can be imported/exported in mif/mid format. Click here to learn more. Export map data in shape format. Click here to learn more. 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. Click here to learn more. A subset of the mesh can be selected and edited on its own. Click here to learn more. Meshes can be imported/exported in mif/mid format. Click here to learn more. 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.
Reduce nodal connections. Click here to learn more
Global mesh renumbering done using the Cuthill-Mckee renumbering scheme replaces nodestring based renumbering.
Mesh quality scatter set creation Click here to learn more and 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. Click here to learn more. New "Options" dialog in the raster set project explorer. This is used specify if raster values are/aren't elevations. Click here to learn more. Ability to convert part of a raster to a scatter set (TIN). Scatter Module Ability to autogenerate TIN breaklines following elevation values. Click here to learn more. New option to use Laplacian interpolation when interpolated to a Cartesian Grid. Click here to learn more. Merging scatter sets will now show a report of the number of vertices, triangles, breaklines before and after the merge. Click here to learn more. New scatter filter using VTK Decimate Pro algorithm. Click here to learn more. Model Features AdH Support for version sediment and constituent transport. Preservation of "unsupported" or "advanced" cards in an "Advanced" tab in model 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 Click here to learn more.
oCalculate morphology change during ramp period
oAvalanching
oMade the D50 Dataset optional
oAdded 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. Click here to learn more.
Added Longitude dataset. You will see this option in the CMS-Flow Model Control options under "Flow" tab. Click here to learn more.
Added 29 new Tidal Constituents bringing the total to 37. Click here to learn more.
Added Grid modification flag. Click here to learn more.
Added ability to read netCDF files for visualization.
Added ability to read fleet wind data. Click here to learn more.
New save point coverage and file support. Click here to learn more.
Ability to extract levee/structure height from an unstructured (ADCIRC) grid.
Cartesian Grid Module
We now have a floating projection option. Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn more.
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
Support for model
We now can interface with CSHORE. Click here to learn more.
CStorm
Exporting ADCIRC/STWAVE & ESMF
We now write the STWAVE and ADCIRC files into a single directory along with the ESMF mapping information.
LTFATE
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. Click here to learn more.
Curvilinear Grid LTFATE supports Tidal and Inflow boundary conditions. Click here to learn more.
Added support for Sediment river boundary conditions. Click here to learn more
Added support for wind.inp file Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn more.
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
