MIKE URBAN 2007 - Enhanced longitudinal profile

Profile plotting has been improved in order to provide better presentation of the model results along with the input data. Profile plot results can be animated in time, copied to the Windows clipboard and exported to ASCII text files. Profile plot settings can be saved and re-loaded.

 

 
Illustration: Profile plot

Graphical items such as calculated flows, pressures, water quality can be displayed on the profile plot along with the pipeline elevation. Minimum, maximum, and current values can be displayed within the same profile plot allowing the user fast and easy results checking.

Tabular Items such as tables and values can be displayed for both input and calculated result items. Plot table can be added below the profile plot.

Labelling and symbols allows you to customise the profile plot by selecting colours, line properties for any profile plot item. Result values as well as input data can be labelled.

Requires MIKE URBAN 2007, SP2 

 

MIKE URBAN 2007 - Wizard based simplification tool

MIKE URBAN model simplification wizard automates network segmentation (data scrubbing, trimming, and merging) of both collection and water distribution systems. Simplification reduces the complexity of the network, which improves the efficiency of the hydraulic computations without compromising the integrity and accuracy of the model. Simplified networks are used in different contexts, such as on-line model applications, long term simulations, developing of strategic models and similar. 

 

 

Scrubbing removes disconnected network elements such as unlinked nodes and links, removes dead-end pipes based on user specified criteria such as pipe lengths shorter than a user specified length and removal of pipes with a diameter less than a user specified diameter.

Trimming removes network parts outside an area of interest e.g. larger network branches. All connected elements such as catchments or water demands are automatically reconnected to remaining network elements based on user specification.

Merging removes interior pipe nodes by merging pipes into a single pipe with similar hydraulic properties equivalent to the original pipes. All connected elements such as catchments or water demands, are automatically reconnected to remaining network elements.

 

Higher Productivity with MIKE URBAN Keyboard Shortcuts

MIKE Urban offers user defined keyboard shortcuts for many commands. Use <Ctrl> or <Alt> with the typewriter keys, and any combination of <Shift>, <Ctrl> and <Alt> with the function keys.

 

The following figure gives you an example on how to use numeric keys to invoke commands with a single keystroke.

 

 

Edit models much faster than before: Zoom in <+>, select catchments <1>, connect them to a node <4>, clear selection <0>, pan around <*>, and so on. Use one hand for the numeric keys and the other for the mouse. 

Connecting nodes is just one example. Use shortcuts with any editing task where you would otherwise click frequently on different tools.

To assign shortcuts, go to menu Tools > Customize > Shortcuts. Choose a command from the list and press "Create Shortcut". In the next dialog "Assign Shortcut" just press your preferred key (or combination of keys). Confirm with OK. "Remove" removes a single Shortcut, "Reset All" restores the original settings.

 

  

 

The above example uses the following setup:

View: Zoom Data: Fixed Zoom In: + (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
View: Zoom Data: Fixed Zoom Out: - (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
View: Zoom Data: Full Extent: / (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
View: Zoom Data: Pan: * (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

Tools: Selection: Clear Selected Features: 0 (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
Tools: Selection: Select Features: 1 (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
Tools: Selection: Select by Polygon: 2 (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
Tools: Selection: Zoom to Selected Features: 3 (NUMERIC KEYPAD)

SWMM5: Catchment Tools: Connected To Node: 4 (NUMERIC KEYPAD)
...works with both MOUSE and SWMM5!

When you install a new version of MIKE Urban, your shortcuts will be lost, so write your settings down and apply them again.  

 

DHI Malaysia is a sponsor in a campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags in Sabah. The cloth bags have been produced locally and distributed at supermarkets and shops in Kota Kinabalu to promote awarness of the consequences that overuse of plastic has on the environment.

Each bag has a logo "Be kind to Sabah, say no to plastic" with a picture of a turtle, drawn by a pupil of the local international school (who happens to be Jacob Jensen's son).

The bags have been well received by the community - around 500 were sold in the first few weeks of release. The project was initiated by Kinabalu International School, and a group of local KK companies (including DHI) intend to continue it - plans are underway to produce more bags and further promote their usage.

So to all readers in Sabah, look out for the environmentally friendly bags with the turtle. For other readers, think of the environment the next time you visit your supermarket and say no to plastic.