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Technical Preview of the 2007 DHI Software releaseThe 2007 DHI Software release, which is scheduled for November this year, signifies a major step forward. Particularly when it comes to project management and data handling. A number of new features have of course also been added but the really noticeable difference is the introduction of MIKE AQUA (present codename), which will replace the well-known MIKE ZERO platform. MIKE AQUA provides a new and enhanced overview and clarity to the normal way of working with the software. As a result modelling tasks become easier with the added bonus of improved quality control. Basically MIKE AQAU adapts to the users preferred way of working thus allowing more time to focus on the actual project. MIKE AQUA and the upcoming 2007 DHI Software ensures that:
In order to get some customer feed-back prior to the actual release a Technical Preview of the 2007 release was launched two weeks ago and initial reports are indeed encouraging. “MIKE AQUA is really impressive in its concept, and the User Interface speed seems to have been significantly boosted” a user reported back. Likewise the fact that it is now possible to integrate both MOUSE and MIKE 11 into the same MIKE FLOOD set-up has been very well received and viewed as a major step towards an increasing market demand for such integrations. As a user stated “ MIKE AQUA and this new MIKE FLOOD are truly a significant step up” The number of users which have entered the 2007 Technical Preview programme has exceed all expectations. DHI Software is most grateful to all who have taken time to try the new platform and provide suggestions and recommendations for future developments and improvements. All comments and suggestions will be summarised and addressed in coming issues of this newsletter. Further details with regard to the launch of the 2007 Technical Preview may be found here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linking MIKE 11 and AutoCAD/AutodeskLinking river modelling with constructional drawings can be accomplished easily with the CGS product AQUATERRA. AQUATERRA is an AutoCAD/Autodesk Civil 3D-based software package for design of canals and river works. It enables engineers to prepare professional drawings ranging from survey data to plotting or creating 3D visualizations. Drawing of longitudinal and cross sections from either 3D terrain model or measured profile points is quick and easy. Banks, water levels (1D, 2D or combined), alignments and other elements can be easily added to sections, as well as automatic dimensioning of lengths, slopes and elevations. The program offers comprehensive ways to add cross section elements (including channel, dyke, embankment) to create designed cross sections, as well as carrying out volume calculations. AQUATERRA comes with a MIKE11 Interface. It represents an efficient bridge between MIKE11 and Autodesk products, where geometric input data for hydraulic calculation can be easily prepared. The interface also reads the MIKE11 result file; hence transfer of cross- and longitudinal sections and water levels is fast and simple even in cases where the input data has not been prepared with AQUATERRA. For further information please consult http://www.aquaterra-software.com
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New keys for DHI SoftwareA number of older Sentinel Scribe hardware keys will be replaced by new USB keys. Clients with valid service and maintenance agreements and with keys which need to be replaced will automatically receive a new key free of charge. The keys will be shipped by mid June along with new license files. For further information please contact software@dhigroup.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MIKE 21 CAMS paperIn a previous newsletter a story was brought about how fully dynamic morphological models increasingly are being used to optimise shore protection measures with examples from the Gold Coast, Australia. Further information on the analyses and MIKE 21 modelling made by Dr Roshanka Ranasinghe et al has been published in Coastal Engineering, Volume 53, Issue 7, May 2006 : Shoreline response to multi-functional artificial surfing reefs: A numerical and physical modelling study. You can read an abstract here | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opportunities of macro programming with MIKE BASINA software package like MIKE BASIN becomes extremely powerful when you can access the computational core ("engine") directly. It gives you great flexibility to automate or change computations beyond the standard functionalities without involving the software developer. Access can be obtained by programming Visual Basic macros in Excel or ArcGIS, or any other program that supports the Microsoft COM technology or .Net language. Through these interfaces, you can access and manipulate any input and output, and you can change any input parameters and look-up tables otherwise specified directly in dialogs. You can also dynamically control the simulation (step-wise simulation with hot-start from any previous time step, or even iteration within a time step). Such capabilities together with M IKE BASIN ’s graphical user interface and data processing programs provide a superb opportunity for all who work with water resources and environmental management and planning. For example when you want to:
Learning how to create macros is described in the manual and is part of the standard introductory MIKE BASIN courses. Many examples will become available at the MIKE BASIN website: The first example on the website illustrates a small application where MIKE BASIN is applied in a stochastic mode from a macro in Excel. The output tables and graphs are directly displayed both in the Excel spreadsheet and in a customized Word document, ready to forward to e.g. a client. If the model is rerun the macro will update the documents automatically.
The figure above shows an example of a graph and a data table from a MIKE BASIN run presented directly in a Word document via a macro. For further information please contact Mr. Jesper Overgaard at jov@dhigroup.com or Boerge Storm at brs@dhigroup.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Using MIKE URBAN Interpolation and Assignment Tool from within ArcMapDid you know that you can use the MIKE URBAN Interpolation and Assignment tool inside ArcMap? Here is how to do it:
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Tired of searching for pumps and weirs in MIKE URBAN?The symbology of the GIS unfortunately sometimes makes it difficult to see pumps, weirs and other small line features when zoomed out to a large scale. To make those features visible even when zoomed out one can use labelling with text symbols. Define a text symbol, for instance a ‘call-out’ as shown in the attached screenshot and the features will always be visible. Further the display may be enhanced by switching this type of label off when zooming to a level where the normal symbol becomes visible. Text symbols can also be used to label features differently depending upon attributes for instance by categorising them by a type field.
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Upcoming EventsACE 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, When: June 11-15, 2006 The ACE06 Exposition gives you access to the latest products and services available to ensure the water quality the public expects. With more than 500 exhibitors on hand to answer your questions and educate you about the latest technology available, you'll gather valuable insight and contacts with companies whose goal is to help you improve your results. If you are interested to visit this conference, do not forget to register at: http://www.awwa.org/ace06 DHI will be pleased to invite you to our booth and to our MIKE URBAN software demonstration. DHI User Group Meeting (UGM) Where: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand More than 100 participants from the Thai water sector have already signed up for this one day DHI Software user seminar which will be held at AIT, Bangkok, on June 20. It is anticipated that the participation in the meeting will double the coming weeks. The Thai UGM will be followed by training courses to be held on June 21 covering the marine, urban and water resources areas. In second part of 2006 a battery of further DHI training activities will take place at AIT. For further information please contact Varaporn at Tel. + 66 2 524 5564/+ 66 1 648 6334 or email: may@dhiwae.com. For further information please contact Mr. Patrick Delaney at pad@dhigroup.com. Hydroinformatics 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, When: September 4-8, 2006 Hydroinformatics Conference is a significant event in the continuous effort of three international associations - International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and International Water Association (IWA) - associated for the first time with the Société Hydrotechnique de France (SHF) to actively promote and accelerate both research and applications of hydroinformatics in the world. If you are interested to visit this conference, do not forget to register at: http://www.hic2006.org DHI will be pleased to invite you to our booth and to our DHI Software demonstration. For further information please contact Dr. Ole Mark at omj@dhigroup.com). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recent EventsMODFLOW and More 2006 - Managing Ground-Water Systems The fourth in the series of MODFLOW conferences was held last month again at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, Colorado. As usual, the conference was well attended by a wide cross-section of the groundwater modelling community. DHI was well represented at the conference with a booth, plus two posters and an oral presentation. Jeremy Kobor, of our Portland office presented a talk on the use of MIKE SHE in the Napa Valley, California. While, Douglas Graham, from Denmark, presented two posters - one on the new Visual MODFLOW-MIKE 11 coupling being done with WHI/Schlumberger, and the other on the importance of accurate cross-section geometry on the dynamics of river infiltration to groundwater. This year integrated groundwater and surface water was probably the most significant theme among the invited speakers and paper presenters. There certainly appears to be a groundswell of interest in conjunctive water management among government agencies and researchers. Although, the MODFLOW conference series is centered around the USGS's MODFLOW code, many papers are focused on non-MODFLOW codes. In this regard, there was a fair interest in the OpenMI project, as well as FEFLOW and Visual MODFLOW with their new couplings to MIKE 11. ZOOM3D, by the British Geologic Survey and UK Environment Agency, also elicited a lot of interest at the conference. ZOOM3D can be used for regional and local groundwater modelling using nested grids and should be available as a SZ engine option in MIKE SHE before the end of the year. If you would like more information on the papers presented at the MODFLOW conference, or information on when and why to use MIKE SHE instead of MODFLOW, please contact Douglas Graham (dng@dhigroup.com). H2O ACCADUEO - International Exhibition of technologies for the treatment and distribution of drinking water and wastewater When: May 17-19, 2006 Intecno DHI has presented DHI Software and services at the annual H2O Accadueo Conference. Please contact Ms. Birnur Yavuz (intecno-dhi@intecno-dhi.it) for more information including the coming MIKE URBAN campaign valid till 8 July 2006. MIKE URBAN software was demonstrated during these 3 days to many engineers and managers of water and waste water utilities. “A case study of water distribution network reliability assessment with MIKE NET” was presented by Ermini, R and Ingeduld, P and it is included in the Conference Proceedings. This paper talks about using MIKE NET for running demand adjusted analysis (instead of standard demand driven analysis) and about calculating hydraulic reliability analysis and associated risk. More information on this paper: p.ingeduld@dhigroup.com
The ECO Lab European University Group (EURG) gathered on May 18 th 2006 at a mini-symposium, arranged by Utrecht University, Holland, where members of the group presented their work with environmental modelling. DHI’s ECO Lab developer Per Sand Rosshaug joined the meeting and reported the following: EURG was formed in 2004 and is a collaboration of universities working with environmental modelling. Coordinator of the group is Pierre Regnier from Utrecht University. The purpose of the group is to share knowledge and scientific experience among the EURG members. The members include scientists from Utrecht University, University of Brest, University of Venice, University College Cork, and Université Libre de Bruxelles. The members of EURG use ECO Lab as software tool for developing new scientific model descriptions of ecosystems in the water environment. In ECO Lab the equations describing chemistry and biology of ecosystems in the water environment can be user specified and they are contained in a portable file called an ECO Lab template. EURG wants to launch a website for sharing and publishing ECO Lab templates developed by the universities. Links to published papers relevant for the available templates should also be available from the site. The ECO Lab templates that are presently under development by the group cover subjects such as eutrophication, aquaculture, benthic system, and sediments. In coming newsletter DHI will follow-up on the progress and conditions for accessing information from the site. For further information about ECO Lab please see http://www.dhigroup.com/Software/WaterResources/ECOLab.aspx Presentations:
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The DHISoftware course calendar has been updated with a number of new courses. Please check the Course Calendar. Course held in june and july are listed below in this newsletter.
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