Introduction > Changes

CHANGES/ADDITIONS FROM PREVIOUS TO

LATEST VERSION

The development of Version 6 was prompted by providing a hydraulic model that lives within a GIS model.

Version 6 features a fast, native, comprehensive, intuitive graphical environment, similar to a GIS program, but with the power of a CAD system, in which the system data can be entered, viewed and edited. Pipelines can be drawn in on a cadastral or bitmap background, straight into the model, which lives in the GIS environment. All GIS operations can be performed directly on the model, such as spatial correlation or advanced SQL-based selection queries. In addition, existing CAD (representing pipelines) can be converted to GIS, and existing GIS entities can be imported into the hydraulic model.

The industry-standard EPANET 2.2 engine is used to calculate all hydraulic results (Steady State, Time Simulation and Water Quality Analysis), and now supports pressure driven analysis. An extension on top of EPANET has been developed to perform system optimization.

An extensive reporting system has been added, which includes graphing of results.

Model tables are now fully spatially linked and do not live in row-limited spreadsheet tables. This means that working with large models has become much easier.

Full support for internet-based maps such as Google Maps, Microsoft Bing, OpenStreetMap or Mapbox is now included.

For the latest change log of updates, click on the corresponding History link of the Software Downloads page (https://www.gls.co.za/software/downloads.html).

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