XP Solutions Releases Software Updates

XP Solutions released XPSWMM and XPSTORM version 2014. These hydrodynamic software models that simulate sanitary sewer systems, storm water systems, rivers, floodplains and water quality are used every day around the world for master planning, floodplain mapping, flood hazard mitigation and sustainable storm water control simulation.

New and existing users of XPSWMM and XPSTORM will see their workflows greatly improved with the new features. “We’re exceptionally proud of this release,” says Anthony Kuch, MSc, vice president of North American Operations. “It was made in response to user requests and to market demands. We’ve cut out a lot of time-consuming steps for water resources modelers and set a high bar for efficiency.”

Features new to version 2014 include:

River and Bridge Links. These specialized modeling objects improve workflow by focusing the data requirements to channel inverts and cross sections. Importation of HEC-RAS models now uses these new object types and includes the conversion of HECRAS bridges and culverts to the new XP Bridge Links.
Improved Results Analysis. Multiple Storms and Scenario simulations can now display multiple HGL in profile plots, and multiple 2-D map results can be displayed and compared.
Sanitary Sewer Analysis. Multiple dry weather flow computations can be specified at a single node; new qualitative fields for objects such as material, zone and installation year have been added; and templates for streamlined sanitary sewer analyses are also now included.
XP2D Post-Processing Tools. Calculate the difference in 2-D results and export 2-D results to GIS formats.
User-Defined Hazard Criteria. Create and store Hazard Calculations using depth, velocity and debris factors. This high level of localization eliminates the need for third party tools and external calculations.
GIS Cookie Cutter. Use GIS layers as a source for catchment data generation. The new polygon overlay of catchments to GIS efficiently populates parameters such as slope, impervious percentage, curve number etc. from your GIS data.
1-D/2-D Interface Line Profiles. This tool allows you to visualize the 2-D grid against the 1-D channel invert and overbank elevations, and improves your ability to locate the 1-D/2-D interface at elevations where the river floods its banks.

These are just a few of the more than 100 improvements being made in XPSWMM/XPSTORM version 2014.

To update existing users on the new features, videos will be posted on the XP Solutions website, and upcoming training sessions will be run in the latest version.

Source: XP Solutions