May 5, 2004 |
- During use of the automatic mode there was an error
importing data to the stage discharge table in the pond and
trench commands. This has been corrected.
|
Oct. 10, 2003 |
- A change has been made to the Log form that appears during
the various Design features. Previously, when very long
strings of text were added to the log list, code to increase
the width of the form resulted in multiple errors being
reported by the FailSafe system. This has been corrected.
|
Sept. 28, 2003 |
- The August 13 update had an error that prevented certain
user options from being recalled on startup.
This has been corrected.
|
Aug. 13, 2003 |
- Unfortunately, the ‘improvement’ in the Storm and
Catchment command of
Aug.3 failed for non-Malaysian users when the new Value Key
for the Storm and other options had not yet been created. This has been
corrected.
|
Aug 3, 2003 |
- The Storm and Catchment commands have been improved so
that user-selected options for storm type, overland routing,
length option and infiltration option are stored in the
Registry and become the default values for future runs until
subsequently changed. For Malaysian users, the Storms
(Malaysia) menu item is automatically selected.
|
July 31, 2003 |
- The Pond command has been modified to enable routing when
all data for WL, Q and Volume has been entered by hand into
the HQV grid rather than by use of the Geometry or Outflow
Control tools.
- In the Pond command the tool to compute the equivalent
rectangular aspect ratio as a function of user defined values
of area and perimeter has had some cosmetic changes to correct
text labels.
|
June 17, 2003 |
- In the Pond command an error can occur if one or more
weirs are defined but the vector of water levels does not
contain a value acceptably close to the weir crest level. This
is often caused by using a small number of stages (e.g. less
than 10). This has been corrected by warning the user if this
situation occurs and prompting a manual edit of the closest
water level to match the weir invert level.
- The Trench command has been modified to allow a zero value
for the gradient. This is useful when modelling an
infiltration basin which is approximated by a very wide
channel with flat side-slopes and a ‘Voids Ratio’ of 100%.
- In the Pond command the [Route] button was not enabled if
values of H and V were entered directly into the grid followed
by use of the Outflow Control command to define the Q values.
This has now been corrected.
- Minor changes were made to ensure compatibility with
controls delivered with Windows XP.
|
March 27, 2003 |
- An error introduced in the Mar. 12, 2003 version update
caused the pipe parameters to not be updated properly when
running in Automatic mode. This has been corrected.
|
March 12, 2003 |
- A number of minor fixes have been made to both the
Miduss98.exe program and the Setup.exe files to correct
problems with installation and running under Windows NT4, 2000
and XP.
- In the Pipe command feasible values of Diameter and Grade
are shown automatically but can be edited as before or
selected from the table of diameters and grades simply by
double clicking on a row.
- Some minor changes have been made to detect use of Windows
XP and make minor adjustments to dimensions of forms and
default positions of the mouse pointer.
- The Hydrology/Baseflow command now includes the option to
use a negative value of baseflow.
- In the Hydrology/Lag & Route command an error in the
calculation of the routed hydrograph has been corrected.
|
December 4, 2002 |
·
A minor error has been fixed in the Trench command
concerning the adjusting of the stage-volume data to allow for
either perforated or non-perforated pipes within the clear stone
fill. Previously this occasionally caused the curve of volume
as a function of depth to be non-monotonic.
·
In the Hydrograph/Combine command the code has
been modified so that in Automatic mode the user can manually
define a Junction node prior to the point in the Input database
at which the same Junction node is introduced. Subsequent uses
of Combine with reference to that Junction node cause flows to
be accumulated in the normal way.
·
In the Hydrology/Storm command the Canadian AES
option gave an error if the storm duration was less than or
equal to the time to peak. This error is now properly trapped
and corrected.
·
In the Hydrology/Lag and Route command, any change
made to the values of channel or reservoir lag did not cause the
[Accept] button to be disabled (grayed out). This has now been
corrected thus forcing the user to press the [Route] button to
update the result before accepting the result.
|
November 8, 2002 |
·
In the Channel command the format of the value of
Manning’s ‘n’ has been changed to show 3 decimal figures. This
corrects a problem in which a value of (say) n = 0.036 used in
Manual mode was read in Automatic mode as n = 0.04 with
resultant change in the computed design results.
|
October 22, 2002 |
·
When using the Show/Output File command MIDUSS
uses Wordpad.exe if the Output File is larger than 50 KB. If
Wordpad.exe is not found either by the program or by the user
the Show/Output File is cancelled. Previously this sometimes
caused the Output File to be closed which effectively terminated
the session. This problem has now been corrected
|
October 21, 2002 |
- Correction made in the Form that displays graphics to
update status of the window.
- When running in Manual mode use of the Hydrograph/Undo
command is sometimes necessary to correct an error. This is
saved in the Output file. Code has been changed in the routine
that converts an Output file to database Miduss.Mdb so that if
the ‘HYDROGRAPH Undo’ record is encountered the user is warned
of the location and advised to check if use of ‘Undo’ is still
appropriate in a subsequent run in Automatic mode.
- Code in the graphic display module has been corrected to
avoid an error resulting in a “Log of zero variable” warning
that occurred in certain rare circumstances.
- In graphic displays the user selected time window for a
hydrograph is now saved as the default for the next hydrograph
graphic display. Also, the selected time window in the graphic
display is now properly rounded down to the nearest 50 or 100
minutes instead of the nearest time increment.
- In the Hydrology/Lag & Route command the user choices for
‘Show Options’ and ‘Set Lags Explicitly’ are now retained as
defaults for the next use of the command.
|
September 11, 2002 |
- A display error in the Lag &
Route command has been fixed. When the lag & route operation is
carried out the modified Runoff hydrograph is displayed in a
table. This table contains a spin button to change the number of
decimal places used. Unfortunately, in this command use of the
spin button caused a different hydrograph to be displayed. The
graph display and the computed (and saved) result was
unaffected.
- In the Trench command the user can define the
diameter of the upstream manhole access shaft. This affects the
stage-volume curve and in certain cases may help to avoid
numerical instabilities. The command has been modified so that a
finite value is initially displayed as the default. Previously,
the default was zero.
- When an existing output file is processed to create the input
database Miduss.Mdb the path of the old file was sometimes
truncated if very long. This has been corrected.
|
March 30, 2002 |
- Two problems corrected concerning the use of the Hydrograph/Undo
command immediately after the Hydrograph/Combine command and after
the Hydrograph/Confluence command.
- After the Combine command the Undo command now
correctly updates the junction file.
- After the Confluence command the Undo command
now writes the appropriate code to the Output file.
|
March 27,2002 |
- The Show/Output File command has been further corrected to display
large Output files in Wordpad when the Output file resides in a
folder which has a path with one or more spaces.
|
March 24, 2002 |
- The command Show/Output File uses either Notepad or Wordpad to
display the output file. Users have reported that Wordpad sometimes
reports a file sharing error. This has been corrected.
|
March 17,2002 |
- In the Edit Inflow command the user is prompted to provide a brief
description of the modified hydrograph when it is Accepted and
saved. An error has been corrected which prevented this new
description from being included in the header of the file.
|
March 01, 2002 |
-
On October 30, 2001 an improvement to the Pond command was added
which automatically extended the range of depth was added. The
messages associated with this feature have been improved to advise
the user how to reject this automatic procedure if required.
|
February 19, 2002 |
-
In the POND command the superpipe storage device may be surcharged
under extreme peak inflows. Previously this resulted in a vertical
segment in the volume-stage curve which resulted in incorrect
solutions. The calculation of volume has been modified to add to the
volume the contribution of an upstream MH (1.2 m or 4 ft diam.) for
each superpipe when the water level is higher than the upstream
obvert level. This has improved the solution. Problem identified by
Gustavo Jacome, R.V.Anderson Ltd.
|
February 18, 2002 |
-
In the Catchment command the SCS Curve Number option for rainfall
loss estimation uses the parameters of Curve Number (CN), Runoff
coeff. (C), Initial abstraction to potential Storage (Ia/S) and
Initial abstraction depth (Ia). These are interdependent and
changing any one will alter one or more of the other three. A coding
error which made it difficult to explicitly define Ia has been
corrected.
If an unusual value is entered for any of the Catchment parameters a
warning message alerts the user to a possible error. The message
text gave a wrong description when metric (SI) units were used and
this has now been corrected.
-
The calculation of the runoff hydrograph remains unchanged and
involves the summation of the direct runoff from pervious and
impervious fractions of the catchment area.
|
January 19, 2002 |
- In the POND command if the user checks the ‘Keep all design data’
checkbox the [Route] button is enabled and the Peak Outflow is set
to a blank when POND is used for a second time in the same design
session.
- When running in Automatic mode, the Combine command now shows the
[New] button as enabled in order to let the user add a new junction
without having to revert to Manual mode and then re-invoke Automatic
mode.
|
December 17, 2001 |
- A number of changes have been made to the messages displayed when
transferring a license to another computer in order to prevent users
from making errors in this process.
|
December 13, 2001 |
- Corrections have been made to the commands for Automatic design of
Pipes and Channels which are surcharged.
|
December 4, 2001 |
- The logic and informational messages for the design of surcharged
pipes and overtopped channels has been improved to clarify the
various steps for both Manual and Automatic processing. Where
possible the mouse pointer is automatically positioned on the
response buttons of message boxes to speed processing in Automatic
mode. These changes are an improvement on the update of November 19.
|
December 1, 2001 |
- The change reported on November 25 has been modified. After creating
or editing an Inflow hydrograph the user presses the [Accept] button
and is forced to save the hydrograph as a file by specifying a
filename in a Common Dialogue box. In addition, the user can enter a
brief description of the file which forms part of the file header.
Records are written to the Output file containing the description,
filename, peak flow, duration and volume. In Automatic mode this
information allows the file to be retrieved and loaded into the
Inflow hydrograph if the user wishes to do so.
|
November 25, 2001 |
- When the
‘Hydrograph/Create/Edit Inflow hydrograph’ command is used the
new hydrograph is not automatically saved (see Help file). The
[Accept] button has been modified to check if the user has saved
the hydrograph as a file. If not already saved a warning message
is displayed and an opportunity is given to open and use the
‘Hydrograph/FileI_O’ command.
|
November 19, 2001 |
- When using the ‘Design/Pipe’ command in Automatic mode the program
logic and warning messages have been improved to assist the user in
handling the case of a surcharged pipe. Appropriate action is taken
depending on the use or absence of the Diversion command in the
Input database file. Similarly, the program checks for the use of
the ‘Hydrograph/Next Link’ command after the Diversion command
before using the Route command.
- Corresponding changes have been made for using MIDUSS in Manual
mode.
|
November 15, 2001 |
- When processing a complex Channel cross-section in
Automatic mode, the vertical and horizontal scales are now
given more reasonable values to display the cross-section.
|
November 9, 2001 |
- The Trench command has been improved to indicate surcharged
conditions by regular Message boxes instead of the "red box" in the
Trench window.
- An error occurs in the Catchment command if the storm duration is
less than three times the time step. This condition is checked and
if detected the user is advised to reduce the time step. The error
is normally handled well by the FailSafe version of MIDUSS.
|
November 6, 2001 |
- The Hydrograph Menu has been modified to show the commands ‘Start
New Tributary’ and ‘Create/Edit Inflow hydrograph’ instead of having
these below the ‘Start’ menu.
- The ‘Create/Edit Inflow hydrograph’ command has been modified to
compute the Inflow volume. Previously this was undefined and caused
an error if the Design/Pond command was attempted with the new
Inflow hydrograph.
|
November 4, 2001 |
- The use of the Channel and Pipe commands in Automatic mode has been
modified to ensure that a false "surcharged/overtopped" error is not
displayed when the inflow is increased significantly between
successive uses of the Channel or Pipe command in the input
database. This was caused by the Channel or Pipe window being
displayed before all of the relevant data had been read from the
input database Miduss.Mdb.
|
November 1, 2001 |
- The command Hydrograph/FileI_O was modified to correct an error when
writing a hydrograph to a file. Previously, the list of elements was
repeated making the file twice as long as required. No numerical
error was caused because only the first set of records was processed
when the file was imported.
|
October 30,2001 |
- The Design/Pond command has been improved to automatically extend
the range (i.e. increase the maximum water level) in order to
process the Inflow hydrograph. Error reporting if zero elements or
non-monotonic functions are detected now uses regular Message boxes
instead of the "red box" message in the Pond window.
The Trench command has been similarly modified.
|
October 10,2001 |
- In the AuthorizationInfo and Authorization windows the ‘What’s This’
Help did not work properly. This feature has therefore been disabled
and the Authorization form is now directly linked to the regular
Help file. A short Help file has also been added to the form
describing the steps for transferring a license from one computer to
another.
- Appendix ‘B’ in the Help file has been completely re-written with
many more illustrations. The topics have been expanded to cover
Installation and Licensing of MIDUSS plus the license transfer
procedure.
- The messages displayed in the license transfer process have been
improved.
|
September 23, 2001 |
- A correction has been made to the Show/Restore Peak Flow Table which
was not operating correctly in recent versions.
- The File/Output File manu item has been changed so that the
secondary menu items Create New File and Open Existing file have
been deleted and combined into the single File/Open Output file
command. The functionality has not changed but since the ‘Create New
file’ and ‘Open Exiting file’ performed the same operation confusion
over these items is now avoided.
- In the Automatic Control Panel the [CLOSE] button is now disabled
until an EXIT command has been read and processed in the input
database Miduss.Mdb. This avoids an error condition encountered by
attempting to close the file prematurely. More importantly, it is
now possible to [SKIP] forward to and process the EXIT command and
then press the [CLOSE] button following which a new input database
file Miduss.Mdb can be created and opened to continue the run in
Automatic mode. This allows two or more Input files to be combined
in a single run.
|
September 16, 2001 |
In the Route command code corrected to display channel depth for
trapezoidal or complex cross-sections
|
September 5, 2001 |
Pond command modified to estimate time to centroid if last ordinate
in outflow hydrograph is finite.
In Channel command code corrected to allow extra point to be added
in table of coordinates.
|
July 12, 2001 |
In Catchment command rainfall loss parameters in SCS method made
more interactive so that change in one causes related parameters to
be updated.
|
June 22, 2001 |
Time of Concentration tool modified to allow choice between Friend
eq. And Kinematic Wave eq. for overland flow time. Tool can be used
for both Metric and U.S.Customary units.
|
June 17, 2001 |
New tool added to Pond command to allow user to compute equivalent
aspect ratio for an irregular base area with known area and
perimeter based on the equation 4R + 4/R - 8 = P^2/A.
|
Mar. 14, 2001 |
The Miduss Help file was updated to show the Microsoft2000 WinHelp
format with an Explorer type navigation tree in the left panel.
This requires the addition of the file RoboEx32.dll. This was
omitted in the March 12 versions of the Setup file and the
compressed Help file M98Help.exe
|
Mar. 12, 2001 |
New Time of Concentration tool added. Also new tool to define
storms for Malaysian users. Accessible only to users with Malaysia
pack.
In the Graph command an error in drawing arrows has been corrected.
In the Pipe command the design result shows an improved graphic of
the normal flow and critical flow depths.
A {First time User?] button has been added to the Disclaimer form to
help first-time users to get help. The Help system has been
re-compiled using the Windows 2000 WinHelp style and Chapter 1 of
the Help file has been improved.
Code has been modified to detect Windows ME and 2000 operating
systems in order to locate Notepad, Wordpad and Calculator more
easily.
|
Jan. 23, 2001 |
The Setup program has been modified so that for Windows NT v 4.0 and
Windows 2000 the secondary setup procedure to create an NT Service
is now done automatically. Previously this required execution of
the file CrypkeyService.exe.
The paths used to execute applications such as Calc, Notepad and
Wordpad have now been customized to suit standard installation of
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 as well as Windows 95, 98 and ME.
|
Jan. 9, 2001 |
In the channel command the water level and critical depth level were
not plotted properly if the cross section was divided into two or
more channels - e.g. a road cross section with water level below
crown elevation. This has now been corrected.
|
Dec. 16, 2000 |
When using the Hydrograph/Undo command in Automatic mode to correct
or remove a Combine command the warning message persisted due to
cycling. This has been corrected.
A related error which occurred when updating the list of Junction
nodes in the Combine command has also been corrected.
In the Trench command numerical instability was sometimes
encountered if the lowest invert level of the outflow control was
significantly higher than the upper limit of the storage element in
the trench. This was due to the fact that the slope dStorage/dDischarge
was either zero, infinity or a singular point. This has been
corrected by adding an optioin to allow the user to define the
diameter of the access riser (i.e. manhole acess) to be defined in
such cases.
In the Pond and Trench commands the orifice discharge sometimes
displayed very small negative values when the head was close to
zero. This has been corrected.
The Authorization Information window and the Disclaimer window now
display the date of the current executable.
The CDrypKey licenses have been upgraded to version 5.5 in order to
be fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows ME operating system
(when supplied by an OEM). Both the Setup program and the
compressed update file 'm98v100FS.EXE ' now install new libraries
automatically.
Note that new KeyCodes for CrypKey version 5.5 are generally
different from those used for version 4.3 of CrypKey.
In the Storm command use of the Chicago hyetograph timestep
multiplier now disables the [ACCEPT] button to force the user to use
the [Display] button to update the results.
In the Pond/Rooftop storage command the number of roofdrains is
displayed prior to acceptance of the design.
|
Nov. 30, 2000 |
Both Setup.exe and m98v100FS.EXE now have updated Crypkey libraries
which eliminate problems when installing on a computer which has an
OEM installed version of Windows ME.
In the Pond command, use of the Rooftop Storage option now displayed
the number of roof drains corresponding to the user specified
density in sq.ft/drain or sq.m/drain.
In the Storm command the Chicago option offers the user an option to
define a multiplier for the time step. Previously if this was used
the [ACCEPT] button was not disabled (i.e. grayed out) to force use
of the [Display] button. This has now been corrected.
|
Nov. 15, 2000 |
Remake of Setup, m98v100 and m98v100FS files to correct a problem
which occured on certain computers depending on the version of
certain Microsoft DLL files.
N.B. If you downloaded any of the Nov. 5 files you should replace
it with the Nov. 15 version to be on the safe side.
|
Nov. 5, 2000 |
In the Show/Graph command the Edit/Draw/Arrow command has been
corrected so that arrows are drawn from the starting click to the
finish click.
In the Setup.exe file a file FSclient.ini has been added. This
causes a diagnostic file Error.log to be created if a run-tiime
error is encountered and, if you are currently connected to the
internet, the file is automatically sent to
info@alanasmith.com to
report the problem and help us to provide the necessary fix.
|
Nov. 1, 2000 |
In the Trench and Pond design commands an obscure error occurred in
automatic mode if zero values were read in to the H-Q-V grid by
using the [RUN] or [STEP] command in the Control Panel. This error
has been corrected.
|
Oct. 21, 2000 |
If the Trench and Pond Design commands were used in automatic mode
and the input file had been edited to change one or more of the
design parameters (e.g. the Trench grade) the stage discharge curve
was not always properly updated unless the [Compute] button was
pressed. The update to both outflow and storage curves is now done
automatically.
|
Sept. 9, 2000 |
In the Show/Graph command the lower margin contains the name, date
and time of the output file to assist in cross-referencing plots and
runs. An error in the positioning of this string has been corrected.
|
July 14, 2000 |
If Pipe design detects a surcharge condition and user wishes to
modify design, the warning message now shows the lower limits for
diameter or grade.
In the Pipe Design command the depth as a fraction of the diameter
is now also shown beside the depth of uniform flow. This may help
users who like to design for pipes running 2/3 to 3/4 full.
|
June 6, 2000 |
In the Route command the [Undo] button is now disabled in Automatic
mode in case you press it by mistake instead of the [Accept] button.
Also the format of the Output file has been improved. When using
Route in Automatic mode and either the Inflow hydrograph or the
conduit has not been properly defined the current record pointer in
the input database has been corrected to prevent cycling.
When you are prompted to select the units the text in the yellow
textbox has been made more explicit in case the menu item is not
properly displayed.
When using the Edit Panel in Automatic mode the drop down list used
to display a subset of the commands in the database has been
corrected.
When using the 'Quit and Start Over' menu item all hyetograph and
hydrographs are now set to zero thus correcting a previous error.
|
May 22, 2000 |
The Setup program now installs the FailSafe (TM Compuware Numega)
version. Although 1 MB larger, the executable is not noticeably
slower and has proved popular with both new and experienced users.
In the Qpeaks summary table the reach length has been added to the
'Pipe Route' and 'Channel Route' labels to assist users with long
runs in Automatic mode.
In the Channel command the plot of the cross-section has been
improved to distinguish between the water surface and critical depth
levels.
In the FileI/O command read or writing of a hydrograph file causes
the peak flow and total volume to be recorded in the current output
file. When a hydrograph file is read in both peak flow and volume
are updated for the particular hydrograph which is overwritten and
these values show properly if the Show|Table|Hydrograph is used.
|
March 30, 2000 |
In the Hydrograph|Combine command the [New] button is not disabled
in Automatic mode. This allows you to use Combine in Manual more
while the Control Panel is still visible.
In the Catchment command code has been corrected to allow you to set
the runoff coefficient to 1.0.
|
March 4, 2000 |
In the Trench command a minor correction has been made to show
whether a weir or Orifice is being defined when using the Outflow
Control option.
In the Catchment command a correction has been made to allow a
Runoff Coefficient of 1.0 to be defined.
|
Feb. 10, 2000 |
If the Plot command is used in either the Pond or Trench design
options pressing the primary mouse button whili moving the cursors
causes the values of Level, Discharge and Volume to be displayed in
the title bar of the Plot window. This does not alter the
functionality of the command and is merely for convenience of the
user in interrogating the plot.
|
Dec. 23,1999 |
After the units and an output file have been defined new users were
presented with the main menu but with no suggestion as to the next
step. A prompt message has been added to describe the various
options available.
|
Nov. 19,1999 |
In the Channel command the output file displayed the maximum depth
incorrectly when defining a complex channel cross-section. This has
been corrected.
In Automatic mode a channel with a complex cross-section is now
displayed with improved scale factors.
Both the Channel and Pipe commands can be used without having to
generate an Inflow hydrograph. If this occurs in Automatic mode the
message "No Inflow - cannot continue" was displayed. This has been
corrected to allow the user to abandon the command or continue to
use it with the previous or other user specified flow.
|
Nov. 9, 1999 |
If the user closes the Storm Descriptor window without Accepting it
a message was displayed when subsequent menu items (e.g. Hydrology)
were attempted. This has been improved by displaying the Storm
Descriptor window after pressing the [OK] button on the massage box.
If the Hydrology|Lag and Route command was used after the
Hydrology|Baseflow command was used on a previous tributary the
first 1 or 2 elements of the routed Overland flow hydrograph
contained small but finite values which should have been zero or
close to zero. This has now been corrected.
|
Nov. 3, 1999 |
Users trying to use the Design|Diversion command without having
previously defined either a Pipe or Channel experienced a run-time
error (division by zero). This has now been corrected so that the
Diversion command can be used to simply split an Inflow hydrograph
into two components.
|
Oct. 20, 1999 |
A network version of MIDUSS has been developed but has not yet
been tested on other than small, peer-to-peer networks. A special
SetupClient program has been developed to allow the necessary
control files to be downloaded from the server to a Miduss Client
computer. This is not yet available from the web site.
|
Oct. 1, 1999 |
The spin=button added to the Channel window (Aug.15, 1999) has been
removed until some problems have been resolved. Reduction of the
number of decimal places caused loss of accuracy in the
cross-section coordinates (Sorry!)
A new version of the main executable 'Miduss98.exe' has been made
available as the compressed, self expanding file 'm98v100FS.EXE'.
This version has enhanced error trapping and writes trace and
diagnostic messages to an Error.log file in the \Miduss98\ folder.
See News item elsewhere.
|
Sept.24,1999 |
In the Pond command the program failed to trap a value of more than
50 levels and crashed. This is now fixed.
When running in Automatic mode using the [STEP] button, the time
parameters were read in OK but the maximum hyetograph and hydrograph
arrays were not defined properly. Then if the Hydrograph|FileIO
command was used to read in and define the storm (instead of using
the Storm command) an error occurred. This has now been corrected.
|
Sept. 22,1999 |
In the Catchment command if the option is chosen for user-specified
flow lengths on the pervious and impervious fractions, the
impervious flow length was someetimes improperly defined in
Automatic mode. This is now fixed.
|
Sept. 16,1999 |
In the Help|Tutorials command an error has been corrected which
prevented Read-only files (e.g. on the CD) from being accessed.
|
Sept.13,1999 |
In using the FileI_O command to import a flow hydrograph an error
has been corrected which prevented the Hydrograph|Undo command from
restoring the original hydrograph file.
|
Aug.20,1999 |
In the Channel command the critical depth is shown in the
cross-section plot as well as the uniform flow depth. In the table
of coordinates a horizontal scroll bar has been added. If more than
10 points are being defined graphically the grid table scrolls right
automatically to show the coordinates of the current point.
|
Aug.17,1999 |
In the Hydrograph|FileI_O command an error is corrected which
prevented a new file name from being entered if a previous file of
the same name was found and would be overwritten.
|
Aug.15,1999 |
In the Tools|Add Comment command the prompting text "Enter text
here..." is not shown in Automatic mode because the text box does
not have the focus and therefore required the user to delete it or
overwrite it.
If more than 21 lines of comment are entered vertical scroll bars
are enabled and the height of the Comment window is limited to the
height of the MIDUSS window.
In the Channel command the form can now be resized to show more than
10 columns of coordinate data if required.
Also in the Channel command, the number of decimals used in the
coordinate grid can be increased or decreased by clicking on a spin
button.
|
Aug.14,1999 |
One common use of the Diversion command in Automatic mode is to
subject a drainage system designed for (say) a 5-year storm to a
more severe rainfall (100-year). When a pipe is found to be
surcharged MIDUSS suggests that the user may want to use the
Diversion command to separate the major and minor flow components.
When running in Automatic mode MIDUSS 'peeks' ahead of the Pipe
command to see whether or not a Diversion command is already
present. If it is, the prompt is skipped.
When the Diversion window is opened, the default value of the Node
number is set to either the last Catchment number or, if the
Confluence command was used prior to the Pipe design, the number of
the junction node is used. The default Description is set as "Major
flow at node 123" where '123' represents the default node number.
MIDUSS detects whether the Diversion command is called from the
Main Menu or from the Input database file. In the latter case, the
default values of Node number and Description are read from the
input file.
After using the Diversion command MIDUSS suggests that the
Hydrograph|Next Link command should be used. If you respond [Yes] to
this prompt, this is done automatically.
When the [Accept] button is pressed in the Diversion form the
program checks to see if the diverted flow file already exists. If
it does, a warning is displayed to change the Node number. An error
which prevented a change from being made is now corrected. If the
Node number is changed the description is automatically updated.
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July 14,1999 |
When trying to transfer a license to a computer which already has a
valid license the message advising that the old license must be
'killed' was unclear. This has been improved.
When using the Hydrograph|Undo command to reverse a
Hydrograph|Confluence command, junction file is re-constructed. An
error in the formatting of the restored file has been corrected.
In Automatic mode if a previously designed pipe is found to be
surcharged a warning message asks if this is acceptable. The
default button is now [No].
In the Tools|Add Comment window a vertical scroll bar has been added
for very long comments (you always add comments, of course!). In
Automatic mode the height of the Comment window is limited to the
screen height less one line.
In Automatic mode the Storm command did not respond to the first Tab
click to change the storm type. This is now corrected.
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May 6,1999 |
In the Channel command using a complex cross-ssection with the
user-specified peak flow option an error occurred if Q was left at
zero. This is now trapped.
The Setup.EXE program has been improved to make the installation of
an NT Service automatic instead of requiring special action by the
user.
In the Show|Graph command showing multiple hydrographs sometimes
caused a scaling error depending on usage. This is now corrected.
If the Storm command is used more than once the program now
'remembers' the previous Storm option.
Using the Hydrology|Lag & Route command caused the Inflow hydrograph
to be unaccessible to other options such as Show|Quick Graph. This
is now corrected.
Some errors associated with the File|Quit & Start Over command have
been corrected.
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Apr.12,1999 |
In the Trench command, setting the ground water elevation equal to
the trench downstream invert level previously caused a 'division by
zero' error. This has been corrected.
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Apr.9,1999 |
When using the [RUN] or [STEP] buttons on the Control Panel to
process the Storm command in automatic mode, the storm descriptor
(e.g. '005hyd') was previously not written to the output file.
Using the [EDIT] button was OK. Now all three buttons cause the
descriptor to be copied properly.
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Apr.4,1999 |
In the Trench command the check box to include the base width in the
exfiltration area is now shown explicitly and the default condition
is 'checked'. An extra record is written to the output file to
record the state of the checkbox. The program works correctly with
both old and new file formats.
In the Trench command the default number of stages has been
increased from 21 to 41 (i.e. 40 depth increments).
When running the Trench command in automatic mode with the [EDIT]
button the [Accept] button was not always enabled. This is now
corrected.
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Apr.1,1999 |
In the Catchment command the [Show Details] button sometimes showed
incorrect values for the runoff depth and rainfall losses. This is
now corrected.
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Mar.31,1999 |
In the Trench command the range of depths is now calculated from the
downstream invert to the top of the trench at the upstream end.
Previously the trench height was used.
In the Catchment command the default value of initial abstraction (Ia)
is now computed to be consistent with the default curve number CN
when the SCS option is used. Both pervious and impervious
fractions are corrected.
In the Trench command the [Accept] button is disabled when any
change in data is made. This forces the user to repeat the [Route]
command.
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Mar.17,1999 |
When running in Automatic mode, attempting to import a storm file
(e.g. 5year.stm) caused the file extension to be changed to 'hyd'
which required manual editing of the filename. This error has now
been corrected.
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Mar.16,1999 |
When a storm event is defined by means of the Hydrograph|FileI_O
command instead of by the Hydrology|Storm command the correct total
depth was not written to the output file. Also, the
StormDescription window was not displayed. These errors have now
been corrected.
In the Hydrology|Catchment command, if no runoff (effective
rainfall) resulted from the pervious fraction the time of
concentratioin in the [Show Details] display was shown as
999999.000. This has been changed to '---'. Also some error
diagnostics and messages have been corrected.
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Mar. 6, 1999 |
When using the File|Output|Create New file or Open Existing file and
there is already an existing file of the same name the Message box
now offers three choices to (1) overwrite the file (2) go back and
define another filename or (3) abort the operation.
Some diagnostic printout in the Storm command was included by
accident in the March 3 version. This could have affected running
in Automatic mode. This has now been removed.
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Mar. 3, 1999 |
In the Automatic/Create Miduss.Mdb command (or the File/Open Input
file command) the Open File dialog box starts at the currently
defined Output file folder. In the same command, if the selected
file does not have an Exit command as the last command, an extra
pair of records are added to provide an Exit command. This fixes a
problem if an input database without an Exit record was run to the
End-of-File.
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Feb. 9, 1999 |
The Diversion command has been fixed so that in Automatic mode, a
change of the threshhold flow is correctly read from the input
database. Previously it was reset to the capacity of the last pipe.
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Jan. 26, 1999 |
In the Pond command code corrected so that if user defines number of
levels <=8 the grid of Levels - Discharge - Volumes displays the
bottom row correctly and avoids 'Illegal row' error. In Pond, when the Geometry|Rectangular pond command is used with a
very large depth (e.g. by setting WLmax as 155 instead of 15), the
base area suggested by MIDUSS is shown as zero instead of
generating an illegal operation error.
The [Compute] command button on the Pond window (to the right of the
grid has been removed as it caused more confusion among users than
it was worth.
In the Pond menu the items Geometry|Compute Volume and Outflow
Control|Compute outflow are enabled only if a storage volume device
or a flow control device has been specified.
Code in the Pond commands Geometry|Graph Volume and Outflow
Control|Graph Outflow has been corrected.
Code in the Pond commands to compute Storage Volume, Outflow Control
discharges or Rooftop storage and outflow for less than 8 levels now
works correctly.
When running in Automatic mode execution stops properly at the end
of the file even if a File/Exit command is not present.
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Jan. 7, 1999 |
In the Trench command code has been corrected to allow the number of
stages to be less than the number of rows displayed in the H - Q - V
grid (i.e. 8).
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Jan. 4, 1999 |
When running some versions of the file Miduss98.exe under Windows
NT4.0, pressing the [Run MIDUSS] button on the Authorization
Information window caused the program to exit with the message
"License manager is closing down". The corrupted code has been
corrected.
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Dec. 27, 1998 |
Explanatory messages displayed for commonly encountered Crypkey
errors. Crypkey is the copy protection system built into MIDUSS98.
Route command handles cases of very peaky inflow hydrographs on
steep slopes (eg. >1%) which previously gave peak outflow greater
than inflow due to discretization around the the peak.
In Channel command, code corrected to allow manual entry of slope.
This was a hangover from earlier attempt to allow comma as decimal
separator.
In Hydrograph/Start/Edit inflow, code to show the time of the cell
under the mouse pointer has been corrected to work properly when
grid is scrolled down. Also, form corrected to show down arrow in
vertical scroll bar.
Command Hydrology/Lag & Route has been corrected to work
properly when units are Imperial or U.S.Customary.
The Authorization Information window has been corrected to show
'Authorization OK' instead of 'NOT present'.
Generation of file 'Main.log' (log of license manager) is now
enabled as default.
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