Press
New version of MIDUSS drainage design
software
July 7, 2004 - Dundas, Ontario, Canada. -
Alan A. Smith Inc. has released a major upgrade to their
MIDUSS drainage design software.
MIDUSS Version 2 has many improvements to
help the drainage engineer design a stormwater network. The
new version maintains the theme of a versatile hydrological
simulator followed by a wide range of practical design
options.
“The new culvert design feature is very
sophisticated,” said Laurence Smith, Product Manager.
“There are multiple barrels in a wide
choice of industry standard shapes and sizes. The flow can
also be routed through any detention storage behind the
culvert.”
Other major improvements include more
options in detention pond design and a new cascading
super-pipe feature. The infiltration trench design also
sports a new graphical interface.
“When MIDUSS Version 1 was introduced
five years ago we provided updates almost every month.
Version 2 represents a major advance and will continue the
frequent update tradition. By November 2004 we will also be
adding infiltration ponds to this release and users will
receive free updates,” adds Smith.
There is a new graphical plan view of the
drainage layout. “A picture of the layout is automatically
built-up as the elements are designed and optimized,” says
Smith. “Other products make you draw the layout merely as a
way of creating a batch input file,” he adds. “With MIDUSS the
engineer interactively optimizes a drainage element which is
then added to the network layout view.”
The MIDUSS Version 2 hydrology module
also has several new tools and features. There is an IDF
curve fit utility, a mass curve customization system,
instantaneous unit hydrograph generator and a time of
concentration tool.
Although MIDUSS has been on the market
for 20 years, this new release is the first to offer network
and enterprise licenses; each comes with unlimited users.
“The key code headaches from the hard
disk fingerprint copy protection are gone” says Smith. “We
listened to our customers and developed a new licensing system
that better balances our ownerships rights with the simplicity
and convenience that our users want.”
A demo version is available from
www.alanasmith.com. MIDUSS Version 2 costs US$ 895 for a single
license, US$ 2,595 for network and US$ 10,000 for enterprise
licenses.
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For more information please
contact:
Laurence Smith, Product Manager
Alan A. Smith Inc.
17 Lynndale Dr. Dundas, Ontario, Canada L9H 3L4
Tel: (905) 628-4682 Fax: (905) 628-1364
Email:
laurence@alanasmith.com
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