TUFLOW Training USA

Welcome

Thank you for registering for the 3day USA training workshop.

West Coast	East Coast
August 31st to September 2nd Community Room City of Simi Valley 2929 Tapo Canyon Road Simi Valley, CA 93063	September 12th to 14th University of Virginia Wilsdorf Hall Room 200 395 McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22904

Both workshops are computer based training that require the use of the following software:

ArcGIS (ArcMap is only required)

The Notepad++ Text Editor

SMS

The latest TUFLOW Release

This page provides instructions on how to install the software and prepare your computer for the training day.

ArcGIS

Please download and install a free trial version of ArcGIS: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktop/free-trial. We will be using ArcMap during the workshop.
Please also download install the ArcGIS TUFLOW plugin: http://wiki.tuflow.com/index.php?title=TUFLOW_ArcGIS_Toolbox

QGIS is also a free alternative to ArcGIS. Although the workshop will be run using ArcGIS, attendees wishing to use QGIS as the development platform instead of ArcGIS should compete the following steps.

QGIS Install

Install QGIS through the OSGeo4W installer package. Please click here to download the installer and save to your preferred download location.
Once downloaded, locate and run the installer package osgeo4w-setup-x86_64.exe which will open the install wizard.
Select 'Express Desktop Install' as per the below image and click next:

Keep the default packages selected as follows and click next. Don't worry if uDig isn't present.

QGIS will then start to download all the required packages off the web. Depending on your computer and internet connection this may take several minutes.

Once the installer has completed, you should then get a new Start menu item 'OSGeo4w' with QGIS Desktop 2.12 or 2.14 as one of the installed programs as per the below. We only need the QGIS Desktop so don't worry if all programs as per the picture are not installed.

Adding QGIS Plugins

Some additional QGIS plugins are available to help with TUFLOW modeling, Crayfish (developed by Lutra Consulting) and the TUFLOW QGIS Plugin. Both Plugins can be installed via the QGIS Plugin repository. Open QGIS and navigate to the plugins dropdown menu and click on 'Manage and Install Plugins' as per the below:

Notepad++

Please download and setup Notepad++ via the following link. Please note that the default notepad provided with Windows is not ideal for developing TUFLOW models and you will gain a much better experience by using one of the aforementioned text editors. Please also configure Notepad++ for Syntax Highlighting and File Navigation as outlined in the linked wiki pages.

SMS

Please download and install a free trial version of SMS: http://www.aquaveo.com/downloads?tab=2#TabbedPanels

TUFLOW

Please download the latest TUFLOW Executables from here and save locally to your laptop. TUFLOW is a standalone console application. It doesn't require installation.

Further Questions

Should you have any further questions regarding the training please send us an email at training@tuflow.com and we will be in touch as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you at the training.