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[https://www.storm-georiver.com/ GeoRiver®] is hydraulic model preparation software that imports data from a multitude of 3rd party formats and has an array of efficient tools to enhance the data before exporting TuflowTUFLOW ready files.

TuflowTUFLOW users can enjoy a 3 month trial licence of the software for free by contacting Mike Hopkins on ([mailto:mike.hopkins@storm-geomatics.com?Subject=3%20month%20trial mike.hopkins@storm-geomatics.com]). This offer is available to companies who haven’t yet held a GeoRiver® licence.

Below is a brief look at how data is imported into GeoRiver®, how it is enhanced and how to export the TuflowTUFLOW files.

The cross section dxf out/dxf in function is valuable if you do not have a GeoRiver® model with structures already built and have structures on 2D survey/archive drawings that you want to get across to TuflowTUFLOW. By having the ability to transfer your GeoRiver® cross sections back and forth to CAD allows the user to easily combine cross sections with structure geometry and then utilise within GeoRiver®.

Once the cross section data is in GeoRiver® it can be viewed, enhanced and exported in many ways. One tool which TuflowTUFLOW users may find useful is the structure sketching tool, this tool allows the user to specify the structure aperture by sketching directly over the cross section line work.

To export TuflowTUFLOW files of your river, from the main window select the export options from the menu at the top of the screen and take the TuflowTUFLOW option:

There is a further option to export the hard or soft bed cross sections for the river which could be a benefit if looking at dredging effects at a structure. GeoRiver® produces the *.csv files required for TuflowTUFLOW which includes the height/width table calculated from the structure tunnelopening area.

This is just one tool which is useful to speed up model preparation time and also improve the quality of outputs. Users also find it beneficial to have all their source data for the TuflowTUFLOW model all in one place and visually accessible. The visual representation is a valuable quality assurance check that the correct data is transferring to the TuflowTUFLOW model.

One of the main tools that TuflowTUFLOW users have said that they would like is a way of automating the 1D/2D model linking, this is something we are working on solving. It would be great for our development team to hear from TuflowTUFLOW users who have niggling or repetitive tasks during model preparation which they think could be automated within GeoRiver®. You can find out more information from the GeoRiver® website on [https://www.storm-georiver.com/ www.storm-georiver.com]