FM Tute M02 ARC Define Roughness

Introduction

This page describes the method for using ArcGIS to create the GIS based material types (land use areas) for the proposed development. Once these layers have been setup, surface roughness or bed-resistance values (e.g. Manning’s n) are assigned to each of these land use areas via the materials.csv file present in the model folder.

Method

1. Copy the contents of the FMT_tutorial\Module_data\Module_02\Materials into the TUFLOW\model\gis folder. This folder contains the following two layers:

• 2d_mat_FMT_M02_DEV_001_R.shp, and
• 2d_mat_ FMT_M02_DEV_Buildings_001_R.shp .

2. Open both layers in ArcGIS. The 2d_mat_ FMT_M02_DEV_001_R layer contains polygons defining grassed areas and roads within the proposed development. The 2d_mat_ FMT_M02_DEV_Buildings_001_R.shp layer contains polygons defining the buildings within the proposed development. 3. The materials attribute for a number of polygons representing proposed roads in the 2d_mat_ FMT_M02_DEV_001_R.shp layer have not been assigned and will need to be populated. Assign a Material ID of 2 to these polygons as shown in the figure below. Leave the remaining larger polygon with a Material ID of 1.