Changes in Vflo 6.1

The following are user-visible changes to the behavior of Vflo and the associated Inundation Animator software in the version 6.1 release. A few of these changes have been available previously as part of maintenance releases in the 6.0 version line.

Changes to Vflo in version 6.1

  • Adds support for Level III Digital Precipitation Rate (DPR) files.
  • Corrects issue when loading ‘lumped’ .RRP rainfall files.
  • Displays time and location information during rainfall load process. Prevents load of rainfall data from mismatched locations.
  • Enhanced support for Level III Reflectivity files.
  • Adds support for version 7 Level II files.
  • All available character sets and locales are now included in the Vflo distribution.
  • New option to render only channels cells’ flow direction.
  • Improves progress monitoring during DEM processing steps of AutoBOP domain creation.
  • Restores missing error text during domain creation from mismatched ASCII files.
  • Restores text missing from Analysis Options panel in 6.1 preview versions.
  • More resilient online license request process.
  • Tagging and checking of version number in .BOPX domain files.
  • All sub-windows size and location is now saved between sessions.
  • Fixes results dialog opening behind main window.
  • Prevents crash when zooming to infinitesimally small areas on graphs.
  • Enhances domain coordinate system dialog.
  • Avoids crash due to incompletely installed accessibility technology.
  • Resolves crash when removing data points from curve editor dialogs.
  • Corrects doubly applied units conversion on peak flow display.
  • Automatically checks for updates to license and modules.
  • Enables loading .BOPX domain files with non-ASCII file names (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.17).
  • Adds domain shapefile export feature.
  • Corrects empty “success” message after watch point shapefile export.
  • Prevents partial import of malformed rating curve and cross section files.
  • Corrects issue when solving reservoir cell using version 6 solver (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.14).
  • Corrects editable nature of meta-data display on Network Analysis dialog.
  • Prevents .BOPX domain file corruption when simultaneously saving and loading new file (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.12).
  • Corrects display of Base Cells on cell parameter histogram display (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.13).
  • Removes unused menu items.
  • New support for ‘BAT’ datum in PRJ.ADF files.
  • Resolves progress dialog staying visible after certain short tasks.
  • Exported rating curve and cross section files now include unit information.
  • Numerous ‘under the hood’ improvements that should increase performance, including solving and loading of large raster datasets.

Changes to Inundation Animator in version 6.1

  • Adds display of mean, maximum and other statistics to main window.
  • Adds contour line display and export.
  • Images may now be exported with optional world files and .PRJ projection files, for GIS referencing.
  • Adds time series display of data points.
  • Formalizes date/time interchange between Inundation Animator and the main Vflo program.
  • Adds Time Zone support for importing and exporting data.
  • Fixes color shift when exporting .JPG images files.
  • Saves window size and position between sessions.
  • Saves recently used files.
  • Removes unit conversion of no-data flag values in ASCII export (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.19).
  • Resolves lack of view re-centering when loading new domains (previously available in maintenance release 6.0.18).