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How to increase model performance / reduce run time (recommended minimum system requirements)
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OpenFlows | Hydraulics and Hydrology Wiki
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OpenFlows CivilStorm
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OpenFlows CulvertMaster
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OpenFlows FLOOD
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OpenFlows FlowMaster
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OpenFlows HAMMER
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OpenFlows PondPack
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OpenFlows SewerCAD
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OpenFlows SewerGEMS
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OpenFlows StormCAD
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OpenFlows WaterCAD
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OpenFlows WaterGEMS
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Calculations - Bentley WaterGEMS
"Network Unbalanced" problems with zero flow/ static conditions
Crash when using alerts that trigger between reporting timesteps
Criticality hangs, crashes or displays incorrect list of affected elements
Darcy-Weisbach Headloss Calculations in Steady State and EPS
Designer engine experienced an unexpected error
Difference between Scenario and Children Compute options in Scenario Manager
Disconnected Demand Nodes user notification when computing model
Discrepancy in the water age results for models with short pipes and short travel times.
Error when running MSX - Could not solve reaction equilibrium expressions
Error: Access to path is denied
How are headlosses determined for TCV's with the different initial status settings?
How to increase model performance / reduce run time (recommended minimum system requirements)
How to use the Modified Hazen-Williams formula for analysis in WaterGEMS / WaterCAD / HAMMER?
Is WaterGEMS capable of modeling the formation of constituents in networks?
Licensing error occurs for Non-Select user when trying to use Darwin Calibrator, Darwin Designer, and Skelebrator
Minor losses for Isolation Valves
Multiple Demand Adjustments
Node / Pipe is not connected to, or is isolated from, a boundary (reservoir or tank) user notification
Pressure dependent demands and negative pressure
Problems running query in SCADAConnect using GE iHistorian
Results generated for water quality results reported as zero or N/A (Age, Trace, Constituent)
System head curve changing depending on status of other pumps
System head curves with no downstream storage
Troubleshooting the Network Unbalanced or Cannot solve network hydraulic equations user notification
Understanding the Water Quality Time Step
User Notification: "Different target heads for the same control node are not allowed."
User Notification: "Pump cannot deliver flow or head"
Using EPS Snapshots to apply demand patterns to a steady state simulation
What is the purpose of the 'Accuracy' Calculation option?
Change the size of flow arrows in ArcGIS Pro
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Conversion - Bentley WaterGEMS
Error message opening program: “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.”
Error publishing i-model: Could not add file level provenance
Error trying to to Add Joins or Remove Joins: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
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General - BENTLEY WATERGEMS
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Help and Documentation - Bentley WaterGEMS
How to add element labels in ArcGIS Pro
How to determine if a condition or action is being shared with other controls?
Image background file causes application to crash without an error message
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Installation - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Integration - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Interchange - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Layout and Data Input - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Libraries/Catalogs - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Licensing - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Modeling - Bentley WaterGEMS
Modeling scenarios with different demand conditions
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N/A - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Other - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Output and Reporting - Bentley WaterGEMS
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Output/Results Presentation - Bentley WaterGEMS
SCADAConnect Simulator adding a "#" symbol to SQL query
Unexpected, automatic updating of model when working on the MicroStation integrated platform for OpenFlows Products
Using ArcGIS Pro Snapping tool to create elements in the ArcGIS Pro platform
Using Text, Line, and Border feature
Using Variable Speed Pumps in WaterGEMS and WaterCAD
What does node elevation represent in WaterCAD, WaterGEMS and HAMMER?
What's New in WaterGEMS and WaterCAD CONNECT Edition Update 2
What's New in WaterGEMS and WaterCAD CONNECT Edition Update 2 - build 10.02.01.06
What's New in WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, and WaterOPS CONNECT Edition Update 3 (10.03.05.03 & 10.03.05.05)
What's New in WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, and WaterOPS CONNECT Edition Update 3.4 (version 10.03.04.05)
What's New with WaterGEMS and WaterCAD CONNECT Edition Update 1
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OpenFlows Product TechNotes And FAQs
Check boxes do not appear in tables such as Control Sets dialog
Consuming ContextCapture production files within your hydraulic model
Convergence NOT achieved Message when computing StormCAD or SewerCAD model
Converting Junctions or Hydrants to Isolation Valves
Displaying Shapefile Labels (Text) As a Background
Enhancing OpenFlows multi-user workflows with ProjectWise Share
Error "System.TypeInitializationException"
Error 32768 when opening model while integrated with ProjectWise
Errors installing patch set
Error when opening PondPack: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" or "Application has generated an exception that could not be handled."
Error when saving or validating: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory.
File Open Dialog does not appear
Flextable Report of Multiple Element Types
Get to know OpenFlows CONNECT Edition
Get to know WaterGEMS, WaterCAD and HAMMER CONNECT Edition
How do I import/export multiple point pump curve pump definitions into a model using ModelBuilder?
How do you save backup files, so they save at different times and multiple levels?
How does the intermediate geodatabase (.MDB or .GDB) file function with ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro integration?
How to Delete Engineering Libraries if you get a message about a Read-only database
How to receive alerts on new version availability?
How to register DAO360.dll or a dll file?
How to search using wild cards on a sqlite type of database
How to See Hebrew or Arabic text in a .DXF file that was exported from WaterGEMS/WaterCAD
Hydraulic grade discontinuity at steep pipes or across nodes (frontwater analysis)
I get a red user notification that says, "Inlet guttter mannings n should be greater than 0".
Importing .HLB library files from old product versions into format used in the V8 product versions
Importing External Data in Geographic Coordinate Systems
Importing storm data and other library information from older versions
Changing element symbols in the AutoCAD platform
Interchange
Locating OpenFlows product error log file
Locating OpenFlows Product Version Number and License Information
Model backward / forward compatibility
Model can be opened and used by multiple users
Modeling a closed loop system
Modeling a flow split (diversion) with the SewerCAD or StormCAD numerical solver
Modeling turbine load acceptance plus load rejection
Multiple CN numbers for a catchment and multiple catchments with a single outlet node
Network Navigator Trace Upstream/Downstream does not return any elements
OpenFlows software numerical solver theory
Percent Connected Impervious Areas and Percent Unconnected Impervious Areas
Performing a hydrosanitary design in WaterGEMS or WaterCAD
PondPack user notification: "The composite outlet structure is either not selected or deleted."
PondPack: How to perform a critical duration analysis?
Pressure pipe vs. conduit between pump and wetwell
Print Preview > Fit to Page shows blank page
Properties not working when using MicroStation integration with ProjectWise
Properties, Flextables, user notifications, or other dialog is missing or will not open in standalone
Properties, user notifications, or other tool managers not showing up in Integrated version of AutoCAD
Reusing Pump Definitions (Import / Export)
Reversing orientation of Pipes and Conduits in Bulk
Saving a hydraulic model when using the AutoCAD platform (i.e. integrated)
Important License Update for OpenFlows Users
Setting the invert elevation for multiple conduits coming into one manhole
Simple Controls vs. Logical Controls
Sorting and relabeling a flextable based on upstream-downstream order
Source of the default Specific Speed for pumps and turbines
Step by step procedure for finding the curb length needed to capture 100% of gutter flow in a curb inlet with a continuously depressed gutter with no clogging
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException crash when trying to open the application
Test Wiki Page - A1
Text, cells/blocks and line styles do not display correctly in a DXF background layer
The flow annotation (label) in my WaterGEMS for ArcMap isn't reflecting the value displayed in my Geotable or Flextable
The total area in the CN/Area Collection does not equal the total catchment area
Time tolerance setting in SCADAConnect Simulator
Troubleshooting ArcMap / ArcGIS Integration
Turbine Efficiency
Understanding Flow (Additional Subsurface) and Flow (Additional Carryover)
Upcoming training and release dates for OpenFlows products
User notification "Downstream TW out of range..."
User notification "Pump exceeds the maximum operating point specified for the pump curve"
User Notification - The captured surface flow at this node does not connect a valid subsurface network. The flow is lost from the system.
User Notification: "There is an error in the data for this pipe. The associated data is incorrect"
User Notification: Cross section maximum elevation is above the maximum headwater elevation
User Notifications: "Pump On elevation is not in the range of upstream ...." and "Off elevation of pump is lower than ..."
Using batch pipe split to fix nodes that overlay a pipe instead of connecting to it
Using PondMaker with different tailwater for each return event
Valve "Status (Initial)" Definitions
Velocity Calculations and the Average Velocity Methods in SewerCAD and StormCAD
Viewing graph data for multiple scenarios
Water age results in a pipe are different from the age in the downstream junction
Water Loss Management
Water quality Analysis during transient events
WaterGems Tips
What are the limitations of importing/exporting EPANET files?
What is the dotted line that is associated with the isolation valves? Can I turn them off?
What's new in WaterCAD, WaterGEMS and HAMMER V8i SELECTseries 6 with CONNECT Integration?
What's New in WaterOPS CONNECT Edition 2.3 (Build 10.02.03.06)
When the user changes the fluid, why doesn't the calculated pump head change?
Working From Home With Your OpenFlows Software
"An error occurred when trying to calibrate the model"
"COM Error Not Documented" when opening OpenFlows product
"Default license feature configuration not found. Product features may be limited. Please run the License Administrator."
"The Depth-Flow, Depth-Flow (Simulated Variable Speed) and Volume-Flow pump definition types are unsupported"
Add custom data to profile with User Data Extensions
After computing the model, the pump efficiency results are listed as N/A
After running loadbuilder I get a message that says "The layer <Layer_Name> could not be opened."
At what point does OpenFlows product license usage start when integrated with MicroStation?
Background image quality poor on some computers or Crash when opening models with background layers
Blocky stepwise pattern is displayed instead of a continous smooth pattern that was entered when using the SWMM engine
Catch basins imported as manholes from LandXML
Change in results before turbine load rejection occurs
Creating Controls - Conditions, Actions and Control Sets
Custom quadrant curve not being recognized
Date-time based query not working
Default license configuration not retaining setting
Do inactive elements count against the license count?
Does HAMMER support initially negative pressures?
Does the friction method affect local minor loss in pipes?
Does WaterGEMS and WaterCAD report pressures as gauge pressure or absolute pressure?
Efficiency Curve vs. Wire-to-Water Efficiency Curve
Error message when validating model: "Elevation (Relative) values within the Irregular shape definition must be non-negative."
Error Saving: "Custom results path is invalid"
Find if pump operates off of the pump curve during an automated fire flow scenario
Flow arrows are not included in an exported DGN file when using the Save Symbology option in the MicroStation platform
Flow from pump is delayed after pump startup
GeoPak - StormCAD errors - GEOPAK runtime environment not found / Error writing GEOPAK/PowerCivil node
HEC-22 2nd edition energy loss calculations with the Implicit solver
How are "pipe sets" and "nodes of interest" used in a flushing analysis to get auxiliary results at other elements?
How are Pressure Junctions handled in each Solver?
How can I see the amount of inflow or outflow occuring for a particular surge tank during the transient simulation in HAMMER?
How can I use CivilStorm to evaluate TSS removal efficiency in a detention pond?
How do I filter a column in my flextable using a custom query that retrieves all records with a <None> attribute?
How do I know if and when my pond is overtopping and how to quantify it?
How do the channel slopes and velocity effect the headloss formulas in SewerCAD and StormCAD?
How does StormCAD handle gutter flow from an active catch basin to an inactive catch basin?
How does the diameter of an isolation valve effect the calculated results?
How to add comments on custom pump and turbine quadrant curves
How to find volume of water coming from a trace element?
Hydropneumatic tank atmospheric pressure not changing results
Hydropneumatic tank profile animation and time history shows zero gas volume
Initial surge when using turbine load acceptance operating case
Initial turbine HGL the same as the final HGL after load acceptance
Is it possible to create old PondPack style text reports?
Is it possible to have a storm event start at a different time than the model simulation?
Is it possible to use point cloud information to populate elevations in Terrain Extractor (TRex)?
Is there a recommended level of Skelebration for different modeling conditions?
License usage in the ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro platform
LoadBuilder applying demands or loads to inactive elements
LoadBuilder importing zero flow loads
Long time to load background layers
Manage Pump Speed Series
Manage Pump Time Series
Managing large number of scenarios
Missing Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio values in the material library
Modeling Arch section shapes in SewerGEMS
Modeling closed or pressurized pipes in PondPack
MrSid files are not available as a background layer type or an error is generated when loading MrSid files
New User Learning Resource Guide for WaterSight
Pipes connecting to the wrong element after submodel import
Pipes not merging when using Skelebrator with series pipe merging
PondPack error: Unable to open user roster
Problems opening GEOPAK Drainage file exported from StormCAD
Query, alert or formula UDX not working correctly with "=" (equals)
SCADAConnect in SewerGEMS
SCADAConnect Simulator in WaterCAD and WaterGEMS V8i SELECTseries 5
Series Pipe Merging in Skelebrator not working for pipes with zero diameter
Small difference in gutter worksheet result between US and SI units
The concentration at the stop node directly after a constituent source in a tank is decreasing rapidly
The control symbol, check valve symbol, and dashed lines connecting customer meters, isolation valves, and SCADA elements are not visible in the ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro platforms
The headloss in a pipe downstream of a parallel VSP is higher than expected
The result field "Depth (Flooding)" is listed as N/A after computing a model with the SWMM engine. Is there a way to see the depth of flooding for a node?
Translated version still showing as English
Troubleshooting making a SCADA connection to Oracle database
Troubleshooting ModelBuilder issues and errors connecting to an Oracle database
User Data Extension not appearing in the Post-Calculation Processor's "Output Property" field
User Data Extensions in the Fireflow report
User Notification "More than one VSPB cannot control the same control node"
User notification when computing: IDF data is not supported by SWMM. Storm event is excluded from export.
User notification: "Conduit has a Stop control structure, but this is not supported next to the connected outfall element."
Warning about outlet hydrograph not cresting
WaterGEMS and WaterCAD Data Import FAQ
WaterSight - Pump Overview
What can I do to speed it up a file I need to extract elevations from is taking a long time to process in TRex?
What does Entrance Control mean?
What is the best way to model an orifice plate inside a catchbasin with surface storage above the catchbasin rim?
What is the difference between a stand pipe and an inlet box?
What is the purpose the Rainfall File, Runoff File, and RDII File in the Calculations Options?
What kind of demands should be used as the initial conditions of a transient simulation?
When running a query, why is it not picking up the elements that it should?
Why are there 2 entries for the same alternative in the dropdown menu in the properties of a scenario? One with an "i" and one without it.
Why are there so many extra element types listed for WaterGEMS and WaterCAD, such as surge tank, rupture disk, Periodic head-flow?
Why does the precipitation(cumulative) field for catchments show N/A at the 24 hour time step after computing ?
Will SCADA Results Publishing work with only OPC sources?
How to increase model performance / reduce run time (recommended minimum system requirements)
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