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Processing Modflow X Changelog

What's new in Processing Modflow X 11.0.4

Jul 12, 2022
  • Fixed bugs that prevented GSFLOW in Version 11.0.3 from working correctly.

New in Processing Modflow X 11.0.3 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • Enhanced data manipulation tools
  • Enhanced calibration capabilities using multiple-layer head/drawdown observations, lake stages, and stream discharges.
  • Performance improvements with large model result files
  • Fixed bugs in some data input dialog boxes for the calculation of surface depression storage with GSFLOW.
  • Fixed a bug in the Shapefile with the shapefile type PolygonZ.
  • Fixed a bug that may result in incorrect IUZFBND after vertical grid refinement.

New in Processing Modflow X 11.0.2 (Sep 10, 2021)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Added Cartesian Coordinate System.
  • Added function to support Coordinate Transformation of shapefiles when the Cartesian Coordinate System is activated.

New in Processing Modflow X 11.0.1 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • Added support to the Multi-Node Well 2 Package.
  • Added an Auto Layer Number function that can automatically move package features (such as drains) to a model layer by comparing model layer top/bottom elevations with the package-specific elevation.
  • Added a Target Area function to the Modify Data and Copy Data dialog boxes. The Target Area function allows users to restrict the data manipulation functions to the selected area defined by a polygon or view.
  • Enhanced data manipulation tools.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented SEAWAT from running correctly when the SIP solver is used.
  • Fixed a bug that may prevent SEAWAT from running due to the missing MSVCR100.DLL file.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the time marks of MODPATH simulation results from being displayed.
  • Fixed a bug that may cause unexpected behavior after changing the THKMIN value in the MT3D table of the Transport Settings dialog box.
  • Fixed a crash bug in the Transport Settings dialog box after changing values in the VSC table.
  • Fixed a bug when in the drawdown contours that show calculated head instead of drawdown.
  • Fixed a crash bug when opening a pmproj file that contains drawdown contours.
  • Fixed bugs that may cause multiple RCH, EVT, and/or ETS packages to be displayed.
  • Fixed the model data import function that does not work correctly when the multiplier file of an imported model contains and uses the “FUNCTION” keyword.

New in Processing Modflow X 11.0.0 (Feb 27, 2021)

  • Added a Target Area function to the Modify Data and Copy Data dialog boxes. The Target Area function allows users to restrict the data manipulation functions to the selected area defined by a polygon or view.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented SEAWAT from running correctly when the SIP solver is used.
  • Fixed a bug that may prevent SEAWAT from running due to the missing MSVCR100.DLL file.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented time marks of MODPATH simulation results from being displayed.
  • Fixed a bug that may cause unexpected behavior after changing the THKMIN value in the MT3D table of the Transport Settings dialog box.
  • Fixed a crash bug in the Transport Settings dialog box after changing values in the VSC table.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.23 (Jan 4, 2020)

  • Added the column-cross section tool for visualizing model cross section and/or to edit model data on column cross section view
  • Improved the pathline tool to highlight a pathline when mouse hovers over it.
  • Added functions to allow for on-map georeferencing of the model grid by dragging four grid corners.
  • Added a function to allow for using calculated hydraulic head as starting head.
  • Fixed a bug in the UZF package that caused the UZF flow terms in both standard and compact formats to the cell-by-cell flow file.
  • Fixed a bug in the pathline tool. The End Point of a pathline was deleted after removing the corresponding particle.
  • Fixed a bug in the row cross-section tool, where the model dry cells are not updated correctly after changing to another row.
  • Fixed a bug in the model data inspection tool for the Flow and Head Boundary Package. The bug prevented that package to perform inspection.
  • Fixed a bug in the SFR2 Package importing function. The bug occurred when a negative value is assigned to NSTRM of the input file to the SFR2 package.
  • Fixed a bug in MODFLOW model import function. A model may not be imported correctly, if its name file contains file type DATA that points to external data files and that such external files contain more than one data array.
  • Updated/added documents of tutorial 1 and tutorial 3.
  • Works on examples are in progress.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.22 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug in the Drain Package importing tool that does not correctly import Drain Package input file from a model that is not stored in the FREE format.
  • Fixed a bug in the Append Wells tool (Tools > Package > Append Wells) that incorrectly assign multiple instances of wells to transient models.
  • Fixed a bug in the ASCII Raster Import tool that prevented ASCII raster files to be correctly imported.
  • Fixed bugs and improved the interface to the UZF package.
  • Recompiled MODPATH (32- and 64-bit versions) with the latest Intel FORTRAN Compiler to vastly improve their execution speed (compared with the original versions distributed by the USGS.)
  • Improved the MODPATH interface.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.20 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Added support to the Lake (LAK3) Package.
  • Added support to the Lake Transport (LKT) Package of MT3D-USGS.
  • Added 8-point cross-section support to the SFR2 Package.
  • Fixed bugs in the function for generating the PEST template file of the SFR2 package.
  • Fixed bugs in the import functions for CHD, DRN, DRT, FHB, GHB, RES, RIV, and WEL Packages. Those bugs were introduced in the version 10.0.19.
  • Updated PEST and BEOPEST from version 14 to version 16. Click here for details about PEST
  • Fixed bugs and in the row-cross section where cell values may not be modified or displayed correctly for SWI2 and IBS packages.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.19 (Dec 31, 2018)

  • Added support to the Subsidence and Aquifer-Compaction (SUB) Package.
  • Improved the model import function to allow for arrays with comma-delimiters in addition to space-delimiters.
  • Fixed bugs in the model import function that did not work, if a model contains a parameter value (PVAL) file.
  • Improved the Modify Data dialog box, allowing users to specify a Target Area where cell values should be modified.
  • Improved data entry dialog boxes of the UZF1 package and fixed bugs in the function that generates input file to the UZF1 package.
  • Improved data entry dialog boxes of the MNW1 package. Added import function of the MNW1 package.
  • Fixed bugs in the model grid refinement functions.
  • Fixed bugs in the ETS1 package where the PXDP and PETM values near the end of the modflow.ets file were written as integer (rounded off to zero) instead of floating point values.
  • Fixed a bug in the import function of the RCH package that failed to import the Layer Indicator array IRCH.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.18 (Nov 12, 2018)

  • Added functions to display cells that went dry during a simulation.
  • Corrected the default path to the executable of MODFLOW-2005.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.17 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • Added support to the Streamflow Transport (SFT) Package of MT3D-USGS.
  • Added functions for copying data between model parameters, e.g., from HK to VK.
  • Added a “Start the data editor in the first stress period” check box in the Preferences dialog box. If this box is checked, the data editor will always start in the first stress periodl. If this box is not checked, the data editor will start in the current stress period. The latter was the default behavior of previous versions of PMX.
  • Improved the Import Data function to allow for importing matrix values to most flow packages (such as DRN, WEL, RIV).
  • Improved the Output Control dialog box of MODFLOW.
  • Fixed a bug in the Upstream Weighting Package of MODFLOW-NWT, where the layer types are always defined as confined regardless of user’s settings.
  • Fixed a bug in the function that imports the input data of the Newton Solver of MODFLOW-NWT.
  • Fixed bugs in the import functions of the CHD, DRN, DRT, GHB, RIV, and WEL Packages. Although this error rarely happens, the bugs may prevent the auxiliary data, such as DRNBELEV used by SEAWAT, from being imported correctly.
  • Fixed bugs in the interface to the MODFLOW SWI2 package.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.16 (Sep 25, 2018)

  • Added support to the Streamflow-Routing (SFR2) Package.
  • Added tutorial 1.
  • Updated MODFLOW-NWT from v.1.1.3 to v.1.1.4
  • Modified the interface of Flow and Head Boundary (FHB) Package for concentration data input
  • Fixed a bug in the import function of the SSM package of MT3D, where concentration data associated with the FHB package could not be imported.
  • Fixed bugs in the Copy Cell Data function of the Row Cross Section tool when editing the STR Package or Wetting Threshold.
  • Fixed bugs in the hightlight cells function of the Row Cross Section tool when editing certain packages.
  • Fixed bugs in the Add Particles dialog box that failed to add multiple layers of particles on circles.
  • Fixed bugs in the MODPATH interface that was not able to assign recharge and/or ET to a particular cell face.
  • Fixed bugs in the MODPATH interface where the elevation of pathlines, time points and start locations were incorrectly calculated resulting in incorrect display on the cross section window.
  • Fixed a bug in the Observation dialog box. Observation data could not be assigned to new observation points unless the dialog box is closed and reopened.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.15 (Jul 15, 2018)

  • Added the display of the zeta surface of SWI2 (i.e., the interface between seawater and freshwater) to the cross-section window.
  • Added potentiometric surface or groundwater level (based on head result of MODFLOW) to the cross-section window.
  • Added color-filled contours of input parameters and model results to the cross-section window.
  • Added flow vectors to the cross-section window.
  • Added pathlines to the cross-section window.
  • Added Animation and Print Image tools to the cross-section window.
  • Fixed the measure tool that did not work correctly when the map is rotated (i.e., when the Rotation Tool button is depressed).
  • Fixed a bug in the code that generates grid specification file for PEST. The bug prevented the PEST utility program MOD2SMP.EXE from running correctly, and the it is not possible for PEST to complete parameter estimation process. Only models with regularly spaced grid column and row widths are affected.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.14 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Added support to the Seawater Intrusion 2 Package.
  • Added the time-step control to the cross-section tool and greatly improved the display speed of the cross-section.
  • Added a new parameter type “Transient Sandbox”, where matrix data may be assigned to several stress periods. Contour maps at arbitrary time points between those periods can be created based on linearly interpolation of the available matrix data.
  • Added a “remove wells” tool that removes wells of all stress periods with flow rates lie within a given range.
  • Added all examples of the Seawater Intrusion 2 Package to the Setup.
  • Added all examples of SEAWAT 2000 and SEAWAT V.4 to the Setup.
  • Fixed bugs in the interface to the MODFLOW UZF1 package.
  • Fixed a bug that may cause importing of the BCF package to fail if the model has more than 40 layers and the BCF input file is saved in the formatted format.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented MT3D from running correctly if the Sorption type in the Reaction Package is “Dual-domain mass transfer (without sorption)”.
  • The MT3D Sink/Source Mixing Package is now always included in the simulation if the flow model is transient.
  • Fixed a crash bug in the MT3D > View > Production Concentration Summary.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.13 Beta (Apr 30, 2018)

  • Added a window to display cross-section along model rows and to allow for editing model data
  • Added functions to allow for exporting model results to ESRI ASCII Raster and 3D Modflow Array files
  • Fixed a bug in the Stress Period Data dialog box that may cause random behavior after copying data from a stress period to another
  • Fixed a bug in the import function of the WEL package from input files that are saved in the FREE format. The bug prevented pumping wells from being imported
  • Fixed bugs in the export function of DRN, RIV, and STR packages

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.12 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Cell data may be displayed without entering the data editor.
  • Greatly improved the display speed of online maps.
  • Fixed a bug in data export function that prevented exporting data from several MODFLOW packages.
  • Replaced the concentration dialog of the FHB package with Concentration Time Series dialog box that allows for entering time series data.
  • Modified FHB package of MODFLOW and SSM package of MT3D to use the concentration time series data.
  • Fixed memory leaks.
  • Improved the stability of caption display during animation
  • Fixed a bug in the time-series and scatter charts where the calculated data are not updated correctly after changing the layer or coordinates of the observation points.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.11 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Added Tools > Package > Append Package
  • Added a tool to import WellFile in Tools > Package > Append Wells
  • Added Models > MT3D/SEAWAT > View > Concentration Summary
  • Added Models > MT3D/SEAWAT > View > Production Concentration Summary

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.10 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Added Tools > Data > Matrix dialog box with a table to display cell values
  • Added Models > MODFLOW > View > Volume Summary
  • Added Models > MT3D/SEAWAT > View > Mass budget summary
  • Fixed a bug in the initialization function of the MT3D/SEAWAT Concentration Line Chart and Scatter Chart.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented concentration contour maps (based on results of MT3D/SEAWAT) from being created correctly when opening PMProj files.
  • Improved the performance of time series and scatter charts.
  • Fixed a bug in the input file writer for the SSM package of MT3D where -999999999 maybe written as the concentration value of point sources.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.9 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the “Highlight mask opacity” from working correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented cell values of certain parameters from being displayed correctly after moving the grid cursor to another layer while “layer-copy” is on.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.8 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Added a function to allow for exporting grid data to the ESRI ASCII Raster format
  • Modified the ESRI ASCII Raster format import function to allow for importing raster files with different row and column sizes.
  • Fixed a bug in data import function that failed when importing a ERSI ASCII Grid or Comma-Separated Value file along with a projection file.
  • Fixed a bug in the data export function that may cause lower-precision floating point values to be used in exported files.
  • Made minor changes to the MODFLOW Output control dialog box: when the value for HDRY is changed, inform PM to rebuild BCF, LPF, and UPW files before running model.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.7 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Fixed bug in import package functions of the DRN, RCH, RES, and RIV packages if the input files are saved in the FIXED format.
  • Fixed bug in contour drawing functions.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.6 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Minor functional and cosmetic bug fixes.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.5 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Stability improvements.

New in Processing Modflow X 10.0.4 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Updated to MODPATH from 7.1 to 7.2.001. Added support to “StopZone” of MODPATH.
  • Stability improvements.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.47 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Updated to the latest versions of MODFLOW-2005 v.1.11.00 and MODFLOW-NWT v.1.12.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.46 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect display of mouse cursor coordinates on the statusbar of the PMWIN main window when using cross-section view.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.45 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Layer Property Flow (LPF) package to import native MODFLOW input file correctly when the wetting capability is used.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Time Variant Specified Head (CHD) package to import native MODFLOW input file correctly when the first lines in the input file start with #.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.44 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Stream-flow Routhing (STR1) package to work correctly with MT3DMS/SEAWAT
  • Previously, the Stream-flow Routing (STR1) and River package (RIV) may not be used concurrently with MT3DMS. this limitation has been removed

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.43 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • The maximum number of layers of the Water budget calculator is increased from 80 to 200.
  • Fixed a bug in the code that is responsible for generating the input file to the Chemical reaction package of RT3D. That bug appears only if the option "No Reaction (tracer transport)" is selected.
  • Fixed a bug in the code that is responsible for generating the input file to the Sink/Source Mixing package of RT3D/MT3DMS. The bug occured when source water concentration is assigned to a river by using the polyline input method.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.42 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Updated digital software signature to provide enhanced security.
  • Enhanced compatilibities with the ASCII DXF files exported from ArcGIS by adding the supports of the LWPOLYLINE entities in DXF files.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.41 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug when loading Compaction (result of the IBS1 package) to 2D-Visualization.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented MODFLOW-2000/2005 from saving the simulation result of the IBS1 package.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.40 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Supports Zeroth-order Reaction (Decay or Production) of MT3DMS 5.1 and later.
  • Improved ASCII Matrix import function.
  • Fixed problems in PCGN dialog box and PEST Simulation settings when running PMWIN in countries using comma as the decimal mark.
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.
  • Known problem in RT3D 2.5: the program will not run if any of the Output Time (in the Output Control dialog box) is set to zero.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.39 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixed a "cannot open d:\rch.out" error of the water budget calculator.
  • Fixed a "MXSS must be set larger" bug when running PHT3D with a large number of drain cells.
  • Improved model conversion (import) function.
  • Improved backward compatibility with models created by older version of PMWIN.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.38 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Double-precision variables are now used by the water budget calculator for aggregating water budget results and statistics.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.37 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug when the Stream package is used with non-integer inflow rates to segments, and the default language of Windows is set to a language that uses comma (,) as the decimal point symbol.
  • Fixed a bug in the Stream package that preveted users from entering -1 for Inflow to a stream segment.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.36 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that happened when running PEST with MODFLOW-NWT.

New in Processing Modflow X 8.0.35 (Apr 18, 2015)

  • Fixed an integer overflow error in the polyline module of PMWIN. Cause: A double-precision variable was erroneously declared as integer, and may prevent PMWIN from generating model input files.