What's New in Version 3
We updated AquiferWin32/WinFlow
to include many features users requested. We made the application more
user-friendly and full-featured. Since we continually enhance our software,
please let us know if there is a feature you would like added. As always, all
interim releases are free and downloadable from the internet until Version 4.0
is available.
The major changes are summarized below:
New Analyses
Kipp,
1985 - Type Curve Analysis of Inertial
Effects in the Response of a Well to a Slug
Test
Kipp,
1985. The Kipp, 1985 analysis is used for
slug tests that exhibit a sinusoidal
response due to inertial effects.
Moench, 1985 -
Transient Flow to a Large-Diameter Well in
an Aquifer With Storative Semiconfining
Layers
Moench, 1985. The Moench, 1985 analysis is
very versatile and supports all three
Hantush aquitard boundary types (Constant
head, No Flow and Constant Head/No Flow) )
and allows leakage from above, below or
both. It also supports a line source well or
a finite diameter well including well bore
storage and well bore skin.
Moench, 1997 - Flow to
a well of finite diameter in a homogeneous,
anisotropic water table aquifer
Moench, 1997. The Moench,
1997 analysis allows analysis of pump tests in
unconfined aquifers in which well bore storage and/or
well bore skin are a significant factor.
WinTran - WinTran is designed to be an
easy-to-use model for simulating the fate
and transport of dissolved contaminants in
fully saturated groundwater systems
The WinTran model
couples the steady-state groundwater flow model from
WinFlow with a contaminant transport model. The
transport model feels like an analytic model but is
actually an embedded finite-element simulator. The
software automatically constructs the finite-element
transport so that you may quickly get answers to your
groundwater problems.
New
Functionality
Legend Wizard
One of the most common
support issues has been setting up legends and we have
made this process much easier. In Version 3, adding a
legend is as simple as clicking the mouse in the view,
clicking the Add->Legend menu and dragging a rectangle.
The following wizard is activated to help in setting up
the wizard. If you simply click the finish button, a
legend will be created containing the pertinent
parameters and will be located in the lower right corner
of the graph or map.
To make a legend as in previous versions, select the
Create empty legend radio button and click the Finish
button; double click on the newly created legend box and
set it up as you see fit.
Editing Legends on Screen
If you have created
a legend using the legend wizard and have selected the
Automatically adjust and locate legend option any
changes made on screen will be automatically undone when
the screen refreshes. The on screen editing features are
for older legends, those created as empty legends using
the wizard or those that have selected the Don’t use
this wizard for future editing option.
On screen manipulation now drills into legends no matter
how deeply they are nested to allow the typical on
screen manipulations to be performed. In addition, a
context menu has been created for legends that allows
for Cut/Copy/Paste/Select All/Delete/Add/Add to Legend
operations within the legend.
Of particular note is the Add to Legend menu. When items
have been selected in the main view, they can be added
to the legend using this menu. In most cases, you will
want to drag the object into the legend and position it
before using this option. You can, however, attach items
to the legend that are not located inside the legend.
When the legend is moved, they maintain their position
relative to the legend.
Line
Calculations and Distance/Drawdown Graphs
A line calculation is
simply a line dragged onto the map view in a Simulation
or Flow Model document along which head/drawdown
calculations will be made and a graph generated. If one
of the end points of the line corresponds with a pumping
well, a drawdown versus distance graph can be generated.
Line calculation elements appear on the map with similar
characteristics to a line and, when the View->Well Data
menu is checked, a view tab is added for the graph of
drawdown versus distance.
3D Perspective
The 3D vertical tab
contains the 3D perspective view of the hydraulic head
or drawdown values. Contour lines can be optionally
displayed as well. All the normal annotations can be
added; however, the annotations are fixed in position in
the view and are not moved/rotated when the 3D
perspective is manipulated.
View Manipulation
Selecting the 3D Manipulation menu from the edit field
context menu allows the manipulation of the 3D view
using the mouse and keyboard. Clicking and/or holding
the left mouse button in the view causes the display to
rotate in the direction of the cursor. Holding the Shift
button while clicking and/or holding the left mouse
button causes the display to move in the direction of
the cursor. Clicking and/or holding the right mouse
button causes the display to zoom in and zoom out. If
the cursor is in the upper half of the view, it will
zoom out. If the cursor is in the lower half of the
view, it will zoom in. The amount of the zoom is
controlled by how far the cursor is from the vertical
center of the view.
The Reset 3D menu is used recenter the 3D perspective
view. This is sometimes required when changes have been
made via the Contour Options property sheet or on screen
editing.
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