INTRODUCTION > waterRIDE v8 to 10 Transition

What is waterRIDE™ 10?

waterRIDE™ 10 represents a strong design shift from v8 with a focus on a modern, lean, fast, clear and spacious interface.

Intuitive workflow-based access to the existing rich array of floodplain management tools merges with a host of new processing and data management tools.

The modern, yet instantly familiar interface embraces simplicity and speed, for both new and experienced users alike.

waterRIDE™ 10 is designed to let you do more, faster, even with tools that have been in waterRIDE™ for years!

Why have some tools been moved?

Hopefully this becomes self-evident as you start using waterRIDE™ 10, but in v8.99.xx many of waterRIDE™’s tools were “buried” in deep nested-menu structures. This meant that tools were both difficult and slow to locate.

With the introduction of “live panels”, the entire interface becomes clearer and quicker to use, as well as giving you more screen real estate.

Tools have been logically grouped according to workflow. In some cases, tools are duplicated across panels (for example, you may wish to drape model results onto LiDAR when importing but may also wish to drape results as part of an overlapping catchment merging process).

What is the logic behind the new “live panels” grouping?

Common Tools – Contains toolsets that are required irrespective of the content of the view. These reside above the Navbar.

Interrogate – Contains general toolsets for interrogation, export and project execution (flood forecasting, certificate creation, reporting etc).

Analyse – Contains toolsets for specific analysis of existing waterRIDE™ datasets including flood intelligence, damages, general calcs, planning, multi-surface and modeller based tools

GIS – Encompasses waterRIDE™’s tools for working with GIS layers themselves, including editing, creating, converting and setting up.

Setup – Contains toolsets for waterRIDE™-specific setup routines (views, certificates, reports, composite layers and flood forecasting)

Import – Contains tools to help you bring external datasets into waterRIDE™ and to make import-specific adjustments to these datasets.

Process – Contains tools that allow you to work with existing layers, including enhancing performance, merging, cleaning, extracting and batch processing.

Data Manager - Contains tools for mananging your flooding data.

I don’t know where the #### tool is? How can I find it?

We have prepared a table in this document as a direct 1:1 correlation between the “old” tool locations and the “new” location.

We have also developed a “Tool Search” button, which resides on the new FASTBAR (left click on the far right part of the map window).

What is the FASTBAR?

The FASTBAR can be accessed by clicking on the far right of the map window (it will glow orange).

The FASTBAR hosts a range of tools for rapidly interrogating multiple surfaces and toggling common view attributes, as well as searching for tools using keywords, tool names, and even v8.99.xx tool names.

What are some of the new time-saving user-shortcuts and tools?

•Auto Zoom-Lock – it’s smart enough to work out what you want to do. Set and forget!

•Maximise screen space by clicking in the active menu to hide it (floating mode) and/or resizing the Navbar.

•Use the FASTBAR to interrogate and plot from multiple surfaces at once

•Double click on a View in the tree to expand the view contents panel on the NavBar (if collapsed)

•Exporting figures – setup a Word template to receive your image exports, complete with title block and labelling

•Split View – Use split view to see side-by-side comparisons of two views (zoom/pan enabled)

•Drag and Drop layers directly into the map window

•Right click on a layer to access its info/metadata

•Drag and drop nodes/branches in the view tree

•Help -> About to check your version against the latest release

•See the timestep status: Map window, Interrogation-Time live panel, status bar

waterRIDE™ v8.99.xx

waterRIDE™ 10

MENUS

v8.99 Menu Sub-Menu Tool Name			waterRIDE™ 10 Live Panel – Group Tool Name
File		New, Open, Save	File, Project toolset	New, Open, Save
		Recent	File	Recent & Central
		Configuration	File	Configuration
		Relative/Full Path	File	Relative/Full Path
		Re-locate Files	File	Re-locate Files
		Pack-n-Go	File	Pack-n-Go
		Create project from template	File	Create project from template
View		Fit all layers	Interrogate - View	Fit
		Copy view setup	Setup - View	Copy View Setup
		Add/remove layers from multiple view	Setup - View	Multi-Layer Add/Delete
		Adjust window ratio	Interrogate - View	Ratio
		List All Layers	Setup - View	Content Lists
Tools		Search	Info toolset	Search
		Export	Interrogate - Export	View, GIS
		Plot	Interrogate - Export	Plot
		Composite Files	Setup	Composite Layers
		Record AVI	Interrogate – Export	Record AVI
		Compare View	Interrogate - View	Split View
		Manning Calcs	Analyse - Calculate	Mannings
		Repeat Last	Interrogate - Surface	Repeat last
GIS		GIS Toolbar	GIS	Drawing/Editing Toolset
		GIS Layer Tools	GIS	Tools toolset
		GIS Geometry Tools	GIS	Tools toolset
		GIS Export Tools	GIS	Export toolset
		Create New	GIS	Setup toolset
		Configure Database Layers	GIS	Setup toolset
		Configure Online Address Server	GIS	Setup toolset
FPM Tools FPM Tools	Flood Surface Analysis	Flood Planning Level Surface	Analyse	Planning toolset
		Time based queries	Analyse	Intelligence toolset – Queries
		Parameter queries	Analyse	Intelligence toolset – Queries
		Peak Flow Path Surface	Analyse	Calculate
		Statistical Analysis	Analyse	Multiple Surfaces
		Rate of Rise Analysis	Analyse	Intelligence
	GIS Processing	Flood Extents & WL Contours	Analyse	Planning
		GIS/Surface Integration	Analyse	Intelligence – GIS Intelligence
		Identify Location and Min/Max Surface Values	Analyse	Intelligence
		Link to Gauge Level	Analyse	Intelligence
		Determine probability of Inundation	Analyse	Intelligence – Vulnerability
	Certificates & Reporting	Setup Certificate	Setup	Certificates
		Setup Report	Setup	Reporting
		Flood Metadata	Setup	Certificates
		Setup House Photos	Setup	Certificates
	Property Tagging	General	Analyse	Planning
	Property Tagging	Environment Agency (UK) Approach	Analyse	Planning
	Flood Damages/Costs	Property Flood Damages	Analyse	Flood Damages
		Inundation Time Damages	Analyse	Flood Damages
		Average Annual Calculations	Analyse	Flood Damages
	Surface Interpolation	Interpolate Surface	Import	Create - Interpolate
	Surface Interpolation	Sea Level Rise Adjustment	Import	Create - Interpolate
Forecast		Setup	Setup	Flood Forecasting
		Gauge Layers	Setup	Flood Forecasting
		Forecast Rainfall	Setup	Flood Forecasting
		Forecast Stormtide	Setup	Flood Forecasting
Utilities Utilities	Convert	Convert 2D Model to waterRIDE	Import	Convert – 2D Model
		Convert Hydrology Model	Import	Convert – Hydrology
		Convert wR Surface Network	Process	Performance
		Build Surface Pyramids	Process	Performance
	Transfer Water Surface to DTM	Map/Overlay	Process OR Import	Merge-Drape and Merge OR Refine- Drape and merge
		Map on Fly	Setup	Composite
		1D-2D Filenames	Import	File utilities – Rename
	Differences	wR Differences	Analyse	Multiple Surfaces
	wR Peaks	Extract Peaks	Process	Extract
		Recalc Peaks	Process	Misc - Refresh
		Peak of Peaks	Process	Merge
		Update CFG	Process	Misc - Refresh
		Extract Peak Flows	Process	Extract
		Export Peak Surface	Process	Extract
	Stretch	Various	Import OR Process	Refine OR Merge
	Clip	Various	Import OR Process	Refine – Clip Layers Clean – Clip Layers
	wR Flood Hazards	Hazards Manager	Import	Change/Edit/Repair
	wR Flood Hazards	Change wR File Hazards	Import	Change/Edit/Repair
	Clean	Clean Model Results (Direct Rainfall)	Import OR Process	Change/Edit/Repair OR Clean
	wR File Updates	Time	Import	Change/Edit/Repair - Time
		Update/Adjust Terrain	Import	Terrain
		Adjust Water Levels	Import	Change/Edit/Repair – Adjust Values
		Coordinates	Import	Change/Edit/Repair – Coords and Datums
		Update CFG Min/Max	Process	Refresh
		Vertical Datum	Import	Change/Edit/Repair – Coords and Datums
	File info	wR File Info	Process	Misc – wR File info OR Right click on layer
	Grids	Grid Conversions	Import	Convert
	Grids	Grid Creation	Import	Create – New Grid
	Combine	Combine Grid Surfaces	Process	Merge – Combine WRB
	Import DTM	Import DTM (TIN)	Import	Terrain – Import
	Export Outline	Export Network Outline	Process	Extract - Outlines
	Export Outline	Water Surface Bounding Polygon	Process	Extract - Outlines
	Extrapolate	Extrapolate	Import	Create
	Binary Files	Common Binary Files	Import	File Utilities
	Aerial Photos	Aerial Photography Tools – Overviews	Process	Performance - Pyramids
Help		About	?	About
		PDF Help	?	PDF Help
		Tutorial	-	Moving to online
		Shortcuts	?	-

TOOL

v8.99 Toolbar Tool Name		waterRIDE™ 10 Live Panel – Group Tool Name
Files	Print	Project toolset
Files	New, Open, Save	File menu, Project toolset	New, Open, Save
Zoom	Zoom Tools	Zoom toolset	Zoom In, Out, Window
	Pan Tool	-	Left click and hold
	Zoom Lock	Zoom toolset	Lock
	Reset view	Zoom toolset	Reset
	Object Info	Info toolset	Info
Miscellaneous	Toggle Layers	Interrogate - View	Layers
	Measure Distance	Interrogate - View	Measure
	Measure Volume	Interrogate - Surface	Volume
Time	Peaks, Animate, Step forward/back, tracer, timestep	Interrogate	Time toolset
Water	Time series plot, profile plot, flow plot, keypoints, saving points	Interrogate	Surface, Gauge, or Pipe Toolset (dependent on active layer type)
Run	Certificates, Forecast, GIS Integration, Report	Interrogate	Run toolset