WMS:Materials

When doing 1D Hydraulic modeling in WMS it is useful to define material types. Cross section segments have material ID's associated with them and relate to the Materials defined with this command. These material types often represent different types of bed material or areas of fluid properties. A global list of material attributes is maintained that can be edited using the Materials Data command. The command brings up the Materials Data dialog where each material is assigned an ID number. This dialog can be used to delete unused materials, create new materials, and assign a descriptive name, color, and pattern to a material. This general information is saved in the material file.

The Legend toggle controls the display of a legend of the materials in the Graphics Window. The options for the legend are edited in the Legend Options dialog. These options include:

The name to be displayed on the legend.

The font to be used in the legend.

The specification of which corner of the screen the legend will appear in.

The size of each entry in the legend.

Whether all materials or active materials will be included in the legend.

When a new cross section is created, a user specified default material is assigned to the new section.

Material ID's can be assigned to polygons of an Area coverage and used to map to cross section segments when automatically extracting them from TINs.

Model specific material properties such as Manning's n are edited using commands local to the model menu.