GMS:Release Notes GMS

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.9 - Aug 9, 2011

• Color is not updated in the Materials window and Layer Ranges Legend

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.8 - Jun 20, 2011

• Crash when opening GMS project file created in GMS 6.5.6 - User: Anne Waitz Vistrup
• Error when attempting to convert solids to modflow - User: Bruce Campbell
• Crash when enabling arcobjects - User: Chad Ballard
• Background color changes to black after importing shapefile through GIS module - User: Chaoying Jiao
• Crash when converting layer contours to arcs - User: Christoph Möbus
• LINK-AMG (LMG) Package control parameters incorrect - User: Christoph Möbus
• GMS 8.0 fails to run PEST with the parallel pest option turned on - User: Julian Weir
• Borehole data set
• CMainGraphicsWindow constructed but not deleted.
• Crash reading large modflow simulation
• Crash when editing borehole contact elevation
• Reproject scatter points doesn't work
• GMS doesn't automatically set the projection for the project based on the import data
• GMS needs to automatically reproject the importing data to the current projection.
• Image coordinate stays the same when you reproject a project
• Image import has no watch cursor at first
• Memory leak at exit in EnableDockingEx(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
• MODFLOW Display Options Check None doesn't change Wells (MNW1) and Drains (DRT1)
• Select all doesn't work with point
• Screen capture with obs targets
• Time value isn't listed properly for plotting

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.7 - May 24, 2011

• TIN vertices “jump” down when you start dragging them in oblique view - User: Stefanie Lamb
• Contours incorrectly displayed when toggling on specify a range - User: Jeffrey Davis
• Problem with frame macro in GMS 8.0.6 - User: Julian Weir
• Grid merge and display Problems - User: Matt Gamache
• “Long Shadows” being displayed when displaying cell faces and inactive cells - User: Christoph Möbus
• Inactive cells not displayed correctly - User: Christoph Möbus
• *.sen file not saved correctly with DRT parameter while running PEST - User: Xiulan He
• KMZ animation with dates/times uses wrong times - User: Suarez-Soto, Rene J. (ATSDR/DHAC/EISAB)
• Animation with 3D Grid Vectors
• Crash when reproject global projection
• Contour Options dlg - legend toggle
• Resize Modflow Observation dialog
• Computed flow with CHOB arc groups
• Remove the following from shared flineutl.cpp since it uses definitions in GMS
• NUZTOP Default Value Incorrect in UZF Package
• Annotations: Anchoring not restored on save/reload
• Annotations: Image Properties dialog, color button dimming
• Annotations: Imported annotation using % isn't sized or positioned right
• Annotations: Properties dialog titles are inconsistent, as are tab names
• Annotations: Scale bar fills behind with the wrong background color
• Annotations: Anchor tab undoes Revert To Original Aspect Ratio
• Annotations: No way to have an image be its native size
• Improper Value in IUZFBND When Mapping to MODFLOW
• SFR package - DLEAK
• GMS kmz animation always saved in default directory, and avi is always saved
• Crash converting layer contours to arcs
• GMS Crashes on Selecting Material Zone Without Grid
• Crash On Material Edit After Deleting Cross-Section
• Export native mf2k text - Array Multiplier
• Flow vs Time plot
• Window named MODFLOW-2000 when running PESTusing MF2K5
• MODFLOW 2K5 doesn't run when using advanced parameter option
• Can't change text format for factor of safety in UTEXAS
• Can't change color for flow line in SEEPD2D
• files not opening correctly in GMS 8.0
• Legend in animation with 3D Grid Vectors
• Transient RCH data

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.10 - March 2, 2011

• GMS 7.1 displaying slower then 6.5 - Andrzej Rodzoch
• False positive in MODFLOW model checker
• Mf stress periods dialog
• Importing mf simulation from state of UT
• Blanks Error message
• Problems running Pest - Bianca Pedersen
• modflow.bf file
• Rotate Tool not being unselected when ortho mode is turn on
• Transform Not working
• Not saving Multiplier for longitudinal Dispersivity - Frank Tsai
• Changing the Ibound in a polygon does not change make the cells inactive - Toni Smith
• Crash when Assigning ELEVUP
• computed flows not displaying - Julian Weir
• Create animation crashes GMS
• Insert 3D grid layer crash
• Gaussian Fields bug

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.9 - January 12, 2011

• 32 bit crash when Auto-Assigning Horizons - Johan Haan
• Edit Projection Crash - Xiaoyong Zhan
• Stream flows
• Layer Contours -> Arcs cannot find existing linear contours
• Transform command on Cross Sections
• Map to WASH123D missing from project explorer right click menu - Jerry Lin
• Problems reading in the ETS Package - Mary Halstead
• Problems with the Contours legend - John Czarnecki
• Crash running simulation check - Rose McAndrew
• Mapping to MODFLOW overwrites data not in specified layer range - Ken Heim
• Nothing happens when right cliking on a coverage and selecting reproject
• Crash when mapping to MODFLOW - Julian Weir
• MODFLOW coverage areal properties layer range attribute
• Oblique view while in ortho mode
• Mesh is patching and now paving - Sittinan Benjasupattananan
• Problems with recharge being deleted - Mary Halstead
• Cannot hide the active coverage when hiding inactive coverages.
• Feature arc Z field functionality
• Mass vs. Time plot crashes when a polygon is selected.
• Problems running MT3D - Julian Weir
• Export arcs into shape file doesn't work.
• MODFLOW files not importing.
• Crash when opening the starting file for the lake package tutorial.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.8 - November 18, 2010

• MT3DMS computed mass flux is not reported.
• Fieldgen input was being written to the wrong location.
• Grid would shift when selecting a 2D Scatter Data set.
• Pasting into times dialog for "Print at specified times" would hang GMS.
• GIS layer files now use a relative path.
• Grid's display didn't get updated in normal mode.
• Couldn't merge 2D grid cells.
• Clock display in film loop didn't work.
• GMS didn't convert scatter data imported from web to the correct projection.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.7 - October 18, 2010

• Sometimes GMS would crash with an error message of "rows, columns, or layers do not match the current grid"
• The cross section display occasionally would not get updated when material color or pattern was changed.
• 2D Mesh was being paved instead of created as a patch.
• Clock animation wasn't displaying correctly. - John Czarneki
• GMS would crash after incorrectly parsing a project. - Bianca Pedersen
• Layer contours could show crazy values.
• Primary and secondary storage coefficients would not load when opening NAM file in GMS. - Jobst Massmann
• MODFLOW translator wouldn't ensure file names were unique. - Mary Halstead
• Reprojection would not always correctly apply to the vertical datum. - Michael Boiardi
• Porocity wouldn't update. - Philippe Perrier
• The Shift key when connection points didn't work correctly.
• GMS wouldn't report when there was a problem creating a 3D Mesh. - James Bellin
• GMS occasionally couldn't locate the MFR file.
• GMS would launch itself when encountering "Error Launching Model".
• Materials were wrong when importing from a GeoStudio file.
• Residuals in modflow output were calculated differently than the residuals in the attribute table. - Rene Suarez-Soto

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.6 - August 19, 2010

• Contour Labels did not convert correctly. - John D. Gallinatti
• Z was displayed uner the wrong Project Explorer item.
• Cross Sections did not always match the Solids. - Matt O'Banion
• Google Earth Vector would include hidden feature points.
• Recharge wouldn't map to MT3D correctly. - Julian Weir
• Cross Section Editor would incorrectly display vertices.
• GMS would write the 2D Mesh file without E6T cards.
• GMS wouldn't recalculate the shading color start value.
• Texture mapped image wouldn't display correctly.
• GMS was not assigning materials when using Solids to MODFLOW Layers. - Bill Simpkins
• Printing would produce faint contours. - Jenny Malmquist
• GMS wouldn't save material properties correctly. - Julian Weir
• GMS would crash opening a file. - Daniel Meyer
• TIN contours were incorrect.
• Map -> MODFLOW with recharge would crash some 32-bit machines. - Julian Weir
• The legend wouldn't show the correct values with recharge. - Julian Weir
• The selected cell in a 3D Grid wouldn't display properly.
• Building a Horizon coverage could crash GMS
• Layered Mesh would display errors and not correct create a 3D Mesh. - James Bellin
• GMS 3.1 files wouldn't read into 7.1. - Reinhard Zapata
• Help button for SEEP2D Materials would display the wrong information.
• Fixed several SEEP2D New Simulation errors.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.5 - July 15, 2010

• Interpolating a scatter set to a layer would take a really long time. - Val Britton.
• Recharge would change the head more than expected. - Julian Weir
• Pasting information into the Stress Periods dialog would cause a crash.
• Fix problem with invalid NROW/NCOL in binary files.
• Modflow importer problem involved LMB solver data would cause GMS 7.1 to not read GMS 6.0 files.
• Refining 3D Mesh elements with a cross section would cause a crash.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.4 - June 28, 2010

• Memory issue when reading a particular project with last release. -Bruce Campbell
• Only able to display the computed flux for one FEMWATER node at a time. - Anders Soderstrom
• Coverages could not be rearranged or dropped into folders. - Kevin Winters
• New materials could be created with non-unique IDs when a materialwith ID 0 existed. - Michael Boiardi
• Increased speed on importing large MODFLOW models into GMS.
• Increased speed on reading and saving large MODFLOW models. Can increase speed by disabling option to compress MODFLOW h5 data in Edit | General Preferences. This causes more hard disk memory to be used.
• Was possible to cause GMS to crash by entering a small segment sizewhen redistributing arc vertices.
• Material patterns were not drawn correctly on the sides of a grid.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.3 - June 15, 2010

• Crash selecting confined radio button in HUF dialog.
• New coverages could appear as child objects of improper project explorer tree items. - Kevin Winters
• Seep2D simulation created even though cancel was selected.
• Creating a bounding 2D Grid could causes a crash.
• Turning on Draw tools and saving in a different location caused crash.
• HUF data sets outside HUF sim folder when reading 6.5 TPROGs HUF sample.
• Pasting larger amount of spreadsheet data into package dialog caused crash.
• Converting dataset to CAD with existing CAD data could cause crash.
• Graphics window does not update after hiding a 3D mesh element selected by clicking.
• Bad cross section extents caused "Convert to Coverage" to fail. - Ken Pattermann
• 2D Scatter -> 2D Mesh can result in 2 meshes.
• Inconsistent feature arcs to 3D mesh cross sections. - Barbara Donnell
• 2D mesh dataset duplication adds to dataset size when nodes have been deleted.
• Not able to move nodes in Cross Section Editor when node display off in Map Display Options.
• File Import Wizard does not ignore missing values in unmapped columns. - Barbara Donnell
• Merging cells with an MT3D simulation results in crash.
• MODFLOW translator fails when reading external binary array. - Shabbir Ahmed
• Unable to open MT3D GCG package dialog.
• MODAEM does not respond to changes in porosity. - Soheil Afshari
• The X, Y cursor location is not updated during process of creating a feature arc. - Kevin Winters
• When displaying vector arrows the view won't zoom, pan, or rotate. - Carl Davies
• The Unselect all tool doesn't update the display.
• Redistribute Vertices fills in bad default spacing and crashes with default. - Kevin Winters
• All row change shouldn't affect non-applicable cells in Attribute Table. - Kevin Winters
• Crash while reading gpr file with invalid map data.
• Plot axes in the graphics view don't pan or rotate.
• Mulitple MT3D plot issues. - Kevin Winters
• Drawing Tools don't display after drawing and not turned on when added to project explorer.
• Project not loaded after double clicking on it in Windows Explorer - David Blackmore
• Crash when reading project file with missing MODFLOW solution.
• Crash when reading project file with missing MT3D solution.
• Crash on importing species in MT3D BTN package dialog.
• Reading the modpath sample gives errors looking for files.
• Importing into an existing project could overwrite existing materials with imported materials without warning.
• Exporting 2D scatter points from tree item and module folder produces different results. - Jerry Lin
• Drag and drop the sample femwater fws and material project explorer item gets created in wrong place.
• Crash could happen when generating particles.
• Scatter Interpolation to Layer taking a really long time. - Val Britton
• Display final array values for pilot points not updating correctly.
• In some cases zone budget doesn't match USGS zone budget.
• Possibility of writing out of bounds when reading FEMWATER BC file.
• SEEP2D Attribute Table does not sort based on BC Type. - Kevin Winters
• Frame current cross section or all cross sections not working in Cross Section Editor.
• Reading in a UTEXAS solution crashes crash.
• Crash while loading project file.
• UTEXAS - When saving in GMS 2D mode it thinks an existing project should be saved as new project.
• UTEXAS - Factor of safety and solution doesn't display.
• UTEXAS - Fixed grid coordinate not saved.
• UTEXAS - Fixed grid display not correct.
• UTEXAS - Fixed grid option not exporting correctly.
• UTEXAS - Display options not saved and restored.
• UTEXAS - Distributed loads not displayed orthogonally.
• UTEXAS - Not exporting GRAPH line.
• UTEXAS - Distributed load arrows linger.
• UTEXAS - Only exporting one distributed load arc.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.2 - April 26, 2010

• The MODFLOW boundary conditions don't initially appear unless you uncheck and recheck MODFLOW. - Scott Morgan
• Material legend text randomly doesn't appear when copying to an image.
• Modflow translator crashing on import of external binary array. - Erick Powell
• Some wiki links to tutorials not working correctly.
• Converting shapes to feature objects not working. - Hisham Zarour
• WASH123D 1D mesh coordinate conversion not working. - Kevin Winters
• Crash during horizons to solids. - Eskelinen Anu
• MODFLOW Sources/Sinks shows incorrect K value.
• Use last somehow set for first stress period resulting in MODFLOW solutions not matching.
• A particular MODFLOW model crashes in 7.1 when running this model but in 6.5 works great. - Hal Davis
• Opening particular shape file results in incorrect background color and program hangs.
• Crash in 2D mode when creating points using attribute table.
• Modflow translator imports incorrect values for external binary array. - Erick Powell
• When reading 6.5 TPROG HUF sample data sets show up outside HUF sim folder.
• Error appears and pathlines not displayed upon generating particles. - Jeremy Robinson
• Print button not working in borehole cross section editor. - Grzegorz Jeleniewicz
• Sometimes hangs when generating contours.
• GMS hangs when loading RT3D files. - Ki Young Cha
• Grid dimensions are changed during transformation. - Julian Weir
• Zone budget IDs weren't mapping and saving correctly. - Julian Weir

Intermediate Release GMS 7.1.1 - March 15, 2010

• Unable to extract 2D water table from FEMWATER. - James Bellin
• Double-click on project (.gpr) file doesn't load it in GMS.
• Unable to convert CCF file to data sets. - Griet Heuvelman
• Color fill won't display correctly for pore pressure in SEEP2D.
• Unable to import MODFLOW name file with spaces. - Donato Sollitto
• Error message appears when selecting different TIN after using Snap Vertices to TIN. - Jim Wieck
• Merging coverages does not carry the attributes.
• Crash on deleting selected nodes for mesh.
• Button in Shading Options Dialog doesn't handle window resize properly.
• Doesn't delete old SEEP2D simulation when creating a new one.
• No flow head of 999.99 changes to 999.98902 after MODFLOW import.
• MODFLOW translator not importing files. - Julian Weir

Intermediate Release GMS 7.0.4 - February 22, 2010

• Don't automatically run model checker.
• GMS crash when deleting MT3D or grid. - Bruce Siegmund
• Crash setting up new RT3D model with user defined reaction.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.0.3 - January 4, 2010

• Initial Concentrations Not mapping to MT3D.
• Max Rate of Substrate Utilization not Saved in Seam3d. - Mark Widdowson and Bruce Campbell
• Switching tools redraws the screen when it shouldn't.

Intermediate Release GMS 7.0.2 - October 29, 2009

• Convert to CAD Error. - Thomas Burke
• Project that opens in 6.5 but not 7.0. - John Czarnecki
• Crash when trying to interpolate 2D scatter to MODFLOW layers. - Nathan Haws
• GMS 7.0 Crash in MODFLOW Global Options with MT3D. - Nathan Dye
• FEMWATER | Geometry BUG. - Simon Woodward
• Some boreholes don't show on opening file.
• Van Genuchten parameters not saving.
• Duplicate vector data set.
• CCF time steps don't show times.
• Image doesn't clear switching from plan view to previous view. - Kevin Winters
• Blanks Warning when making a big 2D grid.
• Crash while create new species in MT3D.
• Open 2dg file crashes GMS 7.0.
• GMS Crash saving with empty RIV package. - Scott Morgan
• Display bugs in ortho mode.
• Bad interpolation results using interpolate scatter to mesh. - Kevin Winters
• Observed flow of arcs not displaying. - Val Britton
• Bad help button links. - Kevin Winters
• Borehole labels become frozen in place after screen capture. - Kevin Winters
• ADH Display Options tab title is superfluous. - Kevin Winters
• File Import Wizard crashes when no coverage data exists. - Kevin Winters
• Screen does not update after changing conceptual model types. - Kevin Winters
• Time step window shows incorrect dates for MODFLOW ET datasets. - Craig Altare
• GMS crash during 2D Data Set -> Layer. - Scott Morgan
• Unable to edit number of instances in Parameters dialog.
• Dry cells displayed with SFR2 sample.
• Bad use previous after map to MODFLOW for STR Package. - Craig Altare
• MT3D Select Data Set window is missing datasets and crashes. - Craig Altare
• MODFLOW ET Surface dataset values are displayed as zero. - Craig Altare
• ADH coverage properties not working properly. - Kevin Winters
• Failed to load particle tracking points from project file.
• Crash When turning on modflow contours. - Marielle Labadens
• Abort and Read solution doesn't work with MODFLOW.
• Texture mapping - image doesn't go away on new.
• File Import Wizard's Transient node data type is broken for WASH123. - Kevin Winters
• Incomplete MODFLOW STR Package file when exporting native MK2F files. - Craig Altare
• Model Checker Doesn't Display Selected Cells.
• No Sample files with Modpath tutorial. - Scott Morgan
• GMS not printing correctly. - Herman Wolfs
• Water Table Display not Working as it should. - Mark Greenwood
• Pasting point information into Feature Properties window is mishandled. - Kevin Winters
• GMS Save Error with FEMWATER. - Simon Woodward
• Flow budget difference between 6.5 and 7.0. - John Czarneki
• Delete Arcs crash. - Tim Cowdery
• Can't run MT3D even when enabled in certain cases. - Kim Gordon

Intermediate Release GMS 7.0.1 - September 9, 2009

• TSIM window title incorrect. - Kevin Winters
• Mapped materials changes from conceptual model not saved in project.
• Crash if using delete key to delete SEEP2D mesh.
• Crash when defining conceptual model species.
• CAD drawing issues when changing views.
• Setting manual contour options doesn't work.
• Lake flow budget not displayed.
• Pathlines sometimes not regenerated for MODAEM.
• Won't show selected cells in second layers if conceptual model displayed.
• Materials with patterns not displaying correctly in ortho mode.
• TIN edge color should be disabled when auto selected.
• Fixed error when using well screens and observations.
• Problems with mesh generation and display issues. - Kevin Winters
• Grid overlay with keq issue. - Sean Czarniecki
• Crash when importing conceptual model species. - Eric Lappala

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.6 - May 29, 2009

• Map -> WASH123D incorrect flow rates. - Clarissa Hansen
• MODPATH not displaying arrows on path line. - Val Britton
• Extra rows in 2D/3D Grid Properties Dialogs.

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.5 - April 22, 2009

• Gaussian MODFLOW simulations don't work.
• Bug when creating new cube and specifying center.
• MT3DMS recharge concentration change doesn't save.
• MT3D bug with calculate mass dialog.
• Update message for images covered by arc objects.
• Fixed help link to xmswiki for color ramp.

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.4 - February 2, 2009

• Snap to Cross Section to Tin Crash. - Bill Simpkins
• Export Mf2k to native text. Error given "no text". - Bruce Campbell
• MT3D New Simulation command continuing after cancel.
• Map->MODFLOW with Transient Specified head not creating a step function. -Clarissa Hansen
• Dry wells symbol for MODAEM wells not working correctly

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.3 - December 30, 2008

• Material edits not saved - David Zuccala
• Moving New Coverage
• Observation Points with 3D meshes
• GMS not saving borehole diameter
• 3D Grid properties incorrectly changing the Y and Z of the grid origin

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.2 - October 17, 2008

• Map -> 2D Mesh doesn't map materials if "Meshing options" isn't on
• Material edits not saved - David Zuccala
• Minor issue with copying scatter sets - Clarissa Hansen
• GMS with ARCGIS Issues - Sean Czarniecki
• Image issues with Arc Objects enabled - Sean Czarniecki
• 3D Data Set to Grid does not always work properly - Christoph Möbus
• SEEP2D coverage with head option causes hang - Cary Talbot

Intermediate Release GMS 6.5.1 - September 9, 2008

• Import of Modflow 96 files - error reading the OC file
• Text import wizard crash when setting the text qualifier to 'none'
• Error saving out changes to recharge file
• Transient properties for lakes not mapping correctly
• RT3D preventing assignment of Mass loading bcs
• Iso-surface crash on 3D mesh with 5 node elements
• Crash when executing the Horizons->3D Mesh with a 2D mesh containing duplicate nodes
• UTEXAS tension crack info not written correctly
• Setting the numeric values on a color ramp based on the data from a 3D scatter set
• Converting shape file polylines to arcs where the polylines contain distint separate line segments
• Grid navigation arrowing displayed consistently
• Display of MT3D species concentration in the Point source/sink dialog
• Update to Gms2Mf2k.exe (Export native MF2K files) to handle filenames with spaces and not placing quotes around file names in the name file so that the USGS version of modflow is able to read the file