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Intermediate Release GMS 8.3.5 - Sept 20, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 5361 2012-08-03 2012-08-30 Intensity color ramp not saved
• 5366 2012-08-06 2012-08-30 Crash when redistributing grid cells in GMS - User: Shuangshuang Xie
• 5428 2012-08-28 2012-09-04 Source/Sinks toggles are mixed up when creating Flow Budget versus Time plots in GMS - User: Christopher Zell
• 5351 2012-08-01 2012-09-04 Projection changed when importing an image
• 5403 2012-08-16 2012-09-05 Warning window does not have enough info
• 5363 2012-08-03 2012-09-06 GMS not reading the SFR2 input data correctly - User: Mary Halstead
• 5401 2012-08-16 2012-09-06 values less than 1e-6 not displayed in Edit XYZF toolbar - User: Christoph Mobus
• 5404 2012-08-16 2012-09-06 color for the borehole edges cannot be changed - User: Tatevik Tadevosyan
• 5320 2012-07-23 2012-09-06 MNW2 wells don't show up in Sources/Sinks dialog
• 5458 2012-09-04 2012-09-10 Flow budget plot bugs - Nightly Build On August 30th
• 5459 2012-09-04 2012-09-10 MNW2 Output flow budget changed
• 5427 2012-08-28 2012-09-11 Open in current project option does not work
• 5377 2012-08-08 2012-09-11 spreadsheet values don't update - User: kevin couch
• 5365 2012-08-06 2012-08-30 Crash when adding boundary - User: Shuangshuang Xie

Intermediate Release GMS 8.3.4 - Aug 24, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 4714 2012-02-14 2012-08-14 Vertical conductivity/vertical anisotropy units not updating - User: Shuangshuang Xie
• 5282 2012-07-16 2012-08-14 CCF file reports as invalid when SUB package VerticalDisplacement data set included
• 5316 2012-07-23 2012-08-14 Stochastic Options crash
• 5256 2012-07-02 2012-08-14 mf2k5_h5_parallel.exe does not work
• 5261 2012-07-02 2012-08-14 MODFLOW does not run in Stoch Params tutorial
• 5314 2012-07-23 2012-08-14 Units label for LAK leakance in map
• 5089 2012-05-08 2012-08-14 GMS stalls while using Online Maps
• 5300 2012-07-18 2012-08-14 Water table symbol is a ‘D’ - User: Beth Rowan
• 5307 2012-07-20 2012-08-14 Reseting factory preferences in 32 bit change model execuable paths in 64 bit
• 5203 2012-06-18 2012-08-14 File reference for model executables is wrong
• 5347 2012-07-31 2012-08-14 file says H5 file corrupt or invalid when trying to open
• 5301 2012-07-18 2012-08-14 Borehole material transparency does not work (always solid) - User: Beth Rowan
• 5357 2012-08-02 2012-08-14 GMS crashes when deleting conceptual model - User: Christoph Moebus
• 5349 2012-07-31 2012-08-15 crash when vertical displacement times differs from head or drawdown
• 5194 2012-06-13 2012-08-15 Error when running femwater
• 5359 2012-08-02 2012-08-16 crash when mapping to MT3D - User: James Wieck
• 5387 2012-08-13 2012-08-16 MODFLOW files that run in USGS MODFLOW do not load into GMS - User: Christoph Moebus
• 5292 2012-07-17 2012-08-17 Model checker doesn't pay attention to use last checking for zero values
• 5341 2012-07-30 2012-08-22 MODPATH fails with multiple steady state stress periods

Intermediate Release GMS 8.3.3 - July 19, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 5210 2012-06-19 2012-06-25 reset factory preferences fails on model executables page
• 4792 2012-03-02 2012-07-11 MT3D inefficient io with SEAWAT - User: David Li
• 5222 2012-06-22 012-07-11 translator error with LMG solver
• 5231 2012-06-27 2012-07-11 Delete vertex crash when retriangulate on delete is on
• 5241 2012-07-02 2012-07-11 dry cell flag being used to calculate root mean squared value when using MF2K5 - User: Tran Vu Long
• 5192 2012-06-12 2012-07-11 Mesh centered 3D grid crashes
• 5211 2012-06-19 2012-07-11 Extra Legend Appearing
• 4673 2012-02-03 2012-07-11 “Unable to contact server” error message when trying to download SRTM data from Web Services - User: John Quinn
• 5102 2012-05-11 2012-07-11 Importing from an Excel Database - User: Fady Hadba
• 5267 2012-07-09 2012-07-17 Cannot open the CCF results
• 5270 2012-07-11 2012-07-17 No gage files appear
• 5267 2012-07-09 2012-07-17 Cannot open the CCF results
• 5273 2012-07-12 2012-07-17 premature end of ccf2 file
• 5283 2012-07-16 2012-07-17 Cannot open STR properties
• 5284 2012-07-16 2012-07-17 Restore factory preferences not working correctly
• 5281 2012-07-16 2012-07-17 Invalid CCF file using double precision
• 4692 2012-02-09 2012-07-17 View values not correct and other issues
• 5290 2012-07-16 2012-07-17 CCF -> Data sets result in data sets with bad max and min values

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.6 - July 18, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 5222 2012-06-22 012-07-11 translator error with LMG solver
• 5231 2012-06-27 2012-07-11 Delete vertex crash when retriangulate on delete is on
• 5241 2012-07-02 2012-07-11 dry cell flag being used to calculate root mean squared value when using MF2K5 - User: Tran Vu Long
• 5192 2012-06-12 2012-07-11 Mesh centered 3D grid crashes
• 5211 2012-06-19 2012-07-11 Extra Legend Appearing
• 5102 2012-05-11 2012-07-11 Importing from an Excel Database - User: Fady Hadba

Intermediate Release GMS 8.3.2 - June 21, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 4925 2012-03-30 2012-05-03 Incorrect LAK package symbol elevations
• 4790 2012-03-01 2012-05-03 VSC package dialog in SEAWAT
• 4848 2012-03-14 2012-05-03 Run ZONEBUDGET tool does not run on some computers - User: Freddy Cortez
• 4941 2012-04-03 2012-05-03 GMS crashes when attempting to enter information the number of instances in the MODFLOW - Parameters - User: Caroline Ballard
• 4948 2012-04-04 2012-05-03 crash when attempting to enter a new stochastic parameter in MODFLOW | Parameters window - User: Caroline Ballard
• 4951 2012-04-04 2012-05-03 GMS freezes (or takes several hours) while trying to save a project - User: Julian Weir
• 5051 2012-05-01 2012-05-03 running mf2k without model wrapper gives error message
• 5049 2012-05-01 2012-05-03 Geostatistics 32 animation does not work
• 4958 2012-04-06 2012-05-03 model checker crashes after deleting model
• 4965 2012-04-10 2012-05-03 Observation files print to SEAWAT Folder when running SEAWAT - User: Medhat El Bihery
• 5042 2012-04-26 2012-05-03 dialog resulting from opening VK/VANI array from project explorer is labeled wrong when using “Specify anisotropy factors”
• 5127 2012-05-21 2012-06-21 horizontal MNW2 wells can cause MODFLOW to exit with an allocation error
• 5129 2012-05-22 2012-06-21 pathlines can only be loaded with File | Open (not dragging and dropping does not work) - User: Jim Teo
• 5108 2012-05-16 2012-06-21 “Run MODPATH automatically for steady state models” option controls format of .sum MODPATH output file - User: Caitlin Current
• 5094 2012-05-09 2012-06-21 freeze when trying to build polygons in GMS 8.3.1 - User: Bruce Campbell
• 5087 2012-05-08 2012-06-22 Saving a MODFLOW simulation as a namefile does not create a namefile - User: Mark Bentley
• 5079 2012-05-07 2012-06-22 GMS freezes while attempting to convert shapefile imported through GIS module to 2D scatterpoints - User: Dale Bridgeford
• 5083 2012-05-07 2012-06-22 Change in font type, style, or size, in display options for nodes does not actually change the font - User: Carina Carlsen
• 5058 2012-05-02 2012-06-22 Error when saving an animation
• 5125 2012-05-21 2012-06-22 Can't delete entry for boreline (MNW2) in the conceptual model
• 5027 2012-04-24 2012-06-22 TIN legend disappears when zooming
• 4934 2012-04-02 2012-06-22 MT3D timer always says "1 seconds remaining total" even when it still requires many minutes to run - User: Bernard Brixel
• 5139 2012-05-29 2012-06-22 well screen looks differently when hiding other coverages
• 5142 2012-05-30 2012-06-22 MODFLOW model with parameter clusters fails to import
• 5126 2012-05-21 2012-06-22 GMS does not map MNW2 horizontal well screen (same elevation with layer's border)
• 5181 2012-06-08 2012-06-22 "attempted an unsupported operation" error when selecting "Scatter Points | Scatter Point Settings" with certain modules - User: Michael Wallace
• 5144 2012-05-31 2012-06-25 GMS returns an error saying that it cannot open the namefile then crashes - User: Bruce Campbell
• 5210 2012-06-19 2012-06-25 reset factory preferences fails on model executables page

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.5 - June 20, 2012

Bug ID-Date Submitted-Updated-Summary

• 4790 2012-03-01 2012-05-03 VSC package dialog in SEAWAT
• 4848 2012-03-14 2012-05-03 Run ZONEBUDGET tool does not run on some computers - User: Freddy Cortez
• 4941 2012-04-03 2012-05-03 GMS crashes when attempting to enter information the number of instances in the MODFLOW - Parameters - User: Caroline Ballard
• 4948 2012-04-04 2012-05-03 crash when attempting to enter a new stochastic parameter in MODFLOW | Parameters window - User: Caroline Ballard
• 5051 2012-05-01 2012-05-03 running mf2k without model wrapper gives error message
• 4965 2012-04-10 2012-05-03 Observation files print to SEAWAT Folder when running SEAWAT - User: Medhat El Bihery
• 5129 2012-05-22 2012-06-21 pathlines can only be loaded with File | Open (not dragging and dropping does not work) - User: Jim Teo
• 5108 2012-05-16 2012-06-21 “Run MODPATH automatically for steady state models” option controls format of .sum MODPATH output file - User: Caitlin Current
• 5087 2012-05-08 2012-06-22 Saving a MODFLOW simulation as a namefile does not create a namefile - User: Mark Bentley
• 5079 2012-05-07 2012-06-22 GMS freezes while attempting to convert shapefile imported through GIS module to 2D scatterpoints - User: Dale Bridgeford
• 5027 2012-04-24 2012-06-22 TIN legend disappears when zooming
• 5181 2012-06-08 2012-06-22 "attempted an unsupported operation" error when selecting "Scatter Points | Scatter Point Settings" with certain modules - User: Michael Wallace
• 5144 2012-05-31 2012-06-25 GMS returns an error saying that it cannot open the namefile then crashes - User: Bruce Campbell

Intermediate Release GMS 8.3.1 - April 26, 2012

• 3D scatter does not interpolate to grid correctly
• crash when saving the project after changing the subset value - User: Julian Weir
• north arrow path cannot change in "edit | preferences" window - User: Mark Bentley
• ZONEBUDGET last line of CSV2 file not displayed
• changing pilot point value and rerunning MODFLOW produces same results as before the change - User:Julian Weir
• "error opening data set" after adding additional pilot point and rerunning MODFLOW - User: Julian Weir
• Pilot point starting values not saved accurately - User:Tony Melcher
• rotate tool jumps far away with slight change while certain cross sections are displayed - User: Daniel Fisher
• dry cells symbol shown in non-dry cells when selecting drawdown data set - User: Saeed Jorat
• Crash when importing files created in GMS 3.0 - User: Gary Gregory

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.4 - April 26, 2012

• 3D scatter does not interpolate to grid correctly
• crash when saving the project after changing the subset value - User: Julian Weir
• north arrow path cannot change in "edit | preferences" window - User: Mark Bentley
• ZONEBUDGET last line of CSV2 file not displayed
• changing pilot point value and rerunning MODFLOW produces same results as before the change - User:Julian Weir
• "error opening data set" after adding additional pilot point and rerunning MODFLOW - User: Julian Weir
• Pilot point starting values not saved accurately - User:Tony Melcher
• rotate tool jumps far away with slight change while certain cross sections are displayed - User: Daniel Fisher
• dry cells symbol shown in non-dry cells when selecting drawdown data set - User: Saeed Jorat
• Crash when importing files created in GMS 3.0 - User: Gary Gregory

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.3 - March 22, 2012

• Data set calculator and scientific notation
• Bad Help button links
• Image does not load correctly
• Animations and dry cells - User: John Czarnecki
• observation point values not printed correctly to MT3D Transient Observation file (*.tob) - User: Greg Pohll
• Duplicating display themes crashes GMS
• annotation line properties help button crashes visual studio
• framing on a 3D shapefile doesn't work
• Coverage Setup Dialog Modified when opening old GMS Project Files - User: Soheil Afshari

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.2 - Feb 21, 2012

• FEMWATER doesn't read in the correct card id in 3bc file - User: Julian Weir
• Flow vectors not accurate

Intermediate Release GMS 8.2.1 - Feb 21, 2012

• GMS freeze when mapping to MODFLOW - User: Sarah Lyle
• Grid cell not displaying correctly
• Adding contacts to TIN command causes freeze - User Michael Popp
• FEMWATER - GMS can't read in the solution after FEMWATER run
• FEMWATER - Contour color isn't displayed correctly in GMS
• Scatter set appearing behind grid
• “Boreholes | Cross Section Editor” command always greyed out - User: Colin Smith
• MODFLOW-NWT Tutorial Testing
• Plot Issues with large datasets - User:Chaoying Jiao
• SEAWAT: Misspelled DENSEREF in VDF dialog
• SEAWAT: Disable input option incorrectly
• SEAWAT: Parameters named incorrectly in VSC package dialog.
• Errors when import MODPATH solution. - User: Toru Itazu
• fnMapFunctionToGridXSections
• flow vector displayed in cell with all flow leaving through well - User: Richard Peralta
• Crash in MT3D areal source/sinks dialog
• make a test for mtiCheckRt3dChemica
• Double Precision MODFLOW/MT3D Bug - Christian Winde Pedersen
• crash after trying to open locked project
• GMS 8.2 beta hangs when mapping SFR2 coverage to MODFLOW - User: Bruce Campbell
• Cells look spiky in LAK package tutorial
• Vertical conductivity/vertical anisotropy units not updating - Shuangshuang Xie
• Import from web issues
• SEAWAT: Diable input trigger incorrectly in VDF dialog
• deleting TIN node doesn't delete value from dataset
• SEAWAT: Default coefficient values in VSC Package
• Zonebudget will not run

Intermediate Release GMS 8.1.7 - Feb 17, 2012

• Scatter points colored by data set value have limited range of -5 to 5 - User: Phillip C. de Blanc
• MNW with MT3D
• Source/Sink Limit not updating in MT3D - User: Eric Lappala
• Crash when opening project file - User: William Werner
• Stochastic Inverse Model doesn't run with more than one material set combination.
• GMS crashes when converting 3d mesh to 3d scatter
• Crash when deleting time step number
• Crash when exporting to levee analyst DB
• GMS 8.1 - MT3D / GCG solver input labels - User: Toru Itazu
• Converting Mesh to Scatter
• Line properties help
• "Tutfile" Tutorial Text Bug
• TIN contour labels do not show up until you create a new coverage and feature object - User:Calvin Erdman
• Unique values contour option crashes GMS - User: Thomas Mühlbauer
• crashes at end of MODFLOW Translator run - User: David Li
• crash when selecting multiple 3d mesh nodes - User: Lance Jones
• Problem opening “*.bas” file in GMS 8.1.6 32-Bit which opens in 8.1.6 64-bit - User: Mary Halstead
• select cross section and then delete from project explorer
• Starting head values aren't saved after running the model.

Intermediate Release GMS 8.1.6 - Dec 13, 2011

• MODFLOW translator problem
• Crash when setting up time series plot in plot wizard - User: Chaoying Jiao
• "Cannot open model output file..." error when running PEST with tutorial file
• grid to CAD data error
• Crash when changing the page orientation to landscape with PDFCreator set as default printer - User: Michael Popp
• Cannot disable arcobjects - User: Eric Lappala
• Problem with multiplier/dataset in Modflow parameters - User: Tim Cowdery
• Parameter estimation box in Modflow | Parameters does not remain checked after saving GMS
• time steps grayed out/unavailable in the 3D Data Set -> Grid window - User: Sean Czarniecki
• MODPATH polygon disappears
• crash when opening .gpr file - User: William Werner
• MODFLOW/MT3DMS do not run with 64-bit and parallel options selected - User:Eric Lappala

Intermediate Release GMS 8.1.5 - Nov 17, 2011

• Contours on iso-surfaces do not animate correctly
• Display of inactive cells
• block fill
• Intermediate image tests bug
• terraserver not working
• Kriging interpolation in tutorial not working properly
• Mixing up of polygon properties - User: Thomas Mühlbauer
• Improper display of refined points - User: Walid Sabbah
• modflow files do not read into GMS 8.1 - User: Jeff Davis
• Vector legend text should be white with black background
• When redrawing display, z magnification goes to 1
• Error in Generating data from solids tutorial
• Unexpected stranded cell warning
• Project file will not save with SEEP2D
• Scalar values in display options does not work
• GMS hangs when trying to load file - User: Chris Burke
• Inactive Cells not Displayed
• Switching to ortho mode changes layer
• After running MODFLOW flow translator, error reading in files, crash
• water capacity curve button does not work in FEMWATER materials window - User: Julian Weir

Intermediate Release GMS 8.1.4 - Sept 28, 2011

• Cell faces option doesn't work properly with inactive cells
• Display issues when the size of symbol attributes.
• GMS crashes when loading the starting file for SEAWAT conceptual approach tutorial
• 3D Grid data to Grid doesn't work
• GMS crashes when assigning upper value for iso-surface. - Geostatistics 3D tutorial.
• Line does not show up with single arrowhead
• FEMWATER saves mass related cards when it's a flow only simulation
• Progress bar when converting point shapes to scatter points
• Exporting shape from 2D scatter
• Linear contours do not disappear when turned off
• 64 bit: Enable ArcObjects delete all existing shape file data
• MODFLOW parallel 64-bit does not run with SAMG solver - User: Thomas Mühlbauer
• Select With Polyline command not enabled correctly
• GMS doesn't load the correct contour option display - related to bug 1252
• Community edition doesn't work until restart
• Times not saved in ADH Time and Output Control
• GMS 2D mode: Attribute table is not visible.
• GMS crashes when testing the save and reload of a shared test project.
• MODFLOW layers display doesn't get updated.
• SEEP2D Tutorial Issue
• SEEP2D Tutorial Issue
• Auto-Fill Blank Cross Section doesn't work correctly.
• 3D grid contour legend diplayed when 3D grid turned off.
• GlobalMapperInterface warning window pop up when importing shapefile/ArcObject data.
• GMS crashes when opening file
• GMS crashes when displaying both iso-surfaces and contours
• Error message when opening the project with existing MODPATH solution
• Cross Section Options window does not appear
• Vector color legend issue
• Text not visible when contours are turned on
• 2D grid cell numbers do not line up with the grid
• Display issues with block fill and color fill
• Crash when enabling specified data set contours
• Grid node number colors issue
• IJK triad text color issue
• Block fill contours not reflecting contour options
• GMS doesn't show inactive cells for 2D grid data - Image test
• GMS 8.1 doesn't automatically frame image after translation - User: Giep du Toit
• GMS 8.1 doesn't automatically frame image after translation - User: René J. Suárez-Soto
• Texture mapping weird banding
• Inactive cells do not display correctly
• GMS 8.1 - SEAM3D tutorial Crash
• Solids faces are fuzzy

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.11 - Nov 9, 2011

• Vector legend text should be white with black background
• When redrawing display, z magnification goes to 1
• water capacity curve button does not work in FEMWATER materials window - User: Julian Weir

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.10 - Sept 22, 2011

• Unselected polygons shown in polygon attributes window with show selected option active - User: Giep du Toit
• 3D Grid cell edges not displayed - User: Mary Southerland
• Warning pops up after computing particles with Boundary option turned on - User: Julian Weir
• GMS crashes after adding one more layer and saving the project file - User: Richard F. Carbonaro
• Z magnification doesn't work with IJK triad on
• MODFLOW simulation from GMS 6.0 does not load into GMS 8.0 - User: Diesner, Kai
• When editing 3D mesh nodes, a phantom node appears
• Capture Zone Polygon Disappears
• Fill should not be behind text
• Scatter set only partially visible
• When turning the CAD data off, the CAD layers remain checked
• Too many error messages when interpolating
• Enabling IJK triad changes z magnification
• Named layer ranges do not influence T-PROGS output - User: Pasqualino Littera
• Cannot create MODFLOW simulation from bounding 3D grid - User: Kuhn, Thomas
• Warning message when add image with arcobjects enabled
• Cannot select inactive cells in front or side ortho mode
• Max # sources and sinks isn't set correctly in MT3DMS model.
• Map to MODFLOW freezes at 60% for specific model - User: Clarkson, Maria
• Errors when trying to display element faces - User: Julian Weir
• GMS outputs files to MODFLOW that aren't specified in the project - User: Tim Cowdery
• Contour doesn't work correctly with starting heads.
• Change vertical anisotropy ratio input from Kh/Kv to Kv/Kh - User: Julian Weir
• MODFLOW runs in GMS but not in USGS MODFLOW - User: Xiulan He
• Freeze when loading GMS project file
• Data offset by 3 cells after running CCF -> Data Sets
• Inconsistent display of pathlines - User: Thomas Mühlbauer
• Polygon displayed when deleted
• Linear contour legend display issue
• Crash when changing the solution time step
• Crash when generate unsat curve in femwater
• Extra TIN data sets created when reprojecting
• Crash when scrolling through time steps
• FEMWATER manual incorrect on CB2, NB2 cards
• Crash when going to Ortho Mode
• GMS hangs after running SEEP2D.

Intermediate Release GMS 8.0.9 - Aug 9, 2011

• Crash when loading *.gpr file - User: Emanual Amen Storey
• Generating MODPATH pathlines takes up more than 2-3 GB of RAM - Jack Dahl
• Interpolate To | MODFLOW Layers command does not run successfully - User: Jack Dahl
• PEST does not run with MODFLOW 2005 - User: Julian Wier
• Problem with Network Hardware Lock with single license in GMS 8.0.7 - Julian Weir
• NEVTOP equals 3 is not available in the “MODFLOW EVT Package” window - User: Kirstin Neff
• Dates will not change in time series windows - User: Medhat El bihery
• “Export” item in MT3D menu should not be there - User: Rene J. Suarez-Soto
• Default observation target scale is 0.0 - User: Todd Wood
• Native MF2K files exported from GMS do not load back into GMS - User: Xiulan He
• Reopening project with HUF materials sets loses material IDs - User: Xiulan He
• 3D grid layer boundary display issue
• Breakpoint triggered - Risk Analysis Wizard Debug assertion failed
• Color is not updated in the Materials window and Layer Ranges Legend
• Cells edges are displayed wrong
• Crash when changing HGU in Borehole editor with attached cross section
• Color fill bug - default data set range - only happens to the computer with low-end NVIDIA graphic cards
• Color fill bug - transparency doesn't work - only happens to the computer with low-end NVIDIA graphic cards
• FEMWATER polygon properties mass flux units
• FEMWATER right-click menu properties command disabled
• FEMWATER spec. mass flux getting written as variable conc.
• FEMWATER symbols not dissappearing
• Frame Happens on Hitting Transform's Cancel Button
• Grid not appearing when project opens
• Hangs on Converting Map to 2D Mesh
• Import from web doesn't work on the advanced case study 1
• Indices for inactive cells are displayed
• Many error messages when animating
• Map to MT3D Recharge Crashes When No MF Recharge Package
• Model runs in 7.1 but not 8.0
• Named Layer Ranges inconsistencies
• Nothing happens when you select transparency
• Project does not close when you click the projects 'x' button in the upper right corner
• SEAWAT import error
• Screen Capture reverse the drawing order in GMS
• The whites of draped image are transparent

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