Ryan Brown
We’ve got a really diverse and interesting group of tutorials in our latest batch of Water Drop workflow videos. If you haven’t been following along, over the last year or so we’ve been making a whole lot of videos to show our customers smarter and better workflow ideas.
And this month, we’ve got a fresh batch for you:
- Keeping a city’s watershed master plan can be an arduous task. As Midori Skold will show you, this can be done in a much easier way by utilizing the direct import of an InfoDrainage model to InfoWorks ICM.
- Real-time controls (RTCs) are an important part of any collection system model as the desire for a more realistic model. Building on previous videos on RTCs, I will walk you through a couple more RTC examples.
- Hunter Sparks and Tim Medearis look at some new functionality added to InfoWater Pro where you can now leverage the powerful Python language to create customized reports and graphs. Not a Python user (yet)? We’ve got some resources to get you started.
Importing an InfoDrainage model to a watershed master plan in InfoWorks ICM
Being able to combine site development plans into a watershed master plan can be a game changer when it comes to always wanting the latest and greatest model. In this Water Drop video, Midori Skold shows you how we can take an InfoDrainage model, quickly and easily bring in, and connect and update the watershed master plan in InfoWorks ICM from a site design in InfoDrainage.
Even more RTCs in InfoWorks ICM
In this video, we go over two more examples of RTCs in InfoWorks ICM. The first is used to balance the discharge from two tanks while balancing the total flow exiting the system. A great example where this would be useful is at the storage tanks to a WWTP where we need to discharge from the tank that has the least amount of storage, but also limit the amount of flow getting to the plant.
The second is an example of switching gates at a point where the cumulative flow exceeds a certain amount, which could be used in a combined system where flow would enter a tank. But once the storage capacity is met, the flow would be redirected to an outfall.
This is the third part in a the series about RTC in InfoWorks ICM. You can also watch Part 1 and Part 2 if you’re an RTC fanatic.
Leveraging generative AI to make Python in InfoWater Pro easier
Next, Hunter Sparks uses ChatGPT to write Python scripts, which can be used in InfoWater Pro. We can’t expect everyone interested in hydraulic modeling to have an extensive coding background, but luckily advances in AI give us all the tools we need to begin leveraging scripts to streamline model updates and looking at results without needing to be an expert coder. In this video, we see how ChatGPT is used in conjunction with Github resources to quickly write and easily manipulate scripts for improved visualization of InfoWater Pro results.
Using Python to create useful and unique graphs in InfoWater Pro
Finally, Tim Medearis takes a different look at the new Python capabilities in InfoWater Pro. Seaborn is a library for making statistical graphics in Python, and we can utilize publicly available scripts from Seaborn and Autodesk Water’s Github which can quickly be configured to develop unique and beautiful custom charts and graphs in InfoWater Pro.
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