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Coming Soon
WATHAM version 09
- Full graphical editing on map or diagram.
- In-built steady-state and real-time hydraulic solution.
- Model import from EPANet, DXF and other formats.
Version Updates
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WATSYS / WaterMax 08.14 update
"Keeping your Unit System consistent" 9 November 2009
- Binary file size decreased.
- Size limit for DXF Polyline elements increased.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.13 update
"Polishing up CSV imports" 22 October 2009
- CSV import of pipe data improved.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.12 update
"Polishing up EPANet imports" 6 October 2009
- Enable EPANet and DXF import for NEW job.
- Pipe label width increased to suit EPANet imports.
- Increased size limits for EPANet.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.11 update
"Keeping your Unit System consistent" 17 August 2009
- New Feature: Automatically ignore binary data WDF files containing obsolete formats.
- Improved: Warning that unlocking and changing the Unit System or Pipe flow formula does not re-factor data.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.10 update
"Standard pipes" 12 August 2009
- Saving standard pipe roughness coefficients and pipe's year of construction.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.09 update
"Pipe Types and Control Rules" 11 August 2009
- Improved: Management of Pipe Types used in model compared to PIPE.REF reference file.
- Improved: Export of control script as EPANet RULES.
- Management of pump characteristics when new pump added or old pump deleted from station.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.08 update
"Freedom to Save" 6 August 2009
- Users allowed to save a model that contains data errors.
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.07 update
"Cleaning up GIS imports" 3 July 2009
- New Feature: Topology Checks for dirty data imported from GIS and CAD environments:
Dead end pipes (potentially unwanted)
Parallel pipe pairs (potential duplicates)
Overlaid pipes (potential hidden pipes)
Partially overlapping pipes (hidden node links)
Small pipe detail (potentially unwanted)
Gap nodes (close but not connected)
- Comment field activated in Hydraulic Reports and Quality Reports dialog
- Dosing Points allowed to reside at nodes used for sprinklers and headpoints.
- Sensitivity increased for Incremental Control of pumps and valves
- Application of time delay to control of pumps
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.06 update
10 March 2009
- Demand Area factor multiplication in Node Demands grid
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.05 update
4 March 2009
- Configuration valves added to Values functions
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.04 update
30 December 2008
- Water quality mode read from data file
- Sensitivity adjusted for migration of water quality through network
- Units system labels adjusted on Fire Flow data form
- Data changes handled correctly on Pipe Details dialog
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.03 update
14 January 2009
- Close left and expand right buttons activated in Generic Reports
- Close All Reports activated button activated in Generic Reports dialog
- Column headings adjusted in generic reports for Imperial (PSI) units
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.02 update
13 January 2009
- Use of commas allowed in job folder names
- Pipe Values report activated when using Hazen Williams formula
- Reports button activated on legacy style dialogs
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.01 update
30 December 2008
The WATSYS / WaterMax 08.01 update is available and resolves Pipe Type attributes for new pipes and existing pipes split by a new node..
- WATSYS / WaterMax 08.00 released
15 December 2008
WATSYS / WaterMax 08.00 is now available to licensed users.
- WATHAM 08.00 released
10 October 2008
WATHAM 08.00 is now available to licensed users.
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What's new in all our 08.00 products?
"Easy installation, software start up and learning." 7 August 2008
An 08.00 product is delivered in a single package that installs itself using SETUP.exe.
Installation adds the product to the Windows Registry and enables users to remove the software using
"Add / remove program" in their Windows Control Panel.
Users have the choice of launching the product from their desktop, the Start Programs menu or by double-clicking the application or its input data file in Windows Explorer.
The complete User Manual is provided in HTML format integrated into the product behind the HELP menu.
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What's new in WATSYS / WaterMax 08.00?
"New features compared to version 97.13." 7 August 2008
The new user interface gives a distinctive look and feel to each button.
Toolbars adjust to the context of the current operating mode (edit, simulate, view hydraulics, view water quality).
There is a strong shift to using floating toolbars that present functions relevant to a user-selected asset on the map.
Hydraulic results can now be presented on animated maps. Previously this feature only applied to water quality results.
Users can nominate a pump station or regulating valve site on the map and have its system curve (upstream and downstream head behaviour versus flow rate) automatically calculated for selected time events within the simulation.
System curves can be exported as an image for use in reports or as data for use in spreadsheets.
There is now strong integration between the data and hydraulic results in WATSYS / WaterMax and WATHAM.
WATSYS / WaterMax now transfers physical network data and steady-state hydraulic results to WATHAM. Users only need to manually enter transient simulation timing, pump station events and surge protection devices. (And the need to do this manually will vanish soon.)
WATHAM can be run from within WATSYS / WaterMax.
Water temperature dynamics can now be tracked as water flows through pipes and tanks which can each have their own average daily temperature and diurnal temperature variation pattern. This feature helps evaluate the impact of temperature in systems that span zones with different weather characteristics or systems with a mixture of above and below ground pipes.
To round it off there is a free DEMO version that is fully functional within a limit of 100 pipes.
The DEMO version gives engineering consultants free access to the engineering concepts in WATSYS / WaterMax on relatively small projects. A great opportunity for fire protection and irrigation consultants!
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What's new in WATHAM 08.00?
"New features compared to version 103.40." 7 August 2008
All functions are now provided in a single integrated Windows application.
WATSYS / WaterMax now does most of the hard data creation work for users.
The WATHAM user interface has been kept very simple to make the application very fast to use.
There is an in-built route manager which automatically receives routes previously built in WATSYS / WaterMax.
Routes define one or more long-sections for viewing transient results.
Time based graphs can be rapidly compiled by clicking one or more available parameters in the results list. Graphs can be rescaled with simple click-and-drag.
Exporting results from graphs and long-sections to image files or spreadsheets is as simple as one click.
There is now an in-built browser for all outputs files and an in-built text editor for the input data file.
- WATHAM
"Gets a fresh new face lift." 12 June 2008
Have you been using WATHAM for many years to do your water hammer and surge analysis? You will enjoy its fresh and efficient new user interface. It makes data input and graphical output a breeze to use. Meanwhile you still get to use the same, reliable and well proven WATHAM simulation engine. Existing WATHAM customers will have received a letter or email from HCP Software advising them about how to visit the download page and update their version.
Are you new to transient analysis or WATHAM in particular? You might like to download the demonstration version of WATHAM. We believe you will be surprised by what WATHAM can reveal to you about water hammer behaviour in closed pipe systems.