What's New in Earlier Releases

The following list details the features and improvements in the previous versions (2024 and earlier) of InfoWater Pro^®.

For a list of the latest features and improvements in the current release, refer to What's New.

InfoWater Pro 2024.4

Cloud computing for Standard and Batch Runs

InfoWater Pro can now send any Standard simulation to the cloud for remote computing when connected with an Info360 hub. This connection is available to all subscribed users. Virtual hardware is selected and provided as part of the simulation based on the size of the model and run parameters. Select “Cloud” as the run mode in the Run Manager to send simulations to the cloud.

In addition, Batch runs can be sent to the cloud for parallel processing. Results from each simulation can be loaded and accessed by clicking Load Results () in the toolbar near the Run Manager.

MSX 2.0 with dispersion

InfoWater Pro’s MSX engine now includes the enhancements of EPA MSX 2.0, including modeling of longitudinal dispersion along links which can lead to improved accuracy especially in low flow links and dead ends. Dispersion can be ignored by setting Diffusivity of each species to 0.

MSX parameter input table improvements

The initial Multi-Species Node and Link tables are improved with window resizing and the ability to insert multiple rows for bulk copy-paste.

Shortcut to Simulation Task Manager

The Simulation Task Manager can now be accessed from the Analysis section of the Ribbon.

Shortcut to clear Message Board with right-click

Right-click within the Message Board to access “Clear” command to clear all text.

Shortcut to Report file from Hydraulic Diagnostics window

Right-click within the Hydraulic Diagnostics window to “Open Report” and view the full engine report in a web browser.

Hydraulic Diagnostics now reports when tanks are full or empty

Tanks now receive warnings in the Hydraulic Diagnostics window whenever they become closed by the engine due to reaching full capacity or empty. If Allow Overflow is set to yes, no warning will be issued when full.

InfoWater Pro 2024.3

Hydraulic Diagnostics Report includes Simulation Warnings

The Hydraulic Diagnostic Report now includes warnings related to pumps, valves, and hydraulic disconnection, as well as temporarily closed pipes next to tanks during the simulation. There are two columns in the message board in the Hydraulic Diagnostic tab that displays the warning type and warning type counts.

Dynamic pattern integration with Info360

Two new options have been added when configuring pattern mapping between Info360 and InfoWater Pro. In addition to normalizing standard aggregated patterns of typical usage, you can now pull the direct virtual sensor data from Info360 for any SCADA Event and scale model demands to match the incoming demand magnitude from Info360. With this, models can automatically adapt to any new event set of conditions recorded in Info360.

Upload to Info360 Asset

Existing InfoWater Pro simulation pipe results can be uploaded to Info360 Asset via the Upload to Info360 module.

Fast Design Fire-flow analyses

A new design fire flow algorithm is available providing faster convergence and improved accuracy, especially when including max velocity thresholds. This algorithm is provided as an optional checkbox to allow ongoing access to the previous method. This solver is available in both local runs and in the cloud.

System Demand Graph shows Unsatisfied Demand and Emitter Flow Data

Unsatisfied Demand and Emitter Flow data can be plotted within the System Demand Graph Report via the Report Manager.

The System Demand time series charts now include the total network outflow into its constituent components. Actual demand is now separated from emitter flow. For pressure-dependent simulations, additional charts for required, actual, and unsatisfied demand are now available.

Update on Pressure-Dependent Demand Engine

The pressure-dependent demand engine was updated to conform to the upcoming EPANET 2.3 release.

Create Fire-Flow Excluded Element Selection Sets

A selection set called FIREFLOW_EXCLUDED_ELEMENTS will be automatically generated with elements excluded from the fire-flow analysis.

Create Disconnected Element Selection Set After Disconnection Related Failed Run

A selection set called DISCONNECTED_ELEMENTS will be automatically generated with model elements hydraulically disconnected resulting in a failed run.

Save Map Display Default

When saving a Map Display item the default will no longer be the blank junction option but it will display the Map Display Item's theme with the last element type saved selected.

InfoWater Pro 2024.2

Cloud simulations for Fire Flow

If you have an Autodesk subscription to InfoWater Pro, you can now enjoy the benefits of the Info360 cloud platform.

Fire flow analyses can now be parallelized in the cloud for rapid simulations of many hydrants at once, saving significant time for larger models.

You must first connect to a Cloud Hub from the InfoWater Pro About menu, and then you can select “Cloud” as a Run mode in the fire flow tab. This will perform the same analysis as on desktop, but in parallel using up to hundreds of virtual computing engines. The computing time is included in the subscription and is available at no additional cost.

Learn more about how to get started with cloud computing at the Create Hub and Activate Subscription page.

Improved status display on Map for closed links and check valves

The initial closed status and check valve direction on pipes is now displayed using a fixed feature class layer with significant performance improvements for large models. The data is synchronized with the feature class during editing with an additional refresh button added to the toolbar. This display can now be kept open while working in any model.

Improved performance while updating link geometry with GIS Gateway updates

Updating geometry of objects while running the GIS Gateway is now able to run much faster than before.

Report scroll bar improvements.

The run Report view in the web browser now uses a single scroll bar with a collapse option on the Hydraulic Simulation Health Report.

Software crash reporting and analytics

Software crashes while using InfoWater Pro are now detected and able to send data to Autodesk with user permission for tracking and fixing issues. This system is connected with Autodesk services that can inform users if their issue is related to a known solution.

InfoWater Pro 2024.1

Critical Node Search Range using Selection Set

Fire flow analyses can now be run using any selection set as the critical node search range. This enables flexibility for cases where the design fire flow critical node search range may be different from the domain being used for running fire flow analysis. A common scenario this may be used is when the modeler is assessing just a few hydrants using the domain within a single zone of the system. The modeler can use a selection set to only consider critical nodes within the pressure zone.

Fire flow summary report field

A new field called Capacity Assessment is added to the Fireflow Design report that summarizes a simple "Pass" or "Fail" for each hydrant to simplify the review.

Surge Scenario result access

A new option is added to the Preferences window to "Display Surge Scenario Results". When checked, the Surge results from any scenario will be accessible in the Outputs dropdown menu and reference graphs in the Report Manager.

Gap Analysis y-axis scaling

Gap Analysis graphs now scale the y-axis range automatically around modeled and measured data rather than including the zero value.

Gap Analysis tabular results paging

Gap Analysis grid reports now display more rows of data with optional paging so comparisons can be quickly pasted to Excel for further review and visualization.

InfoWater Pro 2024.0

InfoSurge included in InfoWater Pro subscriptions

Surge analysis is now a core capability of the InfoWater Pro subscription. Use transient analysis to evaluate network responses to pump and valve surge events and understand how varying surge protection devices can mitigate extreme pressures. Learn more here.

Surge Data sets for scenarios

InfoWater Pro now allows the creation of multiple surge datasets to be created and applied to varying scenarios during surge analysis.

Alternate Table Indexing for map display

A new method is introduced in the Project Preferences called Alternate Table Indexing which maintains better map performance while working with table joins.

Water Quality Enhancement from EPANET 2.2

The Water Quality Engine has been updated to include mass balance enhancements introduced in EPANET 2.2. as well as mass balance reporting at the end of the Report file for further validation.

Display scaling for high DPI screens

InfoWater Pro now supports using high DPI screens by scaling icons and text to match the display scaling of the system.

Save User Settings in Allocation Manager

User settings like meter layers and field mapping are now saved in the Allocation Manager to improve demand allocation work flows.

Edit Domain & Edit Selection has been added to the Command Center

The Edit Domain and Edit Selection tools available through the InfoWater Pro Ribbon under the edit grouping are now also available under the Command Center within the Edit toolbox.

InfoWater Pro 2023.3

Compatible with ArcGIS Pro 3.0

This version of InfoWater Pro is compatible with ArcGIS pro 3.0 and tested up to version 3.0.3.

Scenario Switching Improved Performance

The map rendering is improved when it is refreshed after switching scenarios. This improvement will be particularly noticeable among large models.

Protector Crash Fix

When running the InfoWater Pro Protector app, a crash was observed when creating an event trace based on selection. This has been fixed in this release.

InfoWater Pro 2023.2

Simulation Task Manager

The Simulation Task Manager will allow parallel simulations to be run when multiple scenarios are selected in the Batch Simulation Manager. The engine will run simultaneously in independent threads in multi-threaded CPUs. To enable the Innovyze Simulation Task Manager, check on the option within the Standard tab in the Run Manager.

Re-Run Action Button

A Re-Run action button has been added to the InfoWater Pro Ribbon under the Analysis category. This will re-run the analysis associated with the active output type selected in the Model Explorer.

Model Diagnostics Control

Under Report Options the Option for Model Diagnostics has been implemented. Auto, Yes or No can be selected to select if troubleshooting statistics should be generated and displayed.

Engine Report Summary

The Summary report for hydraulic results has been modified to be more user friendly in an HTML format. It now includes a key summary with Run Time, Average Number of Trials per timestep, Average length of time between timesteps, and elements with most status changes. This extra section is only available if Model Diagnostics is turned on from the Simulation Report options.

Ribbon Group Exchange

The GIS Gateway, Upload to Info360 and Live Data Adapter are moved to their own nfoWater Pro Ribbongroup called Exchange.

Faster Domain Management Performance

Domain management performance is now greatly improved, especially for large database transactions.

Demand Allocation Purge Pattern

The Purge All Demands action under Demand Allocator Options will also purge Demand Patterns stored in the Junction Demand Set.

TCV & GPV minor loss field greyed out in Modelling data

When selecting a Throttle Control Valve or a General Purpose Valve as a valve type, the minor loss is greyed out given that the Minor Loss field would be ignored anyway.

Data Output Map Display Label

An issue with labels related to output data being applied to the map area through the Map display has been fixed. You might need to turn on the Use the Maplex Label Engine from ArcPro Map Ribbon > Labelling.

Water Quality Source Type Matches in DB Editor

When setting a Node Water Quality Source type, it was not matching the type within the DB editor. This issue has been fixed.

InfoWater Pro 2023.1

Product Usage Data Collection

InfoWater Pro 2023 Update 1 allows users to Participate in the Product Usage Data Collection,

Results table zoom to object

Objects in Report Manager tables can be zoomed to in the map area by right clicking the ID to access the pop-up menu and selecting the “Zoom to” option.

MSX built-in Model for chlorine decay and THM production

An MSX model template for parallel second order two-reactant chlorine decay model was added. The use cases and parameterization for this model are discussed in the whitepaper included under Multi-Species Model help titled Parallel Second Order 2RA model for Chlorine and Trihalomethane Predictions.

UDF Data QA/QC

A new UDF Data QA/QC tool was added to aid in the connectivity review of Hydrant and valve layers for UDF modeling. This makes it easier to work with GIS valves that are coincident with junctions at pipe intersections by identifying valves associated at intersections with 3 or more pipes or hydrants at pipe intersections for example. When running this feature, the Minimum Connectivity Distance can be modified through the UDF Options dialog. Results of this analysis will be reported in the Message board as well as the hydrant and valve property pages and attribute tables for sorting and review.

Forge Login to Info360 via LDA

Credentials for Info360 via the Live Data Adapter are now authenticated through your Autodesk Account.

Table Join Improvement

In ArcGIS Pro versions 2.9 and greater, table joins with same name were not allowed. This limited some of the functionality of IWP tools such as Map Display. This issue has been resolved.

InfoWater Pro 2023

Support for ArcGIS Pro 2.9.2

InfoWater Pro 2023 is compatible up to ArcGIS Pro 2.9.2; At least ArcGIS Pro 2.8.3 is recommended.

SCADA Report Manager Live Data Reference Chart

The default date on Live Data reference chart will now use the SCADA Run date.

Control Center Overview – Remote Valve Control

An icon for the Remote Valve Control has been added to the Control Center Overview dialog toolbar.

InfoWater Pro CAM run Isolation Junctions

The interface between the hydraulic engine and the CAM packages has been extended to allow the return of isolated junctions as part of the simulation results.

Live Data Adapter: Publish Results to Info360

New feature that allows the upload of model results to info360.com for comparison.

Run Manager popup to switch latest results

When you ran the Run Manager from the InfoWater Pro toolbar in the previous version, the pop-up dialog box to switch to latest results did not appear. This has been fixed.

LDA – Gap Analysis not fetching model outputs

When you created a gap analysis in the previous version of InfoWater Pro, the application was not fetching model outputs for Pump Status. This has been fixed so that the application should get the data, as shown below.

Custom Report Performance Improvement

In some models when creating a custom report on a large number of elements the application would get stuck on a loading message, i.e. “Loading Next 500 Rows”. This has been fixed so that the report loads promptly.

InfoWater Pro 4.0

• You now have the ability to use Innovyze’s new Thales Licensing procedure in InfoWater Pro 4.0. To install a new software license with our new procedure, please read our installation instructions in our online help.

• In instances where external valve elements break a pipe into 3 or more segments, error message Error 6333 would appear.

• The newly released InfoWater Pro 4.0 is compatible with ArcGIS Pro 2.8.1.

• The critical node search algorithm in the Fireflow module has been improved to address the circumstance of multiple hydrant node specific constraints.

• When you run the pump Energy Management simulation, your output will report other simulation data even if the pump has the correct energy/demand curve has not been assigned.
• You may have experienced  a crash of your InfoWater Pro application when you used the Control Center Overview feature in instances when an empty element table was selected. This has been addressed so that empty tables are grayed out in the Control Center Overview dialog box thus preventing the crash.
• You may have experienced a model crash when using the Remote Valve Control feature during your simulation. This issue has been fixed.
• You may have experienced a disconnection with your very large sub-network due to a memory consumption error. Improvements have been made to address this issue and prevent the crash.

InfoWater Pro 4.0 - Update 4

• New! SCADA Report Manager Live Data Reference ChartThe default date on Live Data reference chart will now use the SCADA Run date.
• InfoWater Pro Thales Licensing via Remote DesktopWhen a user logs out and then logs back into InfoWater Pro via remote desktop the Session ID for the user would change repeatedly prompting the user to re-enter the server ID for the floatinglicense. This issue has been addressed.
• Run Manager popup to switch latest resultsWhen you ran the Run Manager from the InfoWater Pro toolbar in the previous version, the pop-up dialog box to switch to latest results did not appear. This has been fixed.
• LDA – Gap Analysis not fetching model outputsWhen you created a gap analysis in the previous version of InfoWater Pro, the application was not fetching model outputs for Pump Status. This has been fixed so that the application should get the pump status data.

InfoWater Pro 4.0 - Update 3

• Within the Live Data Adapter (LDA), the SCADA Event Manager allows you to create a library of separate SCADA Events that can be selected within Gap Analysis. 
• The SCADA tab user interface in the Run Manager has been simplified so that it can utilize the LDA and SCADA Event Manager features.
• Icons representing Simple Control, Rule Based Control, VSP Control and Remote Valve Controls are made available from the CCO toolbar. This allows you to access the dialogs via the CCO toolbar instead of having to double click on the element cell. 
• The Temporary Remove Table Join and Disable Table Indexing options are made available within the Preferences dialog. These options provide you with flexibility in the internal management of tables and in the speed of processing data. 
• The Dual Hydrant operation in InfoWater Pro UDF was miscalculating the flushing time. This bug has been fixed in InfoWater Pro 4.0, Update 3.
• When you tried to save a map display in the previous release of InfoWater Pro, your breaks settings did not get saved. This bug has been fixed in InfoWater Pro 4.0, Update 3 so that when you re-open the saved map display, the breaks will be set according to how you saved them. 

InfoWater Pro 4.0 - Update 2

• Info360 pattern can be previewed through LDA after you have completed your pattern mapping.
• The Simple Control dialog box is accessible through the Control Center Overview by double clicking on the simple control cell. This allows you to edit the fields of simple controls without having to exit the Control Center Overview dialog box.
• Improvement to data processing when joining model data to GIS Layers.
• When you processed large amounts of data after joining model data to the GIS Layers, the application took a long time to complete. This has been improved so that the processing time has been reduced.
• An issue with exporting model data in CSV format has been fixed.

InfoWater Pro 4.0 - Update 1

• You can access the Meter-Pipe association through lateral line in the Demand Allocation toolset in this software update. A pipeID will be associated with a meter layer by first determining the closest lateral line within a user specific radius distance.
• There are two new messages reported in InfoWater Pro’s Message Board with regards to CAM progress. You will receive a message indicating your percentage completed of valve-pipe connectivity data creation in your InfoWater Pro Message Board for large models. In addition, if your valve in your model is outside of the search range of the pipes, you will receive the message “unable to split pipe” in the Message Board. 
• There is a new message to InfoWater Pro’s Message Board with regards to working in a large model. You will receive a message that will inform you that it will take much time to finish the task for a large model, and you will have to decide whether to proceed with your valve-pipe connectivity data creation. 

• When you used the Node Initial Status mapping type in the GIS Gateway, your status did not transfer to the InfoWater Pro model database. This issue is now corrected so that the Open or Closed status of nodes, such as pumps, will be imported into the InfoWater Pro model. Model Explorer In the Model Explorer history drop-down menu, your object list matches the sequential user selection history.

InfoWater Pro 3.5

• With the newest InfoWater Pro Live Data Adapter (LDA) feature in this software release, you are now able to connect to Info360.com telemetry database and pull in the historical and aggregated SCADA data for the purpose of updating your InfoWater Pro model’s boundary conditions to compare the results between measured and modeled parameters.
• In this release of InfoWater Pro, you can securely upload a calibrated hydraulic model with a list of user-selected asset layers to Info360.com. The model file is stored in the cloud and the asset layers are ingested into a highly available and highly scalable asset database. With the model upload tool, you can select the desired asset layers, and you can also configure some attributes for a given asset layer.
• For InfoWater Pro 3.5, you can enable the SCADA Run of Run Manager to fetch SCADA data such as tank level, pump status, and control valve setting through LDA; you can run a simulation with the boundary conditions updated with the pulled SCADA data; and you can compare the modeled and measured hydraulic parameters.
• InfoWater Pro 3.5 is compatible with ArcGIS Pro 2.6, 2.7, and 2.7.1.
• The Demand Analyst of InfoWater Pro 3.5 allows you to select either a table or a table view for analysis.
• InfoWater Pro provides you with the option to interpolate elevation when inserting a new node on a pipe. Elevation is interpolated for new node based on the elevation values of upstream and downstream junctions. You can also disable the option, when necessary.
• InfoWater Pro Criticality Assessment Manager (CAM) is improved with a more robust and intelligent resource use management for the model-element-based mode, which is highly necessary for the large models. Along with CAM run results, a log file is also produced for troubleshooting purpose
• When you use InfoWater Pro tools to edit or digitize model elements (e.g., Move Node), you will find that ArcGIS Pro Snapping function is automatically enabled.
• When you ran a UDF sequence with junctions as UDF valves in the previous release, you may have experienced a crash as those junctions have some demand. This issue is now fixed.
• The Clear Domain button, located in the InfoWater Pro ribbon, is enabled when some elements are added to domain through the DB Editor.

InfoWater Pro 3.5 - Update 1

• With the integration with Windows Minidump in InfoWater Pro 3.5, Update 1, you can produce the memory dump file upon crash. You may request the minidump file for crash dump analysis in this software release.

• You may have experienced a crash when you used InfoWater Pro UDF Set Hydrant/Valve Symbol command with either hydrant or valve layer when you used symbology other than single symbol. The issue is now fixed.

• InfoWater Pro 3.5 had a compatibility issue with a third-party library, which had an impact on a few functions such as Network Review tools and Demand Allocation-Closest Pipe. You can restore the impacted functions in InfoWater Pro 3.5, Update 1.

• You may have experienced an error with the Model Explorer in the previous release. It may have not displayed design fireflow after you ran a fireflow analysis. The issue is now fixed.

InfoWater Pro 3.5 - Update 2

• InfoWater Pro 3.5, Update 2 provides support for ArcGIS Pro 2.6 through ArcGIS Pro 2.7.2. Please upgrade to at least ArcGIS Pro 2.6 before installation.

• You can now use the value for tank %Full because it is available as a sensor type in this update.

• You can resize your Change ID window to fit longer element IDs in this update.

• You will no longer experience inconsistencies when creating the PZM hydraulic Profile and the PZM Summary table. This issue has been fixed so that the results per pressure zone match in the two locations.

• You will no longer experience crashes caused by external GIS layer definition as valve data source in CAM because this issue has been fixed in this update.

• When you check on the ‘Show Pipe, Pump and Valve Initial Status’ option through Preferences →  Display Settings, the initially closed symbol does not apply to those inactive pipes/pumps/valves with initially closed status.

• You were not able to use the Close/Open buttons within the Flush Sequence Manager to record selected valve in the sequence, where the UDF valve layer was not highlighted in the ArcGIS Pro Table of Contents. This limitation has been addressed in this update.

• The issue with the option ‘Apply to Selection Only’ within the Specify Emitter Coefficient for Hydrant tool being grayed out has been addressed. Now when you select hydrants within ArcGIS Pro, the option is bolded, and emitter coefficient is applied to hydrants within the selection.

• In some instances, when you created a new sequence while another sequence is highlighted within InfoWater Pro UDF Flush Sequence Manager, you may have lost input data on the selected sequence. This issue has been fixed in this update.

• InfoWater UDF sequence run might show special characters in the results. The issue has been fixed in this update to InfoWater Pro.

• Under some circumstances, your Polygon Intersection allocation method of Demand Allocator was not able to allocate demand. This issue has been fixed in this update to InfoWater Pro.

• When you ran the Protector’s Notify feature, pipes outside of the affected facilities were being selected, as a result customer points outside of the isolated area were being included for notification. This issue has been addressed in this update.

InfoWater Pro 3.5 - Update 3

• The new Control Center Overview feature in InfoWater Pro 3.5, Update 3 allows you to view a summary of rule-based controls, simple controls, initial status, remote valve controls, and variable speed pump controls in one dialog box. See the InfoWater Pro online help for more details on Model Control Center Overview feature.
• You can select HL/1000 statistics as output within the Map Display and joined to the Pipe Table when executing the Join All Layer tables command.
• The critical node search algorithm in the Fireflow module was improved to address the circumstance of multiple hydrant node specific constraints.
• InfoWater Pro WQ Calibrator ran with the false message of “fatal error” under some circumstances. This compatibility issue was fixed, so it will not result in a failed run.
• Using the Digitize Network tool would sometimes let you start a pipe at a location not a start node, or a connecting link would not appear. This proved to be confusing, and the functionality of this feature has been addressed to click once to digitize new node in space, double click to append to existing node or digitize next junction. Use the hot key Esc or right-click Stop to end the digitize network session.

InfoWater Pro 3.0

• You can save a local .aprx file to your server environment with a new Project Synchronization tool. To read instructions on how to save your local modeling file to your server environment, go to Project Synchronization help documentation.

• You can download the latest software license with the newest feature in InfoWater Pro. 

• When Map Display does table joins with hydraulic output tables, some map operations were slowed down significantly when the model was very large. In this new release, those map operations preform much faster for the very large models.

• In this release, Info360 Connect can import pattern channel records from the CSV file that is edited by users. 

• The newly released InfoWater Pro 3.0 is compatible with ArcGIS Pro 2.6.

• In this release, the InfoWater Pro Ribbon includes some new icons – Locate Node, Locate Link, Edit Domain, and Edit Selection.

• In this release, the commands of Edit Active Scenario and Initial Quality are included in the Model Explorer’s toolbar.

• When adding new elements within InfoWater Pro, the map view is locked between pop-up messages about the new ID, in order to prevent unintended digitization of elements. Furthermore, drawing new pipes only with a start and end node is also enforced.

• The Message Board now confirms the operations applied through Domain/Facility Manager. For example, if the Domain is enlarged, cleared, or replaced through Domain Manager, the Message Board shows the messages that confirm the process when completed.

• InfoWater Pro 3.0 can extract elevation from online elevation raster. 

• In this release, the Stored Graph’s title issue is fixed. 

• When exporting to EPANET, the valve setting of control valve such as PRVs was not exported correctly. This issue is now fixed.

• For the large models, the System Schematic feature loads more efficiently without crashing. 

• Improvements to the Map Display feature allow for better rendering of applied and re-applied map themes, particularly noticeable in larger networks.

• Rewording for some of UDF warning and error messages, for better readability. 

• The selection method is reset to "by cross" mode after change to select. 

• The VSP parallel count was not being outputted, thus reporting zero (the default value). Also, regular pumps were sometimes reporting parallel VPS counts of 1 even when the status was set to closed. These inconsistencies are now fixed.

• After redirecting the Live Data Adapter connection to a new server, InfoWater Pro would not save the path, instead it would revert to a previous connection. This has now been fixed, so that the most recent server address entered remains until changed. 

• Defaults have been corrected in the PDD simulation settings to prevent warning message related to invalid zero values.

• A non-specific warning dialog box would appear after modifying x and y coordinates of nodes throughout the Model Explorer. This is fixed.

• When a UDF model has invalid IDs included in its UDF Zone selection set, the model would get hung up during sequence runs. This issue has been addressed so that the invalid IDs will be disregarded during the sequence run and allow the sequence to run through.

InfoWater Pro 3.0 - Update 1

• A third symbol color is added (other than red and green) to represent valves closed within previous sequences. Red valves indicate valves closed in the current sequence, while green valves represent valves opened in the current sequence. Note that these valve colors are customizable. 
• The InfoWater Pro cursor changes symbology when performing Domain or Facility operations. This is intended to differentiate from the standard cursor arrow symbol, and help the user avoid deactivating or activating facilities when intending to only select elements.

• InfoWater Pro greys out the ribbon icon of Clear Domain when there is nothing in the domain.
• InfoWater Pro’s PZM is now able to load a user-defined selection set as Intra-Zone Boundary.   

• InfoWater Pro’s Run Manager displays a time stamp for the current output source.   

• InfoWater Pro’s Report Manager adds a label to the report title to identify the data scope of Domain and Selection Set.   

• A progress bar appeared indicating that the INP file was being generated and stored in the output file of the model.  In this update to InfoWater Pro 3.0, this function has been disabled because it is not useful information to the user.

• The message board will automatically clear all messages after closing the current project.
• When you evaluated Fireflow Design with critical pipe velocity constraint in previous versions of InfoWater Pro, you would find a limited result due to the methodology of finding a solution based on the most conservative constraint. In this current update to InfoWater Pro 3.0, the process is iterative, allowing the solution to meet both the critical junction and critical pipe constraints. New fireflow design solutions will attempt to meet both constraints instead of attempting to pick the most conservative constraint, assuming that the least conservative will remain unchanged.

• The Message Board now confirms the operations applied through Domain/Facility Manager. For example, if the Domain is enlarged, cleared, or replaced through Domain Manager, the Message Board shows the messages that confirm the process when completed.

• When you made edits within the InfoWater Pro’s Model Explorer and ran a simulation in the previous version, you may have experienced the Model Explorer getting locked up, thus preventing you to make further edits to be performed directly through the Model Explorer. This issue has been addressed in this update to InfoWater Pro 3.0.  Please note that this is a rare issue related to a machine’s system configuration.

• When all output sources are removed from the model through the Run dialog box or by your action of deleting the .out folder, and a simulation is re-run thus re-creating the .out file, you would not be able to view the results from the output drop-down menu in the Model Explorer, unless the software was shut-down and the model was re-opened. This issue has been addressed, such that when you delete the output sources while the model is open, it will not affect the availability of the new output source generated.

• Junction Range report related to MSX output showed incorrect values. This issue has been addressed in this update to InfoWater Pro 3.0. The values reported are correct according to the output.

InfoWater Pro 3.0 - Update 2

• You can click the LDA quotation mark check box to enable the addition of quotes to wrap sensor tag ID, for LDA’s connection to database. 

• You now have the capability to batch import sensor configuration from CSV files in InfoWater Pro.

• Within Info360 Connect, you can set a timeframe for querying telemetry.

• The hot keys of Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are supported within Model Explorer.

• The warning messages of control valves, such as FCV, are reported at the end of hydraulic time step.

• The InfoWater Pro Map display object cloning was not working. This has been fixed.

• The Clear Domain button located in the InfoWater Pro ribbon is now enabled when Domain is created using operations not located directly in the Domain Manager, for example:  (1) Network review, (2) Network trace, (3) Locate Devices, (4) Locate Parallel Pipes > Show as Domain, and  (5) Identify Diameter Discrepancy.

InfoWater Pro 2.5

Live Data Adapter

A new feature of InfoWater Pro 2.5 is Live Data Adapter. With this new feature, you can connect to your real-time database and get raw real-time data to compare and analyze with your model simulation data. You can access this new feature from your InfoWater Pro ribbon in the Project section.

Water shortage assessment with improved pressure-dependent analyses

InfoWater Pro now allows assessing the impact of water shortages, caused by infrastructure failure or maintenance operations, with improved pressure-dependent analysis options. By assigning pressure-dependent demands, InfoWater Pro can determine the decrease in supply capacity when the network cannot provide sufficient pressure.

Whereas using the traditional demand-driven analysis would result in unrealistic negative pressures, the enhanced engine can now throttle the amount of water provided at junctions depending on the available pressure. Each junction can be assigned a different curve to determine its pressure vs. demand behavior individually. This allows to account for realistic scenarios involving diverse user types—from single family homes to industrial facilities. Moreover, for agile experimentation, a general curve can be readily assigned to all junctions, or to those in the domain or in any selection set.

The Pressure Dependent Demand options can be accessed from the Demand tab in the Simulation Options dialog. Individual curves, either exponential or user-defined, can be assigned to junctions from the Tool menu in the Model Explorer or through the DB Editor. After running a pressure-dependent simulation, supply percentages are also made available at all junctions to easily assess the systemwide impact of the reduced capacity.

Note: For InfoWater Pro 2.5, we have two updates: Update 1 and Update 2 (see below for more information). You can access and install InfoWater Pro 2.5, Update 2 release from InfoWater Pro Software Downloads web page. Click on the InfoWater Pro 2.5 Update 2 Full Installer link from the InfoWater Pro Software Downloads page to install InfoWater Pro 2.5, Update 2.

InfoWater Pro 2.5 - Update 1 

• Updated the Terms and Conditions.
• Fixed a bug that made some special models with zero or near-zero demands unbalanced, or that made the solver matrix system ill-conditioned.
• Enhanced the engine report file to present relative flow errors both as a percentage and as an absolute number.
• Removed domain Junction inclusion restriction and extended checking on non-existing domain nodes in the Skeletonizer application. You no longer have to define junctions within the domain while using Domain scope function.

InfoWater Pro 2.5 - Update 2

• A new improvement to Map Display can be found in InfoWater Pro 2.5: Update 2. You can find more information on domain and inactive facilities map renderings in our Update 2 release documentation. 

• You can change your Map Display settings with several new fields in the Display Settings dialog box for Map renderings. The following fields are new for InfoWater Pro 2.5, Update 2:
  • Show Pipe, Pump & Valve Initial Status - Click on this checkbox to mark all initially-closed pipes, pumps, and valves with a selected color. You can customize your color for your initially-closed pipes, pumps, and valves in the Color dialog box.
  • Show Domain with Color Coding - Select this checkbox to allow color coding of elements in the active domain when you apply the map display.
  • Show Check Valve Direction - Enable to display an arrow on the pipes with the check valve property.
  • Apply to Domain Only - When ON, arrows are only displayed for all elements in the domain.
• A new button can be found in InfoWater Pro 2.5: Update 2. There is a new button for Edit Domain that is located from the InfoWater Pro ribbon. 
• Context-sensitive help is made available for InfoSurge and UDF features for this Update 2 release. Previous releases did not include this feature. To access the online help documentation within Innovyze's InfoWater Pro 2.5, Update 2 software program, press F1 whenever you desire to read more information on a certain InfoSurge and/or UDF function.

InfoWater Pro 2.0

System Schematic

A new feature of InfoWater Pro 2.0 is System Schematic. With this new feature, you can view a System Schematic panel within your model. You will be able to view a thorough graph of a water distribution network.

3D Display

A new feature of InfoWater Pro 2.0 is 3D Display. With this new feature, you can view a water model in a 3D view. 

A new way of working with models

InfoWater Pro 2.0 goes beyond the standard GIS functionality with zooming and panning, etc. in both 2D and 3D modes, for greater productivity and better user experience. The application has been improved to provide full support to 3D ArcGIS Pro functionalities, so you can now run InfoWater Pro while on 3D mode, creating map displays, generating GIS selections based on modelling results, and visually compare building elevation with simulated nodal pressure.

Pressure Zone (PMA) Summary with a new schematic view

The Pressure Zone Manager (PZM) allows for global analysis of interaction between different pressure zones on an intuitive, interactive, and easy-to-use schematic view.

Enhanced Criticality Assessment Manager (formerly Valve Criticality Manager)

You can now combine external GIS data (mainly valve layers) with modelling elements (such as pumps and pipes) to score asset criticality. Reporting tools have been also enhanced to assess network performance before and after the asset isolation alongside with a summary Pressure and Velocity Performance to identify critical assets that need special attention.

Patterns can now be made relative

This is a major improvement to the way patterns are handled within InfoWater Pro. You now have the ability to define an individual pattern's starting time in order to simulate different simulation starting times.

Open telemetry connection with external database

You can now be more confident about your models by connecting them with external telemetry data. This release will provide support to ClearSCADA databases, and more Live Data Adapters will follow. 

Support to ArcGIS Online

The InfoWater Pro 2.0 fully supports ArcGIS Online. Through the GIS Gateway, you are now able to create a water model from an ArcGIS Online data source such as asset data repository, local government water model, published hydraulic model, etc.  Using a same GIS Gate Cluster, you can also update hydraulic results back to ArcGIS Online. The 2.0 release also fully supports Utility Network.

New UDF Field Journal

You can develop flushing programs inside InfoWater Pro and analyse the impact of the single flushing operations throughout the system. Once the optimal flushing program has been confirmed, you can create advanced field journal to drive field crew operations.

In addition to these enhancements, there are client-requested enhancements, including a new way to update control from live data and enhanced Hydrant Curve reports.