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Publish hydraulic models (including results) as i-models for use in Bentley Map Mobile, an app that works on Android, iPad, and iPad mini tablets
BENTLEY WATERGEMS SOFTWARE
Unlike software that aggregates water usage data from multiple water customers to a single spatial location, the WaterCAD and WaterGEMS V8 i(SELECTseries 5) software explicitly models water demands for individual water customers in their correct physical locations. Strong visualization tools empower hydraulic modelers to monitor SCADA signals as they change in response to real-time events – similar to a human machine interface (HMI) screen – to help them see events as they happen and improve decision making. The SELECTseries 5 releases enable WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER users to view both real-time and historical SCADA data, and to compare data between SCADA and model results – including the display of alarms within the hydraulic model. This ‘asset performance modeling’ enables system operators to benefit from optioneering as they evaluate and visualize model predictions directly in the user interface they regularly employ.” Thus, model results can now be published to the utility’s existing SCADA system control screen using the industry-standard OPC communication protocol.
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With the SELECTseries 5 releases of these products, as well as of HAMMER, we have further enhanced information mobility across engineering and operations. Gregg Herrin, Bentley Systems director, product management, hydraulics and hydrology, explained, “For over 10 years, engineers have used the SCADAConnect capabilities within WaterCAD and WaterGEMS to leverage valuable field information by integrating a utility’s SCADA system with our hydraulic models. System operators benefit from the ability to publish model results to the utility’s existing SCADA system control screen, helping forecast operating conditions. System modelers benefit from the fact that supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) data can be automatically imported into their hydraulic models for use as initial conditions. New real-time-based simulation capabilities in the SELECTseries 5 releases of WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8 i improve visibility, forecasting, and decision-making support for both modelers and operators. The software’s BIM advancements extend information mobility across water system planning, design, and operations – improving collaboration within and between these phases of the infrastructure lifecycle and facilitating better decision making for enhanced project and system performance. Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today announced the immediate availability of its WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8 i (SELECTseries 5) information modeling software for the analysis and design of water distribution systems.