Bentley Systems SELECTseries 4 water-system modelling software

Bentley Systems has announced the availability of its SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD V8i (SELECTseries 4) products for the analysis and design of wastewater and stormwater systems. The updated releases provide advanced hydraulic and operational capabilities for an increased depth of information modelling that empowers users to evaluate and compare a wider range of network considerations. Users are able to assess trade-offs across disciplines and systems in terms of cost, time, and efficiency.

The SELECTseries 4 release provides users with a number of new or enhanced capabilities. SewerGEMS users can leverage SCADA systems and data loggers through SCADAConnect, supporting calibration and operational efforts; and model hydrogen sulphide formation to decrease the risk of pipe damage, prevent odour complaints, and improve safety.

SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD users can conveniently trace and display the surface-water flow direction across any terrain, ensuring proper location of inlets and other drainage infrastructure as well as automatically assign elevation data to manhole elements for faster model building and updating. They can also import MX drainage files easily and efficiently, facilitating ready access to the data, and explicitly model headwalls and endwalls for culverts more efficiently.

SewerGEMS and CivilStorm users can design stormwater ponds more quickly and easily using PondMaker.

Users of any of the SELECTseries 4 releases are said to benefit from the products’ support of AutoCAD 2015, giving them the ability to model from within the latest AutoCAD version.