Hello Mohammad, It appears that you are using an academic license, with a license mode that does not require check out. I do see the record of your check out attempt, but the expiration date shows as today, and the version number as 08.11.00.00. Since the version number in the checkout does not match the version you're using, this is likely why the license does not show "yes" for "Is checked out". See related article: Check Out of License not working in License Management Tool If you still see the check out shown at the bottom of the License Management tool, please select it, choose "check in", and follow the normal activation steps per the article that Sushma previously provided. Note: - Check out is only required for commercial licenses without a SELECT subscription. - The XML file you mentioned is only used in cases where you do not have internet access or access to selectserver.bentley.com. In this case, the Site Administrator would generate the XML file from the server and provide it to the user, who would then import it into the License Management Tool via FIle > Import. - Regarding access to the registry: this can happen if you do not have admin rights on your Windows profile. If you believe that you do, you may need to run Registry Editor (Regedit) as Administrator (right click > run as admin). You may also need to run the license tools as admin.
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
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Wiki Page: Modeling sewer network discharge into a treatment plant
Product(s): SewerGEMS, CivilStorm, SewerCAD Version(s): All Area: Modeling Problem How do you model discharge from a sewer network into a treatment plant? Solution Typically a treatment plant would be modeled with the Outfall node element. If there is a tailwater from the treatment plant that influences the upstream hydraulics, you would select the appropriate boundary type from the outfall properties. For example you can choose a user defined tailwater, or define a rating table. Typically a conservative assumption would be made for the outfall tailwater elevation.
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Wiki Page: EPS (Extended Period Simulation) Fire Flow Analysis
Applies To Product(s): Bentley WaterGEMS, Bentley WaterCAD, Bentley HAMMER Version(s): 08.11.XX.XX Environment: N\A Area: Modeling Subarea: N\A Original Author: Mark Pachlhofer, Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Description How do you set up an EPS (Extended Period Simulation) scenario for fire flow that would run for a certain amount of time? Resolution To look at how flows and levels change over the course of a long duration fire, set up an EPS simulation that uses a pattern to peak the demand at whichever hydrants or junctions you'd like to run the fire flow on. Quick start lesson #2 "Extended Period Simulation", which can be found under Help > WaterGEMS Help > Contents > Quick Start Lessons explains how to set this up. The screen shot below shows how you might set your pattern up of you were running a 3 hour fire flow at 2,000 L/min from hours 18-20 from your simulation start time. Note: WaterGEMS "Fire flow analysis" calculates the water that can be delivered to a node for fire fighting at one point in time (steady state). Therefore, an extended period simulation (EPS) does not apply and cannot be run with this tool. By setting the calculation option "Is EPS Snapshot" to True, the fire flow analysis will consider the starting date and time and apply the appropriate pattern multipliers for that time. However, this is still a steady-state analysis. See Also EPS (Extended Period Simulation) Fire Flow Analysis Tool Understanding Automated Fire Flow Results
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Wiki Page: EPS (Extended Period Simulation) Fire Flow Analysis Tool
Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): 10.00.00.50, 10.00.00.55 Area: Modeling What it Does The EPS Fire Flow Analysis tool automates specific fire flow results. It provides a way to run a range of flows on each fire flow node, only at the time of minimum pressure from an EPS, and run the full EPS up to that point. Benefits Some regulatory agencies require this type of analysis (eg. Australia). Applicable Products and Version The EPS Fire Flow Analysis tool is available for the following products and versions. WaterCAD version 10.00.00.50 or 10.00.00.55 WaterGEMS version 10.00.00.50 or 10.00.00.55 How to Access 1. First make sure you have one of the above products and versions installed. Click here to see how to determine the version you are using. 2. Determine if you are using the product in 32-bit or 64-bit mode. To check, go to: File > Help > About WaterGEMS (or WaterCAD) The bottom of the dialog will show either 32-bit or 64-bit. 3. Download and extract the following .zip file. (Please visit the site to view this file) 4. Copy the extracted "Haestad.EPSFireFlow.exe" files as shown below. Copy the file from the folder “32-bit” to the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\ \ Copy the file from the folder “64-bit” to the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\ \x64\ 5. Run the "Haestad.EPSFireFlow.exe" file from that location. If there is an issue starting the tool then try right-clicking on the executable file and selecting “Run as Administrator”. How to Use The tool is very simple to use and provides minimal options. When running the "Haestad.EPSFireFlow.exe" file the following dialog will appear. 1. Select the model Click the Open button to select a WaterCAD or WaterGEMS project to use for the analysis. Once the project is open, there are options that must be specified before calculating the EPS Fire Flow. 2. Select the scenario(s) a. Click the Scenarios button to display the "EPS Fire Flow Scenario Selection" dialog. b. Select at least one EPS scenario, and then click OK. 3. Choose a selection set Choose a selection set from this dropdown list to use for the EPS fire flow analysis. The junctions and hydrants in the chosen selection set will be included in the analysis. Each of these junctions and hydrants will have the fire flows applied (during the time when the pressure is lowest) for each fire flow included in the range. Note: This option is required. The number of fire flow nodes in the selection displays to the immediate right of the drop-down box. The number of nodes includes both inactive and active nodes. The “Is Active?” state of the node is determined during calculations and inactive elements are ignored. 4. Specify how fire flows will be applied In the "Apply Fire Flows By" dropdown, specify if the fire flows will be applied by adding to the baseline demand or if they will replace the baseline demand. 5. Select a range type Range : This allows a Minimum, Maximum, and Increment to be entered to establish the range of flows that will be tested for each fire flow node in the selection set. The minimum must be greater than 0.0 and less than the maximum flow. The difference of the minimum and maximum flows must be equally divisible by the increment. User Defined Flows : This will establish the range of flows that will be tested for each fire flow node in the selection set. When this is selected then flows can be manually added and deleted in a tabular format. Calculation Steps To calculate the EPS fire flows click the Compute button to the right of the Open button in the toolbar. Here are the steps performed by the tool. Calculate each scenario. Determine the times during the EPS scenarios when active node in the selection set is at its respective minimum pressure. Calculate a hydrant flow curve for all active nodes in the selection set for the scenarios selected. Each hydrant flow curve will be created at the time each node is at its respective minimum pressure. Use the hydrant flow curves to find the residual pressures for each of the user-specified fire flow values, for each combination of the specified scenarios, nodes and times. See: Help Topic “Hydrant Flow Curve Editor" Data Validation The data is validated when computing. An error will appear if any of the following are true: One or more selected scenarios is not EPS. There aren’t any active junctions or hydrants are in the selected fire flow nodes selection set The minimum fire flow is less than zero or greater than the maximum fire flow The maximum fire flow is equal to orless than minimum fire flow Increment is zero or not an exact factor of the difference between the min and max One or more scenarios fail to compute (An initial check is made by running each selected scenario as-is). Results The results are presented in a table once the calculation is successfully completed. If the validation fails, no results are displayed until the issues reported are resolved. The first three columns are always available showing the scenario label, the fire node label and the time at minimum pressure. The remaining columns are based on the flow range specified. The hydrant flow curves (created for each combination of scenario, node and time) are used to interpolate the residual pressure for each flow specified in the fire flow range. If the interpolation returns a negative pressure, (N/A) is shown in the table. Otherwise, any pressure greater than zero is displayed. Units The units used in the tool are based on the settings of the open project. You can change units by right-clicking the unit next to the minimum, increment and maximum fields on the main dialog and clicking “Units and Formatting”. You can change the units of pressure in the results table by right-clicking the column header and clicking “Units and Formatting”. Other Notes No changes are made to the project opened. When closing the tool or opening a different project, the project that was previously opened (if there was a project opened) is not saved. See Also EPS (Extended Period Simulation) Fire Flow Analysis Understanding Automated Fire Flow Results
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Wiki Page: What is the difference between Capacity (Full Flow), Capacity (Design), Capacity (Excess Full Flow), and Capacity (Excess Design)?
Product(s): SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD, CivilStorm Version(s): 08.11.XX.XX and 10.XX.XX.XX Area: Modeling Problem What is the difference between capacity (full flow), capacity (design), capacity (excess full flow), and capacity (excess design)? Problem ID#: 47015 Solution Capacity (Full Flow) is the flow through the conduit if normal depth were equal to the top of the conduit. This value is calculated with Manning's equation and is based on the assumption that flow through the conduit is at a normal flow condition and the normal depth equals the rise of the conduit (for circular conduit the rise = diameter). For pipes with a negative slope the "Capacity (Full Flow)" value can be considered the largest amount of water a pipe of that size and slope can carry by gravity. This would apply if there is a flow reversal, which could happen in a dynamic wave run. Capacity (Design) is the amount of flow to be used in designing the conduit. The Capacity (Design) will be lower than the Capacity (Full Flow) if the Percentage Full is set to less than 100%. The Percentage Full can be set by going to: Design constraint alternative > Gravity Pipe tab > Part Full Design tab > enable "Is Part Full Design?" > Percentage Full. The Capacity (Design) will be the same as the Capacity (Full Flow) if the Percentage Full is set to 100% or "Is Part Full Design?" is disabled. Capacity (Excess Full Flow) is the difference of the flow calculated and the Capacity (Full Flow). Capacity (Excess Design) is the difference of the flow calculated and the Capacity (Design). Flow / Capacity (Design) is the ratio of the flow in the conduit to the Capacity (Calculated Design). See Also The profile is at odds with the capacity (Full Flow) for a conduit
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Wiki Page: Error opening existing project: "External component has thrown an exception"
Applies To Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD Version(s): 08.11.xx.xx, 10.XX.XX.XX Area: Modeling Original Author: Scott Kampa, Bentley Technical Support Group Error or Warning Message When trying to open a model in standalone or on the AutoCAD platform, the following error message is generated: "Error: External component has thrown an exception" Reason While this is a vague error message that could have a couple of causes, one possible cause is a corruption in the database file. Database corruptions are rare, but they can occur. The corruptions that tend to generate the error message above are difficult or impossible for Bentley to manually repair, however, if the steps below to not help, we encourage you to contact Bentley Technical Support so that we can look into the issue. There are a couple of things that you can try to resolve this issue. How to Resolve First, if the model is from WaterGEMS or WaterCAD V8i SELECTseries 3 or older, you can try to repair the database in Microsoft Access. You do this by opening the database file in Access, then going to File > Manage > Compact and Repair database. If that does not work or if you have WaterGEMS or WaterCAD V8i SELECTseries 4 or later (which uses SQLITE as the database instead of Access), try to rename the backup file. Browse to where the model file is storeed and find the backup database files. They will have file extensions like ".mdb.01.bak" or ".sqlite.bak". Rename the file so that it reads ".mdb" for Access files or ".sqlite" for SQLITE files. You can then try opening the model or importing the database. The error message should be resolved. If this is on the AutoCAD platform in the Programs and Feature window found in the control panel uninstall the Microsoft Access Database engines. Then download and install the latest version (as of this update) 2016 64 bit Microsoft Access database engine. Restart the computer and try to open the file.
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Wiki Page: How are pumps handled in each Haestad product?
Applies To Product(s): WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, CivilStorm, SewerCAD, StormCAD, HAMMER, WaterCAD Version(s): 10.00.xx.xx, 08.11.xx.xx Area: Modeling Original Author: Mark Pachlhofer, Bentley Technical Support Group Problem How do pumps work in the hydraulics and hydrology products? Solution WaterCAD/WaterGEMS/SewerCAD Pressure solver Pumps add enough head and the corresponding flow rate, which is defined on your pump definition curve, to overcome the losses and elevation differences between your upstream and downstream boundary conditions. Boundary conditions are tanks, pumps, reservoirs, and valves in the Water products and manholes, catch basins, outfalls, and wet wells, headwalls/endwalls in the SewerCAD. The pump operating point is where the pump curve intersects the system head curve. For more details on this please refer to this wiki . In the case of a closed system with only downstream fixed demands in WaterCAD and WaterGEMS, the operating point will be based on the demands. Essentially, it operates at the point where the pump characteristic curve intersects with the system head curve. You can read more about this in the book Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management Implicit SewerGEMS solver In SewerGEMS with the Implicit numerical solver, the downstream boundary is considered to be the crown of the pressure pipe where it meets the receiving gravity node, or any intermediate high point. GVF - Rational StormCAD solver When using StormCAD or the GVF-Rational solver pumps are supported as of Select Series 3 [08.11.03.77]) and are treated as ideal flow pumps, meaning that flow in will equal flow out and the pump curve is not used in the calculations. This means that the pump flow will be equal to the flow into the upstream wetwell or pond. This solver does not support parallel pumping or pump controls. GVF - Convex SewerCAD solver When using the GVF Convex solver pumps will work the same as the pressure solver for pressure situations and will work the same as the implicit solver for gravity situations. When running a steady state the solver doesn't support pump controls. See Also A pump exceeds the maximum operating point user notification System Head Curves in WaterGEMS and WaterCAD
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Forum Post: RE: HELP WITH STORMCAD MODEL, PLEASE
Hello Mahmoud, I see that you're using a pump in this model. Pumps are typically not used with the GVF-Rational (StormCAD) solver, so they are treated as ideal flow pumps. Meaning, flow in will equal flow out and the pump curve is not used in the calculations. This means that the pump flow will be equal to the flow into the upstream wetwell or pond. See more here: How are pumps handled in each Haestad product? I also see that you're using a slightly older version of StormCAD, 08.11.05.113. To learn more about the benefits of the new CONNECT Edition, see: What's new in StormCAD CONNECT Edition If the above does not help, then as Mark said please explain the specific question or problem.
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Wiki Page: Simple controls vs. logical controls
Applies To Product(s): WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, CivilStorm, SewerGEMS, SewerCAD Version(s): 08.11.XX.XX Area: Modeling Original Author: Dan Iannicelli, Bentley Technical Support Group Problem Description In WaterCAD/WaterGEMS, what is the effect of toggling the "evaluate as simple control" checkbox in the controls window? What is the difference between simple and logical controls? Reason Simple Controls 1) Used in both steady state and EPS simulations. 2) Only basic conditions and actions are supported. For example, IF A THEN B. Composite actions cannot be created; for example: IF A OR B THEN C AND D. 3) Time based controls ignore the operator when evaluated as simple, and always use ‘=’. 4) A steady state calculation run will only uses simple controls, and only if the "use simple controls?" calculation option is enabled. To do this set to property to 'True' in the calculation options. If the value is set to "False" or if there are no simple controls designated in the control manager window, which is done by checking the "Evaluate as "Simple" Control?" checkbox, no controls will be considered.The screen shots for where each option is located are shown below. 5) For a particular time step the engine goes through iterations to converge. If it converges at an even iteration (for example 8) then simple control conditions are checked. If another simple control condition is met, it iterates again until the hydraulics converge. If the hydraulics converge on an odd time step, simple controls aren't checked and the hydraulic timestep is complete. The act of only checking on even iterations is a mechanism used to defeat situations where the iterations would go on forever. Basically, if the control's action causes another control to trigger and that control causes the first one to trigger, it could go back and forth forever and the model would not be able to converge. This is typically an indication that your controls should be revised. It is important to realize that this can also result in an incorrect solution. For example, if another simple control action would have occurred, but the solution converged on an iteration where that check is not made. This is a good reason to use logical controls instead, since the logic is different (see below). Logical Controls 1) Not used in steady state. (Since the action doesn't apply until the next intermediate time step) 2) Can define more complex controls, with composite conditions/actions (due to the way that they are evaluated) For example: IF A OR B THEN C AND D. 3) Instead of determining the exact timestep at which the control would occur (like with simple), it will check every 1/10 of a calculation timestep. If a control condition would occur, the action is applied and an intermediate timestep will be created to reflect this.
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Forum Post: SewerGEM - Modelling spill flow from one channel to another
HI all, I am modelling open channel using SewerGEM, i have three parallel open channels and one predicted to have flooded (HGL above the top of the channel wall). In reality, the water will spill into the other two channels that constructed on both sides. How do i model this scenario? REgards, Boon
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Forum Post: RE: SewerGEM - Modelling spill flow from one channel to another
attached is the model. in a 100 yr storm, the model predict flooding at channel where H-80 is located. In reality, when this channel overtopping, the flow will spill to channel at H-89 and H-19. I have tried to connect a channel with a weir but somehow the flow into RW1&RW2 do not increased. Could you anyone help? Re(Please visit the site to view this file)gards, Boon
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Forum Post: RE: Modeling a Pattern (Demand) in the Unit Demand Control Center
Hello Ryan, Bentley Communities is currently experiencing an issue with sign in, causing the "HTTP Error 503" you mentioned. We are working on this and hope to have a resolution soon. Apologies for the inconvenience. Regarding the "layout was different and missing a lot of information" - this may be due to stale browser cache. Please try pressing CTRL+F5 when viewing the page (after the sign in issue clears up).
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
. hello I have tried it several times. There is no change.
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
The feature level does not appear to be set. Please press the "make default" button after selecting the feature level, to set it, per the wiki article. You should see ">>>" next to it after doing so.
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Forum Post: RE: HAMMER V8i Negative Pressure-short duration
Thank you Jesse, I'll probably share some files to go over more details if necessary.
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
Hello I chose it several times but it didn't work. There is another noticeable problem, when I run MLA from Start > All Programs the first window appears but when I run it from the Bentley > Watergems the second window appears. My problem is bothering you. Excuse me and Thank you very much.
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Forum Post: RE: activation problem
Hello Mohammad, If you are selecting a feature level and clicking the "make default" button but the ">>>" does not show up next to it, this is an indication of a problem or conflict with the information stored in the Windows Registry. This is something I have seen on a few rare occasions. The different screen you see when opening the Municipal License Administrator a different way likely indicates that one is the 32-bit version and the other is the 64-bit version, and the second screenshot is picking up on a checked out license that may be "stuck" in the registry. First, try running the Municipal License Administrator as administrator (right click > run as admin). If you still cannot set the default, try cleaning out the licensing-related registry locations per the steps at the bottom of this article . Note that you'll need admin rights on the computer to make changes to the registry. Care should be taken when modifying the registry (back up as needed). After you follow these steps, reopen the Municipal License Administrator, enter your server name and activation key, then try selecting the WaterGEMS feature level and clicking "make default".
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Forum Post: Designing Irregular Channels
Is it possible to design an irregular channel using CivilStorm? Can I get any hands on dataset somewhere?
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Forum Post: RE: Designing Irregular Channels
Hello Videet, Currently storm-sewer products only design conduits using automated design feature, channels cannot be designed by the software. You can enter the channels, cross sections data and then compute the model and analyze the results. Later you can adjust the input data to get the desired results. Can automated design size open channels?
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