ISIS News
ISIS v3.1 was released on 1st December with significant increases in the speed of model run times. Along with these speed increases, there are many new features and improvements to ISIS, which have been developed in response to user needs.
New features include:
- Manhole unit to efficiently link pipes and culverts to surface flooding
- Surcharged bridge switching to orifice mode flow
- Open-MI compliance enabling ISIS to dynamically link to other Open-MI compliant software
- Runoff factor for direct rainfall on flood cells
- Plotting of conveyance curves
- 2D model building in ISIS Mapper
Improvements include:
- Significantly faster run times
- Improved visual information on errors and structures
- Speed improvements and automation tools for ISIS Mapper
- Grid manipulation in ISIS Mapper (e.g. cropping and sampling grids)
Jon Wicks (ISIS Director) talks about how ISIS is used on a wide range of projects in our latest video. To view it click here.
Halcrow is pleased to announce the launch of isisuser.com, the online support community for ISIS users.
ISIS is one of the leading software packages for river modelling. It’s used extensively throughout the world on flood forecasting, flood alleviation scheme designs, flood risk mapping, flood risk assessments and catchment management planning projects. ISIS provides engineers and manager's with flexible and cost effective tools so that they can make decisions to proactively manage our environment.
isisuser.com provides access to manuals, support forums, knowledge bases and other productivity tools. On isisuser.com you'll find:
- updated manuals and frequently asked questions to help you find answers to common questions
- forums to discuss ideas and techniques with other users
- a downloads area for the latest version of ISIS and older versions (you can even request for your account to be ‘upgraded’ so that you can be the first to try beta versions of ISIS)
- an ideas area where you can suggest new features and vote on features which you would like to be implemented
- blogs on ISIS development and support activity
- a directory of ISIS professionals to seek advice from.
More innovative features will be added to the user community over the coming months, but of course if you want to see something specific added to isisuser.com please suggest it in the ideas area.
The ISIS team have produced a Quick Start Guide which enables first time users to quickly understand how to use ISIS to construct and run simple river models. The guide covers the following areas:
- Starting ISIS and Basic Concepts
- How to Run an Existing Model
- How to build and run a model
- How to view simulation results
Download the Quick Start Guide now from our website.
Halcrow has been awarded a three-year contract for the support and maintenance of ISIS software for the Environment Agency. ISIS, a river modelling tool, is used by the Environment Agency and its consultants for flood risk mapping, flood forecasting and many other aspects of flood risk management analysis.
Jon Wicks, Halcrow ISIS director said: “I believe the main reason why we were chosen is because of the excellent service and working relationships we have built with key Environment Agency staff involved with ISIS over the last few years. Our commitment to the future of ISIS was recognised by the Environment Agency, as was the excellent customer support provided by key members of our ISIS team, most notably Konrad Adams.”
Since 1 January 2008, Vijay Jain ISIS marketing manager has been leading ISIS's sales and marketing team. Through the introduction of new ISIS products and services the team has developed an impressive client base - and this growth is set to continue.
Innovation is also set to continue with the launch of the ISIS user community website in July 2008. The new community will offer ISIS users help manuals, support forums, knowledge bases, training and other productivity tools.
ISIS by Halcrow Free is a fully functional version of ISIS – ideal for undertaking smaller projects, and when your project grows, upgrading to ISIS Professional is easy and straight forward. And with our new and more flexible licensing structure, ensuring your team have all the tools they require has never been easier.
ISIS Free is available at no cost for download now – whilst licences for ISIS Professional; with 1000 node capability and additional add-ons for 2D modelling, water quality and sediment transport; start from just £3,950. We’re confident that our lower support and maintenance prices places ISIS by Halcrow above all other integrated modelling solutions.
Halcrow unveiled ISIS by Halcrow at the ISIS user group meeting in Bristol earlier this month.
Held at the Arup Auditorium on the 6 February, the event was chaired by Edenvale Young’s Chris Whitlow. A former Halcrow employee and with over 20 years’ experience in hydrodynamic modelling, Chris played an instrumental role in the development of ISIS.
Jon Bartlett, chief mathematical modeller with Black and Veatch gave an insight into the development of an ISIS model for Oxford, whilst Halcrow’s John Wicks and Matt Horritt presented a paper (co-authored by Mark Adamson, Office of Public Works, Ireland) on “Communicating uncertainty in flood maps”.
With a focus on recent events, Andrew Craig, engineer with Edenvale Young, presented a session on flood forecasting and the lessons learnt from recent flood events. In the final session before lunch, Kevin Hemmings from Capita Symonds gave a presentation on the difficulties in determining standard of protection in complex river systems.
As part of the day, Halcrow’s ISIS team provided an overview of ISIS by Halcrow and introduced Version 3. With a focus on new functionality, and Halcrow’s commitment to ISIS, the delegates were re-assured that the future of ISIS is secure under Halcrow’s stewardship.
Finally, in an open session, the delegates were given the opportunity to shape the future of ISIS – in the open forum “What would you like to see in the future?”
The presentations will be appearing shortly on www.isisuser.com.
Halcrow offers a wide range of technical training courses. Spanning ISIS introduction and advanced, ISIS Mapper, introduction to hydrology for flood modelling, flood forecasting and integrated 1D-2D modelling with ISIS-TUFLOW… to name but a few. The details below describe the training courses being run all over the UK throughout the first half of 2008.
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Read the ISIS by Halcrow training list |
If your current maintenance and support contract runs into 2008 you will automatically benefit from the above changes (during the remainder of your support contract). To continue to benefit beyond this, you will need to renew your support and maintenance contract with Halcrow. We will be contacting you to discuss this and the benefits of Halcrow's new licensing and pricing structure. Otherwise feel free to get in touch with us.
If you decide not to renew your support contract with Halcrow then you can still benefit from Halcrow's new ISIS Free product and you will still be able to benefit from our significantly lower pricing structure should you wish to purchase ISIS Professional in the future.
If you have not renewed your contract, please contact us to discuss your renewal options. Our experienced support and sales teams are available to provide assistance and answer any questions that you may have. For more information on how we can help you, please contact:
Vijay Jain, ISIS Sales and Marketing Manager
+44 (0)1634 248729 / jainv@halcrow.com
Or contact our dedicated ISIS support team:
+44 (0)845 094 7994 / isis@halcrow.com
ISIS Professional with 1000 nodes is available from £3,950. For further price details of ISIS Professional including, unlimited nodes, water quality and sediment transport modules, network manager and the ISIS-Tuflow link please read the document below.
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Read the ISIS by Halcrow price list |
ISIS by Halcrow has arrived and with it there are some big changes that will benefit all users.
- We've introduced a new and more flexible licensing structure, including the ISIS Licence Manager for sharing licences across a network and for mobile users.
- We've introduced a new and significantly lower pricing structure, including ISIS Free and ISIS Professional. This means lower support and maintenance prices. ISIS Professional with 1000 nodes is available from £3,950.
- We're just about to release significant new features to ISIS, including ISIS Mapper - a major new module to help you:
- build 1D models through extracting River, Reservoir and Spill units from DEM data such as LiDAR,
- generate flood maps from 1D models using TINs and DEM data, and
- visualise 1D and 2D model results and produce 3D flood animations.
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Read the ISIS by Halcrow flyer |
To complement our software development role for ISIS, Halcrow is now also leading on software sales and support. For more information about these changes, please read the communiqué to users and message to customers.
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Read the client communiqué |
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Read the Halcrow message to customers |
ISIS News Headlines
- ISIS v3.1 released - It's just got faster!
- Jon Wicks talks about ISIS
- Halcrow launches ISIS online community
- ISIS Quick Start Guide
- Environment Agency chooses ISIS by Halcrow
- ISIS by Halcrow Free has arrived
- ISIS User Group Meeting 6th February
- ISIS Training by Halcrow
- Support and Maintenance renewals... what to do!
- ISIS Professional is available from £3,950
- ISIS by Halcrow has arrived
- What has changed with ISIS
