September 2011 Sprint Highlights

Some of the more interesting accomplishments from the September 2011 sprint:

• Released GMS 8.1 with 64 bit support, faster MODFLOW I/O, enhanced lighting options and other features.
• Almost finished the MODFLOW NWT interface coming with GMS 8.2.
• Posted an update of GMS 8.0.
• Fixed over 30 bugs
• Furthered the development of the ADH interface for the US Army Corp of Engineers
• Completed changes to the MODPATH interface to make automatically running MODPATH optional. Will be available in GMS 8.2.
• Added support for the MODFLOW DE4 solver, to be available in GMS 8.2.
• Added support for preserving comments at the top of MODFLOW package files in the NWT and UZF packages (available in GMS 8.2).

GMS 8.1 officially released with 64-bit support

Today we officially released GMS 8.1, meaning it is no longer in beta. The biggest change is that a 64 bit edition is now available. See the full list of what's new in GMS 8.1 and download it today.

Article on Using GMS With TOUGH2 and Complex Geology

A neat article in June's issue of Computers and Geosciences shows how the author's used GMS to set up a 3D grid used with TOUGH2. An account is required for full access to the article.

August 2011 Sprint Highlights

Some of the more interesting accomplishments from the August  2011 sprint:

• Fixed over 36 bugs
• Posted a new video about the Text Import Wizard on our YouTube channel
• Posted a new video about the automated parameter estimation with PEST on our YouTube channel
• Posted the video from July's "What's new in GMS 8.0" webinar
• Completed phase two of the ADH interface for the Army Corp of Engineers
• Made progress on the MODFLOW-NWT interface
• Assisted the consulting group on several projects