3.4 Tips and Tricks
The TUFLOW FV Wiki is the primary location where the TUFLOW software team publishes modelling guidance, tips, and technical notes. The Wiki covers a broad range of subject areas relevant to TUFLOW modelling. The principal topic areas are summarised in Table 3.2.
Content on the Wiki is updated regularly. Notifications of newly published material are provided through the LinkedIn TUFLOW User Group.
| Tips and Tricks (Link) | Description |
|---|---|
| Licensing Tips | A TUFLOW licence is required to run TUFLOW. This section of the Wiki outlines the user steps required to request and import licence updates. |
| Self-teach Tutorial Modules | All TUFLOW self-education resources function using a licence-free mode. As such, there is no need to purchase a software licence to learn TUFLOW. User documentation for the Self-teach Tutorial Modules are hosted on the Wiki. |
| Supporting Software Tips | User tips for the following support software: Excel, Notepad ++, UltraEdit, Visual Studio Code, QGIS, SMS. |
| TUFLOW Viewer User Manual | TUFLOW Viewer is a free 1D and 2D dynamic result viewing interface included in the QGIS TUFLOW Plugin. It enable QGIS with added functionality, upgrading the GIS software with feature akin to traditional Graphic User Interface software. |
| TUFLOW Utilities | The TUFLOW Utilities are a set of tools that have been developed to help users convert input data from one format to another for use in a TUFLOW model, or to post-process simulation results. |
| Hardware Selection Advide | This Wiki page outlines useful guidance for modellers who are purchasing computer hardware for TUFLOW modelling. |
| GIS Software TUFLOW Plugins (ArcGIS, ArcPro, MapInfo and QGIS) | TUFLOW seamlessly integrates with GIS software. Any GIS or Computer Aided Design (CAD) package can be used provided load or import and save or export options are available for the GIS formats TUFLOW currently supports. The most commonly used GIS software are ArcGIS, ArcPro, MapInfo and QGIS. Due to their widespread use, customised toolkits and plugins have been specifically designed for these GIS packages to improve TUFLOW model build and result viewing workflow efficiency. |
| GitLab TUFLOW User Group | The open file formats used by TUFLOW for its input and output make it well suited to automation via scripting as a means to improve workflow efficiency. Many modellers develop their own tools to assist in their use of TUFLOW and to automate many tasks. These tools cover a wide range of use cases, such as data preparation, advanced simulation control, model quality assurance and result post-processing. A GitLab TUFLOW User Group has been established to support the sharing and collaborative development of these tools by the broader TUFLOW community. |
| TUFLOW FV Python Toolbox | The TUFLOW FV Python Toolbox leverages the use of Jupyter Notebooks and Xarray to provide a powerful pre and post processing suite of tools for TUFLOW FV. |
| TUFLOW FV MATLAB Toolbox | The TUFLOW FV MATLAB Toolbox contains a range of useful pre and postprocessing tools for TUFLOW FV. |
| Boundary Condition Get Tools | A component of the TUFLOW FV Python Toolbox. A set of tools to allow download and generation of astronomical tide, atmospheric and ocean circulation boundary conditions for TUFLOW FV. |
| Water Quality Diagnostic Variables | Demonstration highlighting the transparency of mass and energy flux reporting in TUFLOW FV’s Water Quality Module. |
