Catchment Simulation Solutions Training Site

Welcome to the Catchment Simulation Solutions training site.
The CSS training site allows you to access a number of free and paid training courses for CSS products.

CatchmentSIM courses include the free Tutorials, free general Technical Support and Discussion as well as comprehensive Intermediate and Advanced training.

You can also access the Terrain Wizard demo from this site.
Menu Reference Glossary (CSIM 2)

General CatchmentSIM Discussion and Support
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
This course is a general meeting place available to all for general CatchmentSIM disucssion and technical support.
CatchmentSIM 2.x Download
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
- Administrator: David Tetley
Users with a maintenance agreement can downloaded the latest software version from here.
Integrated 2D Modelling - Beta Testing
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
A course for the integrated GSSHA 2D/1D Modelling Beta Testers.
12d - CatchmentSIM Integration
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
For all 12d users interested in using CatchmentSIM for automated drainage analysis.
CatchmentSIM 2.x Trial
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
Approved users can download a CatchmentSIM 2.x trial version from here.
Beginner CatchmentSIM
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
This course covers beginner level CatchmentSIM functions including:
- Interpolation Aids and digitising options
- Interpolation, importing and sampling of Digital Elevation Models
- Hydrologic Conditioning
- Vector Stream Networks and Catchment Breakup Algorithms
- Exporting to 3rd Party Applications
Advanced CatchmentSIM
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
This course covers more advanced level CatchmentSIM functions including:
- Lakes and water storages
- Urban Areas
- Macro Language
- Raster Grid Layers
USA User Forums
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
CatchmentSIM forums targeted towards US applications including BASINS integration and SCS Curve Number calculation.
CatchmentSIM Tutorials
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
There are 4 CatchmentSIM tutorials freely available.
Catchment 2 Softlock Download
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
Developers Only.
Terrain Wizard Demo
- Administrator: Chris Ryan
- Administrator: David Tetley
This course provides instruction in how to use CS Terrain Wizard to generate digital terrain information. This course can be used by licence holders or a trial version can be downloaded for use with this course.

We would like to announce a couple of exciting opportunities for current and potential CatchmentSIM users.

Integrated 2D Hydrologic Modelling – Beta Testers Welcome

We have recently developed the first cut of an integrated 2D hydrologic modelling system within CatchmentSIM using the GSSHA software. CatchmentSIM now includes all the tools necessary to setup event based hydrologic models including rainfall, loss rates, 1D channel elements and more, directly within the CatchmentSIM GUI. You may like to read our recent conference paper on the topic.

We are very excited by the early promise shown by GSSHA to perform well in comparison to traditional Australian lumped models. However, we really need a lot more data to make any conclusions. That’s where we need your help!

We are inviting interested users to participate in a Beta Testing program to test this model on Australian catchments. For more information, please visit our Beta Testing website. You will need to login to view this page, if you have forgotten your password, click here.

This invitation is open to current users as well as interested persons who are not current CatchmentSIM users (software will be made available for the Beta period).

hydrograph

Integration with music 4

We are pleased to announce that with the cooperation of eWater, we have developed an integration framework between CatchmentSIM and music 4. This allows catchment areas, impervious proportions, drainage links and landuse characterisation to be developed in CatchmentSIM and then imported directly in music. A brochure and short video documenting this feature can be found on our website.

Regards,

Catchment Simulation Solutions

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CSS is pleased to announce that CatchmentSIM 2.3 is now available to new and existing customers.

Some of the many improvements in this version include:

Smoothing of Streams and Subcatchments

•	CatchmentSIM becomes one of the only terrain analysis models in the world to support native smoothing of streams and subcatchments whilst preserving topology (ensuring neighbouring boundaries match).

•	This can result in more accurate stream length and slope calculations (typically 10-15% shorter length and thus increased slope).

User Parameters

•	Allows user defined parameters (half way down page) to be added to a project including in the subcatchment manager form, GIS & KML exports and CST scripts

•	These can take the form of zonal statistics or macro scripts.

•	For example, add a 'Manning's n' parameter to a project based on zonal statistics of a Land Use layer.

SmoothingExample2

Smoothed subcatchments (red) and streams (blue) displayed over unsmoothed polylines.

GSDM PMP Calculations

•	CatchmentSIM now includes an integrated calculator for GSDM PMP Rainfall

•	Automated application of GSDM Spatial Distribution and calculation of average subcatchment PMP rainfall depths

•	Automated calculation of roughness grid

Support for additional Vector Formats

•	Support (read only) for new vector file formats including DGN (Microstation), TAB (Mapinfo), MDB (ESRI personal geodatabase).

Speed Improvements

•	Significant speed improvements in Load / Save and Display of contour, stream and ITL layers

•	500% improvement in Load/Save of layers

•	200% improvement in display of layer, particularly when zoomed

•	Significant speed improvement have been made in displaying external vector GIS files, specifically:

•	200% speed improvement in loading the file

•	500% speed improvement in drawing the file

•	Option to trim (Douglas Peuckers) complex polylines within a tolerance for highly detailed contour or streamline datasets

GSDMExample

GSDM PMP Ellipses shown over subcatchment breakup.

Other

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Average Vectored Slope values for each subcatchment are now faster and can account for smoothing. However, please be aware that a new parameter 'Slope Sampling Density' has been added to the Project Options form. Now instead of doing a slope calculation for every perimeter pixel and weighting by length. Only a maximum of this density (default 50) will be analysed. This has been done to speed up the model, particularly if smoothing is turned on.

•	Setup a project based on a Google Earth display

•	Numerous bug fixes and improvements.

Please don't hesitate to contact us for more information.

Regards,

Catchment Simulation Solutions

www.csse.com.au
Sydney: +61 2 9232 7337
Canberra: +61 2 6251 0002

We are pleased to announce a special offer to potential new CatchmentSIM users for our upcoming training courses in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Attend one of our training courses and you will receive:

One or two day face to face CatchmentSIM training in a small group
A 30 day trial licence for CatchmentSIM to take back to your organisation
30 days access to our online training portal
A potential rebate of 50% of the cost of the training course towards any subsequent CatchmentSIM purchase.

If you are interested in our training courses, please download our Training Brochure and Registration Form.

Regards,

Catchment Simulation Solutions

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