iMOD Developments

Version iMOD5.2

(the iMOD team considers the release of an intermediate bug fix version) 

  • iMODFLOW
    • ANI package
      Using the ANI package yields an incorrect export of the anisotropy angle (ANA-topic) whenever the model is converted to a NAM-file. There is no workaround for this issue.
  • iMOD GUI
    • 3D Viewer
      In some cases, the lowest element of a loaded geological model or the lowest part of a bore log is missing in the display.
    • Simulation Manager
      The snap option in the tab Space Dim. can yield model coordinates larger than the dimensions of the input files. This results in an error when running the model.
      A work around is to deselect the snap option or to define interactively a smaller spatial dimension. An even better alternative is to use the iMOD batch option to start a model (see chapter 8.7.5 RUNFILE-Function).
    • iMOD Manager
      When reading *.GEF files, iMOD converts all selected files into a single IPF file with associated text files. In this conversion some columns accidentally get a NODATA value. There is no workaround for this issue. 
  • iMOD BATCHFUNCTIONS
    • RUNFILE-Function. During the conversion of a RUN file to a PRJ file, a part of the CAP section is missing in the new PRJ file.  
      > Workaround: manually add the user defined extra MetaSWAP files to the (CAP) section in the PRJ file:
      007,EXTRA FILES
      D:\IMOD-MODELS\input\CAP\PARA_SIM.INP
      .....(5 lines) ...
      D:\IMOD-MODELS\input\CAP\FACT_SVAT.INP
    • IDFTIMESERIES-Function. If points in IPF1 are outside the analyzed IDF, the function writes a NODATA value in the created associated text files. Unfortunately the NODATA value in the header of the file is zero and not set equal to the NODATA value of the IDF. This causes issues in postprocessing of the files (e.g. display in the GUI).  This error occurs only if your IPF1 file contains only points and NO associated text files. 
      > Workaround. 1) Remove points from file IPF1 that are located outside your IDF to avoid NODATA values in associated files. 2) If NODATA values occurs within a timeseries, the only option is to change the header manually or with a script. 3) You can also consider adding dummy associated files to your IPF1.  
    • IDFTIMESERIES-function. Unwanted IDF files can be included in the timeseries analysis. The results is a line in the associated file with datetime=0. Unwanted IDF files are files that do correspond with the 'search' name given with keyword SOURCEDIR but do not have a datetime string, e.g. HEAD_MEAN.IDF. The actual list of files used in the analysis is given in the TXT file in the temporal folder tmp\<username>_dir_imod.txt.
      > Workaround. Remove the unwanted IDF files from the SOURCEDIR folder before running the iMOD batch function.    
    • GEF2IPF-Function. The same remark is valid as given above, in the section iMOD GUI --> iMOD Manager. 
  • iMOD TUTORIALS
    • Quick Guide on iMOD and MODFLOW6
      In step 62 you start the MODFLOW 6 model. Unfortunately you get the message "An error occurred in starting your simulation". From the MODFLOW6 echo in the LST file one can read that the Hydraulic property of the model gets Zero locally. This is caused by rescaling of the IDF input.
      > Workaround. Replace the Hydraulic property files and the PRJ file in your Tutorial folder. Click here to download a Zip file with the new Tutorial files.   
    • Tutorial 15: MODFLOW6
      In steps 64 and 66 the given location/name of the MODFLOW6 output is not correct. The IDF files are saved in folder "{path of installfolder}\IMOD_USER\MODELS\MF6-FIRST-MODEL \GWF_1\GWF_EXCHANGE\GWF_1_L1_GWF_2.IDF" etc.
  • iMOD-WQ

    • In a situation in which the code is used for density-dependent flow without transport (the BTN package is not used), the time step length is always kept constant to that of the first stress period. This will be corrected in the next version

    • No space in root names and model names
      Since iMOD5.2, iMOD-WQ can handle spaces in root names and model names. However, using iMOD GUI for creating the iMOD-WQ model files, quotes are missing in the file names referenced to in the FTL file. For that reason we advice to install iMOD in a folder without a space, e.g. "c:\iMOD\version5.2". A model name cannot have a space and must contain at least one character; so no values only allowed for model name. 

    • Input of well concentrations (CWEL) in the SSM package
      The code derives from the given file extensions in the [SSM] package of the iMOD-WQ runfile whether for the input of the WEL concentrations (CWEL) IDF files or IPF files are used. Currently the code does this by checking the filename for P=1, T=1 and L=1 (e.g. CWEL_P1_T1_L1). However, this fails if there is no such file, i.e. if there are no wells for P=1, T=1 and L=1.    
      > Workaround: use a dummy file for the input for CWEL_P1_T1_L1. In case of IPF input this file can be empty. In case of IDF input, this can be an IDF with only nodata values, or zeros (actually, the chosen values do not matter because since there are no wells for P1_T1_L1, the corresponding concentrations are not used).

    • For other Known Issues on iMOD-WQ check chapter 13.4 in the iMOD5.2 manual or click here for the online version.