Create New Model

After opening EE10, the user has a number of different ways to create a new model, three approaches are:

  1. Click the Model button on the main menu toolbar, then select New Model (see Create New Model#Figure 1).
  2. Click the New Model button directly on the main menu toolbar (see Create New Model#Figure 2).
  3. From the keyboard, press Ctrl+N.


Figure 1. Create a new model (1).

Figure 2. Create a new model (2).

After one of these three ways is used to create a new model, the Grid Tool  form appears. From this form, the user has four options for assigning grids:

  1. Import Grids from Files: this option allows the user to import an existing grid file; the grid can be one of a number of formats including CVLGrid or RGFGrid. If the user has multiple sub-grids for a waterbody then the Multiple grid files  check box may be selected. Browse to the grid file and click OK button to finish. (see Create New Model#Figure 3 and Create New Model#Figure 4).
  2. Generate Uniform Grid: this option allows the user to generate a Cartesian grid. The user can define grid cell size and  the number of cells (see Create New Model#Figure 5).
  3. Generate Radial Grid: this option allows the user to generate radial grid ( see Create New Model#Figure 6).
  4. Generate Telescoping Grid: this option allows the user to generate a telescoping grid ( see Create New Model#Figure 7).

Details of how to use these options are provided in the Model Grid section. 

Figure 3. Import from existing grids (1).

Figure 4. Import from existing grids (2).

Figure 5. Generate Uniform Grid.

Figure 6. Generate Radial Grid.

Figure 7. Generate Telescoping Grid.