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PT / PortuguêsCommon HEC‑RAS Workflows
GeoHECRAS can perform the following HEC‑RAS workflows: Floodplain Analysis and Mapping Floodplain Encroachment Studies Roadway Crossing (Bridge & Culvert) Design...
General Information
20 ArticlesHEC-RAS Minor Loss Coefficients
Minor losses represent sources of energy depletion along a river reach that are not related to friction loss. For example,...
How does GeoHECRAS compare to Competitors?
How does GeoHECRAS stack up against the competition’s software? Now and then, clients considering the purchase of GeoHECRAS ask us...
How is GeoHECRAS different than Civil 3D River and Flood Analysis?
How does GeoHECRAS stack up against Autodesk’s AutoCAD Civil 3D River and Flood Analysis? We occasionally get asked by clients...
How is GeoHECRAS different than HEC‑GeoRAS?
Why would anyone want to purchase GeoHECRAS when HEC‑GeoRAS is free? This is a question we occasionally get asked by clients...
How is GeoHECRAS different than HEC‑RAS?
GeoHECRAS is an easy-to-use 2D/3D graphical user interface data wrapper to the US Army Corps of Engineers HEC‑RAS. It builds...
How to Update Windows Graphics Display Driver
For every single pixel on a computer screen, whether it is the text from Microsoft Word or a drawing detail...
Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts Listing
The following list details the available keyboard and mouse shortcuts to speed up your work.
Layer Transformation
CivilGEO’s software uses a projected coordinate reference system (CRS) to create an engineering model. It lets the user bring in...
Map View not displaying any graphics
Is the Map View of our application just a blank screen and not displaying graphics, no matter what you load?...
Selection Modes
Selecting multiple elements can get frustrating, especially if the project has a lot of complex data loaded. To simplify this,...
Software Export Capabilities
Our software can export data to a variety of different software programs using various data formats such as: AutoCAD Drawing...
Software System Requirements
This article describes system requirements for CivilGEO engineering software. It is important to verify that the target computer meets or...
Spatial Reference
Within CivilGEO’s software, every data layer has its own coordinate reference system (CRS) which is used to integrate it with...
Stream Restoration & Channel Stabilization Modeling using HEC-RAS
Many streams and rivers require restoration and/or stabilization measures due to urbanization impacts associated with the watershed. Stream restoration is...
Supported External Data Formats
Our software can utilize a variety of external data, such as: AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D Drawing Files (*.dwg, *.dxf)...
Terrain Elevation Geometry Sources
CivilGEO’s engineering software can utilize elevation data for creating and generating: Terrain surfaces Cross sections Roadway crossing high chord geometry...
Understanding Scenarios
HEC‑RAS provides the ability to work with multiple scenarios (or plans) within a single project. Each scenario associates a specific...
Understanding the User Interface
Our civil engineering software’s user interface has several features that will be examined in detail in the following sections. The...
Viewing & Editing GIS attribute data using Data Explorer
GIS software uses two basic types of data: Spatial Data — containing the coordinates and identifying information describing the map itself...
