Robert Dickinson LinkedIn Articles on Modeling

• Extran1 and Extran2 from the Extran Manual for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, used in ICM SWMM and InfoWorks and SWMM5 3rd Party Tests
• Example 7 of Extran Manual - Type 2 Pump for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, used in ICM SWMM and InfoWorks and SWMM5 3rd Party Tests
• Example 6 of Extran Manual - Type 1 Pump for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, used in ICM SWMM and InfoWorks and SWMM5 3rd Party Tests
• Extran 5 Storage Facility with Side Outlet Orifice for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, used in ICM SWMM and InfoWorks and SWMM5 3rd Party Tests
• SWMM 44H Fortran Code from 2004 on GitHub
• The Many Avenues of Ruby Help in the ICM Online Help File—Hint for AI Usage
• Ruby Code for ICM InfoWorks and ICM SWMM Comparisons is now in 25 Folders on the Innovyze GitHub
• Running List of my LinkedIn Articles
• SWMM3 Weir Extran4 Test File for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, ICM
• Creating Complete SWMM5 Input Files Using AI Chain Prompting from SWMM5 Rules
• 100 Other AI-Related Locations for Learning ICM besides the ICM Technical Hub
• SWMM3 Orifice Extran3 Test File for AI, GitHub, SWMM5, ICM
• InfoSewer Load Allocation Expertise: Test Yourself with 50 Questions for 2025 to 2050
• Diamond Village at the University of Florida and SWMM 2.5, 3, and 4 and XPSWMM
• Detecting and Preventing Invalid Hydraulic Solutions in SWMM 5 (Robert E. Dickinson, Khalid K. Khan, and James T. Smullen | CDM Inc.)
• Enhancing Subcatchment Connectivity in InfoWorks ICM: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Ruby Scripting
• Why You Should Not Import InfoSewer to InfoSWMM but Use the Newer AWI Ruby/ODIC Methodology with SQL from the Autodesk Water Infrastructure GitHub
• Introducing SWMM5+ BR Hodges, S Sharior, ED Tiernan, E Jenkins… - Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2024
• The Steady State, EPS, and Kinematic, Dynamic Wave Options in InfoSewer, SWMM5, InfoSWMM, ICM SWMM, and ICM INFOWORKS
• Ruby ICM InfoWorks vs. ICM SWMM Link Property Data Comparison
• Ruby ICM InfoWorks vs. ICM SWMM Node Property Data Comparison
• Navigating the Landscape of Hydraulic Modeling: A Comparative Study of InfoSewer, ICM InfoWorks, and ICM SWMM for Steady State Models
• Deep Dive into Water Quality Buildup Washoff (BW) in ICM InfoWorks using the SWMM5 BW Options
• How to Use the Graph/Report Output of InfoSewer/InfoSWMM to Make Observed Predicted Custom Graphs in ICM InfoWorks
• Using Ruby for some InfoSWMM Subcatchment Manager Tools In ICM Infoworks
• Using AI to Interpret the PRN file of ICM Infoworks for a person with a SWMM5 Background
• Streamlining ICM Workflow: Preserving User-Fields with Ruby Automation to CSV Files
• Using Ruby to supplement Native ICM QM Tau or Shear Stress
• Using Ruby to Read the Steady State Report file of InfoSewer post 2025+
• Using Ruby to Recreate the InfoSWMM Node Report Tables in ICM SWMM from any SWMM5 Report File
• How to Use Ruby to Read Problem Node and Links from the SWMM5 Report File and Add them as Selected Elements in ICM SWMM
• ICM SWMM and InfoDrainage share the same swmmsim.exe Engine SWMM 5.2.4, InfoSWMM uses an older version of the EPA SWMM5 Engine based on SWMM 5.1.015
• Using Ruby to Export ICM InfoWorks Node, Link, and Subcatchment Grid Data to Shapefiles and a Custom Folder
• Using Ruby to Export ICM InfoWorks User-Selected Link Results to a Custom CSV Folder
• 23 Ruby Lessons in the ICM InfoWorks Online Help File from Autodesk
• How to use SWMM5 Buildup/Washoff in an ICM InfoWorks Network for Event Mean Concentrations (EMC)
• Knowledge Assisted Theme Enhancements in ICM SWMM to Show InfoSWMM Like Map Displays for d/D and q/Q
• Using Ruby to Recreate the InfoSWMM Link Report Tables in ICM SWMM from any SWMM5 Report File
• Unhappy with some components of the LI Social Selling Index, I make up my own SSI+ Index
• Using Ruby to Create Sensitivity Scenarios in ICM InfoWorks
• A Better Workflow for InfoSWMM to ICM SWMM Network Conversions for ALL InfoSWMM Scenarios and Active Elements into One ICM SWMM Network
• How to Use the USEPA SWMM-Climate Adjustment Tool with ICM InfoWorks, ICM SWMM, and Autodesk InfoDrainage
• Curve Number or CNSWMM infiltration model for 2D simulations is now in ICM 2025.1
• Using Ruby to QA/QC InfoSWMM DWF Import to ICM SWMM
• Diagram GPT's for Seeing Connections in a SWMM5 in Input File
• How to use Ruby for Subcatchments Statistics using the Current and Background Networks in ICM
• How to use SQL to see the SUDS or LID Usage for all Subcatchments in ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks
• Using SQL for Understanding ICM SWMM Network Options
• Categorizing Conduit Lengths Using Bucketing in SQL for ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks
• InfoSWMM and InfoSewer Nodes vs ICM InfoWorks Subcatchments for DWF Loading
• How do I find the min, max, and peak timings of hydraulic conduit results using SQL aggregate functions in ICM InfoWorks?
• Ten Tips on using OPENAI, Claude.AI, Copilot, for ICM Ruby Code, SWMM5 C Code, SWMM5+ Fortran Code and 20 SWMM5 PDF Files
• Ten SWMM (SWMM4 or SWMM5) components in an ICM InfoWorks network or ICM
• What InfoSWMM Node, Link, and Subcatchment Graphs Teach You About the SWMM5 Engine
• SWMM5 Groundwater vs ICM InfoWorks Ground Infiltration Model (GIM) Parameters
• How to import the Manhole Loads from Only One InfoSewer Scenario to the Subcatchments in ICM InfoWorks using Ruby
• How to import the Manhole Loads from every InfoSewer Scenario to Subcatchments in ICM InfoWorks using Ruby
• How to Import the Facility Manager Information from InfoSewer and InfoSWMM to an ICM InfoWorks Selection Set
• How to make the ICM InfoWorks UX look a bit like InfoSewer (for Manhole loads)
• Ruby Script for ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks to make any number of sides Polygons for Subcatchments
• Why ICM is a 1D–2D Integrated Catchment Model, Counting Tables—with Ruby (of course)
• Using Ruby to Add More Results Points to a Link in ICM InfoWorks
• Using Ruby to Find Link Results Statistics and Select the Highest Flows in ICM InfoWorks
• Using Ruby to find the Count, Mean, Max and Min of Everything in an ICM InfoWorks or SWMM Network
• Using Ruby to Compare the Current Network to a Background Network in ICM InfoWorks
• How to import the Scenarios from InfoSewer or InfoSWMM to ICM SWMM or ICM InfoWorks using Ruby
• Using ChatGPT to Understand what I programmed in 1988 for SWMM4
• Subcatchment Subarea Internal Routing in SWMM5, ICM SWMM, and ICM InfoWorks Networks - Key Parameters
• Oh my time step, oh my time step (for SWMM Models) Ruby for Link Lengths
• Think Blue, Count Two SWMM's in ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks
• An Ant Analogy to Ruby and SQL scripts for ICM SWMM and ICM InfoWorks on our Github
• A Tale of Three Runoff Surfaces in SWMM5 and how they are used in InfoWorks SWMM Hydrology
• Using Ruby to add Nodes to Subcatchments and Polygons in ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks
• Understanding SWMM5 through the Tables in C Code files text.h and keywords.h
• 📊 A Saga of Input Data: SWMM's Input SW Tables 🗂️ and InfoWorks HW Hydroworks Tables 🗂️ 💧 with Ruby and SQL
• How to Find Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) Articles in the Online ICM Help File for InfoSewer, InfoSWMM and XPSWMM Conversions
• A Tale of Tables 📚: Understanding Your InfoWorks ICM Network 🌐 by Harnessing the Power of SQL and Ruby 💻🔍 for Tabular Insight
• How can you use Ruby to find the number and types of objects in your ICM database?
• DB Tables for Sim Parameters in ICM InfoWorks and SWMM: Enhancing Understanding with SQL and Ruby
• Nodes: the Doorway to your ICM InfoWorks Model
• Worldwide Options for Hydrology for SuDS/LID/WSUD Modeling in InfoWorks ICM Ultimate or Standard
• From SWMM5 and ICM to InfoWater Pro 2024: Insights and Lessons from Daily Standups with my IWP Programming CoWorkers
• Creating a SWMM5 or ICM SWMM Summary Table from ICM InfoWorks Network Results Using Ruby
• Exploring EPASWMM5 Code Variables Through the Lens of Visual AI (w/Emoji)
• SWMM 5 and ICM SWMM: A Powerful Duo for Urban Drainage Modeling, IMO
• Mastering ICM SWMM / InfoWorks with Ruby: A Guide to the IWR (ICM Results File) Output, Identifying IWR Variables, and Comparing ICM Engines
• A graphical view of the nonlinear runoff processes in ICM SWMM, ICM InfoWorks (SWMM Hydrology), InfoSWMM and SWMM5
• Utilizing Ruby Scripting in InfoWorks ICM to Extract Output Data and Generate SWMM5 Calibration Files with the Assistance of GPT-4
• ICM, Siphons, How to Model Sediment in a Siphon, ICM SWMM, SWMM5
• Investigating Curve Number Approximations on an ICM InfoWorks 2D Infiltration Surface
• Unlocking Advanced Data Analysis for SWMM5 with ChatGPT's Beta Version of GPT-4: A Possible Game-Changer for Students and Beginners
• Enhancing ICM InfoWorks & SWMM 1D Output: Elegant Ruby Scripts for Statistical Table Generation
• InfoWorks ICM Example SQL Scripts for Flawless Import of InfoSewer Data
• Navigating ICM InfoWorks' Population-Based vs. SWMM's Mean Flow-Based Dry Weather Flow in Sanitary Systems, With SQL Tips to Cope - Pars Prima
• It's A Small Island - How A Work History Can be a Tangled Ball of Yarn if the Yarn is composed of SWMM Versions
• Autodesk Employee Perspective: Why I Personally Invest in the AEC Collection, ICM Standard and InfoDrainage Subscriptions
• Using ChatGPT for comparing Mass Balance Checks in InfoSewer, InfoSWMM, SWMM5, and ICM SWMM against ICM InfoWorks Networks' PRN File
• Uncommon Synergy: Link-Node Hydraulic Modeling and NHL (Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) T-Cell Cancer Treatment
• Harnessing the Full Potential of the 12 Runoff Surfaces in ICM InfoWorks for SUDS/LID Modeling
• Utilizing a Unified 2D Engine in both ICM InfoWorks and ICM SWMM Networks
• My Top 100 Reasons: Why ICM SWMM Triumphs Over Native SWMM 5, IMO - based on My 24-Year Voyage with EPASWMM5
• Enhancing your ICM SWMM Network Simulation: Leveraging Ruby Scripts for Optimal Time Step Selection
• Annotating and Unleashing the Power of RPT and Log Files in an ICM SWMM Network
• Unlocking the Power of Ruby with ChatGPT: Streamlining Subcatchment Analysis in InfoWorks ICM Network
• Elephant Modeling Stories: Collaborative Insights into ICM InfoWorks, ICM SWMM, Ruby, ChatGPT, and SWMM5 for SSF Engineers - LI List (13*7, 91)
• How to Import an SWMM5 file from PCSWMM and/or SWMM5 as a Model Group in ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks, Validate it and then Export back to SWMM5
• Unlocking the Synergy of Ruby and SQL Scripting inside ICM: Streamlining InfoWorks and SWMM Network Management with a Deep Dive into Data Structures
• Seamless Conversion from XP-SWMM to ICM InfoWorks and SWMM Networks: Unlock the Power of a Single XPX File for Dual Hydraulic Integration
• Unleashing the Power of GPT4 and OpenAI: Enhancing EPA SWMM5 Test Model Building and Sensitivity Analysis
• Using Ruby in InfoWorks ICM to create Network Statistics for Effective QA/QC of Imported Model Data
• Converting an InfoSewer Model to an ICM InfoWorks Network using ODIC and Ruby
• How to Use Tracer Water Quality for RDII, DWF, and Runoff in an InfoWorks ICM Network - Use SWMM5 Washoff
• How to use the EPA Design Storm Wizard with InfoWorks ICM for Chicago, SCS, NOAA, and IDF Curves.
• Ruby Scripts for Customizing your ICM SWMM Networks
• My 1991 @UF President of the Mayor's Council Certificate #SWMM 2,3,4
• How Does RDII Work in SWMM5, InfoSWMM and InfoWorks ICM?
• New Product Pages at www.innnovyze.com for our SWMM related Products, InfoSWMM, XPSWMM, InfoSewer, and InfoWorks ICM
• New Engine and GUI Features in InfoSWMM 14.7 which is based on EPA SWMM 5.1.013
• How to Use Population at a Node for DWF in SWMM5 and InfoSWMM instead of Mean DWF
• New Features in InfoSWMM 14.6 and InfoSWMM SA
• New Help file for Innovyze InfoSWMM (InfoSWMM is an Arc Map Extension)
• How InfoSWMM and InfoSWMM SA 2D Link and 3D Node Graphics Help You Understand the Response of Your Network to Wet Weather Flow
• 100 Tools for Modeling Hydrology/Hydraulics using Innovyze InfoSWMM_SA
• Tutorials for InfoSWMM Sustain Which Optimizes for #LIDs, #GI, #SuDS, #WSuDS on Small Runoff Surfaces
• Dynamic Wave Routing Options in #InfoSWMM and #SWMM5 compared to #InfoWorks_ICM and #InfoSewer
• InfoSWMM, InfoSWMM SA RDII Analyst 3.0 with EPA SSOAP Tools
• What is the Purpose of InfoSWMM Sustain? Optimization for #LIDs, #GI, #SuDS, #WSuDS or small Runoff Surfaces
• For Thesis Students: Visual INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING the SWMM5.DLL USING MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ 2010/2012
• German Hydrology in InfoSWMM, InfoSWMM SA and H2OMAP SWMM 14.5 with Full SWMM5 LID and SuDs Modeling
• My Top Ten reasons for preferring InfoSWMM over SWMM 5 based on my years of experience with various versions of the Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)
• My History with Various Versions of SWMM: SWMM3, SWMM4, XP-SWMM, SWMM5, SWMM5+, SWMM Networks in ICM and InfoSWMM - 2023 Update
• Advanced Calibration Graphs and Advanced Reference Graphical Comparisons in InfoSWMM 13, 14, 14.5
• QA/QC Process for the Import of an XP-SWMM model to InfoWorks ICM 6 - ICM 7.5