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Configuring Add-In Tools for SWMM 5

SWMM 5 allows users to enhance its functionality by integrating add-in tools, which are third-party applications that can be launched from its Tools menu. These tools can exchange data with SWMM through predefined files or the Windows clipboard, offering additional modeling capabilities. Users can configure their add-in tools through the Configure Tools option, enabling them to add, delete, or modify tools as needed.

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Configuring Add-In Tools for SWMM 5

SWMM 5 allows users to enhance its functionality by integrating add-in tools, which are third-party applications that can be launched from its Tools menu. These tools can exchange data with SWMM through predefined files or the Windows clipboard, offering additional modeling capabilities. Users can configure their add-in tools through the Configure Tools option, enabling them to add, delete, or modify tools as needed.

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Using Add-In Tools Page 1 of 2

Using Add-In Tools


SWMM 5 has the ability to launch external applications from its graphical user interface that can extend its
capabilities. This section describes how such tools can be registered and share data with SWMM 5.
· What are add-in tools
· Configuring add-in tools
What are Add-In Tools
Add-in tools are third party applications that users can add to the Tools menu of SWMM's Main Menu and be
launched while SWMM is still running. SWMM can interact with these applications to a limited degree by
exchanging data through its pre-defined files or through the Windows clipboard. Add-in tools can provide
additional modeling capabilities to what SWMM already offers. Some examples of useful add-ins might include:
· a tool that performs a statistical analysis of long-term rainfall data prior to adding it to a SWMM rain gage,
· an external spreadsheet program that would facilitate the editing of a SWMM data set,
· a unit hydrograph estimator program that would derive the R-T-K parameters for a set of RDII unit
hydrographs which could then be copied and pasted directly into SWMM's Unit Hydrograph Editor,
· a post-processor program that uses SWMM's hydraulic results to compute suspended solids removal through
a storage unit,
· a third-party dynamic flow routing program used as a substitute for SWMM's own internal procedure.

The figure below shows what the Tools menu might look like after several add-in tools (an Excel Editor and a
Climate Adjustment tool) have been registered with it. The Configure Tools option is used to add, delete, or
modify add-in tools. The options below this are the individual tools that have been made available (by this
particular user) and can be launched by selecting them from the menu.

Configuring Add-In Tools


To configure one's personal collection of add-in tools, select Configure Tools from the Tools menu. This will
bring up the Tool Options dialog as shown below. The dialog lists the currently available tools and has command
buttons for adding a new tool and for deleting or editing an existing tool. The up and down arrow buttons are
used to change the order in which the registered tools are listed on the Tools menu.

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Whenever the Add or Edit button is clicked on this dialog a Tool Properties dialog will appear which is used to
describe the properties of the new tool being added or the existing tool being edited.

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