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Release Notes 2025 MIKE+

Contents:

• Introduction
• System requirements
• Installation
• License file and dongle
• Product invocation
• Support
• New features and fixed issues

Introduction
Welcome to MIKE+ 2025 Update 1.

In this Release Notes, you will find information about new features of MIKE+, and what you need to know in order to install and
get started with MIKE+ 2025 Update 1.

MIKE+ is our new, flexible system for modelling and designing water distribution networks and collection systems for
wastewater and storm water, as well as for modelling river networks and 2D surface flooding.

MIKE+ is offered in two versions:

• MIKE+
• MIKE+ ArcGIS

With MIKE+ you get:

• GIS-based model building and data management

• Powerful hydraulic simulation engine that supports parallel processing
• Integrated water quality, fire flow, real time control, flushing, multi-source tracing and hydraulic simulation (water
distribution)
• Integrated water quality, control rules, LID and soakaway, rain dependent inflow and infiltration (collection system and
river network)
• Long-term statistics (collection system)
• Integrated 2D hydraulic and water quality, dynamic interactions with collection system and river networks, surface
flows visualisation (2D overland)
• Full undo and redo capability in all editors
• Thematic mapping and integrated result visualisation
• Open data models - easy integration with other applications
• Instant data checking and validation

With MIKE+ ArcGIS you get:

• Sophisticated GIS capabilities and smooth integration with ArcGIS Pro. MIKE+ embeds ArcGIS/ArcGIS Pro software
for GIS-based model building, data management and result presentation.

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System requirements
Operating systems

Fully supported Windows operating systems * Windows 11 Pro, version 24H2 (64 bit)
Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2 (64 bit)
Windows 10 Pro, version 22H2 (64 bit)
Windows Server 2022 Standard, version 21H2

Non-supported but partially tested operating systems ** Windows Server 2019 Standard, version 1809

Supported Linux distributions (for simulations execution only) *** Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 and 9 (all 64-bit)
Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 (all 64-bit)

* Fully supported operating systems are systems that have been tested in accordance with MIKE's Quality Assurance
procedures and where warranty and software maintenance agreement conditions apply.

** Non-supported but partially tested operating systems are systems, which are not officially supported by the MIKE software
products. These operating systems have only undergone very limited testing for the purpose of MIKE software, but the
software and key features are likely to work. Installation of MIKE software on a non-supported operating system is done so
at the user's own risk. The MIKE software warranty and software maintenance agreement conditions do not apply for
unsupported operating systems and DHI is under no obligation to provide assistance or troubleshooting for cases where
the software is being used on a non-supported operating system.

*** Supported Linux distributions are the Linux distributions used for building and testing MIKE+ for Linux. Other distributions
may or may not work and are not recommended. However, MIKE+ for Linux has been successfully installed on several
other Linux distributions, including Ubuntu Kylin, Galaxy Kylin (V10), AlmaLinux and Debian (all 64-bit). MIKE+ for Linux
only supports simulations execution from command lines, excluding opening the user interface.

Please note that when running a fully supported operating system as a 'guest operating system' on a virtualization platform, it
is automatically downgraded to a non-supported operating system under the conditions provided above.

Minimum hardware/software requirements

Processor compatible with x64 instruction set, 2.2 GHz or higher

Memory (RAM) 4 GB or higher *

Storage 64 GB or higher *

Display resolution 1024 x 720 (Full HD 1920 x 1080 recommended), 24-bit color (true color)

Graphics adapter 64 MB RAM (256 MB RAM or higher recommended), 32-bit true color **

Software requirements Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.0 or a later patch release.

* The actual required amount of memory and disk space depends on the usage (application, model setup, size of data files
etc.)

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** MIKE+ utilizing GPU for 2D overland simulations requires a Nvidia graphics card with compute capability 6.0 or higher.
Please note that some of these graphics’ cards have varying performance in single compared to double precision
calculations. The GPU functionality is based on version 12.8 of the Nvidia® CUDA® Toolkit.

Installation
To install MIKE+:
To install MIKE+, please go to the MIKE+ product folder and execute the [Link] file either on the MIKE 2025 USB or from
the downloaded, un-zipped installation files. Press the ‘Install’ button to begin installation.

The setup program will automatically install all necessary files and folders on your computer. Additionally, an entry is created
in the Start Menu for MIKE+.

To install MIKE+ ArcGIS:

To install MIKE+, please go to the MIKE+ product folder and execute the [Link] file either on the MIKE 2025 USB or from
the downloaded, un-zipped installation files. Press the ‘Install’ button to begin installation.

The setup program will automatically install all necessary files and folders on your computer. Additionally, an entry is created
in the Start Menu for MIKE+.

Please choose ArcGIS Pro’s "[Link]" to install ArcGIS Pro separately. This version of MIKE+ comes with ArcGIS Pro
3.4. You find the installation of ArcGIS Pro in the folder "Prerequisites\ArcGIS Pro 3.4". Other versions of ArcGIS Pro might
also work with MIKE+ but are not covered by warranty and software maintenance agreement conditions.

Optional installation of PostgreSQL/PostGIS:

Both MIKE+ and MIKE+ ArcGIS are installed with SQLite/SpatiaLite. If you wish to use the alternative database option,
PostgreSQL/PostGIS then please install the two products found in the "Prerequisites\PostgreSQL 17.4" and
"Prerequisites\PostGIS 3.5.2" folders. Before you install the two products, we recommend that you read the note describing
how to install PostgreSQL/PostGIS - this is available here.

License file and dongle

Please Note that when using the local or network license options, which require a license file and a dongle, then

• the DHI License Manager must be installed separately.

• all licensed applications included in MIKE 2025 Update 1 require a 2025 Update 1 version of the DHI License
Manager.
• a new license file format (file extension dhilic2) has been introduced with MIKE 2022 and these license files can only
be used together with a DHI License Manager 2022 or newer.

To use MIKE software in licensed mode, please refer to the DHI License Manager Release Notes (License Manager Release
Notes).

Product invocation
Launch MIKE+ from the Windows Start menu.

Support

For general support, please refer to our Customer Care Portal.

If you experience any difficulties, or if you have questions, please contact our Customer Care team at mike@[Link].

You can also contact your local Customer Care team for support in your local language. A list can be accessed from here.

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Important notes about retired functionalities

EPANET engine
DHI EPANET engine version 2.2 has been introduced in MIKE+ 2021 Update 1. Since then, MIKE+ has supported both DHI
EPANET 2.0 and 2.2 versions to support backward compatibility.

Many improvements have been made to version 2.2 in following releases of MIKE+.

As from MIKE+ 2025 Update 1, DHI EPANET 2.2 is the only version supported.

Simulation executions in MIKE Cloud

As from MIKE+ 2025 Update 1, execution of simulations in MIKE Cloud is no longer supported.

Map layers
As from MIKE+ 2025 Update 1, feature layers in .tab format and 'Military Elevation Data' type of raster layer are no longer
supported and cannot be added to MIKE+ projects.

New features and fixed issues

Every new release of MIKE+ consists of new modules, new features and/or corrections to problems or significant
inconsistencies discovered in previous releases. Please find below short descriptions of the most significant news.

Release 2025 Update 1

New features

Module/type New feature

General The main model map can now display background maps from WMTS servers. This is
configured in the 'Background map' editor.

General The plots manager released in MIKE+ 2025 offers the following improvements:
• Scatter plots can now be saved, edited and restored from the Plots view
• While editing content of time series plots, profile plots or scatter plots, the use of
Field Calculator now only applies to selected rows
• When restoring a cross section view from the Plots manager, the location of the
cross section is also restored on the map.
This plots manager can be accessed with the 'Plots view' button in the 'Project' tab in the
ribbon.

General Keyboards and mouse shortcuts have been reviewed and supplemented with new shortcuts,
to e.g. go to the map view, zoom to full extent, run the active simulation, etc. See the
'Keyboard and mouse shortcuts' chapter in the Model Manager user guide for descriptions of
the shortcuts.

General The 'Identify' tool has been improved to better control the layer being identified on the map.
This is controlled by a new list at the top of the 'Property and result explorer' view, where it's
possible to select e.g. to show properties from the top-most layer at the location of the click,
or from a specific layer.
The list of supported layers has been extended, so that it is now possible to identify model
features, feature layers, rasters and results. See Figure 11 below.

General It is now possible to edit layers' symbology while the animation of results is paused.

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General Path selected between flags for defining profile plots has been improved, so that active pipes
(with 'Apply' or 'Is active' option ticked) are prioritized when multiple paths exist.

General Performance has been improved in profile plots for showing data from large 2D data sets, like
large DEM or 2D result files.

General User defined columns showing expressions or results data in editors can now be sorted.

General Paths to input files longer than 256 characters are now supported.

General In the 'Versions management' tool, the 'Update' tool has been improved in relation to handling
conflicts. This table of conflicts now offers the following improvements:
• It contains a search bar above the table, to find conflicts based on values from any of
the columns
• The table can be re-ordered by sorting any of the columns
• It is possible to bulk-edit actions using a Field Calculator on all or selected conflicts
• It is possible to select conflicts by attributes
• The selection of actions can now be saved to a file and reloaded, so that the process
of reviewing conflicts can be paused and resumed later.
See Figure 12 below.

General Positions of labels added to profile plots are now saved with the project even when labels
have been moved.

Collection System The size of the fictive reservoir modelled above basins during the simulation is now controlled
by a new expansion factor specific to reservoirs, in the 'MIKE 1D engine configuration'
window. It was before controlled by the same expansion factor as for manholes. This new
expansion factor for basin is 1 by default, meaning that basins are extrapolated vertically by
maintaining their surface area.

The start level of this expansion has also been improved for basins, so that it now starts at the
maximum between the ground level of the node and the top of its geometry curve. This
cannot be changed in the user interface. This improvement may affect simulated results in
existing models containing surcharging nodes of type basins and soakaways. It is
recommended to compare results (water levels in basins and soakaways) obtained by former
and new MIKE+ versions, and if, for some reason, the changed results are not acceptable,
the model setup shall be modified as follows:
1. Reduce the ground level for affected basin and soakaway nodes by the previously-
applied expansion start elevation (default: -0.25 m)
2. Make sure that the highest elevation in the basin geometry table is equal to the
reduced ground level in the basin node.
Alternatively, it is possible to set the basin cover start level for all basins in a setup by
downloading the following script from our GitHub repository:
[Link]
examples/blob/master/[Link]/Scripts/[Link]

Collection System Presentation of extreme results from LTS simulations has been improved so that it is now
possible to present results at user-defined recurrence intervals. This is available for time
series plots, profile plots and maps. Results at user-defined recurrence intervals are
interpolated from results at recurrence intervals saved in the result file. See Figures 13 and 14
below.

Collection System A new result item 'Inflow volume stored due to maximum inflow' can be saved to result files. It
saves the volume stored at nodes due to the use of the option 'Use maximum inflow' in the
'Nodes' editor.

Collection System Head loss parameters are now enabled for soakaways, in the 'Nodes' editor.

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Collection System and A new option has been added to associate boundary conditions and simulations with a given
Rivers event (typically a historical event or a return period for a design storm). This allows to select a
specific event ID in a simulation from the 'Simulation setup' editor, which ignores boundary
conditions associated with another event. When dealing with various events, this new option
removes the need for enabling or disabling the various boundary conditions before starting a
new simulation, or for creating scenarios.
The event ID is selected in the 'Description' tab for boundary conditions and in the
'Identification' group for simulations. See Figure 15 below.

Collection System and A new hydrological model type is available for rainfall-runoff simulations, using the New UK
Rivers method combined with Wallingford routing. It is selected from the list of hydrological models
available in the 'General' tab of the 'Catchments' editor. See Figure 16 below. This is the first
release of this new hydrological model, which is made available as a Beta version.

Rivers A new layer called 'Chainage connection' can now be shown on the map. It shows a
connection line between the cross section, which location is controlled by the cross section's
coordinates, and the corresponding chainage along the river. This new layer is meant to spot
discrepancies between coordinates shown on the map and chainages used in the simulation.
The connection lines are not visible in case of a perfect match, and should in theory remain
as short as possible. This new layer is by default invisible and can be enabled from the
'Layers and symbols' tree view. See Figure 17 below.

Rivers When creating new cross sections at regular intervals from a DEM with the 'Create and
update cross sections' tool, cross sections are now also added at the downstream end of
rivers.

2D overland The new tool 'Discharge through section' released in MIKE+ 2025 to estimate the total
discharge from coupled 1D and 2D models has been supplemented with various options:
• 2D results in .dfs2 file format are now supported
• When sections are imported from a shape file, the section IDs may be imported from
that file
• An 'Include' check box has been added to the list of sections, so that it's possible to
exclude some sections from the computation without deleting them
• Output time series can be automatically loaded and displayed after running the tool.
See Figure 5 below.

2D overland The new tool 'Create hazard map' released in MIKE+ 2025 has been improved to support
units conversion for threshold values, so that values can be entered in US unit systems. See
Figure 6 below.

2D overland Computed Froude number can now be saved as a new result item from 2D overland
simulations.

Water Distribution A new version of the Water Hammer simulation engine is available. It offers various
improvements compared to the former version:
• Robust error reporting: the new engine has robust input data reading, reporting
various missing or wrong data entries into the log file.
• Numerical stability: it automatically checks for the numerical stability at each time
step and can automatically abort the simulation in case the numerical solution
becomes unstable. The numerical stability is reported during the simulation to the
simulation progress window.
• Drained storages: it automatically checks for remaining water volume in storage
tanks and air-chambers and it will abort the simulation if one of these becomes
drained.
• Pipes with a check valve: it handles correctly pipes with a check valve, and it will
automatically operate the check valve (open and close) based on hydraulic
conditions and check valve parameters. Note that simulation results will differ on
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not modeling them correctly and they were mostly ignored (and had to be simulated
using a TCV valve).
• Regulating valves: The new engine can also simulate regulating valves, such as
pressure or flow control valves, under hydraulic transient conditions.
• Air chamber inlet/outlet: it is possible to define a different loss coefficient for the air
chamber's inlet and outlet. This allows to simulate unthrottled outflow and throttled
inflow, for example.
• Abort simulation: it is possible to abort the simulation while it is running.
• The new version has been redesigned to support execution from command lines
also on Linux operating systems.
This new engine version is used by default in all projects, however it may slightly change
results and it is possible to revert to the previous version of the engine from the 'Model type'
editor for backward compatibility reasons. See Figure 18 below.

Water Distribution A new 'Limiting potential' parameter has been introduced in the 'Pipes' editor for water quality
simulations. It specifies that reaction rates are proportional to the difference between the
current water quality and the limiting potential value.

Water Distribution Cumulative contact time simulation (when the accounting for the residence time is done only
for pipes of a specified material) has been improved by removing storage tanks from the
residence time accounting. This helps to increase the accuracy of the simulation in case there
are storage tanks within the distribution area that are being periodically filled and drained
during the simulation.

Fixed issues

Module/type Error/Inconvenience

General Various data validations have been added in various editors, to report incorrect or missing
critical values.

General Simulations stopped during initialization without explanation when a TIF file had been loaded
in the project.

General An unexpected error occurred when attempting to display result values from multiple result
files in the table below the profile plot.

General Elevations from a DEM in feet unit were wrongly presented on profile plots.

General Reports from the 'Versions management' tool sometimes reported unexpected differences
found in secondary tables of features (for instance in tabular data from the 'Curves and
relations' editor). This reporting has been simplified to report differences at the primary table
level only, and therefore avoid reporting differences in secondary tables which are potentially
meaningless.

General Miscellaneous minor corrections have been made to the display of data on profile plots.

General An unexpected error 'Value cannot be null' was returned when using the 'Combine DEM tiles'
tool, if no model database was opened.

General An unexpected error 'Active simulation has no scenario defined' was sometimes returned
when starting a simulation, after executing the 'Versions management' tool to compare the
database with another one.

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Collection System An unexpected error sometimes occurred when trying to display a map of 'Maximum node
flood' results.

Collection System An unexpected validation error was reported in the 'Result files' editor after importing a model
setup from MIKE URBAN, due to incorrect 2D result file settings.

Collection System LTS job list was generated based on criteria which were not applied (with 'Apply' check box
unticked).

Collection System An unexpected error occurred when attempting to merge two pipes from the map, if no node
was defined in between to connect them.

Rivers The option to use a limiting cross section in Dambreak structures was wrongly hidden when
the failure mode was set to 'Erosion based'.

Rivers It was not possible to paste coordinates in the 'Cross sections' editor, since all values in the
table were set to 0.

Rivers Various corrections have been made in relation to 2D map results from river simulations.

Rivers It was not possible to edit user-defined chainage point values for some rivers.

Rivers The tool to zoom to selected features on the map failed to zoom to selected cross sections.

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error in PID control module when using US units (TT65487).

MIKE 1D engine Improved error handling when partitioning a setup for a parallelized calculation (TT65577).

MIKE 1D engine Added minimum and maximum velocity maps to 2D map results (TT65732, TT65773).

MIKE 1D engine Enabled working with negative datum values when calculating flow conditions for weirs
(TT65825).

MIKE 1D engine Allowed use of Action Active sensors associated with unused actions (TT65847, TT65806).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error in water balance summary occurring when RDI lower baseflow parameter Carea
set to value not equal to one (TT65889).

MIKE 1D engine Dfs2 files with “Rainfall”, “Rainfall depth”, or “Evaporation” EUM type are now assumed to use
the “Step accumulated” time type (TT66021).

MIKE 1D engine: Data Made improvements to the weighting method’s exchange of MIKE 1D states, so that
assimilation overwriting of computation points is limited to points that are corrected, instead of all points.

MIKE 1D engine: Data Fixed error causing simulation to stop if values missing in observation time series AND no
assimilation error forecast model specified (TT65313).

MIKE 1D engine: Data Fixed error in application of error forecast model when observation time series has missing
assimilation values (TT65323).

MIKE 1D engine: Data Fixed error causing simulation to fail when data assimilation used in a setup with routing
assimilation branches (TT66016).

MIKE 1D engine: Data Added support for running data assimilation with local settings (TT65784).
assimilation

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2D overland 2D boundary conditions were sometimes applied at locations different than shown on the
map.

2D overland Time series result files from 2D overland simulations were not named with the ID specified in
the 'Result files' editor.

2D overland 2D culverts result files and 2D weirs result files were not created when results were set to be
saved to a custom folder.

2D overland 2D overland simulations sometimes failed during initialization with error 'Failed to create
M21FM file' due to incorrect 2D boundary conditions definitions.

2D overland Discharge through section' tool sometimes failed to report 1D time series in output files.

2D overland The creation of a 2D roughness file from a shape file using the option 'Background layer of
individual polygons' sometimes never ended and the file was not created.

2D overland Import of MIKE 21 FM setup file failed when the setup contained a long culvert without
longitudinal line's coordinates.

2D overland It was not possible to edit the 'Depth threshold value' for '2D flood statistics' result files on
computers using comma as decimal separator.

2D overland Several map functionalities related to 1D-2D coupling lines did not work when the 2D model
was a MIKE 21 FM model setup (e.g. selection tools, 'Identify' tool, etc.).

2D overland Some 1D-2D couplings settings were wrongly defined after importing a MIKE FLOOD model
setup, when the coupled item only existed in alternative scenarios from the original MIKE
URBAN model.

2D overland No simulation setup was sometimes set as active after importing a MIKE FLOOD model
setup.

SWMM 'Bottom width' values edited in the 'Conduits' editor were automatically converted to different
values, due to an unexpected conversion factor, when working in US unit systems.

Water Distribution Sustainability analysis' tool has been moved to the 'Results' tab.

Water Distribution HGL patterns selected for tanks were still used in simulations even after changing the tank's
level type to 'Fixed'.

Water Distribution When a QH curve had been selected for a pump, it kept being used in simulations even after
the curve type was changed to e.g. 1 point.

Water Distribution The option 'Report raw results' from the 'Simulation setup' editor was sometimes not applied
properly during simulations.

Water Distribution The special selection 'Demand allocation connected to selected nodes/links' did not work.

Release 2025

New features

Module/type New feature

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General A new type of result presentation for scatter plots has been added. It allows to plot points
representing individual time steps from the result, where the X-values and Y-values are
respectively obtained from any selected result items. It can be used to e.g. visualize
correlations between water levels and discharge values in a specific location, or between a
pressure and a pump flow, etc. It is accessed from the 'Scatter plot' button in the 'Results' tab
of the ribbon. See Figure 1 below.

General A new plots manager has been added, which can save, organize, edit and re-open result
windows. It saves results settings (typically the locations, result items and source result files),
but results are loaded from the result file only when opening the result window, and it
therefore allows quickly reopening pre-defined result windows to visualize updated simulation
results after re-running a simulation. It can save result windows from time series plots, profile
plots, result maps, results tables, cross section plots, scatter plots, bar charts and organize
them in folders. It also allows duplicating result windows and editing the settings for time
series plots and profile plots before opening them, to e.g. display results from an alternative
result file. This plots manager is by default shown in the left panel ('Plots' tab) and can be
opened using the 'Plots view' button in the 'Project' tab in the ribbon. See the 'Plots
Management' chapter from the Model Manager user guide for more information on how to use
this new feature. Also see Figure 2 below.

General The former 'Result Items' window used to select result items to plot from 1D result files, and
accessed from the context menu of the list of result files or from buttons in the ribbon, has
been revisited to offer improved workflows. It is now replaced by distinct selection windows for
result maps, time series plots, tables, etc. When creating new time series plots or result
tables, these revisited dialogs now offer new filtering options to show only selected result
items or selected ranges of chainages. They also contain a new option to select items from
the current selection on the map.

General In the 'Results' panel showing the list of loaded result files, it is now possible to remove
selected files all at once. This is achieved either using the 'Remove' button at the top or using
the 'Remove' option in the context menu.

General A new option in the context menu of time series plots (right-click on the plot) allows saving the
time series to .dfs0 file, e.g. for future usage as input time series.

General A new option in the context menu of time series plots in the 'Plots and statistics' editor (right-
click on the plot) allows copying the computed and measured time series to clipboard, so that
they can be pasted in another program for custom analyses and processing.

General A new option in the context menu of results tables (right-click on the table) allows saving the
content of the table to a text file in .csv format, for use in another program.

General In the 'Versions management' tools, the Update tool used to either fully update a feature (e.g.
node or pipe) with all its changes from the new asset data or keep it fully unchanged. This tool
now offers more control, and allows managing some conflicts at the attribute level, so that it is
possible to update only some of the attributes (e.g. diameter) while keeping others
unchanged.

General MIKE+ now supports longer feature names (in MUID fields). Note that for Water Distribution
models, this is only supported with the engine version DHI EPANET 2.2.

General Adding a TIF image as a layer on a map now allows reading image coordinates from that file,
when available.

General The 'Import and export' tool can now import and export data to/from the table m_Selection, to
handle selections saved in the Selection manager.

General A new option 'Auto-refresh changes made by others' has been added to the 'User
preferences' dialog. When multiple users work simultaneously on a PostgreSQL / PostGIS

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database and they all have this option active, it forces a synchronization of all MIKE+
instances.

Collection System Coupling of the collection system network in MIKE+ to MIKE SHE now also allows coupling
soakaway nodes. It allows coupling to the overland flow, overland drainage, saturated zone
and saturated zone drainage from MIKE SHE.

Collection System A new tool 'Transfer MIKE 1D data to SWMM' has been added, which transfers the main
network data defined in the model type 'Rivers, collection system and overland flows' to
SWMM data tables used in the model type 'SWMM collection system and overland flows'. It is
accessed from the 'Special tools' button in the 'CS network' tab of the ribbon, next to the
former tool 'Transfer SWMM data to MIKE 1D'. See Figure 3 below.

Collection System A new result item 'Spilling discharge above ground' can be saved to network result files. It
saves the discharge spilling on the surface and irreversibly leaving the model, for nodes with
a 'Spilling' cover type.

Collection System The two tools 'Show connected loads' and 'Show disconnected loads', formerly available in
the 'Catchments' tab of the ribbon, have been moved to the 'CS network' tab.

Collection System and A new model data validation has been added during simulation execution, to identify and
Rivers report structures lower than the bottom or the river bed or pipe. This data error may in some
cases lead to significant volume errors during simulations.
This is now reported as an error when starting the simulation, for new model setups. It is
however reported as a warning for model setups created with older versions of MIKE+ and
upgraded to MIKE+ 2025, in order to keep validated setups running. This automatic
conversion of error into warning can be disabled, by removing the custom option
'MessageIdToWarning' from the 'MIKE 1D engine configuration' window: see Figure 4 below.

Collection System and It is now possible to define alternative scenarios for data from the 'Groundwater couplings'
Rivers editor for couplings to MIKE SHE or FEFLOW, which is now part of the 'Loads and
boundaries data' group of alternatives in the Scenario Manager.

Rivers The Data Assimilation module offers a new option to update the model based on the water
depth item, as an alternative to the water level item.

2D overland A new tool to estimate the discharge from a 2D overland result file flowing through a cross
section is now available. It can optionally also include the discharge from a 1D network result
file, to return the total discharge from both 1D and 2D models. It is accessed with the
'Discharge through section' button in the 'Results' tab of the ribbon. In this first version of the
tool, only .dfsu result file format is supported but not .dfs2 format. See Figure 5 below.

2D overland A new tool to derive hazard values from water depth and speed from a 2D overland result file
is now available. It can also derive additional results like total duration of the flood, time to the
start of the flood or time to the peak of the flood. It is accessed with the 'Create hazard map'
button in the 'Results' tab of the ribbon. See Figure 6 below.

2D overland While loading a 2D result file into MIKE+, it is now possible to select result items to plot on the
map at the same time. See Figure 7 below.

2D overland Isolines displayed on the map for 2D result layers can now be exported to shape files. This
option is available in the context menu of the result layer in the 'Layers and symbols' tree,
along with the former export options. See Figure 8 below.

2D overland Preparation of coupled 1D-2D simulations (export step for creating a .couple simulation file)
with a large number of couplings is now significantly faster.

2D overland In Cross section plots, showing water level results across 1D and 2D domains, the tooltip now
shows also the water depth value.

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2D overland In the Scenario Manager, 2D overland data have been separated into two groups of
alternative data, respectively for 2D boundary data and remaining 2D overland data. This
change eases the definition of scenarios combining various alternatives of boundary
conditions with alternatives of 2D model structure.

2D overland The calculation of the QH-relation tables for 2D Culvert structures has been updated to
improve alignment with culverts in 1D networks.

2D overland The MIKE Zero Toolbox, available in the ‘Tools’ tab from the ribbon, offers a new ‘Dfsu
Statistics’ tool to compute statistical values from time-varying data in .dfsu files.

2D overland The ‘Data Viewer’, used to open .mesh or .dfsu files from the ribbon, offers multiple
improvements:
• Ability to reproject mesh files, from the ‘Data’ menu in the upper toolbar
• Ability to save and load polygon location after drawing a selection polygon on the
map, to easily repeat manual post-processing operations
• Ability to view area of each element selected within a polygon, for improved post-
processing operations
• Ability to save and load time series point locations after picking some locations on
the map, with the ‘Position of time series’ tool.

Water Distribution In previous versions of MIKE+, the head loss formula was selected in the 'Simulation setup'
editor. This could possibly be a source of mistake if different simulations were defined with a
different head loss formula, because e.g. the 'Pipes' editor showed roughness values
corresponding to the formula selected for the active simulation, only. This has been changed
so that the head loss formula is now selected in the 'Model type' editor and is identical for all
simulations in the project. See Figure 9 below.

Water Distribution The head loss formula 'Modified Hazen-Williams' is now also supported. It is only available
when using the engine version DHI EPANET 2.2. See Figure 9 below.

Water Distribution Actual operating Q-H points from simulation results in pumps can now be displayed in the
'Pumps' editor and compared to the theoretical pump curve. These results are added using
the 'Pump QH plot' button in the 'Results' tab of the ribbon. While animating results, the point
from the current time step is also displayed with a specific symbol. See Figure 10 below.

Water Distribution A new 'Operational volume' value is shown for tanks with variable level and air-chambers. It
describes the usable volume of the reservoir, i.e. the volume corresponding to the range of
level in which the reservoir operates. It is automatically computed as a function of the
specified geometrical properties of the tank or air-chamber.

Water Distribution A new 'Full stroke time' parameter is added to the Valves editor, for use in Water Hammer
simulations. It controls the time for the valve to move from fully open to fully closed position.

Water Distribution It is now possible to define alternative scenarios for data from the 'Zones' editor, which is now
part of the 'Water demands' group of alternatives in the Scenario Manager.

MIKE 1D engine Flood mapping improvements:

• Support for creating flood maps from setups and result files, i.e. without
running a simulation.
• Support for extracting bank lines and cross-lines from setups and result files
• Fix: Branches with negative flow direction
• Fix: Cross sections coordinates that switches left and right side down the
river
• Improved bank interpolation
• Improved handling of cross sections without coordinates

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MIKE 1D engine: Data Enabled lateral correction output when using data assimilation module. Lateral correction
assimilation enabled for discharge observations only.

MIKE 1D engine Added stack trace to log file.

Couplings engine Enabled coupling of MIKE 1D river models to FEFLOW.

Fixed issues

Module/type Error/Inconvenience

General Various data validations have been added in various editors, especially to report missing
critical values.

General The first column in results tables was too narrow and did not always show the entire row
number.

General When a result table was opened and when the corresponding simulation was re-run, the
content of the table was not always refreshed with updated results at the end of the
simulation.

General After loading a saved configuration in the 'Import and export' tool, it was sometimes not
possible to change the source unit of assignments.

General When exporting data to Excel from the 'Import and export' tool, data were exported in SI units
regardless of the selected target unit.

General When attempting to import data from a CAD file in the 'Import and export' tool, some CAD
files triggered an error saying that the file was invalid.

General When exporting a feature layer to a shape file from the 'Layers and symbols' tree, any user-
defined column of result added to this feature table was exported with NaN values.

General The 'ArcGIS Integration' tool failed to export model data at the proper location on the map,
when working with a map projection using length units of US Feet.

General The 'ArcGIS Integration' tool failed to export map layers when the computer's settings were
set to use comma as decimal separator.

General After connecting to a WMS server to get background maps, MIKE+ did not always list all map
projections supported by the server.

General When starting a simulation in MIKE Cloud, the upload of files from network drives has been
fixed.

Collection System In some cases, merging pipes with the 'Network simplification' tool resulted in incorrect
geometry of merged pipes.

Collection System With some result files, adding a result layer on the map failed with NaN values shown in the
color palette values.

Collection System The special selection 'Load points connected to selected nodes/pipes' did not select any load
point.

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Collection System Values pasted from the clipboard to the 'Curves and relations' editor were considered
expressed in SI unit, instead of expressed in the unit shown in the user interface depending
on the selected unit system.

Collection System and The 'Copy' button in the 'Simulation setup' editor did not copy the list of result files included in
Rivers the simulation.

Collection System and The 'Zoom' buttons in the 'Analyse network' window from the 'Simulation setup' editor failed to
Rivers zoom to some locations.

Collection System and Result items from individual elevation zones from RDI catchments were not grouped together
Rivers when presenting the list of result items from the file.

Rivers While digitizing cross sections locations on the map with the tool 'Create and update cross
sections', pressing the 'Esc' key led to an unexpected error and wrong cross sections data
created.

Rivers When attempting to compute the Q/h relation for a river boundary in the 'Boundary conditions'
editor, an incorrect message reported that no cross section was found in case there was one,
but it was not the last one for the specified river in the 'Cross sections' editor.

Rivers Simulations sometimes reported errors about invalid catchment connections when the
connections were defined along an entire river.

Rivers An unexpected error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" which sometimes
occurred when importing a MIKE 11 model setup has been fixed.

Rivers In the 'Weirs' editor, the graphical view of the structure ignored the 'Datum' value.

Rivers The path to the .xns11 file storing cross sections was lost after renaming the MIKE+ project
using the 'Save as' option.

Rivers In the 'Processed data' tab of the 'Cross-sections' editor, the angle correction was in radians
although the indicated unit is degrees.

2D overland The 2D domain level (ground level) shown at the cursor position in the lower toolbar of the
main map has been corrected when using a .dfsu file as 2D domain, so that it properly shows
values within elements instead of node locations.

2D overland The 'Identify' and 'Open layer editor' buttons did not work with the 1D-2D couplings layer on
the map.

2D overland 2D boundary conditions were not visible on the map when the symbology type was set to e.g.
diamond, star, or other types.

2D overland MIKE+ abruptly closed down when creating a new distributed source or point source from the
map.

2D overland Using a shape file as land cover layer in the '2D surface roughness' editor sometimes
triggered an error "Illegal storage access" when running the simulation.

2D overland When selecting a .dfs file to define building zones in the '2D infrastructures' editor, the height
type was sometimes wrongly set to 'Height above ground'.

2D overland The performance for creating a roughness file from a shape file when using the option
'Background layer of individual polygons' in the '2D surface roughness' editor has been
improved when the shape file contains complex polygons (containing huge numbers of
vertices and/or holes).

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2D overland An unexpected error occurred when trying to create a result map from a 2D result file, if the
active time step of the animation was not set to the first time step.

2D overland During the import of MIKE FLOOD model setups, river names may be corrected to ensure a
consistent use of case in all editors, but this correction was missing in the 'Nodes' and '1D-2D
couplings' editors, hence reporting invalid river names after the import.

2D overland The 'Create couplings' tool reported incorrect river names in the Reporting tab to describe
error locations.

2D overland When creating river bank or natural channel couplings with the 'Create couplings' tool with the
option 'Channels from table', the option to import the coupling locations from a text file did not
properly save the locations, which were lost when closing the table.

2D overland The 2D domain layer was not exported to ArcGIS Pro when requested in the 'ArcGIS
Integration' tool.

2D overland Fixed an error in the calculation of orifice coefficients for 2D culvert structures.

2D overland Fixed an error in 2D overland simulations on a GPU, where section discharge calculations
could be incorrect if the discharge line contains only one face.

SWMM Initial database validation (when opening the project) was abnormally long with some SWMM
projects.

SWMM Title and description specified in the 'Description' editor for SWMM projects were not saved.

Water Distribution In the 'Junctions' editor, the unit of the flow coefficient shown in the user interface for emitters
has been corrected. Its usage in the simulation remains unchanged.

Water Distribution An error "Multiple nodes with the same ID" was returned when displaying results in the
'Property and result explorer' panel, when the model contained identical IDs for junctions and
demand allocations.

Water Distribution When working with scenarios with different zone extents, the 'Zones' editor wrongly listed
network zones which didn't exist in the active scenario.

Water Distribution Flow results from Water Hammer simulations were shown in m3/s instead of m3/h when using
the unit system 'SI units, CMH'.

Water Distribution Time unit for the curve type 'Pump flow setpoint' in the 'Curves and relations' editor was
wrongly shown as being in seconds whereas it is in hours.

Water Distribution The derived result item 'Pressure gradient' always showed 0 values.

Water Distribution With the Autocalibration special analysis, results were not loaded in the 'Outputs' tab at the
end of the simulation.

Water Distribution Simulations reported unexpected errors about invalid controls, when regulated valves were
set as inactive (i.e. ignored in the simulation).

Water Distribution With the Fire flow special analysis, the list of nodes considered in the analysis wrongly
included the source (selected) node as well as inactive nodes.

MIKE 1D engine: Data Fixed bug resulting in incorrect detection of an estimated error forecast parameter.
assimilation

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MIKE 1D engine Added check to trigger error when link channel and culvert bottom elevations are lower than
the bottom elevations of connected branches.

MIKE 1D engine Enabled outputting of non-double control variables

MIKE 1D engine Fixed null reference exception occurring when using mixed HD and routing branches and an
adaptive time step (TT63741).

MIKE 1D engine Ensured that action active sensors are associated with the correct location, in cases where an
action is used in two or more locations (TT63893).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed unit conversion and display issue (TT64694).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed catchment connection link ID error (TT64916).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed engine indexing error for HD branches (TT65001).

MIKE 1D engine: Data Ensured that data assimilation can be limited to the river reach holding the assimilated
assimilation measurement (TT65011).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed problem with running setups saved using .mhydro extension (TT65017).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed units issue when using control rules and orifices (TT65020).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed performance issue when loading a dfs0 file with many items (TT65053).

MIKE 1D engine Enabled transfer of instance variables between methods in scripts (TT65076).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error in calculation of hydraulic radius (TT65110).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed inconsistent use of MaxDepth in culvert Qh releations (TT65111).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error occurring when reading initial conditions from a state file (TT65276).

MIKE 1D engine Enabled use of minimum capacity curves when using wet well set point regulated Q-dH and
Q-H pumps (TT65322).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error occurring when using simple routing branch with catchment source (TT65344).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed error occurring when using US units with PID controls (TT65487).

MIKE 1D engine Fixed bug in application of local initial conditions (TT64625, TT65380)

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Figures

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Figure 1 – How to create a new scatter plot from 1D results

Figure 2 – Accessing the new Plots manager to save, edit and open result windows

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Figure 3 – Accessing the new tool 'Transfer MIKE 1D data to SWMM'

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Figure 4 – The option to convert the new data validation error into a warning, which can be disabled in updated model setups

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Figure 5 – Accessing the new ‘Discharge through section’ tool and adding output sections on a map

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Figure 6 – Accessing the new ‘Create hazard map’ tool

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Figure 7 – Selecting 2D result items to plot on map while loading 2D overland results (as previously available for 1D results)

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Figure 8 – Exporting isolines from 2D overland results to shapefile

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Figure 9 – New location for selecting the head loss type. 'Modified Hazen-Williams formula' added.

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Figure 10 – Accessing 'Pump QH plot' tool to add pump results to the plot in the 'Pumps' editor

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Figure 11 – Controlling layers being identified on the map

Figure 12 – Filtering, bulk-editing and saving actions to perform in the Versions Management tool

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Figure 13 – Manually type the interpolated recurrence interval to present on result maps for LTS extreme results

Figure 14 – Manually type the interpolated recurrence intervals to present on profile plots for LTS extreme results

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Figure 15 – Filtering boundary conditions used in individual simulations setup using event IDs

Figure 16 – Using the hydrological model New UK / Wallingford

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Figure 17 – Showing the cross sections connection layer to identify mismatches between coordinates and chainages

Figure 18 – Selecting the version of the water hammer simulation engine

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