Delft Dashboard is a standalone Matlab based graphical user interface aimed at supporting modellers in setting up new and existing models. A large number of coupled toolboxes allow Delft Dashboard for fast and easy model input generation. Delft Dashboard allows a model to be set-up in a matter of minutes for every location in the world, which used to take days or weeks before!
The interface is coupled to the Delft3D modelling suite (Deltares), which allows carrying out the hydrodynamics, waves, morphodynamics and water quality computations. Besides the toolboxes to set-up a standard Delft3D computation, additional toolboxes are implemented to carry out advanced tidal analysis, simulate wind speed and pressure drop generated by a tropical cyclone, and simulate generation and propagation of a tsunami.
So far the coupling with Delft3D FLOW is fully implemented. Coupling with other modules of the Delft3D modelling suite is under development. Under Help and support you can find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) as well as links to draft versions of the user manual and the Delft Dashboard webinar.
We are working on more extensive documentation at the DDB wiki space. Enjoy!
The newest version of Delft Dashboard can be downloaded below. In this version also the Delft3D WAVE GUI is implemented. Furthermore, Delft Dashboard is now compiled for both Win32 and Win64.
Note1: This application requires the installation of Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR). Please be aware that you need different versions of the MCR for 32-bit (download) and 64-bit (download).
Note2: Be aware that you need writing permissions on the drive on which you install Dashboard!
Note3: Delft Dashboard downloads most of its data from online databases. Therefore, it may take a while to start-up, the first time you run the program. Please make sure you have an internet connection to work with the most up-to-date data.
Installation notes
Before installing Delft Dashboard, make sure that you install the correct version of the Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) on your system. To install Delft Dashboard, download and unpack the attached zip-files under Download. Run the executable delftdashboard\bin\DelftDashBoard.exe to start-up the program.
Manual
A draft version of the Delft Dashboard user manual can be found here. This manual provides installation notes for Delft Dashboard as well as information on the general lay-out of the tool, description of the toolboxes and some examples.
Tutorials
For a first introduction into Delft Dashboard please watch the Delft Dashboard webinar. More toolbox specific are available here.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: What are the minimum system requirements for a PC to be able to install and run Delft Dashboard?
A: Dashboard is developed and tested on WindowsXP(x86) and also runs on Windows Vista and Windows 7. It may also run on older versions of Windows, but this is not tested.
Q: How do I run Delft Dashboard from Matlab?
A: To be able to run Delft Dashboard from the Matlab command line, you need to 'checkout' the Matlab directory of the OpenEarthTools repository. Guidelines on how to do this can be found on here. After downloading the OpenEarthTools, add them to the Matlab path by running oetsettings.m from the OpenEarthTools/Matlab directory. Consequently, startup Delft Dashboard by typing ddb or DelftDashboard from the command line. Note that Delft Dashboard is mainly created in Matlab2009a and may not function properly on the newest versions of Matlab.
Q: How do I obtain writing permissions for Delft Dashboard?
A: To allow Delft Dashboard to run on your system with the appropriate permissions in the default directory, do the following:
Right click 'Delft Dashboard.exe' and select 'Run as Administrator'.
Q: Is there any documentation available on Delft Dashboard?
A: A draft version of the Delft Dashboard documentation can be found here. We are working on more extensive documentation.
Q: Are the datasets used in Delft Dashboard open source?
A: As far as we know the datasets that are now in Dashboard are open source and free for use. However, if you feel that copyrights are violated, please let us know. Then we remove these datasets from the program.
Q: How can I add my own (bathymetry) datasets to Delft Dashboard?
A: If you have open data that you think is useful for Delft Dashboard users, please let us know, then we will add this data to our OpenDAP server and link it to Dashboard. If you want to add your own bathymetry data (and not open it up for everybody, because it is confidential for example), you need to tile your bathymetry data using the tiling toolbox in DelftDashboard (supports ASCII data). Once the data is tiled, you need to refer to this dataset in the file bathymetry.xml, which you can find in the Delft Dashboard data directory.
Q: Does Delft Dashboard support curvilinear grids?
A: Although it is not possible to create curvilinear grids with Delft Dashboard, the program supports operations on curvilinear grids that have been created separately with RGFGRID. These grids can be loaded into Delft Dashboard.
Q: Does Delft Dashboard support flexible mesh (unstructured) grids?
A: This functionality is not fully supported yet. We are working on the implementation of the new Delft Flexible Mesh (FM) model, but this is still under development.
Q: Does Delft Dashboard support Delft3D WAVE?
A: Delft3D WAVE is not supported yet, but we are working on it. We expect the implementation to be ready in the next couple of months.
Q: Does Delft Dashboard support plotting in Google Earth?
A: Delft Dashboard is mainly a pre-processing tool and not really focusing on post-processing. For post-processing in Google Earth we refer to the GooglePlot (Matlab) toolbox that is available under OpenEarthTools.
On the DelftDashboard forum you can post questions, report bugs or start a discussion.
