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I have used other Innovyze products with great success such as Infowater, InfoWater Pro, InfoSewer, and InfoSWMM. The GUI of these programs is intuitive and easy for me to pick as well as teach other members of my modeling team how to operate the software. However InfoWorks ICM is setup completely different from these programs making the transition to this program difficult even with training. In addition the tools the program has such as the graphs feature is much less polished and very clunky compared to the other programs. I really like the capabilities of the program, but I think that if this program is to continue to be the cutting edge of sewer modeling it needs to improve how its users input information and retrieve it through a simpler GUI than what it currently has.
I'd like to offer some insights regarding your graphic observations. InfoWorks ICM boasts many potential output parameters, significantly surpassing InfoSWMM, with a tally exceeding 4,000 parameters. The graphical representations within ICM are context-sensitive. For instance, in the absence of groundwater modeling, groundwater metrics remain concealed.
Moreover, ICM offers the flexibility to graphically represent different scenarios or simulations in three distinct methodologies, thereby providing a comprehensive and adaptable visualization platform. Furthermore, ICM enhances its user experience with the incorporation of custom graphs and observed graphs. A particularly commendable feature I appreciate is the succinct table appended below the graph, detailing maximum, minimum, and volume statistics