CMS-Flow Input files

Introduction

The Coastal Modeling System (CMS) has capability for various input file types. Primarily when running on a Windows PC or laptop, CMS will use a binary format (XMDF) which allows for fast loading and saving of information.

There may be occasion when the user wishes to run the CMS with ASCII input. There have been some recent changes to the CMS (February/March 2018) to provide additional support for ASCII input files and to better define the file formats.

This set of wiki pages will outline the various types and their formats, as well as to provide samples of those formats. For each type of file type given below, information will be given for various types of input information.

XMDF Binary Input Files ASCII Input Files