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GeoHECRAS Overview

What is GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS is a river modeling software used to compute water surface profiles for steady and unsteady flow models, bridge and culvert roadway crossings, FEMA floodplain encroachments, stream restorations, inline reservoir structures, off-channel storage areas, and much more. GeoHECRAS offers: • Quickly Build 1D & 2D HEC-RAS Models • Automatic Assignment of Land Cover as Manning’s Roughness • Digital Terrain Cross Section Cutting • Automated Bridge & Culvert Sizing and Designing • Automated FEMA Floodplain Encroachments • LiDAR Elevation Terrain Processing • Automated Model Calibration • AutoCAD, MicroStation & ESRI ArcGIS Compatible • 100% Compatible with US Army Corps of Engineers HEC-RAS GeoHECRAS provides an easy-to-use, single graphical platform to rapidly create stunning HEC-RAS models and 3D visualizations from a variety of different data sources like AutoCAD, MicroStation, ArcGIS, Google Maps, and more.

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Product Description

GeoHECRAS is an AutoCAD, MicroStation and ESRI ArcGIS compatible interactive 2D/3D graphical user interface data wrapper to the US Army Corps of Engineers HEC-RAS.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

GeoHECRAS isn't just HEC-RAS. It is a complete data wrapper to the HEC-RAS software that includes AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation and ArcGIS support. In addition, there are many workflow automation features that greatly speed up engineering projects requiring use of HEC-RAS.


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Middleton, WI
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010, CivilGEO, Inc. is a Wisconsin-based engineering firm that specializes in developing easy-to-use, CAD & GIS based civil engineering software for the global market. CivilGEO's clients include many US State DOTs and Canadian Conservation Authorities, the USGS, many corporate giants like AECOM, Jacobs, Stantec, Kimley-Horn, Cardno, WSP, LJA, SMEC, Langan International, SRK Consulting and many more engineering firms worldwide. Ranked #1 in G
’s Civil Engineering Design Software category, CivilGEO’s software empowers thousands of engineers to competitively plan, manage, design, operate, and sustain highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems.


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Recent GeoHECRAS Reviews

Lily S.
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Lily S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Technical support is excellent."
The interface of GeoHECRAS is very user friendly and easy to navigate. I can easily drag and drop reference files in to use in my model.
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Steven M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Civil Geo is an easy way to do floodplain modeling with wonderful customer service!"
Overall I think Civil GEO is a great program that is highly intuitive bringing lots of different civil engineering software together into one easy ...
Debebe Y.
DY
Debebe Y.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"GeoHECRAS is the best tool to manage floodplain analysis works and modeling hydraulic structures."
The visualization of surface and hydraulic parameters is seamless, with effortless integration into CAD, Civil3D, and terrain features. It provides...
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GeoHECRAS Demo - 2D Mesh Generation and Refinement
Create either rectangular or adaptive meshes, depending upon the project requirements.
GeoHECRAS Demo - Particle Tracking Maps
Plot moving particles on the flood map to represent the flow field for both 1D river reaches and 2D flow areas.
GeoHECRAS Demo - CAD & GIS Integration
Integrate HEC-RAS directly with AutoCAD drawing files, Bentley MicroStation drawing files and ESRI ArcGIS map data.
GeoHECRAS Demo - 2D Bridge Analysis
Stamp bridge piers into the 2D mesh for the following pier shapes: Circular pier, Rectangular round nosed pier, Rectangular sharp nosed pier, Rectangular square nosed pier, Square pier
GeoHECRAS Demo - Assign Land Cover Data
Assign land cover polygons and/or National Land Cover Database (NLCD) data as Manning’s roughness to cross sections and 2D flow areas.
GeoHECRAS Demo - Digital Terrain Cross Section Cutting
Extract HEC-RAS cross sections from 3D digital elevation terrain data.
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Debebe Y.
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

The visualization of surface and hydraulic parameters is seamless, with effortless integration into CAD, Civil3D, and terrain features. It provides outstanding import and export capabilities as required. I also highly appreciate the technical support team, who are always available whenever I need their guidance.

The floodplain map generated by the Geo HEC-RAS model is easy to convert into CAD and standard drawings, as everything is georeferenced with excellent precision. Additionally, the conveyance capacity of hydraulic structures (such as culverts and bridges) and channel geometry are efficiently managed using Geo HEC-RAS software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

I like most of the Geo HEC-RAS features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GeoHECRAS:

I recommend GeoHECRAS for everyone working in Floodplain analysis and modeling hydraulic structures. It is my advice for the company to access the software for the undeveloped countries at a fair price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can conduct floodplain analysis and generate floodplains using terrain data. Linework can be exported to CAD, while summary tables can be exported to Excel for further analysis. The floodplain map and HEC-RAS cross-sections, when exported in CAD format, facilitate the creation of standard floodplain maps. Summary tables exported in Excel are useful for preparing reports and analyzing water elevation, velocity, and other hydraulic parameters.

The model supports both 1D and 2D hydraulic analysis, making it easier to size hydraulic structures using GeoHEC-RAS software. Its performance has greatly enhanced my efficiency and productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Debebe,

Thank you for taking the time to share your review; your comments certainly made our day! We're thrilled to learn how you are improving your engineering projects and work processes with GeoHECRAS. It is extremely gratifying to know that GeoHECRAS meets your needs and helps you achieve your goals. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to assist you. We value our customers and look forward to working with you in the future.

Thank you!

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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

The best aspect of GeoHECRAS is its ease of use and intuitive user interface, especially when compared to HEC-RAS. Setting up and editing models is straightforward, with the added benefit of visual representation. Additionally, the customer service is excellent—whenever I had questions, getting assistance was quick and easy. Their team is always supportive, regularly checking in, and actively seeking user feedback to enhance the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

I previously encountered issues when working with a larger model than usual—the software kept closing unexpectedly, causing me to lose progress on my project. Additionally, I haven’t had the opportunity to use the 2D functionality of GeoHECRAS and have instead relied on the standard HEC-RAS for that. I look forward to updating my version of the software and see how it has improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

GeoHECRAS addresses the challenges of standard HEC-RAS by offering a more user-friendly interface and simplified model setup. This efficiency helps me save both time and project costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Arlette,

Thanks a lot for sharing your review. Reading comments like yours gives a boost to our confidence; and, of course, we are very pleased to know that GeoHECRAS helps you achieve your engineering goals.

We also appreciate hearing your concern regarding the software crashing when working with a larger model. Rest assured, our team is constantly working to improve the many features and overall workability of GeoHECRAS.

To ensure you have the best experience in the future, reach out to us at support@civilgeo.com. Thank you!

Sarah K.
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS is great for modelling drainage areaws and complex floodplains, and the integration of GIS and mapping features make it far more user friendly than HEC-RAS on its own. Being able to import files from Google Earth and CAD also make it super simple to take areas and survey data you already have available and keep them in one place. The program is also super intuitive, with features being located exactly where you'd expect. Our team uses it nearly everyday. When there are crashes or bugs, it is really easy to get help from CivilGeo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

There is a bit of a learning curve to GeoHECRAS, and it does have a tendency to crash from time to time and can have an extremely long boot up time if you make the file too large. Some features are only available to the USA, with no Canadian option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping us with the creation of drainage areas, and mapping out land use in a more detailed way than free tools like OWIT are able to. The high quality arial imagery is very useful for identifying land use, and the ability to make polygons of different colours and groupings makes it easy to see the sizes of the areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Sarah,

Thanks a lot for sharing your review. Reading comments like yours gives a boost to our confidence; and, of course, we are very pleased to know that GeoHECRAS helps you achieve your engineering goals.

We also appreciate hearing your concern regarding long boot up time and some features being only available in USA, and not Canada. Rest assured, our team is constantly working to improve the many features and overall workability of GeoHECRAS.

To ensure you have the best experience in the future, reach out to us at support@civilgeo.com. Thank you!

SM
Civil Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

Overall I think Civil GEO is a great program that is highly intuitive bringing lots of different civil engineering software together into one easy to use format. Civil GEO is the best program out there to do large scale hydrologic analysis with ease. Its interface allows the user to pull multiple sources of data into to one program allowing a complete picture to be put together in short amount of time. I would recommend it to any company or individual that has to do floodplain modeling on a consistent basis or wants to expand past simple HEC RAS analysis and add detail and complexing to their project from multiple data sources.

P.S. the customer service is second to none. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

My biggest complaint about Civil GEO is it is not fully geared for small site design (less than 100 acres). It seems to be a program leaning towards large scale modeling and can not fit all of the high level accuracy I would need for small site design like designing an intricate storm network. A suggestion would be to add the ability to bring pipe networks from civil 3d into Civil GEO. I would also like to see more tutorial videos on how to model small watershed, roadway culverts, and detention basins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Geo HECRAS gave me the ability to do floodplain modeling with multiple sources of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
Project Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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George (Zuliang) Y.
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Water Resources Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

It has been useful in quickly determining an area of interest for an existing model and making edits to the model. It also greatly reduces the time it takes to create a new model if one does not currently exist. The technical support team has also been helpful when an issue or question regarding the software has come up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

The only issue I have ever had with the product is that there is with licensing. I use a network license and have had to call techincal support to have them reset the license to allow me to use the program again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Because CAD dwg's can be brought into the model along with google maps it has made it much easier to know that I am correctly modeling any floodplain fill that we are proposing. It also has made creating a new model that has the correct stream centerline and sections cut at areas of interest so much easier than doing it in HEC-RAS could ever be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Kyle,

Thanks a lot for sharing your review. Reading comments like yours gives a boost to our confidence; and, of course, we are very pleased to know that GeoHECRAS helps you achieve your engineering goals.

We also appreciate hearing your concern regarding licensing. Rest assured, our team is constantly working to improve the many features and overall workability of GeoHECRAS.

To ensure you have the best experience in the future, reach out to us at support@civilgeo.com. Thank you!

Rami O.
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Bridge Hydraulic Engineer
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS is easier and quicker to use than HEC-RAS. It does use the HEC-RAS engine which makes it very useful when submitting project to clients who use HEC-RAS. GeoHECRAS also has a neat UI that makes it very easy to navigate though. I use GecHECRAS for all my small projects all the time. Moreover, I can use GeoHECRAS to export and import project and other file from different sources. GeoHECRAS has a 24-hour support technical team that will help you with your projects and any technical issues you are facing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

The new GeoHECRAS has a few bugs here and there. However, when I spoke to technical support they were able to solve the issue and release an update for the software the very next week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time spent on a project. GeoHECRAS has helped me cut down the time I would spend on a project. GeoHECRAS automates most of the inputs HEC-RAS usually makes me input manually Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Rami,

Thank you for taking the time to share your review; your comments certainly made our day! We're thrilled to learn how you are improving your engineering projects and work processes with GeoHECRAS. It is extremely gratifying to know that GeoHECRAS meets your needs and helps you achieve your goals.

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to assist you. We value our customers and look forward to working with you in the future. Thank you!

Joseph J.
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Associate Engineer
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS simplifies the process of the overall workflow associated with using HEC-RAS. I think the software is a good time saver for beginner and intermediate hydraulic engineers. The software is easy to use and does incorporate many features that allows the user to quickly access data from numerous reputable sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS could potentially offer a more educational experience while using the software. In my opinion this would, over time, enhance the knowledge and skill set of the hydraulic engineer using the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GeoHECRAS solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's solving problems based on hydraulics and fulid mechanics for the purposes of obtaining water surface elevations and velocities (among many other results that can be extrapolated). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sara Presta of GeoHECRAS

Hi Joseph,

Thanks a lot for sharing your review. Reading comments like yours gives a boost to our confidence; and, of course, we are very pleased to know that GeoHECRAS helps you achieve your engineering goals.

We also appreciate hearing your concern regarding educational experience provided by our software. Rest assured, our team is constantly working to improve the many features and overall workability of GeoHECRAS.

To ensure you have the best experience in the future, reach out to us at support@civilgeo.com. Thank you!

Richard T.
RT
Engineering Specialist
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
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Review source: Organic