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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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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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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
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Recent GeoHECRAS Reviews

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Michael M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"GeoHECRAS improved hydraulic modeling software"
The automation and user interface are both big upgrades from the traditional HECRAS software. The connection to google aerials, automated section c...
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Christian H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"I have only used it once so far but it was a great time saver as compared to Hecras."
All of the integrated features such as mapping, easier file uploads, direct access to streamstats and a better UI.
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5.0 out of 5
"It has been a learning curve, but it is definitely an excellent software and easier to grasp."
I love the accuracy of the software and how flexible it can be in terms of inputting information and modeling.
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GeoHECRAS Media

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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SB
President, Project Manager/Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

The computational time savings from the adaptive mesh allow you to find a suitable solution much more quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

There seem to be a few minor bugs that somebody could touch up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GeoHECRAS:

Make sure have some good projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We're using GeoHECRAS to help us build accurate hydraulic models. It saves us time in creating the model and in computation time by simplifying the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FM
Staff Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

What I like the best is the impressive technical support. Whenever I am stuck and I send an email, the response is very quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

The only downside I find is that because it is a new product, the number of engineers currently using GeoHECRAS is not very extensive to talk about ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

From the beginning, it was impressive to see how easy it is to work with other files. GeoHECRAS will work with any type of file, no need to convert. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MC
Bridge Engineer Intern
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

It's great that the program offers a graphical interface to model compared to the white boxes of HECRAS. In addition, CivilGEO has created a great program that is substantially more user friendly than the classic HECRAS. CivilGEO also offers great technical support when there is a program question or error. Almost every person who has helped me really knows the program and does a fantastic job. If you have any questions, CivilGEO is there to help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

There isn't much to dislike about the program. It would be more helpful if the knowledge base online covered more topics and described how to use more features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Our company and department mainly use GeoHECRAS to model bridges, culverts, and RCBs. Because of its ease of use, using GeoHECRAS to build hydraulic models saves lots of time. This saves us lots of money! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JS
Project Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHecRas is an efficient program for digitizing HecRas models and exporting the results to HecRAS or GIS. The program saves time and effort and is an excellent interface for HecRas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

nothing. looking forward to speed and improvements with future versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

No problems, just have seen the benefits of the program.The main benefits are time savings and a user friendly interface for digitizing and exporting results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
UC
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

Everything you need for creating RAS models is integrated into the program. It's easy to go grab and merge DEMs as needed for your surface, and putting the actual model together is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

Nothing off the top of my head. It's a great program all around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GeoHECRAS:

If you want to keep up with the rest of the industry, use the new industry standard. That industry standard is GeoHECRAS. Between the consistent updates and the customer support, I can't imagine using another program for RAS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We generally use it for the hydraulic analysis of bridge class and/or FEMA crossings. It just makes things extremely easy versus using basic HEC-RAS. You can see build models and see results in a quick and easy fashion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Civil Engineering
UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

I love the user-friendly interface, and it will save your working time. For example, when I create new cross-sections or setup manning'N or create terrain in the original HEC-RAS model, it will take some time. However, In Geo-HEC-RAS, as long as anyone has CAD contours, survey data, or any GIS data. We can import and use these data to create 1D and 2D model easily. Another function that I would like to meantion is the Global copy. When I want to combine two different projects in one project, I have to copy the geo-data and all the parameters manulally (copy and past 100 sections data). But with the Global copy, you can copy geo-data to another project in one second. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

The Geo-HEC-RAS has a snap function, but it does not work as I expect. For example, if I want to draw polyline along with some ponint, I need to move my mouse arrow as close as possible to point. I hope it wokrs like AutCAD's snap funvtion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Usually, the reason I use Geo-HEC-RAS for checking water surface elevation and finding out the water hazard limit. So our client can have the development area as much as they can, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SS
Project Manager/Hydro Design Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

GeoHECRAS combines an easy-to-use HEC-RAS interface with the ability to use field survey data and to use and process LIDAR. I have found the tech service to be fast, friendly, and responsive. If you have any issues or want to see a new feature, just let them know. I have been using GeoHECRAS regularly for over six years. I have seen several of my requested features and fixes incorporated into the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

I have used GeoHECRAS regularly for over 6 years and have run into a few problems here and there. Sometimes the problem was with the program, sometimes with my settings or data. Either way, tech service takes care of it quickly, ususally within a few hours. When using GeoHECRAS, I generally find that the most annoying things are native to the HEC-RAS engine rather than the GeoHECRAS interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have used GeoHECRAS for flood studies and to design improvements for culverts, bridges, and channels. GeoHECRAS allows me to use and process LIDAR data, as well as conflate field survey data directly onto cross-sections, thereby saving time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Deveshan G.
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Civil Engineering Technician
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

Extremely user friendly and simple to use. End results are on point and easy to make sense of in a great formats.

The support team are ever ready to help and assist at all times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

There is nothing to be considered as a downside to GeoHECRAS in my experience thus far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GeoHECRAS:

GeoHECRAS is a game-changer. If the type of work being undetaken can be completed on GeoHECRAS, it is definitely the software to use. Easy and simple to use, with loads of help and support should you get stuck or need some guidance.

I definitely recommend GeoHECRAS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Flood line and flood water level analyses for proposed developments and roadway crossings, sizing stormwater infrastructure (bridges and culverts etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Safety
CP
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What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

I have enjoyed the ability to bring in LiDAR and aerial imagery with ease Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

There needs to be more tutorials and an easier to access help button to guide one through the conveyance analysis and what goes wiht it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Conveyance analysis, generating a rating curve, extent of 100 year floodplain what I will be using it for and future FIRM updates as well as bridge replacments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shankar G.
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Project/Water Resources Engineer III
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GeoHECRAS?

It’s very user friendly, easier to use...... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GeoHECRAS?

Sometime, couldn't get technical support on time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Floodplain management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.