Tag Archives: water management
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2020 December
Happy Holidays and Welcome to the OptiSurface Newsletter for December 2020. Thanks to all our clients for another great year. We look forward to helping you in 2021 and making it everyone’s best year yet. See below for our latest Deals, News, Design and Feature of the Month. If you have any problems or questions…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2019 October
Welcome to the OptiSurface Newsletter for October 2019. It’s been three months since our last newsletter. We’ve been busy supporting our clients, promoting through USA/Canada and releasing a new product. This is outlined in our News Of The Month(s) below. We’re excited to release our new machine control product, OptiWorks, which allows you to survey, design and carry out earthworks all…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2018 November – Celebrating 1 Million Acres
Welcome to the October 2018 OptiSurface Newsletter. 1 Million Acres Optimized! We are excited to announce that a few months a ago we clocked over 1 million acres of optimised landform designs all around the world. It’s been a great ride since our inception almost 10 years ago. Thank you for being a part of…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2018 June
Welcome to the June 2018 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month shows users around the world and their success with OptiSurface. The Design Of The Month demonstrates an OptiSurface 2Way design with tail drains to direct water to the exit. The Feature Of The Month shows how to use Profile Polyline. If you have any problems or questions please reply…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2018 April
Welcome to the April 2018 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month shows OptiSurface as featured in Precision Farming Dealer. The Design Of The Month demonstrates a simple OptiSurface 4Way design using different types of subzones. The Feature Of The Month shows how to use Extend Surface. If you have any problems or questions please reply to this email or call…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2017 December
Seasons Greetings! Welcome to the December 2017 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month features the new tool called OptiLine with the new version coming to you very soon. The Design Of The Month demonstrates a complex OptiSurface 2Way design using Ridge, Valley, Exclusion zones and breaklines. The Feature Of The Month shows how to use Exclusion subzones when designing with…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2017 October
Welcome to the August 2017 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month features users with different applications for OptiSurface around the world. The Design Of The Month shows demo field for sugarcane production with improved drainage and irrigation. The Feature Of The Month explains the functionality of our Drainage Analysis Tool If you have any problems or questions please reply to…
Drainage Design Solutions of Different Topographies
Question: What is the best approach when designing fields for drainage? Answer: Based on our experience designing 100,000s of acres, we have come up with these rules of thumb: Flatter Fields Suit Landforming Alone: On fields with relatively low slopes (e.g. less than 0.5%) then there are often many small shallow depressions. Landforming is generally…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2017 June
Welcome to the June 2017 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month features farmers fields with a wet start of the season in regions of North America. The Design Of The Month shows a Case Study for a ‘melon hole’ field with less than one year payback. The Feature Of The Month explains the how to use Background Image. If you…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2017 May
Welcome to the May 2017 OptiSurface Newsletter. The News Of The Month features some clients using OptiSurface with great success. The Design Of The Month shows a 150 ha field with substantial drainage problems due to ‘melonholes’ or Gilgais. The Feature Of The Month explains the how to use Recalculate Cut/Fill feature after manually editing the Proposed Topography. If you have…