Installing MODFLOW and Argus ONE

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Installing Argus ONE

Argus ONE can be downloaded from the http://www.argusint.com/Download.html There are installation instructions there that describe in detail how to install Argus ONE.

Installing the MODFLOW GUI

Download the installer from http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow-gui/modflow-gui.html and run it. This will not only the MODFLOW GUI but also MODFLOW, MOC3D, and ZONEBDGT.

Installing MODFLOW

If you downloaded and installed the MODFLOW GUI installer, MODFLOW will have been installed on your system by the installer and you do not need to install MODFLOW.

If you do not already have MODFLOW installed, download MODFLOW from http://water.usgs.gov/software/modflow-96.html. Be sure to get one of the compiled versions for PC. You do not need the source code unless you have a FORTRAN compiler and intend to recompile MODFLOW.

MODFLOW comes in a self-extracting file. Put it in the root directory of your C: drive and bring up a DOS box. In the DOS box type the command

mdfw3_2b -d

or
mdfw3_2 -d

depending on which version of moflow96 you downloaded. The self-extracting files will extract Modflw96.exe into c:\modflw96.3_2\bin. If that directory does not exist, it will be created during the extraction. Other files such as sample data sets will also be extracted from the self-extracting file into c:\modflw96.3_2 or it's subdirectories. If you do not include the "-d" option when running the self-extracting file, all the files will be extracted to the directory that contains the self-extracting file. If you wish to put Modflow somewhere other than c:\modflw96.3_1\bin you must modify the MODFLOW.MET file as explained in the USGS guide to the MODFLOW PIE.

The executable version of MODFLOW-96 (MODFLW96.EXE) is assumed to be located in a directory with the pathname C:\MODFLW96.3_2\BIN; the full pathname of the executable for MODFLOW-96 is assumed to be C:\MODFLW96.3_2\BIN\MODFLW96.EXE. If the executable version of MODFLOW-96 is located in another directory, you may select the correct location when exporting the model input files.

You may use a different version of MODFLOW96 with the MODFLOW PIE so long as your version of MODFLOW96 is fully compatable with the USGS version of MODFLOW96.

At the time this was written, most commercial versions of MODFLOW were modified versions of MODFLOW88 and thus would be incompatible with the MODFLOW PIE.