📄️ System and support
System requirements
📄️ Brief overview
Users will initially create a new project from the UNDO tool home screen. When this button is selected the ‘project setup’ panel is displayed. Some basic information is entered into the project setup panel, so the UNDO tool project can be pre-configured. This includes the name of the project, the total area of the development, and the number of subregions to be used initially (note that the users can add or delete subregions from within the UNDO tool project). Subregions are explained in detail (including a guide to configuring project into subregions) in Appendix A. The project setup panel is shown in Figure 3-2.
📄️ Subregions
The basic building blocks of the UNDO tool are called subregions. The sum of all subregions in an UNDO tool’s project will be equivalent to the total development area. A subregion represents the collective sum of portions of land within the development area. Subregions can represent a mixture of land categories (e.g. public open space, road reserve and urban residential) or they can represent a single land category. There is no limit to the number or size of the subregions that can be entered into an UNDO tool project.
📄 ️ Providing transparent information
A primary objective of the design of the UNDO tool is to provide links to literature and publications for data and information used to produce all parameters and rates in the tool. The tool is built on a collection of the peer reviewed data, literature and research. This information is easily accessible from the UNDO tool interface. If a user feels that critical information is missing or incorrect (e.g. if a certain BMP is not available in the tool or if an input rate is not based on current or best quality data), the user can provide the Department of Water with an appropriate scientific reference (e.g. scientific report or peer reviewed journal article), and the information will be reviewed and considered for the next version of the UNDO tool.
📄️ Loading and saving project files
Users can save an UNDO project or load existing project files from the main menu located on the UNDO tool command bar (Figure 3-3). The UNDO tool files are saved with the file extension of ".undo". The files are JSON file format and generally quite small in size so they can be emailed or sent to other users or decision-making authorities when required. It is important to note that saved files may only be compatible with a current version of the UNDO tool, and users are encouraged to print reports of the development areas so that information is not lost if an updated version of the tool is released. Users on the UNDO tool email list will be notified of upcoming releases and given warning to save the information as reports before the .undo files become redundant.