RIVIA
Open Source
A modern Python interface for HEC-RAS project parsing, simulation automation, and result visualization.
RAS Commander
ActivePython automation for HEC-RAS 6.x: batch runs, parallel execution and HDF results extraction.
- Pricing
- Open Source
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- Python, HEC-RAS
- Platform
- Windows
Install
pip install ras-commanderAbout RAS Commander
RAS Commander (ras-commander) is a Python library for driving modern HEC-RAS from code: open projects, clone and edit plans, launch runs — including parallel execution across plans and multiple RAS versions — and pull geometry and results straight out of the HDF5 files into pandas and GeoDataFrames.
It targets the workflows consultants actually repeat: calibration sweeps, event batches, scenario matrices and QA extraction. Built for RAS 6.x's HDF-based architecture rather than the legacy COM controller, it is one of the most active projects in the RAS-automation space.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
Appears in collections
- FOSS Python Tools for Flood Modelling
Open-source Python packages that cover the flood workflow — from DEM to inundation map.
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