Creating a Solid Color Model from Vertical Panels

RockWorks | Utilities | Imagery |
Vertical Images -> Color Model

Use this program to sample X/Y/Z/Color points from images listed within the Utilities datasheet, and to then interpolate a solid color model using these points.  The input data is the same as that required for the Vertical Images -> 3D Panels option.

Be warned: this process can be slow.

See:

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
 


Menu Options

Step-by-Step Summary

  1. Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab.
  2. Open a data file that contains a listing of bitmap image names and their lower-left and upper-right real-world coordinates. These could be, for example, scanned images of 2D seismic or ground penetrating radar sections.
  3. Select the Imagery | Vertical Images -> Color Model menu option.
  4. Enter the menu settings as described above.
  5. Click the Process button to continue.

The program will read the indicated bitmap image(s), and assign them the indicated coordinates in 3D space.  It will then sample the image pixels at the requested intervals, storing the XYZ coordinate for the pixels and the color in memory.

It will then interpolate a solid color model using these sampled points.  The resulting color model will be stored with an .RwMod file name extension in the project folder.

If you requested a diagram, the model will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window, using the actual Windows colors stored in the model.

  1. You can adjust any of the menu settings along the left (such as color or sampling interval) and click the Process button to regenerate model and 3D image.

    !
    Each time you click the Process button, the existing model and display will be replaced. 

    ! The color modeling process can be SLOW.   If the color model looks OK and you just need to adjust one of the diagram settings, you don't need to keep re-interpolating the model.  Choose Use Existing Model and browse for the .RwMod file to be used for the 3D view.
     
  2. View / save / manipulate / print / export the image in the RockPlot3D window. 


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