Use the Striplog Aquifers check-box to display a water level symbol and/or one or more filled cylinders representing aquifer top and base depths in your logs. All aquifers entered for each log will be included. This information is read from the Water Levels table in the RockWorks Borehole Manager database. When you click on the Aquifers item in the layout window you’ll see the following settings in the pane to the right.
Aquifer Column Options
- Column title: Click here to enter text to be displayed above the Aquifer column. If no title is desired, you can leave this field blank.
- Offset Direction: This reflects the position of the column, relative to the log axis (center), with 0 = north, 180 = south, and so on. As you click and drag the Aquifer column in the Layout Preview pane (top), this value will be updated. Conversely, if you edit the azimuth direction in this prompt, the Preview will be updated.
- Offset Distance: This represents the distance of the Aquifer column center from the log axis (center), expressed as a percent of the output dimensions. As you reposition the column in the Layout Preview pane at the top of the screen, this value will be updated. And, as you edit the offset distance here, the Preview will be updated.
- Column Radius: The radius of the Aquifer column is established as a percent of the output dimensions. As you click and drag to resize the column in the Layout Preview at the top of the window, this setting will be updated. If you edit the radius via this prompt, the size of the column in the Preview will be updated.
- Clip: The Clip setting affects the plotting of aquifer intervals above the top of the log.
- Check this box to be sure the log is clipped at the ground surface.
- Uncheck this box if you have entered water levels as negative depths in the Water Levels datasheets (to indicate above well surface). Removing the check-mark from the Clip box will assure that the log isn't clipped at the surface.
- Date / Time: Expand this heading as necessary to define which water level measurements are to be included in the logs.
- Choose Exact to enter the specific date for which water level data is to be plotted. The date you enter here should match the date you entered into the Water Levels data table.
- Click in the Range button if you want to process water level data for a range of dates, and then specify the starting and ending date and/or time for the data to be included in processing. (See Entering Water Level Data for details about how the dates are entered.)
- Style: Use these settings to define how the water levels are to be displayed. You can include both symbols and columns.
- Plot Special Symbol at Top of Aquifer: Check this box to include classic-style (cone-and-disk) water level symbols at the top of the aquifer in the 3D logs.
- Cone Color: Choose the color for the inverted cone symbol.
- Disk Color: Choose the color for the disk symbol.
- Symbol Height (in depth units): Define the height for the cone symbol, in your depth units.
- Fill Aquifer with Designated Color: Check this box to represent the extent of the aquifer with a color-filled column. The color will be pulled from the background color defined for the aquifer pattern in the Aquifer Types table.
The example below show aquifer columns with symbols, columns, and both.
- Plot Captions: Insert a check here to display text labels with the columns.
- Position: Choose whether the labels are to plot at the top, midpoint, or base of the aquifer.
- Include Aquifer Name: Check this box to include the name of the aquifer in the label.
- Include Sampling Date: Check this box to include the date in the label. In the example below, both aquifer name and date are displayed.
See also Miscellaneous Options for settings that establish the font size and offset for the column title and captions.
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