Profile Coordinate Tables

A "Profile" table is used to define a beginning X,Y coordinate and an ending X,Y coordinate to be used to define the endpoints for a RockWorks profile diagram.  While you can interactively draw profile slices within a program window, RockWorks also allows you to specify a coordinate listing such as this, should you need really precise locations or wish run the program in command (RCL) mode. 

! You can maintain multiple Profile tables in your project database.  If you assign detailed names they'll be easy to distinguish when you're selecting which to use.Profile tables can be accessed in the Project Manger, under the Project Tables | Log/Section Tables grouping.

! Each table can contain one line only.

Tips:

• Use the Draw | Line tool in RockPlot2D to draw a line on a map and right-click | save it to a Profile table.
• Use the interactive profile drawing window to define the section trace, and export the points to an Profile table.

Here's an example: Let's say you need to create multiple profiles through your project area of T-Data sampled on different dates.  You could create a borehole location map, draw a series of lines on the map where the profiles are to be created, save each to a different Profile table (named "A to A prime", "B to B prime", "C to C prime", for example), and use these in your RCL script.

Table Format

• X1 (Easting), Y1 (Northing): These columns list the X and Y coordinates for the starting point of the profile.
• X2 (Easting), Y2 (Northing): These define the X and Y coordinates for the endpoint of the profile. 
• Swath: This value will be used only if you are plotting a profile that contains striplogs; it defines the distance to either side of the profile line within which the logs will be projected onto the profile line.  (See Swaths for details.)

Profile tables contain only 1 row of data only.
 

See also:

• Miscellaneous Project Tables for information about opening, creating new tables, etc.
• Using the RockWare Command Language for information about setting up RockWorks "RCL" scripts.
  
  

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