Log Body Items - Horizontal Lines

How it's Used
How to Insert a Horizontal Line into a Log Design
Menu Settings
How to Review the Settings

Use

How it's used: The Horizontal Line tool is used to plot a horizontal line of user-defined length and style at regular depth intervals AND/OR at specific user-declared depths in the body of the log. This could be used to plot a line at the total depth level in the log.

How it works: If you request regularly-spaced horizontal lines here in the log design, there's nothing more you need to do; the program will plot the lines at the specified intervals down the log. If you wish to declare specific depths for the line(s), you can do so with a Horizontal Line datasheet in the data file. You may request both.

How to…

Insert a horizontal line into the log design

1. Access the Log Designer program tab.
   
2. Click in the log body design pane to make it active. (Use the Visible Sections check-boxes to show/hide the different design panes.)
   
3. Click on the Horizontal Line button in the tool pane.
   
4. Position your mouse pointer at the horizontal location in the body of the log design where the left edge of the line should be placed, and click the left mouse button to insert it.
   
5. Enter the line settings in the Setup window:
   

   

   Name: Enter a Name to identify the line. This will only be used if you define specific depths for the line in the data file; in this case the name in the Horizontal Line datasheet would need to match this name. The name match is not case-sensitive.

   Position: Use the Left and Right boxes to define the horizontal positioning for the line. If, for example, you want the line plotted from the far left side of the log to the far right side, you would enter coordinates that correspond to the left-most and the right-most log items. The horizontal coordinates are expressed in decimal inches or centimeters relative to the left edge of the design screen. You may change the line's position by editing these values, or by widening/narrowing the line itself on the work screen (see Moving and Resizing Log Body Components. (The depth of the line will be defined in the data file or using Automatic Intervals, below.)

   Line: Click on this box to choose the line style, thickness, and color for the horizontal line.

   Automatic Intervals: Insert a check here if you want the horizontal line to be plotted at regular intervals down the log.If activated, you can enter the depth intervals in the prompt box. If not activated, you'll need to specify the depth(s) at which the line is to be plotted via the data file. You can request both automatic intervals AND enter customized depths.

6. To accept the displayed information, click the Apply button. You will see the line displayed in the design screen. You may continue to adjust the settings if necessary; remember to click Apply any time you want your changes applied.
   
7. To close the Horizontal Body Line window, click the Close button.
   

You will not be able to drag the line up or down in the design screen; its representation should be used to determine horizontal placement only.

Review the Settings

If you need to access the Options window you can:

• Double-click on the Horizontal Line in the design screen.
• Or, right-click on the Horizontal Line and select Edit Item.
• Or, double-click on the Horizontal Line in the Item View at the bottom of the design screen.
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See also

• Move or Resize Log Body Items for information about dragging, resizing, and aligning items.
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