Log Body Items - Symbol Columns

How it's Used
How to Insert a Symbol Column into a Log Design
Menu Settings
How to Review the Settings

Use

How it's used: A Symbol column is used to plot a specific symbol at user-declared depths. LogPlot can plot vector symbols or bitmap symbols. These can be used to note gas shows, sample locations, water levels, and more.

How it works: As you compile your log in LogPlot, the program will locate a depth point or interval in a Symbol datasheet or Point Symbol datasheet. It will plot the user-specified symbol at the declared depth in the Symbol Column of the same name. Each Symbol column on the log must have a separate tab in the LogPlot data file.

How to…

Add a symbol column to a log design

1. Access the Log Designer window.
   
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 Symbol Column button in the tool pane.
   
4. Position your mouse pointer where you want the left edge of the column to be, in the log body portion of the design screen, and press the left mouse button to insert it. The program will display the Symbol Column Setup window.
   

   ! Tip: You can place a Symbol column right on top of another log design entity, such as a Scale Bar to show drill stem tests or a Well Construction column to show water level.

5. Enter the requested information:

   

   Name: Enter the name for this Symbol column. Any data in the LogPlot data file that is flagged with the same name will be plotted in this Symbol column.

   Position: These coordinates determine the horizontal placement of the Symbol column in the body of the log. The horizontal coordinates are expressed in decimal inches or centimeters relative to the left edge of the design screen. You may change the column's position by editing these values, or by widening/narrowing the column itself on the work screen (see Moving and Resizing Log Body Components). Note that the size of the symbols plotted into the Symbol column is determined by size declarations in the data file.

   Frame Column: If this box is checked, the column will be bounded by a solid-line rectangle.

6. To accept the displayed information, click the Apply button. You will see the Symbol column placed 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 Symbol Column Setup window, click the Close button.
   

Review the Settings

If you need to access the Options window you can:

• Double-click on the Symbol Column.
• Or, right-click on the Symbol Column and select Edit Item.
• Or, double-click on the Symbol Column in the Item View at the bottom of the design window.
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See also

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

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