Log Body Items - Vertical Lines

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

Use

How it's used: The Vertical Line tool is used simply to plot a vertical line anywhere on the body of the log. It can be used to darken column boundaries, and to create a solid-line border around the log.

How it works: This is a log design item only; it will be represented in the compiled log like it is in the log design. There are no corresponding data file items.

LogPlot data tabs: None.

How to…

Insert a vertical 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 Vertical Line button in the tool pane.
   
4. Position your mouse cursor at the horizontal location in the body of the log design where the line should be placed, and click the left mouse button to insert it.
   
5. Enter the line settings in the Setup window:

   

   Position: The value displayed here reflects the current horizontal position of the line. The horizontal coordinate is expressed in decimal inches or centimeters relative to the left edge of the design screen.You may change the line's position by editing this value, or by dragging the line itself on the work screen (see Moving and Resizing Log Body Components).

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

   Ignore Header/Footer Margin: Insert a check here if you want the body line to extend all the way to the header and footer, thus ignoring any header or footer margin that you have requested.This is commonly used to create solid boundary lines around the log.This would also require that you have boundary lines or rectangles in the header and footer that align with these vertical body lines.(For examples, see many of the Enviro-geotech logs that are installed with the program.)

   

   ! In order for the body line to join continuously with a footer line or rectangle, be sure the footer items are set to a Y coordinate of 0 so that they lie at the very top of the footer.

6. To accept the displayed information, click the Apply button.You will see the vertical 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 Log Body Line Setup window, click the Close button.
   

Review the Settings

If you need to access the Options window you can:

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

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