Color Model Plotting Options

These options are displayed when you right-click on a solid model name in the Project Manger tab and select the Solid Color Display option.

! A solid model that represents interpolated colors is displayed differently than a solid model that represents I-Data or P-Data values. This is because the Color model's nodes store actual Windows color values. For example, dark brown = 16512, light tan = 10864606. The Voxels or Points displayed in RockPlot3D will display the actual color value stored for each voxel rather than applying a gradational color scheme.

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Voxel Style: Choose from:
  • Voxels: Click in this radio button to represent the color model in the 3D display as color-coded voxels.

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  • Points: Click in this button to represent the color model as color-coded points, as in the example below. This display renders much more quickly than the voxel versions.

  

  ! Note: You can toggle between Voxels and Points in RockPlot3D after the model is displayed. You can also change the point thickness, as shown below.

  

• Other 3D Solid Diagram Options: Use these checkboxes to append other layers to your 3D scene. (Summary)
  
  • Striplogs: Append striplogs to your 3D scene. (More info)
  • Draped Image: Include an image in this 3D scene, draped over an existing grid surface. (More info)
  • Floating Image: Include an image in this 3D scene, floating at a specified elevation. (More info)
  • Points: Display the 3D control points in the diagram. (More info)
    ! Note: This option only applies to the data that is loaded into the current Datasheet. If the data is being loaded from an ASCII file, thereby bypassing the datasheet, the Control Points setting will have no effect (i.e. no control points will appear within the final diagram)
    
  • Perimeter Cage Include a 3D reference cage around the solid diagram. (More info)
  • Legends: Include one or more legends with the diagram. (More info)
  • Infrastructure: Display buildings, pipes, or other infrastructure with your 3D scene. (More info)
  • Faults: Include 3D fault triangle meshes with this scene. (More info)
  • Other 3D Files: Include other, existing, RockPlot3D ".Rw3D" files in this scene. (More info)
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• Output Options: Use these settings to define whether the output scene is to be saved (or displayed as "untitled"), how the file should be named, and whether it is to be displayed after it is created. It also offers export options. (More info)
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Step-by-Step Summary

1. Click the Project Manager tab in the main RockWorks program window.
2. Expand the Solid Models heading, if necessary.
3. Right-click on the name of the existing color model that you wish to work with, and choose Solid Color Display.
4. Select the type of output you want, as listed above.
5. Click the Continue button to proceed.

   RockWorks will read the selected color .RwMod file and generate the requested diagram, which will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window.

6. You can adjust any of the settings in the Options window and then click the Continue button again to regenerate the diagram.
7. View / save / manipulate / export / print the diagram in the RockPlot3D window.
   

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