Create Color Model Fence Diagrams

RockWorks | Borehole Manager | Colors | Fence

Use this program to:

• Create a new 3-dimensional solid or block model representing your downhole color intervals (an .RwMod file)
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  Read an existing .RwMod file you've already created.
• Slice this model along multiple panels. Because the model is interpolated across the entire project, you can place the fence panels anywhere you like (they don't have to be placed hole-to-hole).

You may request regular panel spacing, in a variety of configurations, or you can draw your own panels. The color model stores the actual Windows color for each node. 3D logs can be added to the image if desired. The completed fence diagram will be displayed in RockPlot3D.

Feature Level: RockWorks Standard and higher

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Rules & Filters: Use the buttons at the top of the window to apply filters and rules for this program. (More info)
  • Spatial Filter: Filter the input data for the color model based on XYZ location, filter the data to be displayed in striplogs, if activated. Note that these tools filter the data that is passed to the modeling and log-generating procedures. This is distinct from the filters that are applied once the model is completed, and described below.
  • Time Filter: Filter any T-Data or Aquifer data in striplogs, if activated.
  • Stratigraphic Rules: Apply stratigraphy rules for Stratigraphy data in striplogs, if activated.
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• 3D Log Design
  Click here to choose which data items are to be displayed in the logs, if activated via the Striplogs checkbox below, and in which order. See Using the 3D Log Designer and the Visible Item Summary.
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• Fence Location
  Click on this button at the top of the window to draw or import, on a map display of your enabled boreholes, where the fence panels are to be placed. The most recent fence drawn for this project will be displayed (More info)
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• Location Map
  Insert a check in this tab, at the top of the window, to create, along with the fence diagram, a reference map that shows the fence panel locations.
  Click on this tab to set up the map options. (More info)

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• Model: First, tell the program whether you wish to use an existing color solid model (from a previous use of this program or another Colors menu tool) or you wish to create a new color solid model, by clicking in the appropriate radio button.
  ! NOTE This is not trivial. Creating the model can take some time, depending on the resolution of the model and the detail of your data. If you already created a pleasing model for display as a solid, for example, you can use the same model, which was stored on disk as an .RwMod file, for the fence diagram.
  
  • Create New Model: If want to create a new model, click in this radio button, and use the tabs to the right to establish the modeling settings.
    • Solid To Be Created: Click to the right to enter a name for the solid model. RockWorks should append the .RwMod file name extension.
    • Color Range Filter: Insert a check here to filter the input data based on color. (More info)
    • Algorithm: This determines the modeling method to use, for creating a solid model from your irregularly-spaced drill hole color data. (More info)
    • Special Options: Click on this tab to establish other model settings, such as tilting, warping, filtering above-ground, and smoothing. (More info)
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  • Use Existing Model: If you wish to use an already-existing color model for this profile diagram, click in this radio button.
    • Solid Model: Browse for the name of the existing solid model (.RwMod file) to be used for this diagram.
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• Panel Borders
  Check this box to include a solid-line outline around each fence panel.
  Click on this tab to define the line style and color.

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• Surface Profile
  Insert a check here to include a solid line profile on each fence panel that represents a user-selected grid model, typically the ground surface.
  Click on this tab to select the grid model to be represented in the fence diagram, and to establish the profile settings. (More info)

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• Striplogs
  Check this item to include 3D logs with the fence display. Note that 3D logs for all active boreholes will be appended to the fence diagram.
  Click the 3D Log Design button at the top of the window to set up how you want the logs to look.
  • Clipping Dimensions: Insert a check in the X, Y, and/or Z axis options if you want to restrict the logs to a particular spatial area. (More info)
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• Other 3D Diagram Options: Use these checkboxes to append other layers to your 3D scene. (Summary)
  
  • 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)
  • Perimeter Cage Include a 3D reference cage around the fence 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 ribbons 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 displayed after it is created and how/whether it is to be saved in a file in the project folder. (More info)
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Step-by-Step Summary

Follow these steps to create a 3D fence diagram of the project's interpolated color intervals:

1. Access the RockWorks Borehole Manager program tab.
2. Enter/import your data into the Borehole Manager, if you have not done so already. This program specifically reads location, orientation (if any), and color data.
3. Select the Borehole Operations | Colors | Fence menu option.
4. Enter the requested program settings, described above
5. If you are including logs, be sure to click on the 3D Log Design tab at the top of the window to establish how you want the logs to look.
6. Click on the Fence Location tab at the top of the window to select the fence panel locations.
7. Click the Continue button to proceed.

   If you've selected Use Existing Model, the program will load the information from the existing color model (.RwMod file), and will proceed to diagram generation.

   If you've selected Create New Model, the program will scan the project database and extract the XYZ points for all of the downhole color measurements. (For color data, the elevations will represent interval midpoints.) It will apply any source data filters you have requested.

   RockWorks will use the selected algorithm to create a solid model of the downhole color data, storing the actual Windows color number as the "G" value in the model. The completed model will be stored on disk under the indicated file name.

   The program will look at the coordinates specified for each fence panel and determine the closest nodes along the cuts in the brand-new model, if created, or in the existing model. It will construct a vertical profile to illustrate the color zones, using the actual Windows colors stored in the .RwMod file. This process will be repeated for each fence panel you drew. Logs and other layers will be appended if requested. The completed diagram will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window.

8. You can adjust any of the program settings in the main Options tab to the left, and then click the Continue button again to regenerate the section.

   ! If the color model looks OK and you just need to adjust one of the diagram settings, you don't need to keep re-interpolating the model. Choose Use Existing Model and browse for the color .RwMod file to be used for the fence. This can save you a lot of time.

9. View / save / manipulate / print / export the image in the RockPlot3D window.
   

See also

• Adding this program to your Playlist
• Adding this program to your Favorites
• Save/load/view menu settings
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