Create 3D Color Models and Block Diagrams

RockWorks | Borehole Operations | Colors | Solid

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Feature Level: RockWorks Standard and higher

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Follow these steps to create a 3D solid model of interpolated color intervals, and/or to create a 3D block diagram illustrating this model or an existing model:

  1. Access the 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 | Solid menu option.
  4. Enter the requested program settings, described above.
  5. 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.

    The program 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.

    If you requested a diagram, the model will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window, using the actual Windows colors stored in the model. Additional layers will be appended to the scene as requested.

  6. 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 display.

    ! 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 .RwMod file to be used for the 3D view.

  7. View / save / manipulate / print / export the model in the RockPlot3D window.

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