Faults Tab Overview

The Faults tab is one of the main RockWorks program tabs. It is used to manage 2D and 3D faults in your project. It offers import, export, and display options.

! The number of faults you can maintain in your project is determined by the feature level of the software:

• Basic: 3 Faults
• Standard: 3 Faults
• Advanced: Unlimited Faults

Tab Options

Fault Table Fields

• Fault Name: This is used to identify the fault. You can assign the name when you import the data, or you can edit the name in the Faults tab interface.
• Enabled: Use this checkbox to turn a fault on (checked) or off (unchecked). If you request faulting of your solid model or grid model, or display of your faults in a 2D or 3D diagram, it is the enabled faults which will be included.
• Dimension: Defines the fault as a 2D fault (vertical) or 3D fault.
• Line Style: Use this option to define the line style and color for the fault when displayed in a 2D cross section diagram or map.
• Fill Color: Use this option to define the fill color for the fault panels when displayed in 3D.
• G-Value: Defines the value to assign to model nodes where the fault intersects.
• Comment: This optional field can be used to describe the fault.

Fault Menu Items

• Display Menu: Use these programs to illustrate the enabled faults in a 2D map or 3D diagram.
• Import: Use these programs to create the faults for the current project, by importing from a variety of formats:
  • XYZ-dip data,
  • Grid models,
  • Lines (as a 2D fault or a 3D fault),
  • Polylines (as a 2D fault or a 3D fault),
  • A RockWorks16/17 fault table (as a 2D fault or a 3D fault),
  • Triangles, and
  • RockWorks16/17 fault files.
• Export:
  • Export all enabled 3D faults to a RockWorks16/17 Fault File,
  • Export a single 2D fault to a listing of XY coordinates along the polyline.
  • Export a single 3D fault to a listing of XYZ coordinates comprising the triangle mesh.
• Enable All: Click this button to enable all listed faults. If you activate faulting during model generation or activate fault layers in your diagrams, all enabled faults will be included.
• Disable All: Click this button to disable all listed faults. If you activate faulting during model generation or activate fault layers in your diagrams, disabled faults will not be included.
• Erase Disabled: Click this button to delete from the project database - permanently - all faults which are disabled.
• Edit Fault: Click this button to edit the attributes of the currently-selected fault.

See also

• Grid faulting
• Solid model faulting
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