Import ModPath Pathline Data

RockWorks | Utilities | File | Import | ModPath (Particle Flowpaths)

This program is used to import the data from an ModPath ASCII "Pathline File" into the RockWorks datasheet. It offers display of the points as 3D spheres, with other standard 3D layers available as options.

Feature Level: RockWorks Basic and higher

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Input File: Browse for the name of ASCII "Pathline File" created by ModPath.
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• Diagram Options:
  • Coordinate Offsets: These numbers will be added to the coordinates within the Pathline File. They are used to offset the ModPath coordinates back to your original coordinates (assuming that you modified your initial coordinates to accommodate ModPath's coordinate scheme).
  • Decimal Places: Number of decimal places to be used when copying the Pathline data into the RockWorks datasheet, for Horizontal, Vertical, and Time units.
  • Maximum Time: This program will create a column titled "Color". The colors will range from hot (red) to cold (purple) based on the cumulative tracking time. In order to establish this color, RockWorks must know the maximum time that should correspond to the coldest color.
  • Sphere Size: This program will create a column titled "Size" which will be used to plot the flowline points, as shown by the diagram at the top of the page.
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• Save Datasheet File: Check this box to assign a name to the datasheet file that will be created for the import. If you do not check this box, it will simply be displayed as Untitled.
  • Output File Name:
    • Automatic: Choose this to have the name of the file assigned automatically, using the name of the program plus a numbering digit.
    • Manual: Choose this option to type a preferred name for the RwDat file into the prompt.
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• Other 3D Diagram Options
  Use these checkboxes to append other layers to your 3D scene.
  Click each tab to set up the 3D diagram layers (images, infrastructure, reference cage, etc.).
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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. Access the RockWorks Datasheet program tab.
2. Create a new datasheet if necessary by choosing File | New | Blank.
3. Choose the File | Import | ModPath (Particle Flowpath) menu option.
4. Establish the menu settings as discussed above.
5. Click the Continue button.

   RockWorks will read the input Modpath Pathline file, and it will create a new datasheet that lists path line number; X, Y, and Z coordinates for the measurement; cumulative tracking time, color (automatically assigned, with hot colors = short times and cool colors = long times), and "size".

   If you requested a diagram, it will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window, using the requested display type.

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

The datasheet that is produced by the ModPath import program is depicted within the following diagram:

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