Borehole Manager | Edit | New Borehole
Use this menu option to create a new borehole or well record in the current project database, for entry of that well's data.
To create a new well in the existing project, follow these steps:
- If necessary, access the project folder that contains the project to which you wish to add the new well. Or, create a new project as necessary for the new wells you will enter.
- Access the Borehole Manager as necessary, by clicking on the Borehole Manager tab along the top of the program window.
- Select the Edit | New Borehole command.
- A new entry will be displayed in the borehole listing to the left, with an asterisk and a blank name, and with a blank Location table.
- Enter the required fields for the borehole by clicking in the prompt boxes and typing or pasting in the information.
- Borehole Name: This is a unique identifying field for the borehole. You cannot have multiple boreholes in the same database that share the same name. The Name field is limited to 80 characters. Name characters are limited to letters, numbers, dashes (-), and underscores (_).
- Easting: Enter the Easting or X-coordinate for the borehole, in the coordinate system and units (feet or meters) that you have established for your project database, which are displayed in the Collar Coordinates tab.
- ! If all you have are longitude/latitude coordinates or PLSS descriptions, you'll need to enter 0 initially for the Easting and Northing prompts, and enter the coordinates you do have in the Other Coords tab. There, you can click the To Easting/Northing button and RockWorks will compute the project coordinate values.
- Northing: Enter the Northing or Y-coordinate for the borehole, in the coordinate system and units (feet or meters) that you have established for your project database.
- As above, if you have coordinates other than the project coordinates, enter them into the Other Coords tab, and click To Easting/Northing to compute the project coordinate values.
- Z (Elevation): Type in the ground elevation at the top of the well, in the vertical units (feet or meters) you have established for your project database, displayed there.
- Collar Elevation: Type in the elevation at the top of the collar of the well. If not known, enter the ground elevation value.
! You can link each table in the database to either the ground elevation or collar elevation, to specify where those depths were measured from.
- TD: Enter the total depth for the well, in the vertical units shown there for your project database.
! If the well is inclined or deviated, this should be the measured depth, not the true vertical depth.
- Choose a map Symbol for the borehole, by clicking on the displayed symbol, and selecting a design and color from the displayed listing. These vector symbols are used in RockWorks maps and logs.
- Choose a Raster Symbol for the borehole, by clicking on the current default, and selecting a symbol from the displayed list. These raster symbols are used in Google Earth maps.
- When you have entered all of the Location fields, you can post them to the database by clicking on any other borehole name in the listing.
- Now you can enter/import downhole data for this hole, create a new record for another borehole, etc.
! Note that any existing grid (surface) or solid (block) models you've already created without the new borehole will NOT be automatically updated to reflect the data change. You'll need to re-generate models and graphics.
- See Enter the Borehole Data for details about entering different kinds of downhole information into the data tables for the boreholes.
- See Optional Fields for information about creating custom location fields in the Optional tab.
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