Profile Stripmap Options

Stripmaps are small, horizontally-oriented maps which depict the position of the logs within the profile. Stripmaps are positioned above or below the profile such that the horizontal axis of the stripmap is parallel to the profile diagram. The height of the stripmap is determined by the "swath" that is used when selecting the logs that will be included within the profile. Basically, stripmaps allow the user to visually determine the spatial relationship of a log relative to the projected section (profile).

For example, consider the stratigraphic profile to the right in which DH-33 does not correspond to the interpreted stratigraphy. By looking at the stripmap, we can see that DH-33 is over 100 meters from the profile slice therefore indicating the the stratigraphy varies between DH-33 and the profile.

In the Borehole Manager, you can activate the display of the stripmap by inserting a check-mark in the Stripmap option. You can then expand that heading to access the map options.

Stripmaps can be appended to multi-profile diagrams as well as single diagrams.

Menu Options

Stripmap

• Log ID's:
  Check this item to include the Borehole ID with the map symbols.
  Click on this tab to access the settings.
  • Font: Click here to define the text size (as a percent of the project dimensions), color, and angle.
  • Opaque Background: Check this for the ID's to plot over an opaque background. Click the color box to choose the fill color.
  • X-Offset Relative to Symbol: Click here to type in the horizontal offset of the label from the map symbol (defined as a percent of project dimensions). Default = 0.1 Negative values will plot the start of the label to the left of the symbol, positive values to the right.
  • Y-Offset Relative to Symbol: Click here to define the vertical offset of the label from the map symbol. Default = 0.1 Negative values will plot the start of the label below the symbol, positive values above.
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• Distance Labels:
  Check this box to include a distance scale along the vertical axes of the stripmap to note distance on either side of the profile line.
  Click on this tab to access the label settings.

  

  • Font Size: Click here to define the size of the labels, as a percent of the project size. (Default = 1)
  • Tick Length: This settings defines the length of the tick-marks. (Default = 0.5)
  • Labeling Interval:
    • Automatic: Choose this option for the program to determine automatically the number of labels to include in the distance scale, based on the maximum distance represented.
      ! RockWorks tries to prevent overplotting labels. The larger the font size, the fewer labels you may see.
    • Manual: Choose this option if you prefer to define manually the label and tick increments for the distance scale in the stripmap.
      • Labeling Increments: Click here to define the actual map (distance) units at which labels are to be plotted. For example, if you want a distance label every 25 feet, you would enter: 25.
      • Tick Mark Increments: Click here to define the distance units at which a tick-mark is to be plotted.

  ! You can also display distance labels on the profile diagram itself, to note the distance of each borehole from the profile. See the Show Collar Distances option.

• Swath Boundary:
  Check this item to include the extents of the swath in the stripmap.
  Click this tab to access the settings.
  • Color: The swath will be filled with a user-selected color.
  • Pattern: The swath will be filled with a user-selected pattern design.
    • Pattern Type: Click here to choose the fill pattern for the swath area. You can choose colors for the background and for the foreground (the pattern lines/dots).
    • Background: Choose whether the pattern block should be opaque (filled with the defined background color) or transparent.
  • No Fill: The swath will be represented with perimeter lines only.
  • Perimeter Style: Click here to define the line style, thickness, and color for the swath boundary line.

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• North Arrow:
  Check this to include a north arrow in the stripmap. This can be helpful to orient the profile.
  Click this tab to access the settings.
  • Size: Enter the size for the arrow, as a percent of your project size.
  • Color: Click the color box to assign a color to the arrow.
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• Miscellaneous
  Click this tab to access some miscellaneous options.
  • Position: Choose whether you want the stripmap to be displayed above or below the profile diagram.
  • Symbol Size: Use this setting to define the size of the borehole location symbols. (Default = 1)
  • Gap Between Profile and Stripmap: This defines the margin between profile and the map, as a percent of the project size. (Default = 10)
  • Line Styles/Colors/Thickness:
    • Profile Trace: Click to define the appearance of the profile line in the stripmap.
    • Log Traces: If you have deviated or inclined boreholes, a line will be plotted between the log start and base location in the stripmap. Use this setting to establish the appearance of these log traces.
    • Map Border: Choose the appearance of the line that will border the map.
  • Omit content (symbols & log traces) outside swath? Check this item to clip the map to the extents of the swath only.
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