RockPlot2D File | Export | WMF
or
RockWorks | Graphics | 2D Tools | Export | WMF
Use this program to save an existing Rw2D image in a WMF graphic format.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
WMF Limitations
- Input File: (Graphics menu only.) Click this tab to browse for the name of the Rw2D file to be exported to WMF format.This file must have already been saved in the RockPlot2D window. See Saving RockPlot2D Images.
- Output File: Click this tab to type in the name to assign the WMF file to be created.
- Output Dimensions: Click this tab to define the size of the output graphic.
- Page Dimensions
- Width (Inches): Enter the width for the output WMF file.
- Height (Inches): Enter the height for the output WMF file.
- Scaling:
- Choose Best Fit for RockPlot to fill the largest output page dimension with the diagram without clipping the other dimension. For example, if you choose an 8-inch (width) by 11-inch (height) output page and the RockPlot diagram is a square, the output WMF diagram will be 8" x 8".
- Choose Stretch to Fill Page for Rockplot to fill the page with the diagram, at unequal horizontal and vertical scales.
- Choose Manual to specify a vertical exaggeration. A vertical exaggeration of "2" will plot the vertical axis at half the scale as the horizontal, within the given page size.
- Load into Default Viewer: Insert a check here if you want the WMF file to be loaded into the graphic application you have installed on your computer that's currently set as the default WMF viewer.
- From RockPlot2D: If necessary, open the Rw2D file you wish to export (see Opening Plot Files)or save the current plot if it's untitled (see Saving RockPlot2D Images). Then select the File| Export | WMF command from the RockPlot2D menu.
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From the main RockWorks program window, select the Graphics | 2D Tools | Export | WMF menu option.
- Enter the requested menu items, as described above.
- Click the Process button to continue.
- The program will store the current plot file in a Windows Metafile format. If requested, the file will be loaded into the default WMF-viewing application as installed on your computer. See also WMF limitations, below
The WMF file cannot be opened into the RockPlot2D window. It can be opened by many third-party drawing-style programs, and inserted into many word processor documents.
- General:
- It has been our experience that EMF and WMF files can produce different results when viewed in different applications. For example, a RockWare-exported WMF image may look great when placed in a Microsoft Word document, but look significantly worse when opened in a particular drawing-style application. If you are getting inconsistent results, you might consider exporting as a high-resolution JPG or PNG image instead.
- Text:
- Right justified text placement may vary depending on the font, font size, and coordinate range.
- Rotated text may appear horizontally or not at all depending on the application used for viewing the WMF.
- Patterns:
- Pattern densities may vary especially from the way they look in the RockPlot2D window.
- In cross-sections generated from RockWorks, pattern density within wells may be different than the pattern density between wells.
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