RockWorks | ModOps | Solid | Initialize
Use this program to create a new solid model from scratch, at the dimensions and node spacing you declare. All model nodes will be initialized to a single, user-declared value or assigned randomly.
Feature Level: RockWorks Basic and higher
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
- 3D Log Design
If you decide to include logs with this diagram (3D Solid Diagram | Striplogs), click on this tab at the top of the window to set up how you want the 3D logs to look.
See Visible Item Summary and Using the 3D Log Designer for details.
- Rules & Filters
Use these tabs at the top of the window to apply spatial filters, time/date filters, or stratigraphic rules to data being displayed in your 3D striplogs. (More info)
- Options
- Solid Model to be Created: Click to the right to type in the name to assign to the solid model file to be created (*.RwMod).
- Initialization Type
- Uniform (all nodes the same): Choose this option if you want to assign a single value to all nodes in the new model.
- Value to assign to all nodes: Enter the G value to be assigned to all nodes in the new model.
- Random: Choose this option if the model nodes are to be assigned random numbers.
- Completely Random: Choose this if the random numbers are to be completely random, based only on a data range, below.
- Data Range: Minimum, Maximum: Enter the minimum and maximum values for the range of G-Values to be randomly generated. This establishes the upper and lower limits for the randomly-generated data. Negative numbers can be specified.
- Normal Distribution: Choose this option if the random numbers are to comply with a normal distribution.
- Mean: Type into this prompt box the mean value desired for this set of randomly-generated numbers.
- Standard Deviation: Enter the number of standard deviations above and below the mean to be represented in the set of randomly-generated numbers.
- Solid Dimensions: Click here to establish the dimensions of the new model. The default will be the current project dimensions. (More info)
- 3D Solid Diagram
Insert a check here to display the resulting solid model as a 3D diagram.
Click this tab to set up the diagram options.
- Block Diagram
- Isosurface: Click in the Isosurface radio button to display the solid model as if enclosed in a "skin." This view will be smoother than a voxel display. (More info)
- Isomesh: Check this box to plot a series of polylines that represent three-dimensional contours at a user-defined cutoff. Click this tab to establish the settings. (More info)
- Voxels: Click in the Voxels radio button to represent the solid model in the 3D display as color-coded voxels. You can choose to display either the Full Voxel, or just the Midpoint. Display of the midpoint only can significantly improve display time for huge models.
- Filter: Check this option if you want to restrict the isosurface or voxel display to a specific data range. This does not affect the model, only the display of the model. Enabling this permits you to create an initial display in RockPlot3D that eliminates the need to manually change the display attributes. More importantly, this capability if essential for initially displaying the solid in a pre-filtered state when creating animations and Playlist scripts.
! These filter settings can be changed once the diagram is displayed in RockPlot3D.
- Color Scheme: Choose the color scheme for the block model - automatic, table-based, etc. (More info)
- Striplogs: Check this item to include 3D logs with the solid model display. Click the 3D Log Design button at the top of the window to set up how you want the logs to look.
- XYZ Clipping: Check this sub-item if you want to restrict the logs to a particular spatial area. (More info)
- Other 3D Solid Diagram Options: Use these checkboxes to append other layers to your 3D scene. (Summary)
- 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)
- Select the ModOps | Solid | Initialize menu option.
- Enter the requested menu items, described above.
- Click the Continue button to proceed.
RockWorks will create a new solid model file, with the boundary coordinates and node spacing you requested, with nodes assigned the requested G value or random number range/distribution. The new model will be stored on disk under the indicated file name. If requested the resulting model will be displayed in RockPlot3D.
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