Creating Solid Model Plan-View Diagrams

RockWorks | ModOps | Solid | Plan Map

This program is used to read an existing solid model file (.RwMod file) and create a horizontal slice for any node layer within the model, for display in RockPlot2D. The birds-eye map can be color-coded in a variety of ways. Axis annotation and a color legend are options.

! Unlike the Plan tools in the Borehole Manager, this program requires that a solid model file (.RwMod) already exists. This model can be the result of downhole data interpolation in the Borehole Manager, of XYZG data interpolation in the ModOps | Solid | Create menu, or of filtering operations elsewhere in the Solid menu.

See also:
   The Solid | Extract Grids | Solid Layer to Grid program which extracts a vertical or horizontal grid model from a solid, for display as a 2D plan-view slice or as a 3D surface.

Feature Level: RockWorks Basic and higher

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
 

Menu Options

• Input/Output
  
  • RockWorks Solid Model (.RwMod) File (Input): Click to the right to browse for the name of the existing solid model (.RwMod file) to be used for this plan-view diagram.
  • RockWorks Grid Model (.RwGrd) File (Output): Click to the right to enter the name for the grid model (.RwGrd file) under which the plan-view slice from the model will be stored.
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• Slice Selection
  Click here to define how you want to define the elevation location for the map.
  • Select Interactively During Processing: Click here to have the program display a window, after you click the Continue button, where you can interactively select the elevation for the map slice.
  • Preselect: Choose this to define the elevation in advance, and enter that elevation (in project units) into the prompt. If you are including this program in a Playlist or Command script, you'll need to pre-select the elevation.
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• 2D Grid Map
  Check this item to display the output grid as a 2D map at this time.
  Click on this tab to set up the 2D map layers (bitmap, symbols, labels, line contours, color-filled contours, labeled cells, and/or map border).
  • Colored Intervals: Display the solid plan map with color-filled contours. (More info)
  • Contour Lines: Check this to display the solid plan map with line contours. (More info)
  • Labeled Cells: Check this to display the solid plan map as labeled cells. (More info)
  • Gradient Vectors: Check this to display the solid plan map with up/down gradient vectors. (More info)
  • Background Image: Check this to display an image behind the other map layers. You can select your project image or another raster map. (More info)
  • Labeled Axes: Check this option to annotate the map borders with axis titles and/or coordinate labels. (More info).
  • Map Overlays: Check this to include various other layers on your map. Options incude Infrastructure maps, US Public Land Grid maps, Polygon outlines, and more. (More info)
  • Other 2D Files: Check this item to include existing RockWorks maps as layers with your borehole map. For example, if you have a land grid map already created for your project, you can include that as a layer here. (More info)
  • Peripherals: Check this to include various map peripheral annotations with your borehole symbol map. Options include titles, north arrows, scalebars. (More info)
  • Border: Check this item to include a solid line border around the entire map image.
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  • Output Options: Use these settings to define whether the output graphic 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. Click on the ModOps | Solid menu and choose Plan.
2. Enter the requested menu settings, described above.
3. Click the Continue button to proceed.

   RockWorks will scan the selected solid model file to determine the model’s dimensions. If you chose interactive slice selection, it will then display a window that lists the top to bottom layers in the model and their Z (elevation) coordinates.

4. Click on the layer you wish to view as a plan-view map - the numbers here represent elevation levels in the model - and click OK.

   The program will extract that layer from the solid model, saving it as a 2D grid model under the specified file name, and create the 2D map using the requested diagram settings. The completed map will be displayed in a RockPlot2D tab in the Options window.

5. You can adjust any of the diagram options in the pane to the left and then click the Process button again to regenerate the solid model plan map.
6. View / save / manipulate / export / print the diagram in the RockPlot2D or RockPlot3D window.
   

See also

• Adding this program to your Playlist
• Adding this program to your Favorites
• Save/load/view menu settings
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