Create Solid Model Section Diagrams

RockWorks | ModOps | Solid | Section

This program is used to read an existing solid model file and create multiple vertical profile slices anywhere within the model, connected into a continuous cross section diagram, for display in RockPlot2D. The section panels can be color-coded in a variety of ways. A variety of diagram annotations are available.

! Unlike the Section tools in the Borehole Manager, this Section tool requires that a solid model file (.RwMod file) 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.

Feature Level: RockWorks Basic and higher

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Vertical Exaggeration
  Click here to pre-define the vertical stretch you would like to apply to your diagram. By giving the program this information in advance of generating the cross section, it can help with text and graphic sizing and placement. (More info.)
  ! Note that you can always change the vertical exaggeration at which the diagram is displayed, in the RockPlot2D window itself. But, by telling the program up-front how stretched it will be, you'll get better placement of the graphic components.
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• Section Location
  Click on this tab to draw where the cross section panels are to be placed. The most recent section drawn for this project will be displayed. (More.)
  If you don't have boreholes in the project, and hence no reference points on the interactive map, you may need to import a list of the specific coordinates for the section panels.
• Data Source: Click to the right to browse for the name of the existing solid model (.RwMod file) to be used for this section diagram.
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• Traverse Defined By...: Use this setting to tell RockWorks how you want to define the cross section location.
  • Interactive Map: Choose this to draw or import the section location in the Section Location tab at the top of the window.

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  • List of Borehole Names: Choose this option if you have created a text file in which you have listed the names of the boreholes to be represented in the cross section, one name per line in the file. Example:

    DH-30
    DH-03
    DH-21
    DH-40

  • List of XY Coordinates: Choose this option if you have created a text file in which you have listed the X and Y coordinates for the cross section vertices, one space- or tab-separated coordinate pair per line. Example:

    481896.8 4399952.0
    481953.3 4399923.8
    481997.6 4399898.1
    482031.0 4399892.9

• Contours
  Click this tab to access the panel appearance settings.
  • Colored Intervals: Check this item to display G-value distribution on the section panels with color-filled intervals. Click this tab to access the color contour settings. (More info)
  • Contour Lines: Check this item to include G-value contour lines on the section panels. Click on this tab to access the contour settings. (More info)
  • Labeled Cells: Check this item to include labels on the section representing the solid model node values throughout the slices. Click on this tab to access the label settings. (More info)
  • Gradient Vectors: Check this to include small arrows that point up or down-gradient on the section panels. Click this tab to view the options. (More info)
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• Annotation
  Click on this tab to establish title, border, axis labels, and other perimeter settings for the section. (More info.)

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• Faults
  Check this box if you want to display vertical lines in the output diagram where the section slice intersects the fault(s) defined in a project Faults Table.
  Click on this tab to set up the fault lines. (More info.)

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• Clip
  Check this box if you want to display a subset of the log data.
  Click on the tab to define the elevation range to be displayed.
  • Top Elevation: Enter the uppermost elevation to be displayed in the logs.
  • Base Elevation: Enter the lowermost elevation to be displayed in the logs.
    ! Log clipping parameters are defined using elevations, not depths. (More info.)
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• Striplogs
  Check this box to include 2D striplogs with your section diagram. This assumes you have borehole data entered into the Borehole Manager database.
  Click on this tab to set up how you want the logs to look.
  
  • Log Design
    Click here to choose which data items are to be displayed in the logs, and in which order. See Using the 2D Log Designer and the Visible Item Summary.
    ! For Section diagrams, striplogs will be plotted vertically, regardless of any downhole survey.
  • Save Log List
    Check this to save to a text file the names of the boreholes that are included with the section diagram.
    • File in which to store the Log List: Enter the name for the log list text file.
    • Display List Upon Completion: Check this to display the text list in Notepad (or equivalent) after the profile is completed.
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• Surface Profile
  Check this box to include a polyline on the section diagram that represents a user-selected elevation grid model, such as the ground surface.
  Click on this tab to access the surface profile options.
  • Grid Model: Browse for the name of the existing grid model (.RwGrd file) to be represented in the polyline.
  • Polyline Attributes: Click this tab to establish the line settings. (More info.)

  

  
  
• Infrastructure
  Check this box to display buildings, pipes, or other infrastructure with your cross section.
  Click this tab to define the infrastructure file and plot settings. (More info)

  

• Location Map
  Check this box to create, along with the cross section diagram, a reference map that shows the section's location. It can be embedded in or created separately from the section.
  Click on this tab to establish the map options. (More info.)

  

• Peripherals
  Check this option to include various peripheral annotations with your cross section. Options include titles, text blocks, pattern legends, and more.
  Click on this tab to activate the items and establish their settings. (More info)
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• Border
  Check this option to include a solid line border around the entire section image.
  Click on this tab to establish border settings.
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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. Select the ModOps | Solid | Section menu option.
2. Enter the requested menu options, described above.
3. If you are including logs with the diagram, be sure to click on the 2D Log Design tab at the top of the window to establish how you want the logs to look.
4. If Traverse Defined By is set to Interactive Map, click on the Section Location tab at the top of the window to draw or import the section location.
5. Click the Continue button to proceed.

   The program will scan the selected solid model file to determine the model’s dimensions. The program will then look at the coordinates specified for the section panels and will construct a vertical profile of each to illustrate the data values, using the selected color scheme. The panels will then be appended together to create the multi-panel section. Additional diagram layers will be appended as requested. The completed diagram will be displayed in a RockPlot2D tab in the Options window.

6. You can adjust any of the menu settings via the main Options tab to the left, and click the Continue button again to regenerate the section.
7. View / save / manipulate / print / export the diagram in the RockPlot2D window.
   

See also

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