3D Striplogs - Aquifer Columns

Use the Striplog Aquifers check-box to display a water level symbol and/or one or more filled cylinders representing aquifer top and base depths in your logs. This information is read from the Water Levels table in the Borehole Manager database. When you click on the Aquifers item in the layout window you’ll see the following settings in the pane to the right.

Aquifer(s): Choose whether to display data for All Aquifers or for a Single Aquifer. If you choose Single Aquifer, click to the right to select the name of the aquifer to be displayed in the logs. The drop-down list will display the names of the aquifers listed in the project's Aquifer Types Table.
Note: To filter the water level dates to be represented in the log, use the Time Filter button at the top of the previous window. (More info)
Column Attributes
- Column title: Click here to enter text to be displayed above the Aquifer column. If no title is desired, you can leave this field blank.
- Column Radius: The radius of the Aquifer column is established as a percent of the output dimensions. As you click and drag to resize the column in the Layout Preview at the top of the window, this setting will be updated. If you edit the radius via this prompt, the size of the column in the Preview will be updated.
- Column Offset
  - Direction: This reflects the position of the column, relative to the log axis (center), with 0 = north, 180 = south, and so on. As you click and drag the Aquifer column in the Layout Preview pane (top), this value will be updated. Conversely, if you edit the azimuth direction in this prompt, the Preview will be updated.
  - Distance: This represents the distance of the Aquifer column center from the log axis (center), expressed as a percent of the output dimensions. As you reposition the column in the Layout Preview pane at the top of the screen, this value will be updated. And, as you edit the offset distance here, the Preview will be updated.
Symbols and Captions
- Clip: The Clip setting affects the plotting of aquifer intervals above the top of the log.
  - Check this box to be sure the log is clipped at the ground surface.
  - Uncheck this box if you have entered water levels as negative depths in the Water Levels database (to indicate above well surface). Removing the check-mark from the Clip box will assure that the log isn't clipped at the surface.
- Style: Use these settings to define how the water levels are to be displayed. You can include both symbols and columns.
  - Plot Special Symbol at Top of Aquifer: Check this box to include classic-style (cone-and-disk) water level symbols at the top of the aquifer in the 3D logs.
    - Cone Color: Choose the color for the inverted cone symbol.
    - Disk Color: Choose the color for the disk symbol.
    - Cone Height (in depth units): Define the height for the cone symbol, in your depth units.
  - Fill Aquifer with Designated Color: Check this box to represent the extent of the aquifer with a color-filled column. The color will be pulled from the background color defined for the aquifer pattern in the Aquifer Types table.
    The example below show aquifer columns with symbols, columns, and both.
- Plot Captions: Check this to display text labels with the columns.
  - Position: Choose whether the labels are to plot at the top, midpoint, or base of the aquifer.
  - Include Aquifer Name: Check this box to include the name of the aquifer in the label.
  - Include Sampling Date: Check this box to include the date in the label. In the example below, both aquifer name and date are displayed.

Miscellaneous Options for settings that establish the font size and offset for the column title and captions.

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