Display Multiple Logs in 3D

Borehole Operations | StripLogs | 3D Striplogs

Use this program to create a three-dimensional view of the strip logs of all enabled wells, displaying observed data entered into the borehole data tables. The logs can include any combination of the available log items. The borings can be vertical, inclined, or deviated. The completed image can be displayed in the RockPlot3D window.

Feature Level: RockWorks Basic and higher

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Instructions

Menu Options

• Rules & Filters
  Use the tabs at the top of the window to apply spatial filters, time/date filters, and/or stratigraphic rules to data being displayed in your 3D logs. (More info)
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• 3D Log Design
  Click on this tab at the top of the window to select the data to be displayed in the logs.
  • Visible Items: Use the check-boxes in the first pane to select which log items are to be displayed. See Visible Item Summary for information about the different log items.
  • Options: Click on any of the Visible Items names to see the item's settings in the Options pane to the right. See the Visible Item Summary for links to the Options settings.
  • Layout Preview: For each item you've activated, you'll see it represented by a color- and letter-coded circle in the upper Layout Preview pane. Click and drag any item to rearrange the log columns, and click and drag on a column's handles to resize the column. See Using the 3D Log Designer.
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• XYZ Clipping: Insert a check in this box if you want to display a subset of the log data. Click on this tab to define the elevation range to be displayed. (More info)
  ! Log clipping parameters are defined using elevations, not depths.
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• Other 3D Diagram Options: Use these checkboxes to append other layers to your 3D scene. (Summary)
  
  • Draped Image: Include an image in this 3D scene, draped over an existing grid surface. (More info)
  • Floating Image: Include an image in this 3D scene, floating at a specified elevation. (More info)
  • Perimeter Cage Include a 3D reference cage around the diagram. (More info)
  • Legends: Include one or more legends with the diagram.(More info)
  • Infrastructure: Display buildings, pipes, or other infrastructure with your 3D scene. (More info)
  • Faults: Include 3D fault ribbons with this scene. (More info)
  • Other 3D Files: Include other, existing, RockPlot3D ".Rw3D" files in this scene. (More info)
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• Output Options:
  • Group Name: Type in the name to be used for the log group as displayed in RockPlot3D. For example, "Lithology Logs" or "Benzene (ppm)". This can be handy if you create (or use the Playlist to create) multiple 3D log views of different data types, which are later appended together into a composite scene.
  • Display -> Export: 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)
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Step-by-Step Summary

1. Access the Borehole Manager program tab.
2. Enter/import your data into the Borehole Manager database, if necessary.
3. In the list along the left side of the Borehole Manager window, enter a check-mark in the check-boxes of those boreholes you wish to include in the 3D log diagram. Only those boreholes you have so indicated as "enabled" will be included. (See the Filter or Select options for database query tools.)
4. Select the StripLogs | 3D Striplogs option from the Borehole Operations menu.
5. Establish the program settings, described above.
6. Be sure you click on the 3D Log Design tab at the top of the window to lay out the logs (e.g. stratigraphy, curves, etc.)
7. Click on the Continue button to proceed.

   The program will create a three-dimensional display of the active boreholes. Only the log items you have activated will be displayed in the logs, and other diagram options will be appended (legends, etc.).The logs will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window, if requested.

8. You can adjust any of the settings in the Main Options tab to the left and click the Continue button to regenerate the logs.
9. View / save / manipulate / print / export the log in the 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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