Tutorial: Open a Project

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

In this section, you will access a folder that was installed with the program. This folder contains Borehole Files and other sample files that have already been created. We will use these files throughout the tutorial; you can also refer to them when you are entering your own data.

  1. First, access the Borehole Manager by clicking on its tab below the menu ribbon.

  2. Click on the Project Folder item right below the uppermost program title bar.

  3. In the displayed window, click on the tutorial project folder we’ll be working with: First open the RockWorks Data folder (in your Documents folder) and the Samples folder which is inside of that. Click the Select Folder button.

    You will be returned to the main data window, with that folder displayed as the current project folder. All of the RockWorks-related files contained in this folder will be displayed in the Project Manager program tab. The program will load the information for all of the boreholes in the current project into the data window.

    You will see the listing of the borehole names in the Borehole File listing. The first borehole will be active and its data displayed in the data tabs.

  4. Click on the Lithology button to see the observed rock/soil types, and then on the Stratigraphy button to see the borehole’s formation depths.
  5. Click on the other data buttons to see the data layout. Click here for a quick summary of the data tables.
  6. Click on the borehole named "DH-03" and note that the contents of the data tables have changed to display the data for this particular well.

! All of the borehole data is stored in a SQLite (.sqlite) database file in the project folder. The database file always has the same name as the project folder, so this database is named "Samples.sqlite".

! In your own work, you can hand-enter the borehole data or import it from another source (LogPlot, Excel, etc.).

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