Plotting 3D Dip Ribbons - Single

RockWorks | Utilities | Faults | Single Dip List -> 3D Ribbon

This program reads a list of dip data (e.g. points along a fault, contact, bedding plane) which includes XYZ coordinates, dip direction, and dip angle, fits a smooth curve to the points, in the order that they're listed, and a ribbon-like surface is then projected up-dip and/or down-dip from the curve.

See also: Plotting 3D Dip Ribbons - Multiple, Creating a 3D Fault File - Single Fault

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary


Menu Options

Dip Ribbons

Step-by-Step Summary

  1. Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab.
  2. Create a new datasheet and enter/import your dip-direction/dip-angle data into the datasheet.
    Or, open one of the sample files and replace that data with your own. (In the Samples folder, an example file = "\RockWorks17 Data\ Samples\Thrust_Fault_Antler_01.rwDat", shown here.) The minimum number of points required to create the ribbon is 2.

dip ribbon data

  1. Select the Faults | Single Dip List -> 3D Ribbon menu option.
  2. Enter the requested menu settings, described above.
  3. Click the Process button to continue. 

The program will read the indicated XYZ location coordinates and create a ribbon of oriented panels at the selected dip directions and angles, using the defined settings.  The diagram will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window. 

  1. You can adjust any of the options along the left and click the Process button to regenerate the display.
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    Each time you click the Process button, the existing display will be replaced. 
     
  2. View / save / manipulate / print / export the image in the RockPlot3D window. 


See also: Creating a 3D Faults File - Single Fault


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