Combining Multiple RockPlot3D XML Files

RockWorks | Utilities | Graphix | 3D Utilities | Montage

This program is used to combine multiple RockPlot3D files (*.Rw3D) into a single Rw3D file.  This functions just like the Append menu option, but instead of being limited to two files, it can combine any number of files.  The program reads the Rw3D file names from a list you've entered into the Utilities datasheet. The combined image is displayed in a new RockPlot3D window.  The files to be combined must be RockWorks Rw3D files, and they, as well as any linked files must reside in the project folder. 

See the Append tool to combine just two Rw3D files.

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Input Columns: In the left pane of the Montage Options window, specify the columns in the datasheet that contain the specified input data.
  • File Names: Select from the drop-down list the column in the datasheet in which the Rw3D file names are listed.
     

Step-by-Step Summary

Follow these steps to create a combined image of two or more Rw3D files. 

1. Be sure all of the images to be included in the montage have been saved on disk as Rw3D files, in the current project folder. See Saving RockPlot3D Files for information. 
2. Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab.
3. Type into the Utilities datasheet the Rw3D file names, in a single column.  Save the file as you wish (File | Save).
   ! Tip: If you set that column to be a "File" type (by right-clicking on the column heading and setting the column's Data Type to "File") you can double-click to browse for the name in the current project folder.  If you leave the column as a "Text" type, you can simply type in the names.

4. Select the Grafix | 3D Utilities | Montage menu option.
5. Enter the requested menu settings, as described above.
6. Click the Process button at the bottom of the Montage window.

The program will open the first "Rw3D" file listed in the montage table.  It will then locate the second "Rw3D" file in the table and append its contents onto the end of the first file. It will continue in this manner for as many files as are listed in the montage table.  If it cannot locate any of the listed files, they will simply be omitted from the combined scene.

The completed, combined image will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the options window.  If you are combining several files and they are large in size, be patient - this can take a few moments.

6. You can adjust any of the options in the pane to the left and then click the Process button again to regenerate the 3D imaage.

   ! Each time you click the Process button, the existing display will be replaced. 

7. View / manipulate the image in RockPlot3D.
   
   

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