RockWorks | Utilities | Grid | Export
This program is used to save a RockWorks grid model in the format of grid models used in other software programs, so that they can be opened there. The options that are available will depend on the output format you select.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Input Model: Click to the right to browse for the name of the existing RockWorks grid file (.RwGrd) that you wish to export.
- Output Model: Click to enter the name under which the exported grid model will be stored.
- Options: The options that you'll see will depend on the selected output format. All are listed below.
- ASCII Matrix: The Z-values only of the grid file are listed in rows and columns, with the number of entries corresponding to the numbers of nodes horizontally and vertically in the grid file. The Z-values are listed at the decimal precision you select.
- ASCII XYZ: X and Y node locations and Z values are listed in three columns, separated by the character of your choice, at the decimal precision you select, with or without a header.
- Include header: Insert a check in this box if you want the minimum and maximum X and Y coordinates to be listed at the top of the XYZ file, along with the X and Y node spacing.
- AutoCAD DXF Matrix: These ASCII files can be read into any software application that reads files in a DXF format. They will appear as a three-dimensional mesh surface, with line color, layer number, vertical exaggeration, and other parameters user-selected.
- Layer Number: Most CAD programs, into which you can import DXF files, permit you to assign different layer numbers to different images. Here, type in the layer number for the grid mesh to be created.
- AutoCAD Color Number: Type into the prompt the color to assign to the grid mesh lines in the DXF file, according to the following table:
1 = Red | 2 = Yellow | 3 = Green | 4 = Cyan | 5 = Blue
6 = Magenta | 7 = Black | 8 = Gray | 9 = Dark Red
10 = Dark Yellow | 11 = Dark Green | 12 = Dark Cyan
13 = Dark Blue | 14 = Dark Magenta | 15 = Dark Gray
- Rescale, Vertical Scaling Factor: Check this box to increase or decrease the vertical stretch, and enter the desired value by which the node Z values will be multiplied.
- Plot Skirt: If checked, the 3D DXF mesh diagram will include a skirt around its base. Automatically Compute Skirt Elevation: Insert a check here if you want the program to compute automatically the elevation for the base of the mesh skirt. Remove the check-mark if you prefer to enter your own in the Skirt Elevation prompt. The value you enter should correspond to the Z (elevation, etc.) at which the base of the mesh skirt should be drawn.
- Geosoft GXF: GXF (Grid eXchange Files) are an ASCII grid format read by Geosoft software.
- ESRI ASCIIGRID: Export the RockWorks grid to an ASCII grid file that's importable into ESRI GIS programs for contouring and other spatial analysis.
- ESRI Shapefile: Export the RockWorks grid model nodes to ESRI PointZ or Point Shape files.
- Elevations (PointZ): Choose this option to include Z values with the points.
- Values (Point): Choose this option to send the locations only.
- Ohio Automation ENZ: X and Y node locations and Z values are listed in three columns in an ASCII format, with columns separated by commas. The node order is the same as that listed for the ASCII XYZ, above.
- RockWorks Utilities Datasheet: The grid node locations and values will be recorded in the RockWorks Utilities datasheet, along with the computed slope, aspect, and second derivative.
- RockWorks7: This grid file format is read by the RockWorks version 7 program for DOS, published by RockWare.
- RockWare RTM: The RockWare Terrain Model (RTM) format is a binary grid file format originally designed as a compact method for shipping Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data.
- Surfer: Both ASCII and binary formats are available for Surfer grid files.
- VistaPro: This is a binary grid format read by VistaPro, for loading into that program as DEM data.
- Delimiter: Click here to enter the character that you want the program to insert between the X, Y, and Z columns in the output file. Enter a "9" for a tab, "32" for a space, or other ASCII code for the character of your choice.
- XY Decimal Places: Type into the prompt the number of decimal places to be represented in the output X and Y coordinates.
- Z Decimal Places: Enter the number of decimal places to be represented in the output Z values.
Step-by-Step Summary
This tool requires that a RockWorks-format grid model (.RwGrd file) already exists.
- Access the RockWorks Utilities program tab. It is not necessary to open a datasheet.
- Select the Grid | Export menu option, and select the desired output format from the pop-up menu.
- Enter the requested menu settings, described above.
- Click the Process button to continue.
The program will reformat the selected RockWorks grid file into the selected format, and store it on disk under the requested file name.
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