Exporting RockPlot2D Images to an EMF Format

RockPlot2D File | Export | WMF
or
RockWorks | Utilities | Grafix | 2D Utilities | Export | WMF

Use this program to save an existing Rw2D image in an EMF graphic format. 

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
WMF Limitations

Menu Options

• Input RockPlot2D File:  (Grafix menu only.)  Click to the right to select the name of the Rw2D file to be exported to EMF format. This file must have already been saved in the RockPlot2D window.  See Saving RockPlot2D Images.
  
• Output (EMF) File:  Click to the right to type in the name to assign the EMF file to be created.
• Page Width (Inches), Page Height (Inches):  These settings will determine the size of the output EMF file.
• Scaling:
  • Choose Best Fit for RockPlot to fill the largest output page dimension with the diagram without clipping the other dimension.  For example, if you choose an 8-inch (width) by 11-inch (height) output page and the RockPlot diagram is a square, the output EMF diagram will be 8" x 8".
  • Choose Stretch for Rockplot to fill the page with the diagram, at unequal horizontal and vertical scales.
  • Choose Manual to specify a vertical exaggeration. A vertical exaggeration of "2" will plot the vertical axis at half the scale as the horizontal, within the given page size.
• Load into Default Viewer:  Insert a check here if you want the EMF file to be loaded into the graphic application you have installed on your computer that's currently set as the default EMF viewer.  

Step-by-Step Summary

1. From RockPlot2D:  If necessary, open the Rw2D file you wish to export (see Opening Plot Files) or save the current plot if it's untitled (see Saving RockPlot2D Images).  Then select the File | Export | EMF command from the RockPlot2D menu.
   - OR -
   From the RockWorks Utilities menu, select the Grafix | 2D Utilities | Export | EMF menu option.
2. Enter the requested menu options, as described above.
3. Click the Process button to continue.
4. The program will then store the current plot file in an Enhanced Windows Metafile format. If requested, the file will be loaded into the default EMF-viewing application as installed on your computer.  See also EMF limitations, below.

The EMF file cannot be opened into the RockPlot2D window. It can be opened by many third-party drawing-style programs, and inserted into many word processor documents. 

EMF Limitations

• General:
  • It has been our experience that EMF and WMF files can produce different results when viewed in different applications. For example, a RockWare-exported EMF image may look great when placed in a Microsoft Word document, but look significantly worse when opened in a particular drawing-style application. If you are getting inconsistent results, you might consider exporting as a high-resolution JPG or PNG image instead.
• Text:
  • Right justified text placement may vary depending on the font, font size, and coordinate range.
  • Rotated text may appear horizontally or not at all depending on the application used for viewing the EMF.
• Patterns:
  • Pattern densities may vary especially from the way they look in the RockPlot2D window.
  • In cross-sections generated from RockWorks, pattern density within wells will be different than the pattern density between wells.
    
    

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