Adjusting the RockPlot3D Fence Panel Color Scheme

Step-by-Step Summary

Follow these steps to adjust how a vertical fence panel is to be colored. 

1. Right-click on the name of the panel to be modified (in the data pane of RockPlot3D), and choose Options. You may need to expand a group or two to access the vertical grid icon. If you have a difficult time determining which panel is which, remove a panel’s check-mark to see it disappear from the display. 
2. Color Scheme: Locate the Color Scheme drop-down box. By clicking the down-arrow you can see the options.
   • Gradational:  Color-codes the fence based on G (geochemical or geophysical "grade") values extracted from the solid model. Use the Min-Max button to the right to choose the gradational color palette to use.
     • Minimum and Maximum: Use these prompts to set the G value range to be associated with the selected end colors. These will default to the entire G value range contained within the panel. You can type in your own values to illustrate a subset of the G values. Or, if you are comparing different panels with the same color scheme, you can use these prompts to establish the same G value range.
       ! You can click the Info button at the very bottom of the window to see the fence panel's G-value range.  
   • Direct: Choose this option if your fence panels are extracted from a color model, created by the Colors | Fence program, in which the interpolated node values represent actual Windows color integers.  Using this option, RockWorks will display the surface using the stored colors.
   • Color Fill Table:  Choose this if you want the panels to be color-coded based on G (grade) values, with the custom G-value / Color association listed in a RockWorks Color Fill Table. 
   • Lithology Table:  If the fence panels represent lithology types, choose this option to apply the background colors from the Lithology Types table in the RockWorks Borehole Manager database.
   • Stratigraphy Table:  If the fence panels represent stratigraphy types, choose this option to apply the background colors from the Stratigraphy Types table in the RockWorks Borehole Manager database.
   • Color File:  Choose this if you want the fence panels to be color-coded based on G (grade) values, and if you have a text version of your Color Fill Table. Click the button to browse for the color file to be used.
   • Lithology File: If the fence panels represent lithology, and if you have a text version of your Lithology Types table, use this option to color the voxels with the lithology background colors.  Click on the small open-file button to browse for the lithology file to be used.
   • Stratigraphy File:  If the fence panels represent stratigraphy, and if you have a text version of your Stratigraphy Types table, use this option to color the voxels with the stratigraphy background colors.  Click on the small open-file button to browse for the stratigraphy file to be used.
3. Click the Apply button at any time to view the effect of your color changes on the panel. You may need to drag the Options window out of the way to view the display. You do not need to close the Grid Options window to apply and see the changes.
   ! Using the Apply button tells the program to invoke the changes you have made. You cannot discard changes once they have been applied.
4.  You can repeat this process for additional panels, without even closing the current Grid Options window. Just double-click on another panel name and its Options window will be docked with the others. 

These color schemes can be used with any of the panel Draw Styles.

! Vertical grids can be thought of as a vertical slice from a solid model. Despite the fact that the dependent variable in a grid model is typically referred to as the "Z" variable, here we refer to it as the "G" variable since it’s extracted from a solid model.

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