Exporting Log Data to 3D Shape Files

RockWorks | Borehole Manager | File |
Export | datatype | Data -> SHP (ESRI Shape) File

The Shapefile exports in the Borehole Manager's File | Export menu are used to create a 3D Shapefile of your log data.  Lithology, Stratigraphy, I-Data, T-Data, P-Data, Fractures, Water Levels or Well Construction data can be exported, with data attributes, for display and analysis in ESRI's ArcScene.

This tool differs from the RockPlot3D 3D Shapefile export of 3D logs in that the data attributes are maintained, so that you can gather information about the data item in ArcScene.

• Interval-based data (Lithology, Stratigraphy, I-Data, T-Data, Water Levels, Well Construction) can be exported as either polylines (PolylineZ) along the entire interval or as points (PointZ) at the interval midpoint.
• Missing Tops or Bases of interval-based data will be exported with a user specified null value.
• Point based data (P-Data) exports as point (PointZ) files only.
  

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Instructions

Menu Options

• Track: (I-Data, P-Data, T-Data only):  Select the column or track of values to be exported.
   
• Shapefile Filename:  Click here to type in a name to assign the Shapefile to be created. The exporter will also create the accompanying .SHX and .DBF files.
   
• Style: These choices are available for interval-based data, including Stratigraphy, Lithology, Water Levels, Well Construction, I-Data, and T-Data
  Polylines: Choose this output style if you wish to see the data as polylines.
  Points (midpoint): Choose this output style to see the data as points.  Compare the images below; the left image represents lithology data displayed as polylines in ArcScene.  The right image represents lithology midpoints (on top of lithology polylines for reference).

• Null Value: (Stratigraphy, Lithology, Water Levels, Well Construction, I-Data, and T-Data) If any of these interval data types are missing the depth to top or base for the interval, RockWorks will store a null value for that depth.  Use this prompt to define the null value to be used, such as "-999".

Step-by-Step Summary

1. Access the RockWorks Borehole Manager program tab. 
2. Enter/import your data into the Borehole Manager database. 
3. Verify that the names of the boreholes containing data to be exported are enabled (the check-boxes to the left of the borehole names are checked).
4. Select the File | Export menu option. 
5. Select which data type you wish to export from the pop-up menu (Lithology, Stratigraphy, etc.).
6. Establish the export settings, as described above.
7. Click the Process button to proceed. 

The program will read the selected data for the enabled borehole(s) and store the data in the requested output Shapefile, using the requested settings.  Three files will be created: .SHP, SHX, and .DBF.

Use the Add Data command in ArcScene to bring the Shapefile data into the scene.  You can access the layer's Properties to adjust colors and thicknesses.  You can use the Inquire tool to retrieve information about any of the data.  This example shows lithology data with T-Data intervals, as separate layers in ArcScene, with the Inquire tool displaying the available information.

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