Creating a Single 3D Strip Log

RockWorks | Borehole Manager | StripLogs | 3-Dimensional | Single Log

Use this tool to create a three-dimensional view of the strip log of a single well, displaying observed data entered into the Borehole Manager data tables. The log can include any combination of the available log items. The completed image will be displayed in the RockPlot3D window. 

Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary

Menu Options

• Current Borehole Name: This will default to the currently-selected borehole in the Borehole Manager window; choose a different borehole name as you wish.
  
  
• Clip Logs: Insert a check in this box if you want to display a subset of the log data.  Expand this heading to define the elevation range to be displayed.  (More.)
  ! Log clipping parameters are defined using elevations, not depths.
  
  
• Reference Cage: Insert a check here to include a 3D reference cage around the log diagram.  (More.)
  
  
• Include Lithology Legend: Insert a check here to include a legend of the lithology material colors and text.  (More.)
• Include Stratigraphy Legend: Insert a check here to include a legend of the stratigraphy formation colors and text. (More.)
• Include Well Construction Legend: Insert a check here to include a legend of the well construction material colors and text.  (More.)
• Include Aquifer Legend: Insert a check here to include a legend of the aquifer colors and names. (More.)
   
• 3D Striplog Designer: Next, click on the 3D Striplog Designer tab to the right, to select:
  • Visible Items:  Use the check-boxes in the Visible Items listing to select which log items are to be displayed.  See Visible Item Summary for information about the different log items.
  • Options: Click on any of the Visible Items names to see the item's settings in the Options pane to the right.  See the Visible Item Summary for links to the Options settings.
  • Layout Preview:  For each item you've activated, you'll see it represented by a color- and letter-coded circle in the upper Layout Preview pane.  Click and drag any item to rearrange the log columns, and click and drag on a column's handles to resize the column.  See Using the 3D Log Designer.
    
    
• Rules and Filters: Use the settings on the far right side of the window to apply stratigraphic rules, date filters, and/or spatial filters to data being displayed in your log. (More.)

Step-by-Step Summary

1. Access the Borehole Manager program tab. 
2. Enter/import your data into the Borehole Manager database.
3. In the list along the left side of the Borehole Manager window, click on the name of the borehole whose data is to be displayed in the log. Be sure the check-box to the left of the borehole name is checked so that the borehole is enabled.
4. Select the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | 3-Dimensional | Single Log menu command. 
5. Establish the settings, as described above.
6. Click on the 3D Striplog Designer to establish the layout of the log diagram.
7. Click on the Process button at the bottom of the window to create the striplog diagram.

The program will create a three-dimensional display of the selected borehole, reading the specified data from the borehole database.  Only the log items you have activated will be displayed in the log.  The log will be displayed in a RockPlot3D tab in the Options window.

8. You can adjust any of the log settings in the options to the left, on the 3D Striplog Designer tab, or in the Rules & Filters pane, and click the Process button to regenerate the log.
   ! Each time you click the Process button, the existing display will be replaced. 
   
   
9. View / save / manipulate / print / export the log in the RockPlot3D window.  (More.)
   
   

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