RockWorks | Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Surface-Borehole Intersections
Use this program to calculate the XYZ location and measured depth along the hole, where all/enabled boreholes intersect an existing surface (.RwGrd file). The output is displayed in a RockWorks datasheet.
Notes:
- If the borehole never pierces the surface, it will display a "N/A" value.
- If the borehole intersects the surface at multiple locations, they will all be listed.
- The output units (feet or meters) will be those of your output project coordinates, even if the input depths and elevations are in a different system.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Surface Grid: Click to the right to browse for the name of the existing RockWorks grid model (.RwGrd file) which represents the surface whose borehole intersections are to be calculated.
- All Boreholes / Enabled Boreholes: Click in one of these radio buttons to specify whether the intersection points are to be calculated for all holes in the Borehole Manager database, or only the enabled holes.
- Omit Non-Intersection Boreholes: Insert a check in this box if you want the program to omit boreholes from the output listing which never pierce the surface.
- Output Decimals: Click to the right to specify how many decimal places are to be calculated for the output elevation (Z) coordinates and depths.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the Borehole Manager.
- If you don't want to run all of the boreholes through the calculator, be sure to enable only those to be processed.
- Select the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Surface-Borehole Intersections menu command.
- Enter the requested menu options, described above.
- Click the Process button at the bottom of the window to continue.
The program will read the well location and downhole survey information for all holes or enabled holes (as requested) from the database. It will determine the downhole trace of each hole, and will calculate the X, Y, Z (elevation) coordinates and measured depth along the hole where each boring intersects the specified surface.
If the borehole is deviated and pierces the surface more than one time, the multiple points will be listed. If the borehole never intersects the surface, it will be noted with "n/a".
The results will be displayed in an untitled datasheet tab to the right of the options pane.
- You can adjust any of the options along the left and click the Process button to regenerate the report.
! Each time you click the Process button, the existing data will be replaced.
- If you want to save the report as a RockWorks datasheet file (.RwDat), click the File | Save and type in the name for the file. This can be opened into the Utilities datasheet.
TIP: If you want to display the XYZ intersection points in space, as shown by the red spheres in the image at the top of this page, open the .RwDat file into the Utilities datasheet, and use the Map | 3D Points program.
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