RockWorks | Borehole Manager | T-Data | Time-Graph Map
This program is used to plot T-Data as a function of time for all enabled boreholes. The results are then displayed within a map such that the view can examine the changes in T-Data spatially.
See also: Time-Graph for creating a chart for a single borehole, or T-Data Billboards for multple charts displayed in Google Earth.
Feature Level: RockWorks Standard and higher
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Track #1: This program allows the user to plot one or two tracks of data. Track #1 must be defined whereas Track #2 is optional.
- T-Data Track: Click here to select the column within the T-Data table that is to be used to create the diagram.
- Symbols: If checked, this option will plot symbols that depict the sample points.
- Symbol Type: Click on the small sample to choose the symbol design to be used to represent this track's data.
- Connect Points: If checked, this option will plot a polyline that connects the sample points.
- Polyline Color: Click the sample to choose the color for the line to be plotted.
- Polyline Thickness: Click here to define the thickness for the line: 1=thin, 2=medium, 3=thick
- Bargraph: If checked, this option will plot a bargraphs from the base of the graph to the sample point.
- Pattern: Click on the sample to choose a fill pattern and color for the chart's bargraphs.
- Tilt Labels: If checked, this option will tilt the labels along the horizontal axis. If un-checked, they will be plotted vertically.
- Track #2: To plot an additional track (i.e. a second t-data column), check this box. The sub-items are identical to the Track-1 sub-options.
Notice how the 2nd curve units are normalized to the same range as the first curve. Also note how the annotation for the second curve is located along the right and top of the diagram. This capability means that the two curves may be expressed in completely different units.
- Dimensions and Intervals: These options allow a means for labeling the horizontal axes based on the sampling dates or fixed intervals. All sizes are expressed as a percent of the project dimensions.
- Label Dimensions: Expand this heading and choose from Small, Medium, Large, or Other.
- Label Decimal Places: Use these settings to define the number of decimal places for the Y-Axis labels.
- Automatic: Choose this option for RockWorks to set the number of decimal places automatically, based on the data range.
- Manual: Choose this option to manually define the number of decimal places in the labels.
- Symbol Dimensions: Expand this heading and establish the symbol size as Small, Medium, Large, or Other.
- Bargraph Column Dimensions: Expand this heading and establish the bargraph width as Thin, Medium, Wide, or Other.
- Labeling Intervals: Expand this heading to define the intervals at which the horizontal (time) axis is to be labeled. (Default = Samples)
- Tick-Mark Intervals: Expand this heading to define the intervals at which the horizontal (time) axis tick-marks are to be placed. (Default = Samples)
- Diagram Dimensions: This will determine the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your hydrograph plot in inches, excluding axis labels, titles, and diagram title. You can make the diagrams virtually any size you choose, as you may scale them up or down during printing from RockPlot.
- Plot Borehole Locations: Insert a check here to include symbols (etc.) on the map to represent the locations of the active holes. Expand this heading to access the map settings.
- Borehole Symbol & Label Options: Click on this button to establish the settings for the map symbols, labels, and borehole traces. (More.)
- Callout Box Options: Clicking on this option will display a variety of options that determine how the graphs will be positioned within the map. These mini-diagrams are referred to as "callouts". See Callout Box Options for details.
- Border: Insert a check in the Border check-box to annotate the map borders with axis titles and/or coordinate labels. Expand this item to access its settings. See Border Layer Options for details.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the RockWorks Borehole Manager program tab.
- Enter/import your data into the Borehole Manager. This tool reads Location and Time-Interval data.
- Enable/disable the boreholes to be included in the map by inserting/removing the checks from their check-boxes.
- Select the T-Data | Time-Graph Map menu option.
- Enter the requested menu items, described above.
- Click the Process button to proceed with map generation.
Once the time-graph map has been created, it will be displayed in a RockPlot2D tab in the options window.
- You can adjust any of the modeling or diagram option in the pane to the left and then click the Process button again to regenerate the map.
! Each time you click the Process button, the existing map display will be replaced.
- View / save / manipulate / print / export the image in the RockPlot2D window.
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