Tutorial: Create a Lithology Volume Report

Estimated time: 1 minute.

Finally, let’s run a quick volume report for the lithology model you’ve already created. The computed totals will be displayed in a datasheet in the options window.

Before continuing, be sure you have completed the lesson Create a Lithology Solid Model and Diagram. 

1. At the Borehole Manager, choose the Lithology | Volumetrics option.
    
2. Lithology Model: Click here to select the name of your model: lithology.RwMod.
    
3. Output Options:  These will set up the report to summarize the material volume and percent.
   1. Nodes: Uncheck this.
   2. Volume: Check this.
   3. Mass: Uncheck this.
   4. Percent: Check this.
       
4. Lithotypes to be included in Report:
   1. All Lithotypes: Choose this. The program will include all items in the Lithology Type Table in the report.
       
5. Sort By:
   1. Name: Choose this option.
       
6. Intervals:
   1. Every Layer.  This will include a row for every layer in the solid lithology model.
       
7. Decimals: Click here to type in 0.
    
8. Click the Process button to proceed.

The program will create a data tab where it will display the total volume of each lithology type at every layer in the solid model. It will also display percent of that type for that layer. If you scroll down to the bottom of the data listing, the overall totals will be displayed.

10. To save this datasheet, click on the File | Save option at the top of the window, and type in the name:  lithology volumes     and click Save. The program will append the RwDat file name extension automatically.  This is the type of file that you can open into the Utilities portion of the RockWorks program, and its row-and-column datasheet.

This is the end of the tutorial for lithology data. The next section contains lessons for stratigraphic data.
 

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