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New Features in RockWorks15 |
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New Data Tools
- Support of MS SQL Server and other databases.
- Lithology Picker: Pick your lithology intervals from raster or geophysical logs in an interactive window.
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| RockWorks Lithology Picker |
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- Lookup Tables: Project-specific tables, such as color-fill, polygon, point scaling, etc. are now stored in the database.
- Reorganized Project Manager: Even easier to access your data, models, and graphics.
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| RockWorks Project Manager |
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- Multiple Aquifers: RockWorks now supports multiple aquifers. Define your Aquifer Names, then enter water levels by date for your different aquifers.
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| RockWorks Aquifer Types |
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- I-Text and P-Text: Enter non-numeric data - sample numbers, comments, etc. - and display on your logs.
- Shapefile Import: Import Shapefiles and attributes into the Utilities datasheet.
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| Interval text in RockWorks striplog |
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- Shapefile export: Export log data (lithology, stratigraphy, I-Data, T-Data, P-Data, fractures, water levels, well construction) to 3D Shapefiles, with attributes. Display and analyze in ArcScene.
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| RockWorks 3D Shapefile Export |
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New Mapping and Gridding Options
- Transparency: Adjust the transparency of color contour and raster layers in your RockPlot2D images.
- Kriging Tools: New variogram models, an interactive variogram editor, and a variogram matrix plot.
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| Transparent color contours overlying an aerial photo in RockWorks |
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- Google Earth: Display your borehole locations in Google Earth.
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| RockWorks borehole locations displayed in Google Earth |
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- Drainage Nets / Flow Maps: New tools in 2D and 3D, with exports of line segments, fill sinks, and stratigraphy filters.
- Rose and stereonet diagrams from grid models: Run a topography grid through a slope/aspect analysis and generate a rose or setereonet diagram.
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| RockWorks Drainage Map |
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- New Range/Township/Section Coverage - The free RockWare LandBase has been expanded to cover most of the U.S.
- Easy section maps for your project area.
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- New color palettes: Automatic palettes, custom palettes, and multiple color cycles.
- Shaded relief: Display 2D contour maps with a variety of shaded relief options.
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| Shaded Relief applied to RockWorks Contour Map |
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- Point Map Layers: Symbols and labels added for all Borehole Manager maps (stratigraphy, t-data, etc.)
- Point Map Labels: Detailed labels can display varied types of data, such as stratigraphy thickness, water level elevations, T-Data dates and values, and more.
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| Detailed Point Map Labels in RockWorks |
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New Striplog and Cross Section Tools
- I-Text and P-Text: Display downhole comments, notes, etc. in striplogs.
- Text Wrapping: Display detailed descriptions.
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| RockWorks striplog with wrapping text |
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- Profile "Stripmaps": Plot borehole locations relative to projected profiles, along with collar distances.
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| Add a Stripmap to the Top or Bottom of a Striplog or Interpolated Profile Diagram |
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- Log Titles: Plot at the top and/or base of the logs - handy for inclined and deviated holes.
- Custom Color Tables: Link these to your 2D I-Data and T-Data bargraphs
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| Display borehole IDs and symbols at the top and/or base of the holes |
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New Solid Modeling and Display Tools
- Interactive Editor: Use the new 3D solid model editor to edit individual voxels or blocks drawn as polyhedra.
- Filters: Automatic filtering of ground surface and borehole bases (manual options too).
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| RockWorks interactive solid model editor |
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- Lithology models:
- Create surfaces for uppermost and lowermost contacts.
- Create isopach maps and models.
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| Use RockWorks to generate lithology surfaces |
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- Animations:
- Animate increasing/decreasing isolevels.
- Animate automatic beveling of voxel blocks or isosurfaces.
- Contours: Display contours on the faces of 3D isosurface cutouts.
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| Animate Isolevels in RockPlot3D |
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New Color Modeling Tools
- Borehole Colors: Interpolate a solid color model from borehole color intervals.
- Color Import: Import colors into boreholes using descriptive data (such as Munsell codes) or raster images.
- Display Options: Display a color model as 3D voxels, 3D fence panels, 2D section or profile, or 2D plan map.
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| RockWorks Color Model Displayed as Voxels in RockPlot3D |
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- Raster Images: Interpolate a color model from vertical image panels.
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| Vertical Raster Images Interpolated into a Solid Color Model |
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New RockPlot3D Tools
- World Coordinates: View the XYZ coordinates at any point within the display.
- Digitize Coordinates: Digitize XYZ coordinates by clicking in the 3D view.
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| Capture XYZ Coordinates for any 3D view locations |
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- Embedded Striplog Layout Tools: Click on the Striplog Designer tab to define the log settings.
- Embedded Profile, Section, Fence tabs: Click on the Select Map tab to define the panel locations.
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| Log Designer tools embedded in Options window |
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New Interface Options
- Embedded Output: 2D images, 3D images, text reports are displayed right within the program's Options window. This allows you to adjust settings and re-process the diagram with just a few clicks. You can also quickly "un-dock" the window to keep that copy on your desktop.
- Embedded Help: See instructions for the current topic right within the Options window.
- Detailed Options Windows: All new dialogs for gridding, solid modeling, mapping, and other functions.
- Maintain separate menu settings for different projects.
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| Cross section embedded in Options window |
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