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A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A button titled "RockWare Knowledge Base" has been added along the right edge of the main menu bar. Clicking on this button will load the RockWare Knowledge Base into your web browser. A new program titled “DXF → Polygon Table” has been added to the Utilities / Misc menu. A new version of the Raster → Grid program is available w/ bug fixes and a menu re-design. Many improvements have been made to the ModOps / Grid / Import programs. A must read whitepaper! An option titled "Rosegrams" has been added to the symbol options for all programs that create 2-D maps from borehole data. This new capability produces maps that depict lithology or stratigraphy as radial bar graphs without the need for any modeling. A new interpolation method titled "Radial Basis" has been added to the 3D block model algorithm list. This new algorithm produces smooth models that honor the data. Improvements: Two changes have been made to the Graphics / 2D Tools / Montage program. The program now provides a means to not re-dimension the diagrams. And, the program now includes options for adding additional content (e.g., legends) to the final diagram. The Multi-Table import into the Borehole Manager will now allow multiple blocks of a given data type, say 3 blocks of Interval-Text data. When a menu is activated, RockWorks positions it where it was last placed. This can create a problem for laptop users. To eliminate this problem, the program will now check to see if a menu is positioned on a visible monitor after it has been opened. If it isn't, the menu will be automatically moved and maximized onto the main monitor (e.g., the laptop screen). A new option for the Export All-Tracks for I-Data, I-Text, P-Data, P-Text and T-Data is the ability to export only those tracks that actually have data. This eliminates empty columns in the export. Bug Fixes: The 2D Peripherals / Image option now works correctly. The previous version would only plot the image if it was in a folder different from the current project folder. The Contour Line table was specified in both the 2D Grid Map and 3D Grid Diagram menus. The 3D menu setting won out as it was the last to be saved which overwrote the 2D settings. The Contour Line table now uses different variables for 2D and 3D menus. New Feature: A program titled K-Means Clustering has been added to the ModOps / Statistics sub-menu. To download this software build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. Or visit our website and click on the RockWorks Free Trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before August 2024. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A button titled "Set to Project's Values" has been added to the Borehole Operations / Lithology / Volumetrics menu. This button will copy the values for the current Project Dimensions to the Upper Elevation, Lower Elevation, and Interval. A button has been added to adjust the end point coordinates to match the value range. It is now possible to automatically set the elevation for the image within the Graphics / Images / Float program to the project minimum or maximum z-value. These new options are also available within the 3D program that include an option for adding a floating image to the diagram. The Cage options which are used to add perimeter annotation to 3D diagrams now include an option to add a small north arrow to the diagram. A smoothing option has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Extract Grids / Solid → Thickness Grid. Several new options have been added to the Multivariate Lithology Map menu that is accessed via the Borehole Operations / Lithology pull-down menu. The Dimensions / Scan programs now include an option to add a buffer around the suggested project dimensions. The DEM (Digital Elevation Model) import program now includes options for specifying if the elevation data is stored in a South-to-North or West-to-East fashion. Grids surface displayed in RockPlot3D can now include contours. Contour lines may now be added to 3D surface diagrams directly. Titles may now be added to 3D diagrams directly. A new option has been added to the 3D Log Designer / Lithologic Interval Labeling that can be used to limit the labeling to lithologies with specific g-values. Improvements: It is now possible to adjust the opacity of the background image within two-dimensional maps. A "Select Properties" has been added to the RockPlot2D popup menu. It allows users to select from a number of items when there is more than one item under the cursor. Upon completion, the Playlist now scrolls to the first checked item within the list. This makes it easier to test items within long playlists. When you select several Playlist items, you can enable/disable them all at once. The selected items can also be edited as text vs. editing the entire Playlist. The T-Data Time Graph program now has the option to specify the Date/Time format. The vertical height of the tabs within multi-page menus has been decreased from 40 to 30 pixels to minimize the amount of scrolling that is necessary when viewing menus within the Playlist. The ASCII DEM -> Grid program runs a bit faster when extracting portions of a DEM to a grid based on the Project Dimensions. Bug Fixes: The Borehole Map no longer displays at maximum extent if no labels are plotted. Editing selected playlist items will now copy the items back to the same locations without jumping around. Borehole Manager - File | Export | P-Data, I-Data & T-Data | All Tracks, can be set to measure Depths from the Collar Elevation without an error. Programs within the Playlist that are unable to create 3D logs due to no data will no longer interrupt the processing with warning messages. Instead, the warning message will be added to the Execution History listing. The Lithology Label Intervals / Center Text option within the 3D Log Designer now only posts labels on the logs. To download this software build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. Or visit our website and click on the RockWorks Free Trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before April 2024. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A new DEM importer has been added to the ModOps / Grid / Import menu. This program handles "generic" DEMs versus the "Legacy" importers that are hardwired to antiquated (pre-2008) USGS and Canadian formats. A new program titled “Soundings → Boolean Solid” has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Create pull-down menu. The RockPlot2D Circle item can now be drawn as a Circle, Square, Triangle, Diamond or Star. It has been renamed to "Shape". The Bubble map option in the Point Map program can now plot points as Circle, Square, Tringles, Diamonds or Stars. This feature has been renamed "Proportional Shapes". The Playlist shows comments in yellow without a check box. Improvements: Documentation added to ModOps / Grid / Import / GeoTiff menu. The RockWorks GeoTiff importer allows the user to select between one and four GeoTiff files. The ModOps / Volume / Extract Via Surface Excavation program no longer extends the pit outside of the lease boundary if the Add Benches option is enabled. The lithology and stratigraphy volumetric reports no longer include the "Undefined" volumetrics within the "Total" column calculations. The Plot Polygon from the Polygon Table dialog now offers an option to fill the polygon. A 'G Filter' has been added to the Borehole Map Proportional Shapes program. ReportWorks now updates the caption filename after selecting a 'Save As' command on an unmodified file. Bug Fixes: The Borehole Map no longer displays at maximum extent if no labels are plotted. Borehole Manager | File | Import | Excel | Row Based has been fixed. When importing Location data into an empty project, the import would complain about duplicate boreholes even though there were no duplicates and the information imported correctly. Users can reset the graphical items defaults in RockPlot2D. Key strokes (arrows) are now being recognized when using the Playlist and its Ingredient menus. The RockPlot2D Scalebar has an added option to adjust the ending value if the Scalebar is resized, as well as other improvements. The RockPlot3D Color Legend is plotting small values correctly when the order is set to descending. RockPlot2D colorfill contour bands now use the min/mid/max color scheme and adjust the minimum interval (if the interval count is odd) to avoid problems with the bands not matching the contour lines. If a required field (like Depth to Base in Lithology or a LithoType) is missing, the program will report it, but you can then hide successive warnings. This allows large imports to proceed without hitting 'Enter' to dismiss each warning. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. Or visit our website and click on the RockWorks Free Trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before March 2024. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The Solid Modeling / Algorithm / Directional tab now contains four algorithms, two of which (Line and Polyline) are new. The line-biased modeling provides a tool for specifying the endpoints for a line that will be used to bias the modeling. The polyline-biased modeling provides a tool for specifying the vertices for a polyline that will be used to bias the modeling. The main form will now auto-adjust to fit within the desktop if the last-used location was outside the current desktop. This situation can occur when switching between multi-monitor and single-monitor systems. A new program called “GeoCylinders” has been added to the Utilities / 3-D sub-menu. This program is used to plot geologic units encountered within boreholes or measured as color-coded vertical cylinders. RockPlot2D now allows searching through block text and text by name allowing users to find Boreholes or Data Points by their labels. New Bouguer Anomaly program added that converts gravity observations to Bouguer Anomaly values for subsequent gridding in to Bouguer Anomaly contour maps. Improvements: RockWorks will always start on the form where it was last closed and adjust the size to fit in the active computer screen. When importing an LAS file, in the LAS File Import Wizard | Options for the required borehole data, we have added a input field for Collar Elevation. Using very large Cell Spacing in RockPlot2D Pattern Legends no longer causes an empty legend. Since users might mistake the Cell Spacing setting for cell height the value is automatically limited to 5% in the properties dialog and in existing Rw2D files. Improvements were made to the Data Integrity Check program; remove T-Data duplicates will now handle comparing dates and records with NULL date values, and show the correct T-Data Type (instead of an I-Data Type) . The Backup and Restore options within the Borehole Manager / File menu have been duplicated within the Project menu. The Licensing help dialog has been updated to include the Toolbox. Bug Fixes: Borehole Manager - File | Import | Excel/Text | Row-Based - "Replace" option now works as expected. Raster images exported from RockPlot3D to Google Earth are now visible. The ModOps / Solid / Create / 3 Grids -> Solid program now displays the correct Input/Output sub-menu. The ModOps / Volume / Extract via Surface Excavation program now correctly extrapolates the pit to the edges of the user-specified perimeter (if used). If all the comments in the Peripherals/Title Block are blank the comments section isn't plotted. The decimal places within the output from the ModOps / Solid / Export / Other Formats / ASCII XYZ program are now based on the values specified within the menu. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. Or visit our website and click on the RockWorks Free Trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before February 2024. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The Axis Labeling menu that is used by a variety of programs now includes options that determine what the margins, titles, tick-marks, and label dimensions represent. A new algorithm called 'TriLayering' has been added for modeling 3D lithology data. This algorithm is designed to provide a tool for modeling lithology datasets that represent layered but laterally discontinuous materials that do not laterally grade from one material type to another. The Project Dimensions Aspect (Width/Height) Ratio is now displayed within the Dimensions menu. This number represents the project diagonal (the horizontal distance from the southwest corner to the northeast corner) divided by the vertical distance from the lowest point to the highest point. A new Directional / Automatic solid-modeling algorithm has been added. Improvements: For Row-Based Tables imports to the Borehole Manager, the user will now be asked to confirm coordinate system/unit changes before processing the import. Improved the drawing of slices in a solid model. Added the borehole name to the output of the >Solid >Extract Values program. The Solid Model Declustering method has been simplified in order to ensure that the points created are centered on the voxel. The Grid Surface Declustering method has been simplified in order to insure that the points created are centered on the grid cell which enhances the honoring of high and low values and runs quicker. Excluded boreholes are no longer reported when creating profiles. The solid modeling "Constrain" option will not require an output file to exist already, user will need to specify that file if desired. The Label Contours option now also controls whether labels from a contour table are plotted. The "Add Points" option is now available when using the Lateral Blending, Lateral Exclusion, or TriLayering algorithms. Please note that the G-Values for the points must correspond with the G-Values within the LithoTypes table. The ModOps / Solid / Filters / Borehole Clipping program is now "multi-threaded" meaning that it's much faster The Profile, Section and Fence selection map now has an Over Zoom mode that allows unlimited zooming. The time required to compute the lithology volumetrics has been significantly decreased Bug Fixes: Color fill and contours are better matched for grids derived from stratigraphic or lithologic models where the cell values could match the contour intervals. RockPlot 2D Legend Titles will resize to fit the height of the Title Box set by the user. XLSM (Excel Macro-Embedded) files are now included in the list of files that appear when the user is working with a process involving an Excel file. In the Fence, Profile and Cross Section, the Location dialog no longer causes an Out of Resources error when the maximum zoom level is reached. The ProSect with Boreholes enabled only reports boreholes that are found to speed up processing. Borehole Manager I/T/P-Data Column-Based Import - The commas in field names are no longer being interpreted as field separators, allowing the import into the existing Types table (was creating new types). The LAS importer shows the current log types available in the Field Name dropdown list box. The Utilities / Planes / Planes -> Spherical Net program no longer adds items that may have been enabled within other programs. The Perimeter Cage automatic dimensions option now displays correctly when viewing Lithology models. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before December 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A new feature for Playlists is that you can add notes. This helps with organization and when running the program later. The Playlist Add menu was separated into 3 main categories; Project Commands, Datasheet Commands, and Playlist Commands because the Add list was getting long. A Directional First Derivative calculator has been added to Grid|Math. The maximum number of terms that can be replaced by the Utilities / Misc / Replace Text program has been increased from 4 to 5. The Solid / Extract Grids / Solid -> Grids program now includes an option whereby the sampling thickness that is used when plotting control points can be different than the sampling thickness that is used to create the grid models. The Extract Values from Solid can now either use a single borehole as before or a list of boreholes stored in the Utilities spreadsheet. Improvements: Clicking on the scene image in RockPlot3D sets the focus so that the cursor keys can be used to rotate the scene. A right-click option was added to 'Modify Selected Text' in ReportWorks for text drawn all on the same layer. The Playlist Notes editor has been improved to look and act similar to the SQL statement editor. For the Labeled Axes the minor line can be disabled from view if it's not necessary. Exports from RockPlot3D to Google Earth now honor the 3D object's transparency settings. The Line Survey -> XYZ program converts geophysical survey data from a line-based format into an XYZ format suitable for three-dimensional display and modeling. The ModOps / Solid / Extract Grids / Solid -> Grids program now includes options for creating and displaying the grids. Redesigned the menu and increased the allowed number of targets and replacement fields to 10. This is for the Replace Text program. The lithoblending algorithm now post-processes the model to replace voxels that contain control points with the original control point g-values The Section, Profile, and Fence selection map now has scroll bars to move around when zoomed in. Bug Fixes: For P-Data, the Standardize menu saves the names of the P-Data tracks, instead of looking for the track ID. The Borehole Operations / P-Data / GT Compositing program now reads data from the specified P-Data column. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before October 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A program titled Grids / Layered Solid has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Create sub-menu. Unlike the Grids / Stratigraphic Solid program, this program does not require a Superface and Subface grid for each layer – just a Superface. Instead, the program starts with the lowest surface (as defined by the order in the grids listed within the datasheet) and assigns the voxels below that surface and the base of the model (as defined by the Project Dimensions) to the specified G-value. A program titled “Grids -> Layered Solid” has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Create sub-menu. A new program titled “Gridded XYZ -> Grid” has been added to the ModOps / Grid / Create menu group. This program will create a grid by reading XYZ data from an ASCII text file or the RockWorks Datasheet. The grid will be populated by simply assigning z-values to the closest grid node. The IDW Layered solid-modeling algorithm will allow the user to specify a manual layer height; in project units or in multiples of the voxel height. A new option titled “Include Grid Profile” has been added to the Graphics / Images / Vertical / Multiple sub-menu. Added a color picker (eye dropper) to RockPlot2D that allows you to select a color displayed in a RockPlot2D or RockPlot3D window. The Envelope option within the solid modeling menu now includes an option to offset the base of the model by a user-specified amount. The Datasheet / Search / Find & Replace menu now includes an option to replace just the portion of the text that matches the target. If unchecked, the entire contents of the cell will be replaced with the “Target” string. The Histogram programs now include options for plotting two vertical threshold lines at user-specified magnitudes within the diagram. Improvements: Clicking on the "How-To" button at the top of the main RockWorks menu will now display two sub-options. The "Textual Listing" option will display an expanding/collapsing textual topic menu that can be searched. Clicking on the new "Graphical Listing" will load a large array of annotated "thumbnail" images into the default web browser. Clicking on one of these image thumbnails (or the textual description below it) will display the associated video, HTML file, PDF file, or image. The color selection button used in RockWorks and LogPlot now has an additional button that puts the program in eyedropper mode. It captures all screens and allows the user to select a color they want to use. Note the red outline that indicates that you're in selection mode and press any key to cancel selection mode. Under the Add dropdown in the Playlist, an option was added to enable/disable boreholes based on a list. Raster and PDF exports of RockPlot2D files can now be created with a specific width and height. The Vertical Exaggeration is calculated based on the calculated scales. The Solid Modeling Directional Algorithm works better for groundwater plumes. Added nice features to the Solid Modeling algorithm. The Peripheral dialog now adjusts the position of the splitter bar to make sure the entire dialog is always visible. A depth filter has been added to the Spatial Filters dialog. This option is ignored by programs not using depth. The Borehole Manager / Stratigraphy / Grids -> 3D Strat. The diagram program has been moved to the ModOps / Grid menu because the input does not rely on the borehole database. When you close a playlist, the undocked windows no longer dock themselves, which speeds up the closing process. Added the color selection button, including the color picker, to the Widgits | Color Convertor | Line editor and symbol editor. When working in the Map/Model tables that have a color field you now can right-click and select a color from a dialog with a color selection button. The I-Data a P-Data Interval Labeling sub-menus within the 2D striplog designer now include vertical scrollbars if the menus are vertically squished. A Tolerance option has been added to numerous programs that display a raster image in RockPlot3D. The Tolerance factor expands the range of colors rendered transparent in an image. A tolerance of 0 only limits the transparency to the transparent color. Higher values will include more colors. The RockPlot3D toolbar now has 4 buttons that allow the user to select from fixed above viewpoints (SE, SW, NE, NW) without resetting the zoom or translation points. Bug Fixes: Anchor Text in RockPlot2D can now be resized from the handles on the left. The "Display Output in Default Viewer" setting for Rw2D Exports to Raster and PDF is now honored. Changing between OpenGL Hardware and Software settings from the RockPlot3D About dialog now works correctly. Logical legends in RockPlot3D now display the text correctly whether in ascending or descending order. Compiled logs are no longer length restrained by the Lithology Descriptions. When working in RockPlot2D and using Text (BlockText) on your display, the 'handles' available on each corner will allow resizing of the text box. This will keep the spacing and paragraph settings. Use the cursor to move the text to prevent overlaying other details. The Color Names system table works better with adding systems, assigning names, changing names, and filtering them. A new system is added by adding a color entry (or changing one) with a different number in the Color System field. For instance using the number '3', as the first 2 numbers are the default system and the Munsell colors system. Automatically cropping the full project's image down to match a subsite no longer rotates the cropped image. Pattern Assistant for Litho, Strat, Aquifer, and Well Construction types - The 'Add' button now works as expected for adding Keywords and Patterns. Undocked windows in the Playlist can now be closed without redocking them. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before July 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The Unidirectional Gridding Algorithm has been modified to use a method similar to the Bidirectional Algorithm. This means that the weighting will be greater in the specified direction. Tolerance will no longer be used. You may now selectively delete borehole data from a single borehole, from enabled boreholes, or from all boreholes. The menu item is at the end of the Edit menu in the Borehole Manager. A new option titled "Limit model to 3D convex hull "envelope" that encloses control points." has been added to the IDW Layered algorithm menu. If checked, this option will create an imaginary convex "envelope" that encloses all of the control points. This surface is then used to limit the modeling to just the regions with control points. It will also limit the top of the model to a surface that is based on a triangulated grid that is fit to the highest control points. A new option titled "Automatic" has been added to the IDW Layered algorithm menu. If checked, the Layer Height will be automatically set to twice the average minimum vertical distance between all of the control points. Added 2 special actions to the playlist: Enable All Datasheet Rows and Disable All Datasheet Rows. Improvements: The Peripherals menu that is embedded within all programs that generate two-dimensional diagrams (maps, sections, graphs) has been significantly enhanced. This may cause the need for some reorganization of the peripheral items and their sizes when you open diagrams created in older versions. The default file name ("LithoPhysics1.RwGrd") for the predictive model is now the same for the Create Predictive Model and Apply to the Predictive Model programs. The Borehole Operations / P-Data / Apply Predictive Model program displays the correct file name in the History list as the lithology for each borehole is consolidated. A scroll box has been added to the Peripherals designer to provide access to hidden portions of the diagram when the splitter bar is dragged to the left. The cursor used to edit size and location in the 2D Peripherals designer now changes based on its position on a peripheral object (arrow type cursor at side, corner, etc.). Project images can now be saved for the full project and Subsites. The image can be increased or decreased in size to fit the dimensions for whichever item it is georeferenced for, so the image is tied to whichever Subsite is selected. This increases the version of the Data Dictionary to 40. Bug Fixes: The Solid Modeling Directional Weighting now more accurately honors the search direction. The Image generated by the Peripherals now displays the Y coordinates in the correct positions in the property editor. The resizing issues in the Peripheral Designer have been fixed. The RockPlot2D Pattern Legends now show the Y coordinates in their correct location in the properties dialog. Using the Scan Data command in a Playlist now updates the Project Dimensions. Clearing the Playlist output tabs now locks drawing of 2D and 3D windows to speed up the process. Titles for legends in the RockPlot3D export to OBJ (Sketchfab) are now centered. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before July 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A new algorithm titled “IDW Layered” has been added to the Algorithm submenu that is embedded within all of the applications that create solid (voxel) models. This algorithm was designed to provide a tool for quickly modeling large datasets that represent horizontally layered (but laterally discontinuous) materials. Video instructions are now available from within the Borehole Manager / Bitmaps table. Video instructions are now available from within the Contact Picking program. A video help option has been added to the 2D Peripherals menu. Video instructions are now available from within the Borehole Manager / Orientation table editor. A program titled "3D Tags" has been added to the Graphics / 3D Tools menu group. A sample input file titled "Infrastructure_Labels.RwDat" is now available by clicking on the Example button within the 3D Tags menu. This program is used to add item annotation to 3D diagrams. The RockPlot3D Digitize option has been added as a menu item under Utilities. A new "Search Tree" button has been added to the How-To menu. When clicked this will highlight any items within the topic outline that contain the search term. Items that contain the search term but are "branches" of a highlighted item will not be highlighted. The ModOps / Grid / Statistics / Scattergram and ModOps / Solid / Statistics / Scattergram program menus are now limited to linear regression curve fitting. Users can now specify the minimum and maximum colors for I-Data and T-Data in 2D logs; and I-Data, P-Data, and T-Data in 3D logs. A program titled “Solid -> P-Data” has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Export sub-menu. This program will extract the g-values from a specified solid model into the corresponding P-Data intervals within one or more boreholes. The Datasheet / Transfer / Strat -> Borehole Manager program now includes options for importing elevations or depths into the Borehole Manager database. The previous version would only import elevations. In addition, the program will now convert elevations to depths for inclined and deviated boreholes. Improvements: Titles for 3D Striplogs can now be plotted horizontally, vertically, or at a 45-degree angle. The RockPlot2D Scalebar can now be plotted with an opaque background. The menu items for the Project Notes: Load from a file and Save As, are no longer grayed out, and are functional. Users can now set the line style for Profile, Section, and Projected Section vertical panel lines. RockPlot2D Scalebars can now display either Meters converted to Feet or Feet converted to Meters. Added a button to set the "Project Coordinates" as that extent to use for the clip dimensions in the RockPlot2D Clip With Coordinates dialog. GeoTiffs specify the coordinate reference system usually with an EPSG code however, the GeoTiff may then specify different units for both horizontal and vertical values than the EPSG code specifies. RockWorks will now use any overridden units. The RockPlot 2D Scalebar selects a more appropriate interval when plotted as a filled bar and can be selected by clicking anywhere within its bounds. The Peripherals menu that is embedded within all programs that generate two-dimensional diagrams (maps, sections, graphs) has been significantly enhanced. This may cause the need for some reorganization of the peripheral items and their sizes when you open diagrams created in older versions. The Unidirectional gridding algorithm has been improved to vary the strength based on the difference between the direction and the data point. Bug Fixes: Plotting I-Data and P-Data within 3D striplogs as Cold -> Hot discs now works correctly with data that has a very small range (e.g., zero to 1.0). For example, the figure below is based on P-Data which ranges between zero and 1.0. Datasheet - File | Import | ASCII, Column Definitions are now parsed correctly even if the units have 2 words like "Local Meters". The status of faulting is now stored in the grid header so that faulting will be turned on during the contouring of existing grids. For already created grids without the Fault parameter, the program will check the grids metadata. Licensing: RockWorks will now create MP4 videos in which the original frame dimensions are not evenly divisible by two. If a user has a floating license checked out and then tries to connect to the License Server, the licensing will indicate the user already has a license checked out (as floating) and read that license from the local computer's disk. However, if the user's local floating license has become corrupted or otherwise invalid, the licensing falls back to try Trialware licensing. If the user then tries to connect to the server from the Network Licensing tab of the licensing dialog, the licensing will now warn the user the License is already checked out on loan. To rectify the problem the license must be manually "returned" from the "RockWare Network License Administrator" (run on the server) from the Tools | View User Status - Clear User button. The user can then click on the "connect" button to reestablish a normal network license. 3D model volumetrics calculated by RockPlot3D no longer include cells assigned null values if the G-Value filter is disabled. The Lithology Solid Model Output Filter now disables units that fall outside of the filter range. Forward Slash ("/") characters in Lithology, Stratigraphy, and Aquifer Tables are now being read correctly in RockPlot3D. Rw3D files will need to be recreated to correct this issue. Lithology models are now embedded in RockPlot3D files. Exporting Lithology and Solid models files from RockPlot3D as Shape files now include all Voxels including the voxels that would normally be hidden. Keep in mind that while RockWorks will create larger files there is a 2GB limit on the size of Shape files in most programs. The Borehole Manager Quick Map now correctly displays the background image when a Sub Site is selected and the image location is based on the Project Dimensions. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before June 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: Added the ability to copy “enabled” boreholes into another project understanding that the database structure would have to match for all the data to transfer. A warning message is displayed when an optional field in the target 'Location' table is missing. ESRI Shape Exports of Stratigraphic Fence diagrams now include the formation name as an attribute. This included reworking the appearance of the fence panels in the scene. Scales for RockPlot2D file in ReportWorks can now be specified with an engineering scale. Improvements: The Save settings in Peripherals now include user settings for each saved item as well as the layout for the pieces. Look for a new Add Margin button on the toolbar on the left side of 2D diagrams that adds a 5% margin to the edges around your diagram. This option was also added to the Utilities menu in RockPlot2D. Rewrote the Aquifer export. It now resembles the Stratigraphy export. ModOps | Grid | Export | RockWorks Datasheet - unused columns for Color, Thickness, Line Style were removed from the export. On editing a Playlist item as text: the text editor File | Exit and the Exit button behave the same. The File | Save behaves like a Save As and will now set the file extension to RWPlaylist with an option for txt. The File | Save As will still prompt to write back to the current Playlist (if modified). RockPlot2D Property dialogs are now displayed relative to the position of the mouse. Added the ability to copy “enabled” boreholes into another project understanding that the database structure would have to match for all the data to transfer. A warning message is displayed when an optional field in the target 'Location' table is missing. Bug Fixes: Grid silhouettes that are added to multiple parallel profiles will be plotted on the their individual profiles instead of projecting all of the grids onto the first diagram. Vertically exaggerated multi-profile diagrams are now displayed correctly. Previous versions would be plotted at a vertical exaggeration of 1.0 thereby requiring that the user manually specify the vertical exaggeration after the diagram was displayed. In the example shown below, the diagram containing four profiles is now initially plotted at the specified vertical exaggeration of 50X. The "Override Automatic Titles" option within the Parallel Profile menus (used by a variety of programs) now accepts user settings. The Load Layout option in the 2D Log Designer will now update the settings displayed in the dialog when you load a previously saved layout. The title height for RockPlot2D Color Legends is now adjusted when the Vertical Exaggeration is set from the main options to greater than one. The ESRI Stratigraphic Fence programs use the updated fence locations from the user specified table when the location tab is opened. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on the free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before March 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: An ESRI Shape file containing polygons can now be turned into a RockWorks grid file. The Playlist output tabs have been revamped. Double clicking ona playlist output tab will detach the page into a separate dialogue that fills the main monitor. A new item titled "View This List As An HTML File" has been added to the base of the How-To "tree". Clicking on this item and selecting the Copy option will copy the URL to the Windows clipboard so that it can be sent to other who may not be able to access the RockWorks How-To option (e.g., RockWorks is not installed on their machine). The new program to add boreholes to the database interactively through RockPlot2D now adds the Elevation and Collar Elevation fields if the map contains a color contour layer. The Project Settings file and Playlists now reference I/P/T data names rather than index number. Improvements: The Automatic perimeter annotation dimensions are now based on the extents of the diagram, including text blocks. It is no longer possible to launch two or more instances of the How-To dialog. This prevents problems with multiple-clicks on the How-To button. Model tilting and warping control now better followw user commands and selections. A video-help button has been added to the 2D Striplog / Projection sub-menu. The Striplogs / Log Profile tab has been renamed to "Projection" within the 2D Striplog Profile, Section, and Projected-Section programs to be consistent with the re-design of the 2D Striplog menu. Note: Striplogs within profiles do not have a Projection tab because they are always plotted using the Normal Projection (i.e., the logs are projected into the panel as-is). The Stratigraphy Picker was displaying the location incorrectly when the Vertical Exaggeration was not equal to 1, now user can set VE to what they want to view. Bug Fixes: If a GeoTIFF is an a geographic coordinate system (Lat/Long), the program was not converting the Z values. It will now retrieve the units from the GeoTIFF and convert if needed. The Add New Borehole function in RockPlot2D now offers a dialog where the user can select a surface grid, fixed elevation or no elevation for the borehole elevation. Additionally a a Total Depth is added. The Shape Polygon to grid program now offers replacement options based on polygon order, highest vale or lowest value. A suite of new tools has been added to a new tab labeled "Options" within the Utilities / 3-D / Tubes program. These options include the ability to wrap images around the tubes. When exporting I-Data, P-Data, T-Data, I-Text and P-Text and sorting by "Order Field" was causing an error when using SQLServer as the database engine. This was due to differences in SQL dialects, it worked with SQLite but not SQLServer. It now works with both engines. Borehole Manager: View | Change Sorting - now shows the current sorting of the boreholes. When the Data Dictionary is missing and is copied in from the default, we update it for any optional fields found in the database tables. The borehole location map options now include an option that determines if stratigraphic information labels will be plotted adjacent to the borehole symbol or at the plan view downhole locations. All boreholes are now included when interpolating a polygon-clipped lithology model via the Lateral Extrusion algorithm. The RockPlot2D Color Legend using the Min-Mid-Max scheme requires an odd number of intervals. If the number of intervals is not odd then the program decreases the minimum value by the contour interval. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.18. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before January 2023. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A program titled “Digitize Raster Log” has been added to the Graphics / Images list. This program is used to scan raster log images and extract the depth value information for a selected, colored curve. Note that each curve must have a unique color! The Borehole Operations / P-Data / Normalize program now includes options for truncating low and high outlier values before the normalization takes place. The Dip algorithm has bee added to the Stratigraphy Structure Grid and 3D Stratigraphic programs. A new set of option have been added to the Graphics / Images / Digitize Raster Log program. These options determine how the program will deal with sub-horizontal curve segments that intersect the scanlines ambiguously. The Location Map sub-menu that is used for sections, profiles, and fence diagrams now includes a Manual Offset option for manually specifying the offsets for the endpoint labels. The Automatic Offset option will always place the labels 90-degrees from the closest line segment which may produce maps in which the borehole locations (or other objects) overlap the labels. The ModOps / Solid / Logic / Solid -> Boolean Solid program now includes options for creating a Boolean solid based on a color model. The P-Data / Normalize program menu now includes an option to specify the number of decimal places within the output. Improvements: The Borehole Map program now uses Block Text which incorporates multiple lines of text with a perimeter and a leader line. The Playlist's "Project Units" command will now update the Coordinates and Borehole Manager tabs when run. The ModOps / Solid / Filters / Solid with Boolean Grid program has been renamed to Solid with Constraining Grid(s) and the program has been completely re-designed to filter based on an upper constraining surface, a lower constraining surface, and/or a Boolean “Cookie Cutter” grid. The ModOps / Solid / Statistics Report menu no longer asks for a conversion factor. Instead, the program now asks if the g-values represent percentages. If so, the programs asks if the g-values are expressed in terms of zero to 1.0 or zero to 100. The ModOps / Solid / Extract Grids / Solid to Grade-Thickness Grid program now saves the voxel columns with all null voxels as null nodes within the output grids. Stratigraphy data in Borehole Maps is now plotted at the correct location for deviated boreholes. When checking data integrity, the results can become too large overwhelming the control they are shown in. So now, when the results are too big, the are trimmed down displaying a only portion. The full results are still saved in the project folder as both CheckDataIntegrityResults.txt and CheckDataIntegrityResults.html. The Color Legend in RockPlot2D can now display a logarithmic scale in the Min/Max and Min/Mid/Max schemes. A Group column has been added to the Faults tab. The user can enable/disable faults based on the values entered into this column either by the group value or based on a pattern using wildcard characters. Faults displayed in 2D maps can now be clipped by either the grid or the project dimensions. The Borehole Operations / Striplogs / All Logs to PDF now creates a PDF in which the contents are alphabetically sorted by the Borehole Name field. The Utilities / Widgets / True Dip program has been redesigned to include a "Compute" button rather than updating the results whenever an input item is changed. This eliminates potential "lock-ups". The Borehole Operations / Striplogs / Lithology Picker and Stratigraphy Picker programs now include a checkbox option at the top-right of the dialog that allows the user to hide and show the datasheet. In RockPlot3D the view remains the same when appending another file. The Utilities / Widgets / GeoTrig / Height program can now compute the angle from the viewer to the object, the horizontal distance from the viewer to the object, and the line-of-sight distance from the viewer to the object. The Dip algorithm for Stratigraphy Layered Models will honor faults that already exist in the project. The Stratigraphy Picker now retains the values for Azimuth and Dip. The following changes were made to these table names in the interface (under Map/Model Tables): Point Map Range Table --> Vector Symbol Range Table 3D Point Map Range Table --> Color Point Map Range Table Bug Fixes: The I/P/T Data Column Layout Subdivision Intervals now allows the user to see values with more than 1 digit. Using Ctrl+C in the Utilities - Coords | Convert Single Point now copies all coordinates to the clipboard as text. The Borehole Operations / Stratigraphy / Grid Volumetrics program has an updated menu. Borehole Manager - File | Import | Text | Column-Based Imports now saves/honors the Negative Data Values Behavior settings. The ModOps / Solid / Create / Images -> Solid program now saves the output model using the specified file name. The previous version would incorrectly use the name that was specified within the "Use Existing Model" tab when the "Create New Model" option was selected. The scrollbox arrows within the raster log depth calibration screen works correctly to scroll up and down the log (ie: 10% increments). The Borehole Operations / Striplogs / Borehole Survey and Datasheet -> Borehole Survey programs no longer share the same symbol-plotting variables for the 2D map and the 2D profiles. As a consequence, the symbols within the 2D maps are now plotted properly. The Annotation option in RockPlot2D for Profiles, Logs and Sections has several fixes. The Faults options has been removed. The Other 2D Files now works correctly. The Annotate option now works correctly though the X Axis is based of the coordinates used in the file. Single logs always have an origin ox=1,500,000. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.17. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before December 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The Input Columns sub-menu that is shared by the programs within the HydroChem menu (Durov, Piper, Schoeller, Stiff, Stiff Map, Ion Balance, Total Dissolved Solids, and Ion Report) now includes options that determine if the input data is in mg/L (milligrams per liter) or mEq/L (milliequivalents per liter). A new option titled "Isolate Geobody that Includes Point Source" has been added to ModOps Solid menu. The solid display options used by many of the RockWorks programs has been re-designed such that IsoMeshes may now be plotted in combination with a voxel diagram. The IsoMesh options within RockWorks now provide greater control over which lines will be plotted and their spacing. A button titled "Close Sub-Menus" has been added to the Layout pull-down menu. The Graphics / Images / Vertical / Single program now includes a tab labeled “Margins”. If enabled, the endpoint coordinates are projected outward to accommodate additional annotation outside of the actual profile. Added 'Edit' menu item to allow user to combine two data types. This works for Stratigraphy, Lithology, Well Construction, Aquifers, Bitmaps, I-Data, I-Text, P-Data, P-Text and T-Data Types Tables. Improvements: The IsoSurface display options now includes an option to display the cap and cutaways as contoured or solid. The Input/Output Models, Cutoff Levels, and Remove Smaller Geobodies submenus within the ModOps / Solid / Filters / GeoBody Filter menu have been consolidated into a single tabbed page. The message that appears upon startup without an internet connection is more explanatory. If less than two boreholes are selected when using the Borehole Manager / Striplogs / Lithology Picker or Stratigraphy Picker, a more explanatory message will be displayed. A concentration option has been added to the Inverse Distance Weighting algorithm for gridding, It adds a non-linear weighting based on distance to the modelling to show a concentrated contouring around data points. Added menu item for Stratigraphy and Lithology Types Tables, the option to turn off all units/materials. 3D Polynomial Trend Modeling changed to use dynamic arrays so it is no longer limited to 2000 points, and all the points are added at once to eliminate re-dimensioning the array at each point. When importing RockWork data types into the Keyword editor you can now choose between the new entry and the current entry when there is a duplicate. The Keyword editor will also prompt you to save when exiting the dialog. Bug Fixes The Graphics >Animate >RockPlot 3D File now correctly generates a video when using the Advanced option. The QuickMap display of the project image was not using the World File or Manual position settings. If less than two boreholes are selected when using the Borehole Manager / Striplogs / Lithology Picker or Stratigraphy Picker, and the Continue button is selected, the program will no longer generate an Access Violation error message. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.17. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before September 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program New Features: 3D Faults can now be exported directly to DXF and Shape File formats. 2D Faults can now be exported to DXF and Shape File formats. A new program titled "Migration Simulation" has been added to the Graphics / Animate menu. This program will create animations in which the low values migrate to the high values or vice-versa. A new program titled "Distance to Point" has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Filters menu. This program will replace non-null nodes with values equal the straight-line distances between the nodes and a specified point source. Improvements: The IsoSurface display options now includes an option to display the cap and cutaways as contoured or solid. The coordinate minimum and maximum values have been added to the RockPlot3D file in order to make Embellishing the file clearer. Files will need to be resaved before the extents will be added. The "Use Faults" option within the solid model smoothing dialog is now disabled by default and the option title has been changed to "Use Faults (Very Slow)". Bug Fixes The Graphics >Animate >RockPlot 3D File now correctly generates a video when using the Advanced option. The ModOps / Solid / Math / Solid Math / Constant divided by Solid option now works correctly. The previous version would fail to create a model. The Utilities / 3-D / Triangle Mesh program no longer asks for a title column or line thickness and no longer plots duplicate sets of triangles. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before July 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with bug fixes, improvements, and new features. The RockWorks Revision History includes complete lists, by date, of all changes in the program New Features: A new program for creating Schoeller diagrams as been added to the Utilities / Hydrochem pull-down menu. The input for this program is similar to the other hydrochemistry program (e.g., Durov, Piper, Stiff, etc.). A program titled “Resampling” has been added to the Borehole Operations / T-Data menu. This program provides a tool to assist in the determination of wells that merit resampling in the future based on the T-Data within each well and its surrounding neighboring wells. The neighboring wells are determined by locating the closest well within each radial of the sectors that surround the well in question. The angle and radius of the sector wedges are user-defined. If the well or its neighbors contain a T-Data value that exceeds a user-defined threshold (e.g., the non-detect limit), the well is flagged as worthy of resampling in the future. The results are saved within an RTF (Rich Text Format) file and automatically loaded into the default RTF application (e.g., Microsoft Word). An automatic resampling option has been added to selected programs that use grids to truncate other grids and solids. The Playlist / Dimensions options now include a button that will copy the current project dimensions into the respective fields. A new Subsite option has been added to the Playlist / Add sub-menu. This option provides a means for switching to sub-sites within a Playlist. A program titled "Surface Map" has been added to the ModOps / Solid sub-menu. Given a solid (block) model and a surface (grid) model, this program will create a grid whose cell values represent the solid model voxel values at the intersections with the surface grid. It is now possible to manually control the minimum and maximum settings (versus the automatic settings) within the Utilities / Map / Radial Diagrams program thereby providing more control for how the data is normalized into the diagram, especially when using the logarithmic scaling option. It is now possible to manually control the minimum and maximum settings (versus the automatic settings) within the Utilities / Map / Barchart Map program thereby providing more control for how the data is normalized into the diagram, especially when using the logarithmic scaling option. In addition, it is now possible to plot either the component titles, the component values, or both. Improvements: The "Strat Rules" tab now includes a blue help button adjacent to the 'Include Additional Contacts' option which will display detailed information about adding supplemental points to the stratigraphic modeling. Improved the positioning of text in RockPlot3D files that are exported to the SketchFab Obj format. Cylindrical bitmaps shown with 3D logs are now stored as one item instead of separate triangles. When isosurfaces are initially displayed within the Plot3D program, the isosurface is set to "Contoured" so that truncated portions of models will be color-contoured. Previous versions would initially display isosurfaces as solid. The Borehole Manager / T-Data / Multiple Solids program is now available within the Standard version of Rockworks. The Import into RockWorks from LogPlot, will check in the folder for LogPlot2022 as well as LogPlot8 and LogPlot7 folders for the keyword file. The Borehole Manager / View / Total Drilled Thickness program no longer includes borehole total depths that are less than zero. This accommodates datasets in which -9999 (or other negative numbers) are used to identify boreholes in which the total depth is not known. The import of Lithology type (or Stratigraphy Types, Construction Types etc.) will set the pattern number to 1 when left blank in the source document during an import from Excel or an ASCII file. Programs that create 3D diagrams now include an option at the top of the Output Options tab that is used to specify the title that will appear within the 3D plotting window. This minimizes the tedium of renaming items within the data tree especially when repeatedly creating composite diagrams by using the Playlist. When exporting a Sketchfab Obj file users can now choose whether the legend will be displayed in the South Edge, Centered or North Edge of the scene. The Utilities / Stats / Univariate program now computes the minimum non-zero value. This is useful when determining the smallest logarithmic cycle for other types of diagrams. RockWorks is expecting the database to have the same name as the project folder. Now when the database is not found in the project folder, RockWorks will look for a database with a different name and offer to use it. This may happen when the folders/files are copied or rearranged outside of the RockWorks interface. The Borehole Operations / Stratigraphy / Layered Model program now includes options for assigning fault g-values to the model nodes if the output is to be saved as a solid model. User can now specify to show the Log Title at the top of the log, base of the log, or Top and Base on 3D Log Design tab when building a 3D Striplog diagram. The ModOps/Solid/Edit as Block Model now provides dynamic volume calculations under the Edit tab. You can now manually set the location of a RockPlot2D file from the options dialog in ReportWorks. The Calculation of the XYZ values process will run more quickly now. Also improved the Coordinate conversions between Easting and Northing and the Other Coordinates. Database Import: The user can specify a filter to limit the records imported, specifically from large external databases (the ability to abort the import has also been added). The filter looks like what might be in a SQL WHERE clause. For instance: ([Longitude] between -105.21038 and -105.209168) and ([Latitude] between 39.749242 and 39.7528) Added a halo effect to anchor and single line text in RockPlot2D maps. The option can be accessed from within RockPlot2D and also for Borehole maps and and other 2D maps with labels. Bug Fixes The Utilities / 3-D / Triangle Mesh program no longer asks for a title column or line thickness and no longer plots duplicate sets of triangles. The Graphics / 3D Tools / Merge program will no longer enable random items such as a dimensions cage without user selection. The program will no longer hang-up if the boreholes are colinear in an east/west or north/south direction and the Adjust to 50x50 Nodes Minimum option is checked when using the the Project / Dimensions / Scan / Boreholes tool. Instead, the program will now behave as though the Adjust to 50x50 Nodes Minimum were unchecked if the boreholes are colinear in either an east/west or north/south direction. The Symbol Map now generates the statistics needed for variable circle colors and sizing. Borehole Manager - View | Filter/Select boreholes will correctly form the SQL Statement for Rectilinear regions. Borehole Manager – The File | Export | T-Data | All Tracks option now correctly filters data within the specified time interval. A bug which sporadically and unpredictably caused the stratigraphic modeling to freeze has been fixed. If the program is unable to interpolate a grid model when creating layered stratigraphic models, diagrams, profiles, sections, etc., that grid will be skipped. The previous version would add the grid if it already existed from a previous process. As an example, consider the following scenario: The Stratigraphy / Layered Model program is used to create a diagram based on borehole data for three stratigraphic units named A, B, and C. If all of the borehole data for stratigraphic unit B is removed but it still exists within the Stratigraphy Types table a potential problem could arise. Specifically, the next time that the Stratigraphy / Layered Model program was executed, the program would skip the unit B interpolation but it would still attempt to load the top and base grids for subsequent filtering (e.g., onlapping, etc. top-to-base, base-to-top onlapping filters (and other filters). This potential problem no longer exists. Positive side-effects of this bug-fix include more graceful error handling when stratigraphic units are missing. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before July 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program New Features: The Playlist / Dimensions options now include a button that will copy the current project dimensions into the respective fields. A new Subsite option has been added to the Playlist / Add sub-menu. This option provides a means for switching to sub-sites within a Playlist. A new program titled "Solid Model" has been added to the Borehole Operations / Stratigraphy pull-down menu. User can now specify to show the Log Title at the top of the log, base of the log, or Top and Base on 3D Log Design tab when building a 3D Striplog diagram. A program titled "Surface Map" has been added to the ModOps / Solid sub-menu. Improvements: The Utilities / Stats / Univariate program now computes the minimum non-zero value. This is useful when determining the smallest logarithmic cycle for other types of diagrams. When the database is not found in the project folder, RockWorks will look for a database with a different name and offer use it. Added a halo effect to anchor and single line text in RockPlot2D maps. The option can be accessed from within RockPlot2D and also for Borehole maps and other 2D maps with labels. Borehole Manager - Database Import: The user can specify a filter to limit the records imported, specifically from large external databases (the ability to abort the import has also been added). Bug Fixes The pop-down sub-menus within the Borehole Manager / QuickMap menu are no longer drawn incorrectly (along the right edge of the menu) when the main RockWorks menu is maximized on the third monitor of a three-monitor computer system. Exporting lithology fence diagrams from the RockPlot3D program to Google Earth now works correctly when the input is is Florida State Plane - East coordinates. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before May 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A Decluster option has been added to the Utilities / Maps / Triangulation Contours program menu and the program will now automatically removed any duplicate points from consideration even if the Decluster option is disabled. The previous version would always execute the declustering thereby decreasing resolution around clustered points. A program titled Radial Diagrams has been added to the Utilities / Maps sub-menu. The Utilities / Stats / Sieve Analysis program now includes an option for plotting vertical lines indicating where the sieve curves intersect a user-defined threshold. This provides a visual indicator that shows the grain sizes above or below a percentage threshold. Improvements: When opening a playlist in a text editor (through the interface), and then making a change, the user will be prompted to write it back to the current Playlist. Since this is more of an edit function, this item was moved to the Edit menu and is shown modally. The Setup / Misc / Enable Randomization options has been removed because the Delunay triangulation option is now hardwired to remove duplicate points. The Utilities / Animations / RockPlot3D -> Animation program is running significantly faster. In some cases, animations that took one or more hours are now produced in a few minutes. Also, the program no longer runs out of memory when rendering complex diagrams. Bug Fixes If the program is unable to interpolate a grid model when creating layered stratigraphic models, diagrams, profiles, sections, etc., that grid will be skipped. A bug which sporadically and unpredictably caused the stratigraphic modeling to freeze has been fixed. Borehole Manager - File | Export | T-Data | All Tracks, in the time interval data tracks to be included is fixed. Borehole Manager - View | Filter/Select boreholes will correctly form the SQL Statement for Rectilinear regions. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before April 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The Borehole Manager / Lithology / Multivariate Map program has been rewritten and enhanced to include bar chart, spidergram, and blended color maps. The 3D Triangulation Surface program now includes an option for adding a "skirt" around the perimeter of the diagram in which the base elevation is defined by the user. Added a Location Map program to the >Borehole Operations >Maps menu. This programs allows users to create a location diagram for previously created and saved sections, profiles and fences that are stored in the project database. Five new import options have been added to the Lithology Types / File menu. Selecting one of these options will add pre-defined keywords and associated patterns for the selected soil classification system. This will alleviate the drudgery of manually populating a lithology Types table. A new option titled "Merge Lithology & Stratigraphy Tables" has been added to the program that creates custom-color tables. The purpose behind this new capability is to assign colors to a solid model that has been created by merging lithology and stratigraphy models. Search RockWorks Help online for the full write up about custom color updates. The Borehole Manager/Fractures Solid Modeling program has been re-designed and significantly enhanced. These changes apply to geotechnical (tunneling and roadcuts), environmental (contaminant migration pathways), hydrothermal (steam vents), mining (breccia pipes and hydrothermal venting), and petroleum (hydrofracing) applications. A new option titled “Sort By” has been added to the 3D Lithology Legend sub-menu. If the Sort By option is set to Name, the legend will be sorted by the lithology Keyword. If the Sort By option is set to G-Value, the legend will be sorted by the G-Value. Improvements: The size of the RockWorks exe file has been decreased from 659mb to 253mb by relocating some of the help messages. This means that the program loads much faster. Excel/Text Import (Row-based tables) Now displays a red "X" button to close a Block Mapping tab. The selected tab sheet is easier to see with the title bolded. The Combo-Box on the Block Selection tab displays an alternate button ("...") to show the block mapping tab for that selection as a further indicator for the user to look at the mappings. The drop down list can be sized. When loading example datasheets in to RockWorks the program will match datasheet columns with items in the menus. The raster export menus within RockPlot3D will now automatically append the appropriate suffix to the file names if they are omitted. For example, if saving a PNG and “Test” is entered for the file name, the file name will be automatically renamed to “Test.png” if the OK button is clicked. The grid creation dialog will give you an overwrite warning if the Grid file exists. Users can now switch the RockPlot3D Cage units between meters and feet. No projections are changed. The Depth Bar in RockPlot3D can now be switched to display feet or meters. When creating a new project based on an existing project the linked files in the RockPlot3D file are now copied with the RP3D file. No change to any embedded files. Additional font size options have been added to the Sieve Analysis program for the Annotation and Axes. The Annotation font size is activated by an Override check box. Changes have been made to the Lateral Blending algorithm to allow varying degrees of randomization specified by the user. Search in the RockWorks online help to learn more about the changes and see examples in a pdf document. Sort Order for I/P/T-Data table is now honored immediately in the displayed grid after modification by the user. Option now given to Sort tracks either by Name or Order for I/P/T-Data table when using 'multi-track' export. User can now specify the number of decimal places for the track values when using I/P/T-Data multi-track export functionality. The Density increase and decrease button within the Pattern Selection sub-menu now increase and decrease in 0.25 increments thereby minimizing the need to manually specify the Density. In the Polygon Table Editor, you can now import from a datasheet that defines polygon perimeter points. When Editing data in the Borehole Manager (e.g. Lithology) using the 'Edit as a Datasheet' tool, only applicable menu items have been preserved, especially for the Import menu. Bug Fixes Stratigraphy section creation will now continue even if a missing surface is encountered. The Label Decimation checkbox within the 2D diagram Peripherals / Color Legend now properly enables / disables the decimation setting. The Preview button in the RockPlot3D 'Rotate' Animation now displays the rotation axis. (Remember to move the dialog off of RockPlot3D so you can see the preview axis.) Control points outside the clipping region as defined by polygons, superface surfaces, and/or subface surfaces are now used during lateral-extrusion model interpolation. The RockPlot2D Text Table dialog no longer displays the column configuration panel by default. Opening RockPlot3D files from the Project Manager no longer opens with just the caption bar and instead shows the whole window. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before March 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2022 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: You can now copy or paste column titles from/to the datasheet. Since you cannot select the titles row, and determining if the clipboard data has titles would be difficult, these options are separate Edit menu options. If multiple columns are selected, the Paste will start at the first column selected. If no specific columns are selected it will start at the column after the "Use" column. Similarly the Copy will only grab the column titles of the selected columns if multiple columns are selected. If no specific columns are selected it will copy all column titles. Improvements: Improved the drawing of Fence Diagrams utilizing Color Tables. An option to export a grid file in another format has been added to most grid creation and filter functions. Multiple files can now be dragged and dropped from the Windows File Explorer to RockWorks. Execution History is being save in monthly files. They will be deleted automatically after one month. The retention value may be set in Setup | Preferences | Misc. and is one month by default. Select/Filter boreholes allow for unspecified values as where before they were represented by a '0'. Since a '0' is a valid value, it caused erroneous results when assumed as unspecified. Also the value's precision has been changed from 4 to 8 decimal places. Ending dates have been extended in range calculations to better include the ending date. Bug Fixes The logic for manually specifying decimal places for map axes label honors users selected number. The Section and Profile Horizontal Axis spacing Annotation no longer reverses the Automatic and Manual settings for the Tick Mark and Label Spacing. All options are now visible within the Fence Options / Location Map Options sub-menu. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before January 31, 2022. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2021 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: Added a new program, Stratigraphy | Grids->Simple Stratigraphy, that displays a set of surfaces listed in a Utilities Datasheet. A new program titled "Drawdown Grids" has been added to the Utilities | Hydrology pull-down menu. This program will create a series of grid models based on a starting day, an ending day, and time increments. The list of grid models is intended for subsequent animation with the Utilities | Animate | Grids -> Contour Map Animation and Grids -> 3D Surface Animation programs. Unlike the Drawdown Surface program, however, the days cannot be specified on a well-by-well basis. The Input sub-menus within four of the Graphics | Animate programs (shown below with the red box) now include an option to enable or disable the date annotation within the animations. A program titled “Solid Vertical Slice -> Grid” has been added to the ModOps | Solid | Extract | Grids sub-menu. This program may be used to (1) create a grid that represents a vertical slice through a solid model based on two user-defined endpoints, (2) display the grid, and (3) create a report that lists the XYZ coordinates and corresponding solid-model g-values at those locations, that can be saved in a variety of formats. A new program titled “QAPF Diagram” has been added to RockWorks under the Utilities | Stats pull-down menu. This new tool allows users to work with igneous rock classification. Improvements: The editor for working with Project Notes has been improved to include Numbered Bullets as well as Find and Replace options. The Shape Import to RockPlot2D now can apply elevation or other numeric data from either the shape file (shp) or the attribute table (dbf). The Total Depth Grid program now allows users to filter by total depth. Borehole Manager Import workflow can now use a Synonym or Alias table during column-based import of I/P/T-Data to list replacements for various ND (non-data) records. The Editor for viewing a Playlist now has a "Search and Replace" option. The save function will also default to the RWPlaylist file extension. The user can create a fault based on a triangulated surface created from either a datasheet or XYZ data file. Grid Create: The "Dip" Algorithm is mutually exclusive to the other algorithms. It has its own menu item and requires 5 columns as input: X, Y, Z, Direction, and Dip. This algorithm will not work for the generic XYZ to Grid creation. The XYZ to Grid does not show the "Dip" algorithm and the XYZ & Dips to Grid only shows the "Dip" algorithm parameters. Bug Fixes The Hydrology | Drawdown Surface program now saves the output grid to the grid name that is specified and the Duration field decimals have been decreased from 8 to 2. T-Data | Time-Graph, Peripherals, scalebar option removed. You can create a new project based on an existing project using a Custom Coordinate Reference System. This was giving an error. The "Include Aquifer Name" and "Include Sampling Date" options are no longer clipped within the 3D Log Design | Aquifers | Symbols & Captions sub-menu. Since Collar Elevation is no longer a required field, it was showing up as an Optional Field in some places. Borehole Manager | View | Filter | Select boreholes - Using the sizable rectangle to select boreholes works again. Borehole Location Map | Optional Fields now displays the field's short description (display label) instead of the field name. The Y (Northing) Cutoff position was being miscalculated in the Cutoff dialog. The Export to PDF when creating Cross Sections or Profiles now sizes the output files correctly honoring Vertical Exaggerations other than 1 (one). We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before December 31, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2021 was uploaded to the RockWare website, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: A Pinchout Filter has been added to the Grid|Filters that allows the user to create pinchouts between 2 grid surfaces using either a minimum thickness or a polygon. Users can specify the pinchout to use the top, bottom or average elevation. The Borehole Operations / Striplogs / Lateral Geo-Steering program has been completely redesigned. A program titled “Total Depth Grid” has been added to the Borehole Operations / Maps sub-menu. This program will create and display a grid depicting an interpolated surface that intersects the base of all enabled boreholes. A program titled “Fade With Depth” has been added to the ModOps / Filters sub-menu. This program will decrement voxel values below a specified elevation or a user-defined surface (grid) model. The new (9/7/21) capability for including "supplemental points" when creating stratigraphic models based on borehole data has been enhanced to include optional dip information for the upper and lower contacts. Please note two caveats: (1) This information is only used if the Dip Direction algorithm is used to model the surfaces. (2) If a dip is specified for the top surface of a stratigraphic unit but no elevation is provided, the dip information will be ignored. The same applies to the base. Improvements: The ModOps / Volume / Extract Via Surface Extraction program has been modified and improved. The Time Filter has been added to the Time Graph and Time Graph Map menus. Borehole Manager will now import Point Shapefiles directly into the Location table. The RockPlot2D Scalebar now draw the filled scalebar to appear similar to the peripherals scalebar which it replaces after this change. The endpoint labels can now be displayed left, right, both or no sides. Water level data can be appended to existing data like T-Data in the Single Table Import. There is a check box on the right to Append the data (or not) for Water Levels to allow the user to make this choice to replace or append the data. The RockPlot3D Strat Unit decimates very large grid surfaces when Solid Fill is selected. Users can see the decimation factor in the option dialog and turn decimation off. The drawing of the 3D Stratigraphy Units has been improved to better work with null values and the minimum thickness cutoff. In addition Cutoffs can now be applied. The minimum thickness transparency option has been removed. The RockPlot2D Color Legend now allows you to set a separate Text Interval form the Color Interval. The Text and Color Interval must both divide evenly into the Z Range and a warning will be issued by the dialog. A Copy File command has been added to the Playlist Add menu at the top. Bug Fixes The 'Perform Smoothing Last' option for Solid Models now operates whether the Smoothing option is enabled or not. The RockPlot3D Export for Sketchfab will now plot all the Legend values for a custom table when transferred to Sketchfab. RockPlot2D Rectangles now use 4 points so that they can be properly converted to Latitude/Longitude Degrees and will appear correctly in Google Earth Vector files. The Borehole Surface Intersection now correctly omits boreholes that don't intersect the surface when the Omit option is selected. The Borehole Surface Intersection now correctly marks boreholes that start below the surface. The Borehole Surface Intersection now shows all the boreholes. RockPlot2D now starts in zoom rather than edit mode. Borehole Manager | Import Multiple Tables (Excel & Text) for the tables I-Data, I-Text, P-Data, P-Text, and T-Data the existing tracks will now be cleared when Replace Data is checked. Borehole Manager | Exports | ... All Tracks will now account for regional formatting (i.e. comma as a decimal separator) I-Data, I-Text, P-Data, P-Text, T-Data. Empty column values in the import are set to NULL for field values in Playlist CSV Import process. Borehole Operations Maps | Google Earth (Simple or Advanced) was giving a DB error. RockWorks allows CollarElevation to be NULL, however the function to choose the Elevation value when CollarElevation was NULL was making the field read-only. RockWorks will now allow coded Coordinate Systems (like epsg:2877) that are based in U.S. Surveyor's Feet. Upgrading a project from RW17 that uses a custom coordinate system and an "Init" style code (like epsg or esri) will succeed. The PROJ generic coordinate transformation software RockWare applies used to change how it handled "Init" parameters. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before November 30, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2021 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: Users can now extract values from a solid model along the path of a borehole. The "speed buttons" along the left edge of the Playlist tab sheet now display the icons on the left side of the text versus the icons being positioned above the text. This decreases the likelihood that options won't be visible when the height of the Playlist tab sheet is vertically reduced. The borehole label font size that is used when plotting the index maps for profiles, sections, projected sections, and fence diagrams may now be adjusted by selecting the File / Options menu. A new option titled “Include Additional Contacts Defined Within RwDat File” has been added to the “Strat. Rules” tab that is shown within all programs that create stratigraphy models based on borehole data. A new program titled "Resample (Fine-to-Coarse)" has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Math sub-menu. This program is used to convert high-resolution solids to low-resolution solids based on a variety of options as shown below. The Borehole Operations / Lithology / 2D Isopach option now displays two options: Voxel-Based and Grid-Based. The Grid-Based option behaves just like the previous version meaning that it generates surfaces based on the uppermost and lowermost occurrences of the selected lithology and then subtracts the lower from the upper surface to create the isopach grid. The new Voxel-Based option simply adds the heights of all voxels that are equal to the designated lithotype to produce the isopach. This new approach will account for voxels in-between the uppermost and lowermost occurrences that don't equal the selected lithotype (i.e. interbeds). Improvements: The Stratigraphy Picker now has the option to snap stratigraphy to an existing lithology contact. Added the ability to extract values from a Solid Model based on XYZ points stored in a datasheet. Added a program to extract values from a grid based on XY points in a datasheet. Users can now use the Aquifer Pattern Table colors for water symbols in 2D and 3D Striplogs. Water level data can be appended to existing data, like T-Data allows. There is a check box on the block mapping tab for Water Levels to allow the user to make the choice to replace or append the data. File | Export | Stratigraphy, will now export for "All Units" or for a single Stratigraphy Unit/Type. The Lithology / 2D Isopach program no longer fits grids to the uppermost and lowermost contacts and subtracts them to produce an isopach grid. Instead, the program simply adds the heights of all voxels that are equal to the designated lithotype to produce the isopach. An option titled "Clear Output Tabs Whenever "Process Playlist" Button Is Clicked" has been added to the Playlist / Configure pull-down menu. If checked, any open output tabs will be closed before the Playlist processing begins. The result is identical to pressing the "Clear" button before pressing the "Process Playlist" button. The idea is to reduce the clutter left behind by any previous Playlist data processing. The default setting for this new option is "off". File | Export | Stratigraphy/Aquifers, will now export for "All Units" or for a single Stratigraphy Unit/Type. The unit type column was added to the output. The editor for editing a database memo field in the Borehole Manager, like the comments in Lithology, has been more streamlined. There is now an OK and Cancel button on the bottom of the editor to either save back to the database or cancel the changes. The Save button is not shown but if the user wants to write out to a text file they can still choose Save from the menu. Bug Fixes RockWorks no longer starts in the previous project if Select Project on Startup is selected on Preferences menu. The Highest Probability solid modeling algorithm now returns the correct values instead of nulls. The Fence Location dialog now updates the map when selecting locations from an XY Pair table. The Rockplot3D Window will never be opened minimized. The RockPlot2D Export to RockPlot3D now uses the transparency options for both draped and floating diagrams. RockWorks will now allow NULL values for the "Collar Elevation". This change will allow the user to not enter a value for this field. Then when RockWorks looks to use the value for Collar Elevation, if it is NULL at that time, we would use the Elevation value in its place. This gives the user the ability to set the Collar Elevation to 0.0 if they want and for 0.0 to not behave as if the user did not enter a value. If they set one of the other tables to "measure depths from the Collar" and the Collar is NULL, that borehole would use the Elevation value in its place. The update of the field to nullable now also updates SQL Server databases. GeoTIFF Import now honors "No Data" data values, converting them to the assigned grid NULL value. This true for the default "No Data" value of -32768 and when the Geo Key Directory of GDAL_NODATA is set. P-Data | Histogram by Lithology no longer causes an Access Violation error when there is no Lithology and a Lithology Unit is chosen in the LithoTypes table under diagram options. The Peripherals / Color Legend / Title may now be edited if the Title checkbox is checked. The "Average" smoothing method for non-lithology modeling menus will no longer be switched to "Classification" after the Lithology Modeling menu has been used. The Hybrid grid modeling no longer generates an Access Violation error inadvertently introduced during the previous update. The text position for IData, IText, TData, Stratigraphy Text and Lithology Text in 2D Striplogs is now honored. Project Folder | New - Creating a project based a custom coordinate system using an EPSG code no longer adds the "+init" to the parameter string (the +init was invalid). When tilting or warping I-Data, T-Data, etc. models in conjunction with superface or subface model truncation, the program no longer produces strange gaps between the model and the truncation surface. Special thanks to Alison for taking the time to illustrate the problem within a Playlist. It shaved at least a day off the de-bugging. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before August 31, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2021 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: An option to perform smoothing last has been added to the solid modeling. An option has been added to the Borehole Operations / T-Data / Multiple Solids program menu that determines how the program will handle duplicate points with different g-values that have been obtained within the same sampling interval. The Horizontal and Vertical Resolution settings within the Solid Declustering menu may now be specified in map units as well as percentages of the project size. Added an option to the RockPlot2D/Export to Raster dialog to specify the output width in Inches or Centimeters. The Units and DPI options were moved from the Scale Factor Page because the DPI is used by all the Raster Exports and the Units are also used by the Width by Units. An option has been added to the Peripherals to plot Pattern Legends without the pattern lines. Import ASCII XYZG to Solid (MicroModel) can now choose the Null value to initialize the solid to and choose whether to resolve the nulls to a value from their nearest neighbor. An Include Border option has been added to the Billboard for Hydro, Production and Time-based billboard graphs. The Spatial Filtering for Z, Upper Surface and Lower Surface now apply to downhole Borehole labeling for Stratigraphy, Aquifers, I-Data and T-Data. Grid Import will import ESRI ASCII Grids that have X&Y dimensions specified to reference the Lower-Left corner of the Lower-Left cell or the center of the Lower-Left cell. Improvements: The local coordinates for the cursor are now displayed within the Grid Editor. An option to use faults for the color fill and contour lines has been added for Profiles, X-Sections and Projected Sections. The code used for generating contoured sections and profiles from solid models has been modified to provide much faster performance. Changed the calculation of line thicknesses from RockPlot2D to print, raster and PDF to provide slightly thicker lines in the output. Solid model smoothing can now be performed last to allow smoothing to include previous filters. In addition, the smoothing settings are now being set correctly for both pre and post smoothing. The Multiple RockPlot2D Files to PDF program now allow users to enter a scale for output allowing for the scaled display of unequal size diagrams in a PDF. This option will leave blank space around smaller diagrams. An option has also been added to specify output width in inches. Redesigned the menus for exporting from RockPlot2D to Raster and PDF, and Multiple Rw2D to PDF. The Image width in units and pixels are now linked to make them easier to understand and a Line Width Adjustment has been added to modify the appearance of lines in the output. The ModOps | Grid | Grid Math menu now uses the term "Grid" instead of "Model". Grid and Solid Metadata is now embedded in Rw3D files and can be viewed from the Info button that's available on the item Options dialog. The ability to save embedded grids and solids with metadata has been added. Bug Fixes Menus with Linear or density unit’s drop-down lists will read and write to the ini settings file correctly. ReportWorks Printing when scaled to the output page now correctly locates Legends and Text, and scales Line Widths. The Sector Width and Sector Height within the IDW Advanced / Closest In Sector sub-menu are now interpreted properly. Previous versions would increase the selection by one level (e.g., 30 degrees would be incremented to 45 degrees). The Grid to Flow Table program now offers Ledger Output Options instead of outputting to the Utilities Data Sheet. Printing from ReportWorks to a page with different dimensions then the document now correctly scales line widths and places text accurately. When reassigning or reprojecting the project's coordinates, the Borehole Manager units are updated with the correct label (feet/meters) The help in the Lateral Geo-Steering was not showing the second time the dialog was shown. Imported Surfer Binary grids now calculate the Y Spacing correctly. Solid | Import | ASCII file - The header was not being parsed correctly. The automatic creation of Subface and Superface grid makes sure that the grid Distance Filter is turned off to avoid unexpected solid filtering caused by the grids. Exporting color legends from RockPlot3D to SketchFab Obj now honors settings for order, label interval, scientific notation, prefix and postfix labels. Opening a RockPlot3D file in a non-project folder with associated files no longer prompts the user to find the files. The program will no longer attempt to display the model if the Cancel button is clicked when viewing a declustering report for solid modeling. In the Borehole Manager, data tabs the user may define additional fields. If the additional field is a Value List, a new button allowing editing the list became visible. This button now shows list for more than just 2 Value List fields. The T-Data / Multiple Solids program will now stop processing if an error is encountered and the user selects the Cancel option. RwGrd file created through the Map | Borehole Map program shows elevations. The Z Filter and Surface Filters in the Spatial Filter are now activated for the Borehole Map function. Users can now select the Manual setting for borehole resolution in the Preferences dialog. The Borehole Survey program now sets the origin correctly. When specifying a CRS (Coordinate Reference System) using the Other option, one can specify a pre-defined system (like espg:2229) that has linear units other than international feet or meters (U.S. Surveyors foot for espg:2229). This could introduce inaccurate results for some operations. RockWorks will now warn about this. RockWorks also looks up these units from the definitions for better reporting. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before August 31, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

This version has the faults turned off in the Samples project to prevent modeling complications. If you are not working in the Samples project folder this is not an important update. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before June 31, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks2021 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The RockWorks Revision History has a complete list, by date, of all changes in the program. New Features: The grid and solid math menus now include options for computing the log base 10 and natural logarithms of the node values. This is a useful tool for identifying spatial relationships for data in which the majority of the values are much lower than the highest value. Layers in RockPlot2D window can now be locked from selecting to make it easier to edit dense diagrams. A new program called "Copy Files" has been added to the Utilities / Misc sub-menu. This program is used to copy a list of files (within the RockWorks Datasheet) to a designated folder. The intent is to provide a means to copy selected files to another folder, computer, server, or FTP site. The Grid and Solid Range Filters now allow null values to be filtered and replaced. When an error is encountered while processing a Playlist, the error message dialog now provides a new option to cancel the process rather than continuing with the Playlist processing or closing/restarting the program. The Enable and Disable buttons within the Playlist now have small black arrows along the right side of the button that will display additional options for enabling/disabling all of the options above or below the currently highlighted item within the Playlist. These new options are also available within the View option at the top of the Playlist as well as the popup menu that appears if the user right-clicks within the list. Improvements: The Multiple RockPlot2D to PDF Export options now includes Pattern Scaling options. Added a command to the Playlist to reset the project settings to their default values. Added Map Options to the RockPlot2D Shape File Import, so that Borders, Labeled Axes, etc. can be specified directly in the Shape file import. Improved the RockPlot3D export of text in Wavefront Obj files for Sketchfab. Additionally, added a text scalar option. The Geobody Filter program is now several orders of magnitude faster than the previous version. Seconds versus hours faster. "Geobodies" represent clusters of connected voxels that fall within a user-specified g-value range. A typical application involves the identification of "hydraulic communication" based on filtered hydraulic conductivity data. RockWorks will use the materials table to define drawing order for Well Construction striplogs. Bug Fixes The Polygon List / Grid program no longer offers a Point Map Overlay which could cause error messages. 2D Faults when intersected with a grid are no longer terminated by null values or the border of the grid. The processing of a Playlist is now terminated if the Cancel button has been clicked. The actual termination will not occur until after the active item is finished processing. The "active" item is defined as the item that was being processed when the Cancel button was clicked. In addition, the user will now be asked to confirm the cancellation if the Cancel button is clicked. Polygon Clipping is no longer applied to automatically generated grids for Subface and Superface Clipping surfaces since it caused Polygon Clipping to fail. Profiles that cross a fault more than once now show all fault intersections. Grid | Import | Bitmap (Raster Image) - will now honor the Input Coordinate settings and properly crop the image down to the Project Dimensions. Utilities - Statistics | Histograms, honors minimum/maximum filters for both the statistics and the histogram. The algorithm that determines if a point is inside or outside a polygon no longer sporadically and incorrectly identifies points (e.g., grid cells, solid voxels) as being inside or outside the polygon. We recommend that Network license users install the RockWare Network License Administrator v. 1.15. Contact support at rockware.com for a link to the the latest version. To download this build, use the Help | Updates | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks20. RockWorks Link, click on free trial tab: https://www.rockware.com/product/rockworks/ where you can download the installation program and install the new build right over the top of the existing program. (DO NOT uninstall first.) Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired before June 31, 2021. Contact RockWare Sales or visit our Customer Portal (https://www.rockware.com/customer/) if you would like to update your maintenance. Katy Duncan RockWare Inc