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A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following improvements and bug fixes: + A "Watch Video" button has been added to many menus in RockWorks17 for immediate connection to YouTube for "Video Help" - striplogs, profiles, sections, 3D logs, gamma to grade, RCL scripts, grid dimensions, continuity filter, lithology piecharts, and many more. + A new "Multivariate Map" program has been added to the Lithology menu - create maps with pie charts or starburst diagrams which depict the relative amounts of various lithologies in that vicinity. An excellent quick-reference. + The GeoBody Filter program has been completely redesigned. This new "Continuity Filter" makes it easier to specify a range of values to be evaluated for continuity. It also runs faster. + New features and improvements to the Grids -> Stratigraphic Model program in the Utilites: Conventional diagrams, Exploded diagrams, and Quadrant diagrams which split the diagram into quadrants to peek inside. + The title for 3D strip logs can now be customized to include additional fields. + When creating an SQLite project based on an SQL Server project, the Data Dictionary is now created and the data is correctly copied from the original project. + Fixed a problem with "EZ" P-Data and I-Data correlations in Striplog Sections. + Fixed a problem exporting LogPlot DAT files. + Fixed a problem running a Database Statistics report. + Fixed a problem exporting non-US numbers to Excel and text from the Utilities. + Vertical grid lines in 2D strip logs are now correctly clipped. + much more To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales if you would like to update your maintenance. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following improvements and bug fixes: + New feature for the Grids -> Solid Model program: assign nodes between surfaces the value stored in an existing grid model. Great for applying concentration data from a grid model to a solid model. + New feature for the Imagery | Rectify program: Use the NW, NE, and SE project corners as the calibration points. This eliminates the cumbersome step of typing or copy/pasting these coordinates into the menu. + New features for the Borehole Manager Types tables (Lithotypes, Stratatypes, Aquifertypes, etc.): Automatically delete unused and turned off rows. This is very useful for cleaning up these tables after importing from another project, from LogPlot, etc. + Another fix to a problem renaming layers in RockPlot2D + When creating a SQLite project based on a SQL Server project, the Data Dictionary is now created and the data copied from the original project correctly. + much more To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales if you would like to update your maintenance. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following improvements and bug fixes: + Improvement to the IHS 298 import, to set the "Days Produced" to the number of days in the month as default when the production data has a zero in the "Days on Production" field. + A new version of the DLL that does the compression (ZIP) for RockWorks has been included in the installation (fixes a bug, buffer overrun) + Fixes to the P-Data contouring programs (profile, plan, etc.) - correct data ranges are reported + Fix to a problem registering RockWorks17 as a COM object + Fix to a problem renaming layers in RockPlot2D + Improvements to the RockPlot3D zoom tool + much more To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales if you would like to update your maintenance. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following improvements and bug fixes: + Redesigned Animation menu in RockPlot3D with all-new tools for isolevel, "reveal", rotation, and morph animations + Improved import for multiple LAS files into the RockWorks database + A faster and more reliable algorithm for plotting fault intersections within sections and profiles + New column layout dialogs in the 2D and 3D Striplog designers + Fixed a problem with Superface and Subface filters with Warped or Tilted block models + Improved display of points in Profile, Section, Projected Section, and Fence selection maps + much more To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Here is a detailed list of the revisions: https://www.rockware.com/rockworks/revisions/current_revisions.htm Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales if you would like to update your maintenance. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website yesterday, with the following improvements and bug fixes: + Improvement: The maximum number of nodes (population) that can be processed by the Utilities | Solid | Statistics program has been increased from 2,147,483,647 to 2^63. + Improvement: Saving Bitmap table entries were causing excessive warnings if the user did not enter a bitmap type before trying to depth register the bitmap. + Bug Fix: The Project Notes are now properly saved. + Bug Fix: The labeling within the Projected Section location maps has been fixed. + Bug Fix: Creating a Projected Section with more than 50 points no longer causes an Access Violation. + Bug Fix: RockWorks is now properly launched when related files are double-clicked within the Windows File Explorer program. To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Here is the full revision list: https://www.rockware.com/rockworks/revisions/current_revisions.htm Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales if you would like to update your maintenance. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following bug fixes: + The Striplogs | 2D | Section options window now displays all of the menu settings. + In ReportWorks, using the arrow keys to move selected items no longer changes the selected layer. + Fixed a memory leak that occurred every time a solid model file (RwMod) was loaded. + Inserting a new Stratigraphic unit in the Stratigraphy Picker no longer populates the new unit with the values of the unit below. + The Preferences | General Program Settings | Updates now correctly turns on/off the check-for-updates setting. To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales to update your maintenance. Enjoy! Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following new features, improvements, and bug fixes: New Features: + Stratigraphy Modeling - Underlap builds models from upperlayers downward (the opposite of Onlap) + Overlays - Include up to 5 RockPlot2D diagrams as layers in your new maps (Grid-based maps, EZ maps, borehole location maps, borehole manager structure maps, plan maps + Create List of Logs - Programs that include 2D striplogs (e.g. profiles, sections) can output a list of the boreholes included in the diagram. + Stiff Diagram Maps - Scale the Stiff polygons based on TDS + Stiff Diagrams - Add a symbol key to Stiff diagrams + Correlate Grids - New program for automatically comparing grid models representing different measurements ("apples v oranges") to show anomalies + Utilities Datasheets - Flexible and powerful Find-and-Replace program + Utilities Datasheets - Left/center/right-justify columns, and add a margin for readability + Utilities Solid | Convert | Solid -> Grid, redesigned window and new converters: Median, most frequently occurring G-value, number of non-null voxels, Number of null voxels, standard deviation + EarthApps - New Descent From Space option for advanced circular flyovers Improvements: + Stratigraphy Modeling - Improved logic for replacing uppermost unit with an external grid when the top unit has been disabled + Quickmap - missing background image or worldfile automatically disables that layer + GeoBody Filter - small geobody threshold based on percent volume, report includes percent volume calculation, no longer displays small disconnected geobodies. + Piper Diagram - redesigned options window + 2D Color Legends - use negative X and/or Y offsets to plot the legend within the map + Stratigraphy modeling - redesigned menu + Stripmaps - redesigned menu + Histograms - redesigned menus + Stiff diagrams - redesigned menus + Help menu - redesigned for easier access, including video links Bug Fixes: + Raster image calibration window + Edit as Datasheet pointer error + RockPlot3D Zip all Linked Files warning if the file path is longer than Windows allows To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Note that you will not be able to use this new build of the program if your maintenance has expired. Contact RockWare Sales to update your maintenance. Bon apetit! Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following bug fix: + Opening existing projects and creating new projects no longer trigger an Access Violation error. To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 was uploaded to the RockWare website today, with the following new features, improvements, and bug fixes: + New Features: A new program titled "Contour Animation" has been added to the Utilities | Map menu.This program creates contour map animations based on data that changes over time (e.g. groundwater potentiometric surface elevations). These animations may be saved as animated GIF, AVI, Google Earth Timespans, individual images, or PicShow slide shows. + New Feature: The Data Dictionary has been moved inside of the database for SQL Server projects. This new feature allows the RockWorks database to be located within the Microsoft Azure cloud! (Advanced level only) + New Features: Options have been added to the following programs that allow the changes to be made to the current borehole, all enabled boreholes, and all boreholes: P-Data | Analyze | Resample, Logarithmic, Gamma-to-Grade, GT (Grade x Thickness) Compositing, Add Random, Resample; I-Data | Analyze | GT (Grade x Thickness) Compositing; Colors | Analyze | Comments to Color, Raster Imagery to Color + Improvements to the AGS (Version 3.1) Importer for files which are not fully compliant to the standard. + Improvements to the Section, Profile, Projected Section, and Fence Selection Maps - less flicker when Snap is requested. + Improvements to the interface for selecting the ion columns for Durov, Ion Balance, Piper Diagram, Stiff Diagram, Stiff Map, and Total Dissolved Solids programs + Huge improvements to the Pie Chart Map, Bar Chart Map, Spider Map, Starburst Map programs - easier setup of data columns, increased number of components, auto-offset for readability, improved labeling, redesigned Symbol Key, more diagram options, more flexible scaling options + Improvements to Stiff Map program - auto-offset + Improvement to the Utilities | Import | External Database (previously "ADO"), the program uses a FireDAC (quasi-universal database interface) connection dialog to connect to a database. FireDAC uses ODBC and not ADO/OLEDB drivers. + Improvement: The initial browse for a project folder allows the creation of a new folder. This occurs when launching RW17 without an installed Samples folder if the Preferences | General Program Settings | On Startup | Prompt For Folder option has been enabled. + Bug Fix: The Striplogs | Fill-In Missing Stratigraphy utility no longer sporadically rounds the depths to integers. + Bug Fix: The I-Data Length Composite Weighting (LCS) no longer sporadically rounds the depths to integers. + Bug Fix: Picking a polygon fill from the Lithology or Stratigraphy types within RockPlot2D no longer requires an Advanced License. + Bug Fix: Enabling the Volumetrics within Stratigraphic Modeling no longer causes an Access Violation during the model processing. + Bug Fix: Cutouts are now properly pasted to surfaces within RockPlot3D. + Bug Fix: The Clear button in the Profile Selection dialog now clears the previous profile from the display. + Bug Fix: Database errors that occur when changing between projects that use different database engines no longer occur. + Bug Fix: The Help Browser within the main Preferences dialog is no longer disabled if the Help-From-Folder option is disabled. To download this build, use the Help | Check for Updates menu inside RockWorks17. Or visit the demo download page: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 To see the very detailed revision list, please visit: https://www.rockware.com/rockworks/revisions/current_revisions.htm Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc

A new version of RockWorks17 has been posted to our website with the following changes: + The Optional Fields tab is now visible for all feature levels. + LAS imports for multiple files now test for and adds a trailing path delimiter if it's missing. + Spatial Filter options have been added to the Utilities / Volumetrics / Block Model Grade Statistics By Level program. + The 3D Shape Export no longer fails to include a trailing slash character if the output path is changed. + The check for lack of data (barren) in BorePlot, now only gets counts from the db instead of full DataSets meaning that the program now runs faster on network-based configurations. + The PLSS conversion within the Utilities / EarthApps / Points / Quick-Locator program now works correctly. + The Range & Township (Public Land Survey) conversion within the Utilities / Coordinate Converter / Single-Point program now works correctly when using the Footage-From-Line option. + Pasting data from the Windows clipboard into a single cell within the Lithology Picker now works correctly when a clipboard item contains an invalid number. The Tab key now works between data cells, and negative values no longer change the zoom state. + Pasting data from the Windows clipboard into a single cell within the Stratigraphy Picker now works correctly when a clipboard item contains an invalid number. The Tab key now works between data cells, and negative values no longer change the zoom state. + For MS SQL Server the "DBCC CHECKIDENT" command is used to reset the table's starting primary key back to 1. If the user does not have sufficient rights to do this the program will trap it and continue on. To download this build, please visit: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 To see the detailed revision list, please visit: https://www.rockware.com/rockworks/revisions/current_revisions.htm Bon appetit! Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc.

If you have the RockWorks 16 build 2015.12.9 or RockWorks 17 build 2015.10.15 installed, you may see this error displayed when you check for updates when you launch RockWorks: Ancestor for pnlDirectory not found This simply means that the program has detected a new version on our website (which we posted today) and there may be a problem with the window which displays the new-update message. This problem pertains to the check-for-updates window only and does not affect the rest of the program. You can manually download and install the RockWorks update by following these steps: 1. Click on the following link: RockWorks 17, 16 - Current and Archived Versions: https://www.rockware.com/support/rockworks-support/rockworks-downloads/rockworks-product-updates/ 2. Save the installation program to your computer. 3. When the download is complete, run the installation. Do not uninstall the existing program first. 4. When the installation is complete, launch RockWorks. Note that because the bug is with the auto-updater, you'll need to manually download this build. The auto-updater should work for future updates. Let us know if you have any questions about this. Molly Mayfield RockWare Inc (TB- edit to add Rw16 )

We have just posted a new build of RockWorks17 with a number of new features: + Disable Data Based On Distance From Closest Borehole + New "data fill" program for the Utilities datasheet + Borehole Has Zero Depth warning + Design changes to the Pick Lithologic Intervals program + Design changes to the Pick Stratigraphic Contacts program + New programs for exporting data from Project Tables to the Utilties datasheet + Copy faults from one grid to another + New features and improvements to the grid smoothing algorithm + New SQLite menu options for checking, analyzing, and cleaning up the database + RockWare GIS Link 17 has been added to the RockWorks17 installation program + Install RockWorks17 webhelp locally for when you don't have internet access + Improved large font support for program windows and menus + New features added to the Geobody filter program + 3D faults embedded within grid and solid models (Advanced) + New RCL "Sound" command for handy alerts (e.g. when a script is done) (Advanced) + New Production table in the database and menu in the Borehole Manager for display of production charts, "billboards" in Google Earth, graph maps, bubble maps, and 3D "spindles" (Advanced) + Improved display of 3D faults with surfaces, stratigraphic models, and solid models (Advanced) + Edit/add SQL Statements in the Filter Boreholes and Select Boreholes query windows (Advanced) + a whole bunch of bug fixes (state plane coordinates, borehole display in section/profile/fence picking windows, To download the most recent build, please visit: https://www.rockware.com/product/productDemo.php?id=165 To read the detailed revision list, please visit: https://www.rockware.com/rockworks/revisions/current_revisions.htm Enjoy! RockWare Support