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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