Export RW15 to Graphics Program (Corel Draw and the like)

[Beat]

We use a database for 15‘000 logs saved as lithofacies codes. Until now, we exported the data to RW99 (or Logplot) to generate sections with logs. From RW99 (and Logplot2007), generated logs / sections could then be exported perfectly as (editable) PDF Files – also the scaling.

Now I’ve reprogrammed the transfer to RW15 (.. there is already 16 I know) to use its nice new features. Everything works really fine, but the export / prints to PDF do not generate editable PS (e.g. lines, circles, curves …) but only JPG. By the way – surfer knows how to export PDF vector type graphics. WMF / EMF unfortunately use still non metric scales (21th century?) an lack the point signature (e.g. sands). DXF export is the best, but also lacks points witch are very important for sandy sediments.

Can you help me to regain our graphic capability, to make the finsish in a graphics program?

Thank you in advance.

Beat

[Alison]

Unfortunately, RockWorks lost this functionality when we added transparency to the two dimensional graphics. We will consider adding a PDF export to the program in the future that will support both transparency and vector objects.

For what is worth, your graphics are now editable in RockWorks (they were not in RockWorks99). I think that many of our customers now make edits to the diagrams directly in RockPlot2D, rather than taking them out to another program.

Please let me know if you have additional questions about this.

Best Regards,

Alison

[Beat]

Thank you very much for your feedback, Alison. It would be very helpful, if you could implement point rasters ("sand") in PDF vector export files as well as in the DXF. DXF is great - probably only the "point" command is forgotten for any reasons. PDF vector graphis would be nice (Surfer it already able), because they are better scalable (> page size). So, till what time we can expect an update?

Concerning your second remark: Rockworks has good graphic capabilities. But as long as it is not consequently metric, it is already difficult. More important is, that many users - as mentioned by an earlier participant of this forum - need to edit the outputs - especially the often complex geological interpretation and correlation. Further, we need to add geotechnical, hydrogeological and project data (very important) - all from different sources, and in different formats. Finally, we have to automatize the whole processes an give the graphics our corporate identity (layouts). To bring all together is sometimes more an art than doing consulting. Under this point of view , RW is only (a good) one of the tools we will use, but it should be able to create accurate and editable graphic output.

Best regards.

Beat