RockWorks 2022.12.30

[Katy D]

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