RockWorks20 2024.12.30

[Katy D]

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 program titled "Solid Evaluation" has been added for quantifying the "goodness-of-fit" for an interpolated solid model. The new program generates a report with diagrams that depict the accuracy of a solid (block) model relative to the original control points that were used to interpolate the voxel values.
• Import RockWare's AqQA data file (*.aqq) into the Utilities Datasheet. File | Import | Aq•QA
• Point-source stochastic flow path simulation program added to RockWorks.
• ModOps | Grid | Set Grid Fault flag - Takes an input and output RwGrd file name and the program simply checks on/off the Fault flag for the output file.
• A new program titled "Grid Evaluation" has been added for quantifying the "goodness-of-fit" for an interpolated grid model. It generates a report with diagrams that depict the accuracy of a grid model relative to the original control points used to interpolate the grid values.
• RockWorks can create a map featuring rose diagrams that depict wind directions at one or more data collection sites. Select the Wind Roses program from the Utilities / Maps pull-down menu. The radii of the petals are proportional to the relative percentages, while the color of the petal bands represents the wind speed.

 

Improvements:

• The Borehole Manager / Fractures / Stereonet and Stereonet Map programs now provide a means to adjust the great circle color and thickness.
• RockWorks no longer attempts to use the Window Media Player.
• The Row-Based (formerly called Multi-Table) Import to the Borehole Manager for both Excel and Text imports can be added to a Playlist and edited from a Playlist.  
• When you rename a file in the Project Manager, it will be sorted alphabetically within the list of files, rather than appearing at the bottom of the list for its file type.
• The Flow Path (Drainage Net) Map, 3D Flow Diagram, Flow Table, and Upgradient Drainage Area programs within the Utilities / Hydrology menu group have been revamped and updated to compute quicker.
• Added the option to export a PRJ file from RockWorks that could be used to set the projection in Global Mapper or other GIS programs.
• Improved the Filter | Remove Disabled Rows tool so that after you select this filter it will result in a smaller file, as one would expect.
• Maps | Point Symbols - Map Overlays now include the option to plot Boreholes.

 

Bug Fixes:

• The grid smoothing "size" and "passes" settings are no longer reversed within the modeling code.
• The Prefix and Suffix settings for the southern label within a radially-labeled point map are no longer reversed.
• The raster exports (e.g., BMP, JPG, PNG , & PDF) within the RockPlot3D / File / Export menu no longer swap the reds and blues when configured to use the hardware (graphics card) OpenGL driver.
• The Borehole Operations / I-Data / Section / Hole-to-Hole Interpolation and Projected Section programs no longer skip boreholes with just one I-Data value.  This makes the program more useful for scenarios where a single sample represents the geochemistry within a screened interval.

 

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 December 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