(132) Bug Fix (03/16/05/JPR):  The borehole vector data is no longer saved twice within the .bh files.

- UPLOADED 03/16/05 -

(131) Improvement (03/15/05/JPR):  The Geological-Utilities / Solid / Model program now loads data much more quickly from ASCII files (i.e. seconds versus minutes).

(130) New Feature (03/09/05/JPR):  A new option titled "Continuous" has been added to the histogram bin-coloring options for the following programs;

• Borehole Manager / I-Data / Histogram

• Borehole Manager / P-Data / Histogram

• Geological Utilities / Grid / Statistics / Histogram

• Geological Utilities / Solid / Statistics / Histogram

• Geological Utilities / Stats / Histogram / Single

• Geological Utilities / Stats / Histogram / Multiple

The "continuous" bin color option will set the histogram bin colors such that they grade from the cold colors (purple) to the hot colors (red).  The Continuous option is accompanied by a sub-option labeled "Maximum Standard Deviation" that allows the user to specify the range for the color-coding (i.e. the point at which all values are displayed as "hot" or red).

(129) New Feature (03/07/05/JPR):  The Statistics listing within the Project-Dimensions menu now includes a listing for the average minimum distance between control points.

(125) Bug Fix (02/27/05/MIW):  The RCL (RockWare Command Language) "MENU" command works properly.  The previous version was garbling the name of the associated menu.

(124) Bug Fix (02/25/05/JPR):  The Project-Dimensions menu is now consistent in terms of the other Grid and Solid dimensioning menus.  For example a 100x100 grid with a 10-unit node spacing contains 11x11 nodes.

(123) Improvement (02/21/05/JPR):  The Borehole-Manager / Striplogs / Single-Log(2D) and Single-Log(3D) program no longer share a common menu.  This eliminates the obnoxious 2D and 3D sub-options that existed within many of the submenus.  It also means that the user can now maintain completely different settings for each menu.

(122) New Feature (02/19/05/JPR):  It is now possible to plot 3D log axes as either polylines (fast) or tubes (slow).

(121) Bug Fix (02/17/MIW):  The closest-point solid-modeling algorithm now works correctly within the Borehole-Manager and the Geological Utilities.

(120) Improvement (02/15/05/MIW/JPR):  The Borehole-Manager striplogs now include an option titled "Behavior When Vertically Exaggerated".

These settings determines the behavior of the vectors when the vertical exaggeration is adjusted within the RockPlot3D program.  The "Vary Inclination" setting will cause the inclination of the vectors to change based on the vertical exaggeration factor.  Conversely, the plunge of "Constant Inclination" vectors will stay the same, regardless of the vertical exaggeration.

(119) New Feature (02/14/05/JPR):  A new program titled "Pyramid" has been added to the Geological-Utilities / Util / Area/Volume menu.  This program computes the volume of a pyramid based on the width, depth, and height of a pyramid.

This program was added for a user who wished to compute the volume of a proposed leach pond (i.e. an inverted/truncated pyramid).

(118) New Feature (02/12/05/JPR): A "Cancel" button has been added to the Geological-Utilities / Util / Igneous program.

(117) Cosmetic (02/10/05/JPR):  The Util menu within the Geological Utilities has been redesigned;

• The various options are selected via an expanding/collapsing menu tree along the left side of the screen.

• Context-sensitive help is now displayed along the right side of the screen.

(116) New Feature (02/07/05/JPR):  A new option titled "Descriptors" has been added to the main Tables menu. 

This new table provides access to the Descriptor table that is used by the "Description Builder" (see item #113 below).  The Description Builder is invoked when entering lithologic interval descriptions and special "Description" columns within the Geological Utilities datasheet.

Descriptor Table Columns:

• Menu Caption:  This defines the item that will appear within the tree-style menu that appears along the left side of the Description Builder screen (i.e. the dialog box that appears whenever the user double-clicks within the Borehole Manager lithologic description column).  The number of spaces that precede a menu caption define the level within the menu tree.

• Term(s):  This defines the text that will be added to the lithologic description if the user double-clicks on the corresponding item within the menu tree.

• Hyperlink:  Upon startup, the Description Builder will attempt to load an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file into the data-entry screen.  This file must have the same name as the corresponding descriptor table except with a ".htm" extension.  The Hyperlink column defines bookmarks within the HTML file that correspond to the menu caption.  When the user clicks on a menu item, the program will scroll to the portion of the HTML document that is indicated by the hyperlink bookmark.

There are two sample tables that are included with this version of the program;

• Petroleum_Geology.tab:  Rock descriptions that are used within petroleum geology.

• USCS.tab:  Universal Soil Classification Scheme terminology that is used within geotechnical applications.

(115) Cosmetic (01/26/05/JPR):  The main Tables view has been changed from a table to a menu tree.

• By single-clicking on a menu item;

  • A detailed description of the table will be displayed within the main RockWorks help window.

  • The associated file name will be displayed at the base of the dialog box.

  • A button labeled "Examine/Edit Table" will be displayed at the base of the dialog box.  Select this button to examine or edit the currently highlighted table.

• By double-clicking on a menu item;

  • The associated table will be loaded for examination and/or editing.

(114) New Feature (01/25/00/JPR):  When defining the type of data within a Geological Utilities datasheet column, it is now possible to set up a column such that it contains lithologic descriptions.  This means that the "Description Builder" (see item 113 below) will be invoked if the user double-clicks within a cell that is contained within the designated column.

(113) New Feature (01/24/05/JPR): A new utility called the "Description Builder" is now invoked whenever the user double-clicks on the "Description" column within the Borehole Manager lithology datasheet.

The Description Builder creates descriptions by allowing the user to select terms from a tree-style hierarchy.  This hierarchy is contained within a new type of user-modifiable table called the "Descriptor" table.  Two sample descriptor tables are included with the program; Petroleum_Geology.tab and USCS.tab.  For more information, refer to item #116.

The Description Builder may also be used within the Geological Utilities by right-clicking on a column title and selecting the "Description" option as the column data-type.  Once this has been done, the Description Builder will appear whenever the user double-clicks on a cell within the designated column.

(112) Removal (01/23/05/JPR): The Describe-Rock program has been removed from the Geological-Utilities / Util menu.

(111) New Feature (01/22/05/JPR):  A new set of options titled "Diagram Scaling" has been added to the Configure / General-Preferences menu.

These options define how the various entities within a diagram will be scaled.  For example, when the Diagram Scaling is based on the XYZ coordinates (the default setting), the width of a stratigraphic column will be a percentage of the distance from the XYZ minimum (defined within the Project Dimensions menu) and the XYZ maximum.

Typically, the Diagram Scaling should be based upon the XYZ coordinate range.  There may come a time, however, when it would be more appropriate to base the dimensions upon just the horizontal (xy) coordinates.

(110) Removal (01/21/05/JPR):  The Configure / General-Preferences / Graphic-Font-Background option has been removed.  The aforementioned changes to the two-dimensional graphics no longer use this setting.

(109) New Feature (01/20/05/JPR):  The two-dimensional graphics that are produced by RockWorks (i.e. the RKW files) now use an "object" format.  This means that graphic entities such as symbols are no longer stored as just line segments.  Instead, a symbol is stored as a complex entity with a variety of attributes that may be changed later on when viewing the diagram with RockPlot/2D.

To illustrate the advantage of object graphics, consider the following example;   Let's say that we've generated a well-location map.  By selecting the new "Edit" option and clicking on a symbol, we will be presented with the following menu;

At this stage, the user may change the various settings (attributes) within this menu.  Once the "Ok" button has been selected, the diagram will be re-plotted, using the new settings for this particular symbol.

Click on the following link to view all of the new types of graphic entities (objects) and their associated menus;

ROCKWORKS TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHIC OBJECTS

(108) Cosmetic (01/19/05/JPR):  By positioning the cursor on an item of interest within a RockPlot/2D diagram, and pressing the right mouse button, the following "Popup" menu will be displayed;

• Find Closest Borehole:  This will minimize the RockPlot/2D window and load the data for the borehole that is closest to the selected point into the RockWorks Borehole manager.

• Find Closest Point:  This will minimize the RockPlot/2D window and display the following menu;

Once the appropriate columns have been selected, the program will highlight the data within the Geological Utilities datasheet that is closest to the selected point.

• Make All Objects Visible:  Any graphic objects which have been set to an "invisible" state will be set to a "visible" state.  This is the same as selecting the Edit / Make All Objects Visible option.  See item #107.

• Show / Hide Object Types:  This will display a "Visible Objects" menu that allows you to control what type of graphic entities will be displayed within the diagram.  See item #?.

(107) New Feature (01/18/05/JPR):  A new option titled "Show / Hide Object Types" has been added to the RockPlot-2D / Edit menu. 

Once selected, the following menu will be displayed;

This option allows you to control what type of graphic entities will be displayed within the diagram.

(106) New Feature (01/17/05/JPR):  A new option titled "Make All Objects Visible" has been added to the RockPlot-2D / Edit menu.  This option will render any "invisible" graphic objects (as rendered invisible during item editing) to a "visible" state.

(105) New Feature (01/16/05/JPR):  The two-dimensional lithology and stratigraphy legends now include better "smarts" for dimensioning the patterns and text.  These legends now include titles, borders, and dividers.

The legend menus now contain a myriad of new options as shown by the following diagram;

The meaning of the "Item Dimensions" are illustrated within the following diagram;

(104) Removal (01/14/05/JPR):  The "imbedded" vs "external" bitmap settings have been removed from the map and striplog programs.  Instead, RockWorks now imbeds all bitmaps within the 2-dimensional graphic files (.rkw).

(103) New Feature (01/13/05/JPR):  A new program titled "Clip" has been added to the Grafix / 2-D Utilities menu.  This program extracts selected rectangular regions from a RockPlot/2D graphic file.  This program is identical to the RockPlot/2D / Utilities / Clip utility.  It has been added to the Grafix menu for the benefit of RCL (RockWorks Command Language) users.

(102) New Feature (01/12/05/JPR):  A new program titled "Rescale" has been added to the Grafix / 2-D Utilities menu.  This program rescales RockPlot/2D files.  This program is identical to the RockPlot/2D / Utilities / Rescale program.  It has been added to the Grafix menu for the benefit of RCL (RockWorks Command Language) users.

(101) Cosmetic (01/11/05/JPR): The RockPlot/2D / Utilities / Rescale sub-options ("by scale and origin" and "by new coordinates") have been merged into a single program.

(100) New Feature (01/10/05/JPR):  A new program titled "DXF" has been added to the Grafix / 2-D Utilities / Export menu.  This program converts RockPlot/2D files into DXF (AutoCAD Data eXchange Format) files.  This program is identical to the RockPlot/2D / Export / DXF program.  It has been added to the Grafix menu for the benefit of RCL (RockWorks Command Language) users.

(99) New Feature (01/09/05/JPR):  The RockPlot-2D / Export / DXF program now includes an option titled "Plot w/Default Viewer".  This option will load the output file into whatever program has been "associated" with the .DXF extension (e.g. AutoCAD).

(98) New Feature (01/08/05/JPR):  A new program titled "Convert AGL to RockPlot/2D" has been added to the Grafix / 2-D Utilities menu.  This program converts AGL (ASCII Graphics Language) files into RockPlot/2D binary graphic files.  This program is identical to the RockPlot/2D / Import / AGL program.  It has been added to the Grafix menu for the benefit of RCL (RockWorks Command Language) users.

(97) New Feature (01/07/05/JPR):  The RockPlot/2D / Import / AGL editor now includes context-sensitive documentation along the right side of the screen.

(96) New Feature (01/06/05/JPR):  A number of new options have been added to the RockPlot/2D / Import / AGL editor;

See item #95 for more information.

(95) New Feature (01/05/05/JPR):  The following commands have been added to the RockPlot-2D / Import / AGL syntax;

CIRCLE:

Usage:

Used to plot a circle.

Syntax:

CIRCLE: x , y , radius

Example:

COLOR: RED
CIRCLE: 450 840 35
COLOR: BLUE
CIRCLE: 470 860 25

COLOR_LEGEND:

Usage:

Used to plot a color legend.

Syntax:

COLOR_LEGEND: x_min , y_min , x_max , y_max , z_min , z_max , contour_interval , title

Example:

COLOR_LEGEND: 340 610 360 670 0 100 10 Mercury
 

GRID:

Usage:

Used to plot a grid.

Syntax:

GRID: x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max, major_x_spacing, major_y_spacing , minor_x_spacing , minor_y_spacing

Example:

GRID: 110 910 190 980 10 10 2 2
 

LINE:

Usage:

Used to plot a line between two endpoints.

Syntax:

LINE: x1, y1, x2, y2

Example:

LINE: 410 980 490 910

LITH_LEGEND:

Usage:

Used to plot a lithology legend.

Syntax:

LITH_LEGEND: x_min , y_min , x_max , y_max

Example:

LITH_LEGEND: 430 710 470 770
 

POLYFILL:

Usage:

Used to fill a polygon with a designated pattern.

Syntax:

POLYFILL: pattern , density ,
x1 , y1
x2 , y2
x3 , y3
etc ...

Example:

POLYFILL: 7 3.0
50 720
10 750
75 775
90 730
50 710

QUADFILL:

Usage:

Used to fill a four-sized polygon with the current default color.

Syntax:

QUADFILL: x1 , y1 , x2 , y2 , x3 , y3 , x4 , y4

Example:

QUADFILL: 310 710 330 770 390 770 370 710
 

RASTER:

Usage:

Used to plot a raster bitmap (e.g. TIFF, JPG, BMP, etc) within a diagram.

Syntax:

RASTER: x_min , y_min , x_max , y_max , file_name

Example:

RASTER: 310 810 390 880 Tank Farm Airphoto.bmp

SCALEBAR:

Usage:

Used to plot a coordinate scalebar.

Syntax:

SCALEBAR: x1 , y1 , x2 , y2 , min , max , increment , caption

Example:

SCALEBAR: 105 720 185 780 0 10 1 SCALEBAR

STRAT_LEGEND:

Usage:

Used to plot a stratigraphy legend.

Syntax:

STRAT_LEGEND: x_min , y_min , x_max , y_max

Example:

STRAT_LEGEND: 30 610 70 670
 

TEXT_TABLE:

Usage:

Used to plot a text box.

Syntax:

TEXT_TABLE: x_min , y_min , x_max , y_max , title ,
caption_1 ,
caption_2 ,
caption_3 ,
etc ...

Example:

TEXT_TABLE: 110 610 190 670 Statistical Results
Mean    4859.45
Mode    48394
Standard-Deviation    483.43
Kurtosis    54.3
Skewness    23.1

TRICOLOR:

Usage:

Used to plot a color-contoured triangles.

Syntax::

TRICOLOR: z_min , z_max , contour_interval
x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 , x3 , y3 , z3 ,
x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 , x3 , y3 , z3 ,
x1 , y1 , z1 , x2 , y2 , z2 , x3 , y3 , z3 ,
etc ...

Example:

TRICOLOR: 100 400 10
210 610 100 210 670 200 290 670 300
210 610 100 290 670 300 290 610 400
 

TRIFILL:

Usage:

Used to fill a triangular region with the current default color.

Syntax:

TRIFILL: x1 , y1 , x2 , y2 , x3 , y3

Example:

TRIFILL: 210 710 250 770 290 710
 

(94) New Feature (01/04/05/JPR):  A new tutorial file called AGL_Demo.agl has been added to the Samples folder.  This file was used to create the following diagram;

(93) Improvement (01/03/05/JPR):  The RockPlot-2D / Import / AGL program now "remembers" the name of the last file that was imported.

(92) Bug Fix (01/02/05/JPR):  The RCL_04.RCL file has been modified to properly disable the profile location maps if the user has disabled them within the profile menu.