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A note about file syncing while working in Rockworks. When your projects are stored with programs like OneDrive or Dropbox, you may experience delays in saving from RockWorks or receive errors about the database being unavailable (unable to save). This is because both programs are trying to sync simultaneously. If you want to avoid this inconvenience, please pause the SYNC feature in the storage programs while working in RockWorks. Also, when using OneDrive with RockWorks, it is NOT recommended that the Documents folder be remapped to OneDrive.
(017) 10/27/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added the "Add Extras" menu to RockPlot3D for appending 3D striplogs and aerial-photo drapes directly to the current scene. This lets you add these objects to a scene you are already viewing without recreating the existing diagram.
(016) 10/27/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Added independent Anchored Text options for borehole location maps and Utilities point-symbol maps, including configurable content, styling, positioning, leaders, and overlap prevention. This provides more control over map labels and helps keep annotations readable where symbols are close together.
(015) 10/26/26/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Added retry handling for transient sharing violations when saving project data-dictionary XML files. Persistent locks now report the affected filename, retry count, and Windows error code. Brief file-access conflicts can therefore be retried automatically, while persistent failures provide more useful troubleshooting details.
(PDF) 10/26/26/TEAM - Improvements:
Click to view the PDF Summary of the Q4 2026 improvements, fixes, and updates. This list is posted in the RockWorks Online Knowledge Base and includes the AI bridge and word report output description.
(014) 10/16/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Removed the Other 2D Files option from Section, Profile, and Projected Section commands. This prevents incompatible 2D overlays from being displayed or applied to these diagram types.
(013) 10/14/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Improved LogPlot-to-RockWorks importing by correcting depth and coordinate conversion reporting, preserving default patterns in import templates, supporting PJ4 field mappings, reporting unreadable files as failures, and eliminating temporary-object leaks. These changes improve transfer accuracy, error visibility, and stability during large batch imports.
(012) 10/13/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Improved data exchange between LogPlot and RockWorks to prevent silent value loss, provide consistent field mappings and import decisions, and preserve numeric, empty, and below-detection values more reliably. These changes make transfers safer, more predictable, and easier to maintain.
(011) 10/12/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Changed the 2D Log Designer Miscellaneous Options button into a toggle that restores the previously displayed options panel. This makes it easier to return to the same options while adjusting a 2D striplog layout.
(010) 10/12/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added an option to plot selected 2D striplog title fields on separate lines. This can make multi-field titles easier to read without combining all selected information on one line.
(009) 10/12/26/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Fixed a problem in which the RockWorks interface or a modal dialog could become inaccessible after switching monitor configurations or reconnecting through a remote/VDI session. Off-screen windows are now automatically moved onto an available monitor, allowing users to continue working without having to locate an inaccessible dialog.
(008) 10/12/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added an option to display output in either an embedded RockPlot2D tab or a separate window. Embedded tabs remain the default. Added an option to display output in either an embedded RockPlot2D tab or a separate window. Embedded tabs remain the default. The separate-window option provides flexibility when viewing output alongside other RockWorks windows.
(007) 10/09/26/JCJ - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2d Shapefile/GIS export now writes the complete labeled polyline geometry instead of the display segments surrounding labels. This preserves continuous line geometry in the exported GIS data, even where labels interrupt the displayed line.
(PDF) 10/06/26/TEAM - Improvements:
Click to view the PDF Summary of the Q3-Q4 2026 improvements, fixes, and updates. This is an extensive list posted in the RockWorks Online Knowledge Base.
(006) 10/06/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added RockPlot3D object picking that selects the corresponding data-tree node. This makes it easier to identify objects in crowded 3D models and quickly locate their settings in the data tree.
(005) 10/06/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added an Isopach Volume program to ModOps | Volume for calculating distance-qualified resource and reserve volumes from an isopach grid. This helps users estimate subsurface resource volumes while distinguishing areas supported by nearby data from less-constrained areas.
(004) 10/06/26/JCJ - New Feature:
Added polygon-table clipping for raster images and RockPlot2D maps under Graphics → 2D Tools → Clip. This allows users to focus a raster image or 2D map on a defined study area, such as a site or project boundary.
(003) 10/05/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Fixed irregular borders in vertical gradient fills for logarithmically scaled 2D striplog curves, while preserving min-to-max and table-based coloring behavior. This produces cleaner fill boundaries on logarithmically scaled striplog curves, making the resulting diagrams easier to interpret.
(002) 10/05/26/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Fixed automatic elevation ranges in profiles and sections so enabled surface profiles are included when determining vertical axis and reference-line limits. This helps ensure that surface profiles are visible within the automatically calculated elevation range when generating profiles and sections.
(001) 10/01/26/JCJ - Improvement:
Restored unopened RwDat file selection for polygon clipping during Grid and Solid creation and in the ModOps polygon-clipping tools. Polygon X/Y coordinates are read from the RwDat file’s first two columns. This lets users clip grids and solid models to boundaries stored in existing RwDat polygon files without opening those files first.
(PDF) 09/17/26/TEAM - Improvements:
Click to view the PDF Summary of the Q3 2026 improvements, fixes, and updates. This is an extensive list posted in the RockWorks Online Knowledge Base.
NOTE: If you are using a NETWORK license, RockWorks20 v. 2022.5.28 and newer require the RockWare Network License Administrator version 1.19 or newer. Check with your license administrator before installing the RockWorks update.