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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.
(024) 12/16/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
In RockPlot3D all Saved Views will return to their starting point: dimensions, rotation, vertical exaggeration, zoom and center values.
(023) 12/16/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
In RockPlot2D the Google Earth (KMZ) exports won't add the 5% margin that was causing the image to not be correctly located in Google Earth.
(022) 12/16/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2D Profile/Section exports to RockPlot3D won't add the 5% margin that was causing the image to not align with other data in RockPlot3D.
(021) 12/16/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2D now allows you to move objects between layers.
(020) 12/11/25/JPR - Bug Fix:
The specified "Major Interval" line color, style, and thickness will now be used for the major intervals with 3D contoured surfaces regardless of the "Label Major Intervals" setting.
(019) 12/11/25/JPR - Bug Fix:
The specified "Major Interval" line color, style, and thickness will now be used for the major intervals with 2D contour maps regardless of the "Label Major Intervals" setting.
(018) 12/10/25/JPR - RockWorks and Cloud Hosted Databases:
Question: Can a RockWorks database be hosted on a Cloud Service?
Short Answer: NO
Long Answer: RockWorks can read and write files that reside in folders synchronized by SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox, Teams, AWS Drive clients, etc. What RockWorks cannot do is reliably use a live, multi-user database file (e.g., SQL) when that file is being synchronized by a cloud-sync service. Click Here to learn more.
(017) 12/09/25/JCJ - Improvement:
RockPlot3D - Added a option to zoom an item or group. Right-Click on the item and choose "Zoom to Data Item". You can go back to the full drawing by right-clicking on the top Data Item and zoom to it.
(016) 12/09/25/JPR - Improvement:
The Multithreading option has been relocated into a separate tab within the Setup / Preferences menu. Additional information (e.g., Number of Available Processors) has been added to this menu and the program now limits the number of user-specified processors to be less or equal to the number of available processors. In the previous versions it was possible to specify a number greater than the actual logical processors which would actually increase the processing time.
(015) 12/09/25/JPR - Improvement:
Programs that use multi-threading (aka parallel processing) are now properly limited to the number of processors that are specified within the Setup / Preferences menu. This number is now shown within the completion bar that is shown while a multithreaded operation is being processed.
(014) 12/06/25/JPR - Improvement:
The time required to smooth a grid while accounting for faults has been significantly decreased. Consequently, the "warning" has been removed.
(013) 12/06/25/JPR - Improvement:
The name of the grid that is used to intersect 3D faults with a surface now defaults to the same grid that is either being generated or displayed.
(012) 12/04/25/JPR - Improvement:
The Map Overlays option has been eliminated from the "Add" section of the map-generating program menus. Instead, the Map Overlays options have been directly incorporated into the Add section for programs that create maps. This lessens the obfuscation/concealment of the sub-items and provides more space for displaying the sub-item settings such as the Faults option.
(011) 12/02/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Export of Hydro-Stratigraphy - Borehole Manager File | Export | Stratigraphy will now honor the Strat Rules selection of Hydro-Stratigraphy.
(010) 12/01/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Opening a RockPlot3D file will read the previous extents and set the view accordingly.
(009) 12/01/25/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Appending a RockPlot2D file to an existing one will now honor the Enabled/Visible status of the layers of the appended file.
(008) 11/30/25/JPR - Improvement:
Application menus now load significantly (5x) faster.
(007) 11/30/25/JPR - Improvement:
The "RockWorks Knowledge Base" button has been moved from the main "Applications Bar" to the top of the main RockWorks menu in order to make space for the forthcoming "Faulting" button.
(006) 11/14/25/JPR - New Feature:
Bulk-conversion capability added to selected grid export programs. This new capability eliminates the tedious task of running the conversion program(s) for the hundreds of grids that may be produced by the Solid - Grid programs (e.g. layer-by-layer mine-planning models). Click to view this Write Up and learn more.
(005) 11/07/25/JPR - Improvement:
Contours within 2D maps and 3D diagrams no longer "band" along faults in an attempt to interpret the faults as steep bends. Instead, contours now end abruptly at fault breaklines. Consequently, the now-obsolete "Omit Contour Segments Near Faults" option has been removed.
(004) 11/06/25/JPR - Improvement:
The Borehole Operations | Lithology | Lithology -> I-Data (Table) program exports I-Data to only the enabled boreholes.
(003) 10/22/25/JPR - Bug Fix:
The Borehole Manager / Production / Graph program now produces a diagram. The previous version would not generate a chart.
(002) 10/22/25/JCJ - Improvement:
Peripherals - Legends with long items were not displayed properly as a preview. The auto-sizing of the font kept reducing the font, in order to fit in the legend, until it reached 0. When reaching 0 the routine exited instead of completing the drawing of the legend. The minimum font size was changed to 3 pixels, when it reaches that it will now continue to draw but the items may extend outside of the legend's box.
(001) 10/22/25/JCJ - Improvement:
Fixed numerous Hydro-Stratigraphy items, missing menus or bugs.
NOTE: If you are using a NETWORK license, RockWorks20 v. 2022.5.28 and newer require the RockWare Network License Administrator version 1.18 or newer. Check with your license administrator before installing the RockWorks update.