We are really excited about this program, the fruit of 3+ years of development. Please visit our website for a list of some of the new features in RockWorks2020.
If you have a RockWorks17 license which is current on maintenance, we will be contacting you in the coming days with your new license details. Please be patient, there are a lot of emails to send.
If you have a RockWorks17 license with expired maintenance, contact RockWare or visit the RockWare Customer Portal to renew your maintenance so that you can update to the new version.
Download the RockWorks2020 Demo
(099) 06/30/2020/MMM - Upload:
Verson 2020.6.30 was uploaded to the RockWare website.
(098) 06/26/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Clipping images in RockPlot2D is now accurate when the clipping rectangle is smaller than 50% of the image.
(097) 06/26/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Stratigraphy and Lithology Fence diagrams now honor the position setting for Legends.
(096) 06/29/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
All of the PLSS data input fields in the Borehole Manager trigger saving to the database when edited.
(095) 06/29/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Default filename extension for input solids changed to RwMod, was RwGrd.
(094) 06/29/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
the "Create New Solid Model" option now uses the user specified name.
(093) 06/26/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Playlist Load and Save Datasheet behave more as expected.
(092) 06/26/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Inclined Surface option for Solid and Grid(s) Filter is now created correctly.
(091) 06/26/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
ModOps - Grid | Filters | Polygon Clip was freeing the polystream twice causing a Invalid Pointer.
(090) 06/26/2020/MIW - Enhancement:
A Null replacement value has been added an option to the Grid Model --> Boolean and Solid Model --> Boolean programs.
(089) 06/26/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Grid filter tools were missing the color legend option
(088) 06/25/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
When inserting a new borehole, the "Other Coordinate Projections" data is now posted with the rest of the entered borehole data.
(087) 06/25/2020/MIW - Enhancement:
Users can now move the anchor point of Anchor Text in RockPlot2D.
(086) 06/25/2020/jcj - Enhancement:
Users can load dimensions from an existing subsite (Subsite_Cmd). A quick way to add this command to the Playlist is from the Subsite Dialog (last item in the Subsite drop down list - "Edit Subsites"). From that dialog there is a "RCL" menu item , which has options to "Add to Playlist" and "Export to a RwCmd file".
(085) 06/24/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
The project dimensions could get the number of nodes set to zero and saved when the values were edited such that the Minimum exceeded the Maximum. The check on the values is now being done before saving.
(084) 06/23/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
When scanning boreholes from the Subsite dialog, the Subsite dialog is now being updated, not the Dimensions tab in RockWorks. Also the Dimensions tab is updated when Scan Boreholes is called from the Search Dialog.
(083) 06/22/2020/jcj - Update:
Program Abstracts: Colors menu images updated.
(082) 06/22/2020/jcj - Update:
Program Abstracts: Fractures menu images updated.
(081) 06/22/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Hydrology and Borehole Operations - Aquifers: Hydrograph tools (Hydrograph, Hydrograph map and Hydrograph billbords) work.
(080) 06/22/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Graphics - Images | Geo-reference - 3D Display default was changed to Float instead of Drape.
(079) 06/22/2020/jcj - Bug Fix:
Graphics - 2D Tools | Export | ReportWorks: will now prompt to save on close.
(078) 06/24/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Solid and Grid(s) Filter now uses the correct surface type instead of defaulting to grid surfaces.
(077) 06/24/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Solid and Grid(s) Filter no longer causes an Access Violation when grid surfaces are selected.
(076) 06/17/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Google Earth programs that output disks, tubes, centered images and text were not calculating sizes correctly.
(075) 6/15/2020/MIW - Improvement:
The RockPlot2D Manual Pattern Scaling can now be applied to all diagrams. Map, Section and Profiles are based on the Project Dimensions. Charts use the diagram dimensions.
(074) 06/12/2020/MIW - Improvement:
The Float Images in Google Earth now force a rotation so that the images are in the view.
(073) 06/12/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Re-projecting just the Z values now works.
(072) 06/11/2020/MIW - Improvement:
Added a vertical scroll bar to the Vertical and Horzontal Axis options for Profiles, Sections and Projected Sections so that all options can be seen and adjusted.
(071) 06/11/2020/JCJ - Improvement:
Borehole Manager | Import Raster Logs, you can now select multiple files for import. The import is more forgiving when the tiff file is no longer in the original folder.
(070) 06/10/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2D previews are now saved when the Rw2D files are saved whether the diagram is displayed or not.
(069) 06/10/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Fixed vertical divider bar in the Application Search dialog.
(068) 06/09/2020/JCJ - Cosmetic:
A vertical divider bar (to be moved left/right) has been added to the 2D Log Design window, so that the visible items pane can be expanded.
(067) 06/09/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
A RW15 input grid model is converted only once when both a 2D map and 3D diagram output are requested via the Grid | Display program.
(066) 06/09/2020/JCJ - Improvement:
Added scroll bars to the Georeference dialog.
(065) 06/09/2020/JCJ - New Feature:
The user can draw a rectangle in RockPlot2D, and the select it with a right click to update the project dimensions. (Rectangle Attributes, Location tab, Set Output Dimensions button)
(064) 06/09/2020/JCJ - Improvement:
LoadDimensions_Cmd and SaveDimensions_Cmd will work from Playlists and scripts. Example:
PROJECT DIM_FILE Default_Project_Dimensions.rwDim
(063) 06/08/2020/MMM - Upload:
Verson 2020.6.8 was uploaded to the RockWare website.
(062) 06/08/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The All Striplogs to PDF program now scales correctly when the project uses meters for elevation.
(061) 06/08/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The correct page is shown in the Launch dialog when no output is displayed.
(060) 06/08/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
The function to re-project a project's coordinates to a different CRS or units now actually writes the new values back to the database.
(059) 06/05/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Adding a table based pattern legend in RockPlot3D now displays the correct properties dialog and displays without error.
(058) 06/05/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Borehole Manager - View | Database Statistics menu item was reconnected to the code producing the report.
(057) 06/05/2020/JCJ - Bug Fix:
After running an operation the Main Options tab was showing selected but what was showing in the tab was some other tab's info.
(056) 06/05/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Production Graphs now use the correct settings when producing graphs.
(055) 06/04/2020/JPR - New Feature:
The Utilities / Stats / Univariate / Output Options now includes a tab labeled "Formatting" that can be used to add trailing periods which will make for a more readable report provided that it's displayed with a fixed-width font (e.g. Courier).
(054) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Selecting a saved layout in the peripherals menu now updates the check boxes.
(053) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Changing status of RockPlot2D layers now sets the modified flag so the file save warning is activated.
(052) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Deleting an item in the Playlist now sets the next valid item to selected.
(051) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Vertical Exaggeration edit is no longer truncated in RockPlot3D.
(050) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Raster Export of RockPlot2D now scales the line width correctly.
(049) 06/04/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Mixed units in the Project Dimensions dialog are now displayed correctly.
(048) 06/04/2020/JCJ - Bug Fixes and Improvement:
The View | Filter and View | Select Boreholes programs have a number of fixes and improvements.
(047) 06/04/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
(1) A new video titled "RockWorks 2020 Video Index w/Interactive Links To Other Videos" has been added to the top of the Videos page. (2) The video details area to the right of the listing has been expanded to show longer URLs. (3) The Play Video button is now positioned just below the URL listing (versus the base of the dialog). (4) The new Index video contains buttons that provide an easier way to navigate through the RockWorks video library.
(046) 06/03/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The following changes have been made to the Lithology and Stratigraphy Pickers: The increase/decrease buttons for the Zoom (1) and Vertical Exaggeration (2) options have been reinstated. The icons for the Axis-to-Axis and Edge-to-Edge Correlation Styles (3) have been horizontally stretched to be more readable. The Help option (4) has been moved to the far right to be more consistent with other menus. The ribbon bar items have been redesigned to provide a small amount of additional workspace.
(045) 06/01/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The case-study PDF within the TCE Site tutorial folder has been updated.
(044) 06/01/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
Time estimates have been added to the TCE Site sample Playlist.
(043) 06/01/2020/JPR - Improvement:
The program no longer sets file names to blank if they don't exist when a menu is being opened. This solves a paradoxical problem when creating Playlists.
(042) 05/29/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
When editing items within the Playlist, settings defined within the menus that are displayed by selecting the buttons that appear at the top of the menu (e.g. log designers, section locations, etc.) are no longer lost if the buttons are not selected when editing the Playlist item.
(041) 05/29/2020/MIW: Bug Fix:
DXF true type colors were reversed. Also removed illegal characters in DXF layer names and truncated the length to 31 characters.
(040) 05/29/2020/JPR - New Feature:
The Gradient Vectors sub-menu within the Grid Display options menu now includes an option to multiply the directional vectors such that they extend into adjacent grid cells. This can produce a more understandable map.
(039) 05/28/2020/JPR - Improvement:
The Continue button at the base of the application menus may now be activated from the keyboard by typing Ctrl+G.
(038) 05/28/2020/MMM - Upload:
Verson 2020.5.28 was uploaded to the RockWare website.
(037) 05/28/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
DXF exports from RockPlot3D now correctly place polylines at their correct elevation.
(036) 05/28/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
An explanatory diagram has been added to the new Solid Modeling / Options / Constrain page.
(035) 05/27/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Restored the upper tabs for P-Data Fence diagrams.
(034) 05/25/2020/JPR - New Feature:
The Output Options / Export sub-menu now includes an option for exporting the output directly to PDF.
(033) 05/25/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The Output Options menu for programs that generate 3D diagrams has been redesigned to be consistent with the Output Options menu for 2D diagrams.
(032) 05/25/2020/JPR - Improvement:
All programs that read data from the Datasheet will now skip any data that contains a null (-1.0e27) value.
(031) 05/24/2020/JPR - Improvement:
If the Drape option is used as an embellishment for any 3D diagram, and the grid that the image is to be draped over has not been specified, the following error message will appear:
(030) 05/22/2020/MIW - Improvement:
RockPlot2D now loads quicker and with less flickering in the Launch Form.
(029) 05/22/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Optimize column layout for the datasheet now honors the Preferences setting.
(028) 05/19/2020/MIW - Improvement:
DXF exports from RockPlot3D now use True Colors and support vertiical exaggeration.
(027) 05/18/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Improved the accuracy of coordinates in RockPlot3D.
(026) 05/18/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Draped images now align correctly with the grid dimensions.
(025) 05/16/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
The Animate / Solids -> 3D animation program now uses the specified color scheme.
(024) 05/15/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
The margin and line width are now honored in RockPlot2D exports to raster images.
(023) 05/15/2020/JCJ - Improvement
Collada Export is exported in meters. Coordinate system has to be set but does not have to be in decimal degrees.
(022) 05/15/2020/KD, MMM - Documentation:
Images and descriptions have been added to the program descriptions that appear when the mouse is moved over an application item for the following programs:
(021) 5/15/2020/JPR - New Feature:
The Opacity of Colored Intervals within 2D output may now be adjusted such that features below the contour map (e.g. airphotos) may be identified.
(020) 05/14/2020/JPR - New Feature:
The Striplogs page within the Graphics / Animate / Solid -> 3D Animation and Solid -> 3D IsoShell Animation program menus now includes an option titled "T-Data Only". If selected, striplogs within the animations will be filtered such that only the logs with T-Data that was sampled during the model date interval will be shown. For example, when the animation is showing the 2016 plume, only the wells sampled in 2016 will be shown. This feature is based on the observation that most projects start with just a few monitor wells. Additional wells are then added as the plume migrates. This capability also provides visual cues as to when a plume artificially contracts based on a new well rather than an actual geochemical contraction.
(019) 05/14/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The notice/reminder that appears within the Striplogs page no longer appears behind the clipping parameters menu.
(018) 05/13/2020/JPR - Improvement:
The Depth-to-Target program now provides for a minimum G-Value when computing the depth to maximum G-Value. This eliminates background-levels from consideration. In addition, a color legend may now be added to the output.
(017) 05/12/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
Items within the Playlist that use custom color tables will no longer alter other items that use custom color tables if the item is edited.
(016) 05/12/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
The Playlist / Add / Project Dimensions option now works correctly.
(015) 05/11/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
Items that are edited within the Playlist no longer change the settings within the corresponding application within the main menu bar.
(014) 05/11/2020/MIW - Bug Fix:
Modifying a Slice Position for Solid Models in RockPlot3D (RW2020) using the mouse on the slider bar now updated the position in the title of the Slice Options dialog.
(013) 05/11/2020/JPR - Documentation:
The RockWorks2020 TCE Site Playlist and PDF have been adjusted to reflect the recent changes to the IsoShell cutoff levels within the program.
(012) 05/10/2020/JPR - New Feature:
A new program titled "Depth to Target" has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Solid -> Grid sub-menu in RockWorks2020. Given a ground surface grid model and a solid model, this program will create and display a grid that represents the depth to either the largest solid node value or the depth to the shallowest node within a specified range.
Applications for the Depth to Target program include mining (e.g. depth to shallowest sand), geotechnical (depth to competent rock), petroleum (depth to hydrocarbon), hydrology (depth to water), and environmental (depth to contaminated water).
(011) 05/10/2020/JPR - Improvement:
The maximum number of cutoff levels has been increased from three to six within the following programs in RockWorks2020:
(010) 05/09/2020/JPR - Documentation:
A PDF file titled "Time-Based Modeling, Analysis & Visualization" is now included within the TCE Site folder for RockWorks2020. This paper is intended to serve as a step-by-step tutorial for using the Playlist to model, visualize, and analyze a TCE groundwater contaminant that is migrating over time.
(009) 05/09/2020/JPR - Impovement:
When generating IsoShell animations, empty models will generate a warning message rather than an error message. This prevents the process from disrupting a long Playlist process.
(008) 05/09/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The TCE Site Playlist has been modified to accommodate the new solid modeling Constrain option and the changes to the Multiple Solids (aka TimeMachine) program. The Multiple Solids help message and abstract have also been modified accordingly.
(007) 05/08/2020/JPR - New Feature:
An option titled "Constrain" has been added to the Solid Options sub-menu in RockWorks2020.
This new tool will use the specified boolean model (the "constraining model") to determine which nodes will be interpolated during the subsequent modeling process. Specifically, nodes will not be interpolated for voxels in which the corresponding node within the constraining boolean model has a value of zero (false).
Constraining models are useful for limiting geochemical models to regions defined by other parameters such as permeability.
Constraining models can also significantly descrease the time required to generate a model if the majority of the model would otherwise be subsequently filtered (e.g. multiplying the output by a boolean model).
(006) 05/08/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The default width of the dialog box that appears when renaming a RockWorks2020 Playlist item has been increased to 800 pixels to allow for longer descriptions.
(005) 05/08/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
Ampersands (&) are now dislayed within the Grid2DipSymMap, RuColMultiFilt, SolidGridFilter, Vpanels, and Vpanels2Xyzg program titles and/or descriptions. Arrows symbols are no longer preceded by hyphens within the Pgon, R2d2Mif, R2d2Pdf, and R2DtoReportworks programs titles and/or descriptions.
(004) 05/08/2020/JPR - Cosmetic:
The default width of the dialog box that appears when adding an item to a RockWorks2020 Playlist has been increased to 800 pixels to allow for longer descriptions.
(003) 05/08/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
Double ampersands (&&) within program descriptions are now shown as single ampersands when adding items to the Playlist.
(002) 05/07/2020/JPR - Bug Fix:
The Vertex Table options within the Graphics / 2D Tools / Enclosing Polygon program in RockWorks2020 now have check-boxes to determine how the vertices will be saved.
(001) 05/07/2020/JPR - First Release : RockWorks2020 is now available!
(003) Upload (4/29/2020/MMM): RockWorks17 Version 2020.4.29 uploaded to the RockWare website.
(002) Bug Fix (4/22/2020/MIW): The Initialize Grid using the inclined option now returns the correctly oriented grid. This function is also used by the Tilt option in Solid Modeling.
(001) Bug Fix (4/6/2020/MIW): Solid Models with negative values and a range of zero no longer appear black.
NOTE: If you are using a NETWORK license, RockWorks17 v. 2019.9.30 and newer require the RockWare Network License Administrator version 1.09 or newer. Check with your license administrator before installing the RockWorks update. See our forum posting for details.