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(066) 03/30/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Striplog Map program will skip boreholes that have nothing to plot. If you want the borehole plotted anyway turn on a column background or other feature in the setup options.
(065) 03/28/22/JPR - New Feature:
The RockPlot2D -> Raster menu now includes a special Line Width Adjustments help button, embedded in the program, that augments the existing help topic.
(064) 03/28/22/JPR - New Feature:
The RockPlot2D -> Raster menu now includes a special DPI help button, embedded in the program, that augments the existing help topic.
(063) 03/28/22/MIW - New Feature:
Added the capability for 'auto offsetting' of text boxes when displaying blocks of text on symbol maps.
(062) 03/24/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
Rockplot2D Cross Sections with vertical exaggeration greater than 1 are displayed with user settings honored.
(061) 03/27/22/JPR - New Feature:
A menu option titled "Knowledge Base" has been added to the RockWorks / Help / Links sub-menu. Clicking on this link will load a web page that provides access to miscellaneous files including (1) information sent to RockWare clients to answer a specific questions, (2) information used within presentations, (3) animations used within product demonstrations, and (4) anything else that may be useful.
(059) 03/27/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
An embedded help button has been added to the Use 2D Log Layout File project options.
(060) 03/25/22/MIW - New Feature:
A Block Label option has been added to Symbol Maps that uses the new RockPlot2D Block Text item. This will make editing labels on maps easier by allowing user to move or edit the labels in bulk.
(059) 03/24/22/JPR - New Feature:
XY tables, Shape files, and DXF files may now be used to define Ribbon Diagrams when plotting vertical images in 3D viewer.
(058) 03/23/22/MIW - New Feature:
A Block Text item has been added to RockPlot2D for display on maps. It can contain up to 8 lines of text and has functionality to move around while connected to an anchor point.
(057) 03/21/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Anchor Text in RockPlot2D now shows the correct position of the text while being moved.
(056) 03/20/22/JPR - New Feature:
An option for reading data in which the inclination input is negative in the downward direction has been added to the Directionality tab within the survey-related programs shown below.
(055) 03/18/22/MIW - Improvement:
RockPlot3D scenes with small coordinate ranges but with large values now plot with less distortion in Sketchfab (Obj.Zip files).
(054) 03/15/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
When plotting P-Data within 3D striplogs, the Curve and Discs options are independent of each other meaning that the curve-fill will no longer be plotted if the Curve option is disabled.
(053) 03/15/22/JPR - New Feature:
A new program titled "Normalize" has been added to the Borehole Operations / P-Data pull-down menu. This new program will normalize the data within a designated P-Data track into a another designated track. The range of the normalization is specified within the New Range tab.
(052) 03/09/22/KD - Upload:
New 64bit version of RockWorks uploaded to website. Archive page, Forum, Revisions List, and RockWorks Revisions Index were also all updated.
(051) 03/09/22/JCJ - Improvement:
Export from the datasheet (and Edit as a datasheet) menu options have been extended and improved for ease of use.
(050) 03/08/22/JCJ - Improvement:
When Editing data in the Borehole Manager (e.g. Lithology) using the 'Edit as a Datasheet' tool, only applicable menu items have been preserved, especially for the Import menu.
(049) 03/07/22/MIW - New Feature:
Added a Location Map program to the >Borehole Operations >Maps menu. This programs allows users to create a location diagram for previously created and saved sections, profiles and fences that are stored in the project database.
(048) 03/04/22/JCJ - Improvement:
Excel/Text Import (Row-based tables) Now displays a red "X" button to close a Block Mapping tab. The selected tab sheet is easier to see with the title bolded. The Combo-Box on the Block Selection tab displays an alternate button ("...") to show the block mapping tab for that selection as a further indicator for the user to look at the mappings. The drop down list can be sized.
(047) 03/03/22/JPR - New Feature:
New options for removing/merging duplicate samples have been added to seven of the programs that process borehole aquifer data.
(046) 03/02/22/JCJ - Improvement:
In the Polygon Table Editor, you can now import from a datasheet that defines polygon perimeter points.
(045) 03/01/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
The small question-marks that are used to display helpful information about selected menu items are now shown as blue question marks which are no longer disabled if the associated menu group is disabled. For example, in the menu snippet shown below, clicking on the blue question mark adjacent to the Add Benches group now displays helpful information about adding benches even if the Add Benches option is disabled. This allows the user to learn more about an option without being forced to activate it.
(044) 03/01/22/JPR - Improvement:
The size of the RockWorks exe file has been decreased from 659mb to 253mb by relocating some of the help messages. This means that the program loads much faster.
(043) 02/26/22/JPR - New Feature:
Five new import options have been added to the Lithology Types / File menu. Selecting one of these options will add pre-defined keywords and associated patterns for the selected soil classification system. This will alleviate the drudgery of manually populating a lithology Types table.
(042) 02/26/22/JPR - Improvement:
The Density increase and decrease button within the Pattern Selection sub-menu now increase and decrease in 0.25 increments thereby minimizing the need to manually specify the Density.
(041) 02/25/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The RockPlot2D Text Table dialog no longer displays the column configuration panel by default.
(040) 02/25/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
Opening RockPlot3D files from the Project Manager no longer opens with just the caption bar and instead shows the whole window.
(039) 02/25/22/MIW - Improvement:
Clicking on the Zoom button in RockPlot2D when already activated now remains in Zoom mode as you move around the window.
(038) 02/24/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
Control points outside the clipping region as defined by polygons, superface surfaces, and/or subface surfaces are now used during lateral-extrusion model interpolation.
(037) 02/24/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
A suite of options has been added to export the output from most of the grid creation and filtering programs to other formats (e.g., DXF Matrix, ESRI Shape, NetCDF, etc.).
(036) 02/23/22/JCJ - Improvement:
Option added to specify the number of decimal places for the track values when using I/P/T-Data multi-track export functionality.
(035) 02/23/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
A small gray "?" icon has been added to the upper-right corner of the Smoothing options portion of the solid modeling menu. Clicking on this button will display additional information about the smoothing options. This replaces the information that was formerly positioned at the base of the dialog.
(034) 02/23/22/JCJ - Improvement:
Option now given to Sort tracks either by Name or Order for I/P/T-Data table when using 'multi-track' export.
(033) 02/23/22/JPR - New Feature:
The 3D Triangulation Surface program now includes an option for adding a "skirt" around the perimeter of the diagram in which the base elevation is defined by the user.
(032) 02/23/22/JCJ - Improvement:
Sort Order for I/P/T-Data table is now honored immediately in the displayed grid after modification by the user.
(031) 02/20/22/JPR - Improvement:
Changes have been made to the Lateral Blending algorithm to allow varying degrees of randomization specified by the user. Search in the RockWorks online help to learn more about the changes and see examples in a pdf document.
(030) 02/18/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
The Create Filtering / Resampling Report tab with the Lithology Modeling and Export program menus has been renamed to "Create Report" in order to free up more space for the tab pages to the right of the options list. A more thorough description of this option has been added to the previously blank page to compensate for the shorter title.
(029) 02/16/22/MIW - Improvement:
Additional font size options have been added to the Sieve Analysis program for the Annotation and Axes. The Annotation font size is activated by an Override check box.
(028) 02/11/22/JPR - New Feature:
A new option titled "Merge Lithology & Stratigraphy Tables" has been added to the program that creates custom-color tables. The purpose behind this new capability is to assign colors to a solid model that has been created by merging lithology and stratigraphy models. Search RockWorks Help online for the full write up about custom color updates.
(027) 02/11/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Preview button in the RockPlot3D 'Rotate' Animation now displays the rotation axis. (Remember to move the dialog off of RockPlot3D so you can see the preview axis.)
(026) 02/10/22/JCJ - Improvement:
When creating a new project based on an existing project the linked files in the RockPlot3D file are now copied with the RP3D file. No change to any embedded files.
(025) 02/09/22/MIW - Enhancement:
The import of ESRI ASCII Grids now reads values in order and without error.
(024) 02/08/22/JPR - New Feature:
The Borehole Manager/Fractures Solid Modeling program has been re-designed and significantly enhanced. These changes apply to geotechnical (tunneling and roadcuts), environmental (contaminant migration pathways), hydrothermal (steam vents), mining (breccia pipes and hydrothermal venting), and petroleum (hydrofracing) applications.
(023) 02/08/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
The Label Decimation checkbox within the 2D diagram Peripherals / Color Legend now properly enables / disables the decimation setting.
(022) 02/07/22/MIW - Improvement:
The Depth Bar in RockPlot3D can now be switched to display feet or meters.
(021) 02/07/22/MIW - Improvement:
Users can now switch the RockPlot3D Cage units between meters and feet. No projections are changed.
(020) 02/04/22/JCJ - Improvement:
The grid creation dialog will give you an overwrite warning if the Grid file exists.
(019) 02/03/22/JPR - Improvement:
The raster export menus within RockPlot3D will now automatically append the appropriate suffix to the file names if they are omitted. For example, if saving a PNG and “Test” is entered for the file name, the file name will be automatically renamed to “Test.png” if the OK button is clicked.
(018) 02/03/22/JPR - New Feature:
A new option titled “Sort By” has been added to the 3D Lithology Legend sub-menu. If the Sort By option is set to Name, the legend will be sorted by the lithology Keyword. If the Sort By option is set to G-Value, the legend will be sorted by the G-Value.
(017) 02/02/22/JCJ - Enhancement:
When loading example datasheets in to RockWorks the program will match datasheet columns with items in the menus.
(016) 02/02/22/MIW - Update:
RockPlot3D is now drawn only once when generated from the Launch form.
(015) 02/01/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
Stratigraphy section creation will now continue even if a missing surface is encountered.
(014) 01/31/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
Eliminated the extra drawing (flickering) when RockPlot2D diagrams are displayed in the Launch dialog.
(013) 01/28/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The check box for manually specifying decimal places, on map axes labels, will now honor users selected number.
(012) 01/27/22/JCJ - Enhancement:
You can now copy or paste column titles from/to the datasheet. Since you cannot select the titles row, and determining if the clipboard data has titles would be difficult, these options are separate Edit menu options. If multiple columns are selected, the Paste will start at the first column selected. If no specific columns are selected it will start at the column after the "Use" column. Similarly the Copy will only grab the column titles of the selected columns if multiple columns are selected. If no specific columns are selected it will copy all column titles.
(011) 01/27/22/JCJ - Enhancement:
Select/Filter boreholes allow for unspecified values as
(010) 01/27/22/JCJ - Enhancement:
Execution History is being save in monthly files. They will be deleted automatically after one month. The retention value may be set in Setup | Preferences | Misc. and is one month by default.
(009) 01/21/22/MIW - Enhancement:
Multiple files can now be dragged and dropped from the Windows File Explorer to RockWorks.
(008) 01/20/22/JPR - New Feature:
The Borehole Manager / Lithology / Multivariate Map program has been rewritten and enhanced to include bar chart, spidergram, and blended color maps.
(007) 01/17/22/JPR - New Feature:
A new program titled "Multivariate Map" has been added to the ModOps/Solid pull-down menu.
(006) 01/17/22/MIW - Enhancement:
An option to export a grid file in another format has been added to most grid creation and filter functions.
(005) 01/17/22/JPR - Cosmetic:
The red help buttons that are sprinkled throughout many RockWorks menus have been replaced with round gray buttons in an effort to be less aesthetically obnoxious.
(004) 01/07/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
The RockPlot3D / View / Spin Options submenu now correctly load and saves the specified Degrees Per Frame setting.
(003) 01/05/22/MIW - Enhancement:
Improved the drawing of Fence Diagrams utilizing Color Tables.
(002) 01/01/22/JPR - Bug Fix:
All options are now visible within the Fence Options / Location Map Options sub-menu.
(001) 01/03/22/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Section and Profile Horizontal Axis spacing Annotation no longer reverses the Automatic and Manual settings for the Tick Mark and Label Spacing.
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.