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(050) 03/31/24/JPR - New Feature:
A new program titled “Merge PNG” has been added to the Graphics / Images pull-down menu. This program will adjoin a PNG image along the right side of another PNG image. The images will be scaled to preserve the original aspect ratio of the image on the right.
(049) 03/27/24/JCJ - Improvement:
The transfer of stratigraphy between the borehole manager and the datasheet will now use 6 decimal places for all floating point values. Previously stratigraphy values were rounded to 2 decimal places.
(048) 03/27/24/JCJ - Improvement:
Key strokes (arrows) are now being recognized when using the Playlist and its Ingredient menus.
(047) 03/27/24/MIW - Improvement:
The RockPlot2D Scalebar has an added option to adjust the ending value if the Scalebar is resized.
(046) 03/22/24/MIW - New Feature:
RockPlot2D Scalebars will start with a value of 0.
(045) 03/22/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2D Scalebars willl stay updated with the default settings.
(044) 03/22/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
Users can reset the graphical items defaults in RockPlot2D.
(043) 03/22/24/JCJ - New Feature:
The Playlist shows comments in yellow without a check box.
(042) 03/21/24/JCJ - Improvement:
The Borehole Manager / Check Data integrity will Automatically adjust transposed depth values within the lithology table when "Lithology Depth Gaps & Overlaps" is checked.
(041) 03/20/24/JPR - Improvement:
The ModOps / Solid / Extract Grids / Solid → Total Ore Grid program has been renamed to "Solid → Thickness Grid". This is because the program now includes the ability to control the minimum and maximum g-values that will be used to determine which voxels should be totaled to create the isopach (thickness) grid. If using this program to create isopachs based on Boolean models, set the minimum to 0.5 and the maximum to 1.5. Otherwise, this new min/max capability allows for more flexible smoothing. For example, you could creating an isopach of g-values between 100 and 200 for a model that is based on geochemical values.
(040) 03/20/24/JCJ - Bug Fix:
If a required field (like Depth to Base in Lithology or a LithoType) is missing, the program will report it, but you can then hide successive warnings. This allows large imports to proceed without hitting 'Enter' to dismiss each warning. We have added a check-box "Add missing borehole" which when un-checked allows the importing only data that has an existing borehole. The default is to add a borehole when encountered in other blocks of data (like Lithology) with Easting, Northing, Elevation and Total depth set to 0.
(039) 03/20/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
RockPlot2D colorfill contour bands now use the min/mid/max color scheme and adjust the minimum interval (if the interval count is odd) to avoid problems with the bands not matching the contour lines.
(038) 03/18/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
The RockPlot3D Color Legend is plotting small values correctly when the order is set to descending.
(037) 03/18/24/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Borehole Manager | File | Import | Excel | Row Based. When importing Location data into an empty project, the import would complain about duplicate boreholes even though there were no duplicates and the information imported correctly. The bug causing the program to think there was a duplicate is fixed.
(036) 03/18/24/MIW - Improvement:
The Plot Polygon from the Polygon Table dialog now offers an option to fill the polygon.
(035) 03/18/24/MIW - Improvement:
ReportWorks now updates the caption filename after selecting a 'Save As' command on an unmodified file.
(034) 03/18/24/JPR - Improvement:
Three improvements have been made to the frequency histograms created by many RockWorks programs.
(033) 03/18/24/MIW - New Feature:
A 3D Cluster Analysis has been added creating a 3D Dendrogram.
(032) 03/11/24/JPR - New Feature:
A new program titled “Soundings → Boolean Solid” has been added to the ModOps / Solid / Create pull-down menu. This program constructs a Boolean solid based on the spatial extents of vertically aligned points (e.g. resistivity soundings).
Read more and see an example by clicking to view this Write Up.
(031) 03/08/24/MIW - Improvement:
A 'G Filter' has been added to the Borehole Map Proportional Shapes program. This filter is exclusive to the Proportional Shapes program and does not effect the settings for Point/Interval/Time Data filters.
(030) 03/06/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
The Borehole Map no longer displays at maximum extent if no labels are plotted.
(029) 03/06/24/MIW - Improvement:
The Bubble map option in the Borehole Map program can now plot points as Circle, Square, Tringles, Diamonds or Stars. This feature has been renamed Proportional Shapes.
(028) 03/04/24/JPR - New Feature:
A new DEM importer has been added to the ModOps / Grid / Import menu. This program handles "generic" DEMs versus the "Legacy" importers that are hardwired to antiquated (pre-2008) USGS and Canadian formats.
(027) 03/04/24/MIW - Improvement:
The Bubble map option in the Point Map program can now plot points as Circle, Square, Tringles, Diamonds or Stars. This feature has been renamed "Proportional Shapes".
(026) 03/04/24/MIW - Improvement:
The RockPlot2D Circle item can now be drawn as a Circle, Square, Triangle, Diamond or Star. It has been renamed to "Shape".
(025) 03/04/24/JPR - Improvement:
The lithology and stratigraphy volumetric reports no longer include the "Undefined" volumetrics within the "Total" column calculations.
(024) 03/02/24/JPR - Cosmetic:
When editing an item within the Playlist, the program now lists the new title (if it is changed) when displaying the message stating that the edited item is being saved.
(023) 03/01/24/JPR - Improvement:
The ModOps / Volume / Extract Via Surface Excavation program no longer extends the pit outside of the lease boundary if the Add Benches option is enabled.
(022) 02/29/24/JPR - Improvement:
Documentation added to ModOps / Grid / Import / GeoTiff menu. The RockWorks GeoTiff importer allows the user to select between one and four GeoTiff files. Elevations from these files will be extracted for the extents defined by the Project Dimensions into a RockWorks grid file.
Read more and see an example by clicking to view this Article.
(021) 02/22/24/KAD - Upload:
New versions of RockWorks and LogPlot have been updated on the webpage and made available for download. Forum has been updated with notable fixes and updates.
(020) 02/21/24/JPR - New Feature:
New Bouguer Anomaly program added that converts gravity observations to Bouguer Anomaly values for subsequent gridding in to Bouguer Anomaly contour maps. Found under the Graphics Menu >Misc >Gravity-Bouguer Points. This program relies on an open datasheet providing recorded field information.
Read more and see an example by clicking to view this Article.
(019) 02/21/24/MIW - New Feature:
RockPlot2D now allows searching through block text and text by name allowing users to find Boreholes or Data Points by their labels. This function can be accessed from the Edit or Popup menus or by Ctrl+F.
(018) 02/20/24/JPR - Improvement:
Upon startup, the main program menu will be positioned and sized based on the menu dimensions when the program was last terminated. However, if any of the changes listed below were made after the last termination, the menu will be maximized to the primary monitor.
The program has also been modified to not cover the taskbar if the main menu is maximized or stretched over the taskbar.
(017) 02/19/24/MIW - Improvement:
RockWorks will always start on the form where it was last closed and adjust the size to fit in the active computer screen.
(016) 02/19/24/JCJ - Bug Fix:
Borehole Manager - File | Import | Excel/Text | Row-Based - "Replace" option now works as expected.
(015) 02/19/24/JPR - Bug Fix:
The decimal places within the output from the ModOps / Solid / Export / Other Formats / ASCII XYZ program are now based on the values specified within the menu. The previous version was "hardwired" to two decimal places.
(014) 02/14/24/JPR - Improvement:
The introductory "splash screen" and the main program title now show the RockWorks license type (i.e., "RockWorks Free Version", "RockWorks Toolbox", "RockWorks Basic", "RockWorks Standard", or "RockWorks Advanced").
(013) 02/14/24/JPR - Improvement:
The Licensing help dialog has been updated to inlcude the Toolbox.
(012) 02/14/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
If all the comments in the Peripherals/Title Block are blank the comments section isn't plotted.
(011) 02/09/24/JPR - Bug Fix:
The ModOps / Volume / Extract via Surface Excavation program now correctly extrapolates the pit to the edges of the user-specified perimeter (if used).
(010) 02/03/24/JPR - Improvement:
A new program called “GeoCylinders” has been added to the Utilities / 3-D sub-menu. This program is used to plot geologic units encountered within boreholes or measured as color-coded vertical cylinders.
Find out more by clicking to view this Article.
(009) 02/02/24/JPR - Improvement:
The Backup and Restore options within the Borehole Manager / File menu have been duplicated within the Project menu. The reasoning is that these options make more sense within the Project menu because the database includes more that just the borehole data (e.g., dimensions, symbol and pattern libraries, tables, etc.) not to mention the Backup Folder option. We will leave the duplicate options within the Borehole Manager / File menu for a few months for the benefit of legacy users.
(008) 02/01/24/JPR - Improvement:
The main form will now auto-adjust to fit within the desktop if the last-used location was outside the current desktop. This situation can occur when switching between multi-monitor and single-monitor systems.
(007) 01/31/24/JCJ - Improvement:
Improvements were made to the Data Integrity Check program; remove T-Data duplicates will now handle comparing dates and records with NULL date values, and show the correct T-Data Type (instead of an I-Data Type) .
(006) 01/18/24/JPR - Bug Fix:
The ModOps / Solid / Create / 3 Grids -> Solid program now displays the correct Input/Output sub-menu.
(005) 01/15/24/JPR - Improvement:
The following improvements have been made to the Search program;
(004) 01/12/24/MIW - Improvement:
Using very large Cell Spacing in RockPlot2D Pattern Legends no longer causes an empty legend. Since users might mistake the Cell Spacing setting for cell height the value is automatically limited to 5% in the properties dialog and in existing Rw2D files.
(003) 01/10/24/MIW - Bug Fix:
Raster images exported from RockPlot3D to Google Earth are now visible.
(002) 01/03/24/JPR - New Feature:
The Solid Modeling / Algorithm / Directional tab now contains four algorithms, two of which (Line and Polyline) are new. The line-biased modeling provides a tool for specifying the endpoints for a line that will be used to bias the modeling. The polyline-biased modeling provides a tool for specifying the vertices for a polyline that will be used to bias the modeling.
Read more and see examples by clicking to view this KB Article.
(001) 01/02/24/JCJ - Improvement:
When importing an LAS file, in the LAS File Import Wizard | Options for the required borehole data, we have added a input field for Collar Elevation.
NOTE: If you are using a NETWORK license, RockWorks20 v. 2022.5.28 and newer require the RockWare Network License Administrator version 1.17 or newer. Check with your license administrator before installing the RockWorks update.