RockWorks Revision History

RockWorks/17 Revision History
2016/Q3 (07/01/16-09/30/16)

(178) Improvement (09/27/16/JCJ): The Utilities | File | Export | Excel program now exports real numbers as numbers instead of text.

(177) Improvement (09/27/16/JCJ): An option has been added to the Utilities | File | Export | Text program for removing thousand separators (e.g. commas - if configured for US format).

(176) New Feature (09/26/16/MIW): Additional fields can now be added to the 3D striplog titles.

(175) Bug Fix (09/26/16/MIW): Vertical grid lines in 2D striplogs are now correctly clipped.

(174) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Single Log menu.

(173) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Profile menu.

(172) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Section menu.

(171) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to all four ot the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | Compute Horizontal Borehole Path sub-menus (XYZ Points, Downhole Survey, Plot 2-D Well Path, and Plot 3-D Well Path). The link for all four programs points to the same video.

(170) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Borehole Manager | StripLogs | 3-Dimensional | Multiple-Logs menu.

(169) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Borehole Manager | P-Data | Analyze | Gamma-to-Grade menu.

(168) Cosmetic (09/25/16/JPR): A Video Help button has been added to the Run Script menu.

(167) Bug Fix (09/22/16/MIW): The Borehole Manager | Striplogs | 2-Dimensional | Section | Plot Correlations options now works correctly with I-Data and P-Data correlations.

(166) Improvement (09/22/16/MIW): The RockPlot2D program now displays a status bar when exporting files.

(165) Bug Fix (09/22/16/JCJ): A bug within the LogPlot7 export has been fixed.

(155-164) Improvements & New Features (09/20/16/JPR): The Utilities | Grid | Grids -> Stratigraphic Model option has been split into two programs (Conventional and Exploded) to make it easier to use. Also, a new program titled "Quadrants" has been added to the sub-menu. These programs are summarized within this video ---> Creating Stratigraphic Models Based On Grid Files

(156-Cosmetic) The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Conventional program no longer asks for an Offset Column nor does it have any offset options.
(157-Improvement) The Cutoff Column is no longer required if the new Grids -> Stratigraphic Model | Conventional | Apply Thickness Cutoff Filter option is disabled.
(158-Cosmetic) The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Conventional menu now has a Video Help button. To view it, click here ---> Converting Grids to Conventional Stratigraphic Models

(159- Cosmetic) The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Explode program does not have options for plotting logs and a reference cage because they won't register correctly (i.e. they don't make sense).
(160-Improvement) The Cutoff Column is no longer required if the new Grids -> Stratigraphic Model | Explode | Apply Thickness Cutoff Filter option is disabled.
(161-Cosmetic) The The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Explode menu now has a Video Help button. To view it, click here ---> Converting Grids to Exploded Stratigraphic Models

(162- New Feature) The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Quadrants program is a new program that splits the 3D stratigrahic diagram into quadrants, specified by a Separation Distance (expressed in map units).
(163-Improvement) The Cutoff Column is no longer required if the new Grids -> Stratigraphic Model | Explode | Apply Thickness Cutoff Filter option is disabled.
(164-Cosmetic) The Grids -> Stratigrahic Model | Quadrants menu now has a Video Help button. To view it, click here ---> Converting Grids to Stratigraphic Quadrant Models

Note: By specifying a separation distance of zero and turning-off a quadrant within the RockPlot3D data tree, it is possible to create a cutaway view.

(154) Bug Fix (09/20/16/JPR): The Utilities | Grid | Grids -> Stratigraphic Model program no longer reverses the order ot the layers when the Explode option is activated.

(153) Bug Fix (09/20/16/JCJ): The Utilities | Grid | Grids -> Stratigraphic Model program no longer generates a range-check error.

(152) Cosmetic (09/20/16/JPR): A Video Help option has been added to the Gridding Options | Additional Options | Dimensions sub-menu.

Clicking on this button will launch a video describing how to set the grid dimensions. To view this video, click here ---> https://youtu.be/Pv96d5vmYLI

(151) Cosmetic (09/19/16/JPR): A Video Help option has been added to the Stratigraphic Model | Save Numeric Model sub-options.

Clicking on the Watch Video button will launch a video describing how to create numeric (rather than grid-based) solid models representing the stratigraphy. To view this video, click here ---> https://youtu.be/l35rRU1AfsA

(150) Bug Fix (09/19/16/MIW): When creating fence diagrams, profiles, and models using an existing I-Data or P-Data model, the layer title is now properly based on the model name.

(149) Bug Fix (09/19/16/JCJ): The Database Statistics program no longer generates an error message describing a missing "}" character.

(148) Bug Fix (09/17/16/JCJ): When creating an SQLite project based on an SQL Server project, the Data Dictionary is now created and the data is correctly copied from the original project.

(146-147) Improvements (09/17/16/JPR): The Utilities | Solid | Filters | GeoBody Filter program has been completely redesigned. The changes are described as follows:

(146) The program has been renamed to "Continuity Filter".
(147) The G-Value Tolerance has been replaced by "Minimum G-Value" and "Maximum G-Value" parameters that make it much easier to specify a range of values to be evaluated for continuity. For example, if porous lithotypes within a lithology model have been assigned "groupable" values (e.g. Sand=5, Gravelly Sand=6, Sandy Gravel=7, Gravel=8), assigning the Minimum G-Value to 5.0 and the Maximum G-Value to 8.0 will identify geobodies (contiguous regions) composed of Sand, and/or Gravelly Sand, and/or Sandy Gravel, and/or Gravel.
(148) The continuity algorithm is an faster than the previous implementations although it can still take quite a long time (>15 minutes) for large, high-resolution models.
(149) A new option titled "Video Help" has been added to the menu. Clicking on the adjacent "Watch Video" will display this video ---> https://youtu.be/rJ_vBBYdpJ0?list=PLvWHYOlqEHw7PVuie-kMsoVXp6l-Zc6f_

(145) New Feature (09/16/16/JPR): A new program titled "Multivariate Map" has been added to the Borehole Manager | Lithology menu.

This program is used to create maps of pie charts or starbursts that depict the relative amounts of various lithologies within the vicinity of each diagram.

The "Watch Video" button at the base of the menu provides more information about this new program To view this video now, click here ---> https://youtu.be/_Jxe4TTuDPE

(143-144) New Feature (09/12/16/JPR): The Utilities | Imagery | Rectify program now includes an option for using the NW, NE, and SE project corners as the calibration points. This eliminates the cumbersome step of typing or copy/pasting these coordinates into the menu.

(144) A video help button titled "Using Google Earth to Create a Project Image" has been added to the Rectify menu. To view this video now, click here ---> https://youtu.be/-uH3FE7Bl2Y

(142) Bug Fix (09/13/16/JCJ): The program now automatically adds additional fields correctly when importing data from LogPlot8.

(140-141) New Feature (09/12/16/JPR): The Utilities | Grid | Grids -> Solid Model program now includes options that determine if the G-Value column contains a numeric value or the name(s) of grid file(s). If a grid file is used, the solid model will use the z-value from the grid to define the voxel values between the confining surfaces.

This new capability is designed for instances in which a grid is considered to be representative of the values within a block model as contstrained by two surface models. For example, let's say that we have a grid model representing contamination within a saturated zone. The original data used to create the contamination grid is based on bailer samples from monitor wells in which the samples are considered to be representative of the entire interval between the two constraining surfaces. Although this data can be block-modeled, it's easier and faster to use this tool instead. In addition, the gridding tools may be preferable to the block modeling tools.

(141) A video help button has been added to the Grids -> Solid Model menu. To view this video now, click here ---> https://youtu.be/tDZOAu6jfbY

(127-139) Instructional (09/10/16/JPR): Video Help buttons have been added to the gridding algorithm sub-menus listed below, along with the duration of each instructional video. Clicking on one of these buttons will launch a YouTube video (within your default browser) that describes the usage, advantages, and disadvantages of the associated algorithm.

(127) Closest Point - 1:00
(128) Cumulative - 0:39
(129) Dip - 1:23
(130) Directional - 1:15
(131) Distance to Point - 2:35
(132) Inverse Distance - 2:05
(133) Kriging - 9:35
(134) Plane - 0:59
(135) Sample Density - 0:41
(136) Trend Polynomial - 3:32
(137) Trend Residuals - 1:47
(138) Triangulation - 1:44
(139) Hybrid - 1:49

A composite of all these videos can be viewed here. ---> https://youtu.be/xZ8SyNKUF4I

(124-126) Bug Fix (09/09/16/JCJ): The File | Import | Fugro CPT program now:

(124) shows the progress as the data is imported,
(125) allows the user to cancel the import process after it has been started, and
(126) warns the user if no borehole has been selected.

(123) Bug Fix (09/09/16/JCJ): The File | Import | FieldScout Penetrometer import program now works correctly.

(122) Bug Fix (09/09/16/JPR): The Utilities | Grid | Morph program no longer generates a "Bitmap image is not valid." error message when attempting to create AVI animations.

(121) New Feature (09/08/16/MIW): When creating a pattern or symbol index map, it is now possible skip empty items via a new checkbox option.

(120) Bug Fix (09/08/16/MIW): RockPlot2D now correctly save the name of layers after they have been edited.

(119) New Feature (09/08/16/JPR): A new option titled "Video Help" has been added to the Borehole Manager | Lithology | Lithology -> I-Data menu. The accompanying Watch Video button will automatically load and play an explanatory YouTube video for this program within the default web browser.

(118) New Feature (09/08/16/JPR): A new option titled "Video Help" has been added to the Borehole Manager | Lithology | Lithology -> I-Data menu. The accompanying Watch Video button will automatically load and play an explanatory YouTube video for this program within the default web browser.

(117) Bug Fix (09/07/16/JCJ): The Add to Project Notes option within the AGS data viewer now appends the contents to the existing Project Notes.

(116) Cosmetic (09/07/16/JCJ): The AGS data viewer is now more readable when using 12-point fonts.

(115) Bug Fix (09/01/16/JCJ): Project Notes are now updated correctly.

(114) Bug Fix (09/01/16/JCJ): The Production Table is now included when a new project, based on an existing project, is created.

(113) Improvement (09/01/16/JCJ): SQL statement processing is now more "robust" (faster).

(112) Bug Fix (09/01/16/JCJ): The table names within SQL table "joins" are now included within the Export options. This means that options fields with the same field name in both the Location and Stratigraphy tables with be exported without causing an error.

(111) New Feature (08/29/16/JCJ): A new option titled "Delete unused and turned off Aquifers" has been added to the AquaType editor. This tool is useful for cleaning up the table after importing from another project, a LogPlot file, a text file, etc.

(110) New Feature (08/29/16/JCJ): A new option titled "Delete unused and turned off Well Construction Materials" has been added to the ConstructoTypes editor. This tool is useful for cleaning up the table after importing from another project, a LogPlot file, a text file, etc.

(109) New Feature (08/29/16/JCJ): A new option titled "Delete unused and turned off Stratigraphy" has been added to the StrataTypes editor. This tool is useful for cleaning up the table after importing from another project, a LogPlot file, a text file, etc.

(108) New Feature (08/29/16/JCJ): A new option titled "Delete unused and turned off Lithology" has been added to the LithoTypes editor. This tool is useful for cleaning up the table after importing from another project, a LogPlot file, a text file, etc.

(107) Improvement (08/29/16/JCJ): A new version of the compression (Zip) DLL has been added to the installaion program. This new version fixes sporadic "buffer overruns".

(106) New Feature (08/29/16/JCJ): A new program called "298 Production Data" has been added to the Borehole Manager | File | Import | IHS Energy Group sub-menu.

This progam contains three tabs:

File Selection: Defines the IHS 298 Production input file,
Borehole Options: Defines the IHS field that contains the well name that will be mapped to the RockWorks borehole ID field and determining what will happen with existing records.
Location Fields: For mapping the IHS location data into the appropriate RockWorks location fields.

Upon completion, the program will either add or update existing wells to the RockWorks Borehole Manager and the production data will be added to the Production table for each well as shown below.

Note: If the IHS field that represents the number of days produced during the month is zero, but the oil or gas production numbers are greater than zero, the program will automatically set the number of days produced within the RockWorks Production Table to the number of days within that month (e.g. January = 31, February = 28, etc.).

(105) Bug Fix (08/24/16/MIW): The Project Dimensions | Scan Boreholes option no longer sets the z-spacing to zero if the z-min is less than zero and the z-max is positive.

(104) Cosmetic (08/22/16/JPR): The ReportWorks program now includes a button that will launch a YouTube video that provides an introduction to how to use ReportWorks.