User manual SubsurfaceViewer XL & MX
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1. HO e ACC E 6 Program settings and program status cssccscceccsccscccsccecceccescescceccecceccescesccecceccescescesccsccescues 8 The ENN ETH d ei DATE EE 9 Map window controlling sscccssssossssccssscccesssccsscecesscecessececsseccssececccesesscsesses 10 The Sections window Section VIEW cscccsccssscssscsssccsscccscccssccsccscccscecesssesscesssesseusees 11 The 3D window SD View EEN 13 The Borehole lOe WihGOw sccssiveccacescasersezceiapricitevd e E 16 WM Ceo 11 EE 17 Objects ANG Projects EE 18 WO EE E d WEEN 18 Digital evaluation model GRIDS ccsssscsssccssscssscccsscccssccnssccsscccssenssseuscesescesenes 18 Triangle Nets TING niine a a a as 19 G ol gical layers secccssiccsssecccevcevedsscoviebeseustsacewesadweed a e a a deed 18 EO i E PEATA S A AAIE EE A E EE OAA E E EA EA AEN E A EE 19 reit BT EE 19 EI CSR EE dE TR E d EE ZU Raster Miete Ree ZU Shape TE ZU eieiei EE ZU EE eebe 21 Fields of Application of SubsurfaceViewer Reader With SubsurfaceViewer Reader you can visualize and analyze all geological investigation data of the subsurface structure models of geological layers and parameter models in a flexible and comprehensive way SubsurfaceViewer can read and process most kinds of different data formats to form 2D and 3D graphics the user has unlimited access to With SubsurfaceViewer the user is free to adapt the charts of investigation and model data to the requ2. and borehole log maps as well as shape files and automatically generated horizontal sections The Sections class contains only one object type Sections cross sections Sections are vertical views on the subsurface along a defined line Within a cross section the objects of the other two classes can be visible they are filled with information as soon as objects of these classes exist in the project You can also correlate layers within a section which are the basis for the modeling of composites You can also include images and measuring grids along a section Model data Digital elevation model Grid The objects here belong to the Surfaces object type At the coordinate points of the nodes of a virtual grid numerical values are defined SubsurfaceViewer interprets the grids as digital elevation models that 18 represent a consistent surface in space They are made up of a large number of rectangles that border on each other and the program represents the elevation models this way There is a dialogue window for the selection of representation settings Triangle Nets TINs SubsurfaceViewer interprets triangle nets the abbreviation is TINs Triangulated Irregular Networks as digital elevation models just as the program does with grids TINs are also assigned to the Surfaces object type Defined elevation values do not form an even grid structure they are unevenly distributed The whole surface is provided as a huge n
3. coordinate the name of the borehole log is displayed next to the coordinates below The boreholes are selected by clicking on the respective coordinate symbol The respective borehole is displayed in the borehole log window You can use both point coordinates and borehole coordinates in any order for the same cross section You can also determine coordinates in the 3D window if the info mode is selected so you can also define the run of cross sections via the the 3D window An active section is one that you can add more points to and which is always represented by a red line A black section line is inactive but can be re activated and displayed in the section window A cross section i e a section line is never irrevocably completed New points can always be added to a cross section To do so choose the respective section via the object list of the Sections window Existing point coordinates cannot be changed but the last point respectively and the last borehole coordinate can be deleted with the tool in the toolbar of the Sections window You can define the exaggeration of a cross section by selecting or by entering a value in the selection box at the right of the toolbar of the Sections window The settings properties for the sections can be set in the Settings dialogue They can be applied either to the visible section or to all cross sections of the project 12 Every position of the cursor in the Sections window is mirrored
4. icon on your desktop or select it from the program list If you use a Mac OS X double click on the SubsurfaceViewer jar file Java version 6 or higher is required on your computer if it is not installed you are prompted to install it The license conditions have to be accepted before you can run the program When you start the program the SubsurfaceViewer splash screen intro screen is displayed After a few seconds there is the SubsurfaceViewer standard screen with its three standard frame windows File Add objects Tools Modeling Windows Help v Textures Be xePfpereminrnt cem d objects Settings EGSexsAeei rte eet v n Sections Maps zE Borehole logs EB Surfaces Faults Layers VOXEL models Faults VOXEL models IX 16 475 000 Y 350 000 Objects Settings Bez PP He Ark i lle a Ri Sections E Maps E Surfaces Layers Faults E VOXEL models The main menu is in the top line File Tools Windows Help Textures On starting the program the standard screen is displayed It consists of three standard windows top left the Map window 2D View of subsurface data top right the 3D window 3D View of subsurface data below the Sections window Vertical views of cross sections through an area Each of these three windows is divided into two parts The right side of each window is where the geological objects are graphically represented an
5. is adapted in position and size and when you move or zoom the standard windows If the views are detached the borehole log window remains unchanged If there is a borehole log map visible in the Map window and you click on a borehole log symbol while the info mode is enabled this borehole log is displayed in the Borehole log window If the Borehole log window is not visible already it will automatically be put on If a structure model exists a hypothetical H 16 borehole log can be generated and displayed in the Borehole log window Activate the icon in the Map window toolbar and click on a point in the structure model to do so Borehole log window BS 2 P ae 131 131 NN 86 0 7 HR Borehole logs o Normal borehole logs Tk Syn borehole logs 4 3 81 69 fS 8 0 78 0 fS T 14 2 71 8 22 4 63 6 26 2 59 8 30 3 55 7 31 3 54 7 34 0 52 0 37 0 49 0 38 4 47 6 42 0 44 0 50 0 36 0 53 2 32 8 56 3 29 7 60 6 25 4 62 5 23 5 WE o 2 o 2 Io Co GS 3 mn 69 0 17 0 76 0 10 0 80 0 6 0 84 4 1 59 87 9 61 9 92 0 6 0 95 2 9 19 97 2 11 19 112 2 26 19 gs 115 7 29 69 gs 119 6 633 59 gs 122 0 36 0 gs 126 2 40 19 gs 131 0 645 0 ai IZ rel 27 042963 Z abs 58 95704 According to their respective type the borehole logs are assigned to the object subtypes Normal borehole logs and Synthetic borehole logs The name of synthetic borehole logs is SDL n whereas n is a number start
6. maintained The size of the cells can be adapted to the respective data density Areas with higher data density can be divided into relatively small VOXELs areas with less data density divide into respectively bigger ones In addition to numeric values GVMD formats can also include texts as parameters The Settings dialogue for VOXEL models is very comprehensive and is used not only for the controlling of graphic representations but also for the selection of areas and for numeric analyzes Maps and investigation data Raster Maps SubsurfaceViewer uses digital maps to visualize the position reference of the model data and of the investigation data for example by displaying topographical or location plans in the Map or in the 3D Window If you want to display raster maps in the 3D window you have to enter an elevation reference value This can be either a fixed value or an object of the Surfaces object type A fixed reference can be changed in the input dialogue an assigned surface cannot be altered however you can change the value that defines how much the map is to be represented with an offset in relation to the surface Shape files The definition of shape files comes from ESRI For a detailed description of this file format please refer to http www esri com library whitepapers pdfs shapefile pdf SubsurfaceViewer supports only 2D shape files as yet If a shape file contains polygons those can be referenced in height by a g
7. the borehole next to the cursor is displayed at the bottom left of the Map window If you select individual borehole logs in the Map window these are displayed in the Borehole log window Sections Sections form the third object class Their job is the visualization of subsurface data along defined lines In the Sections window along defined cross sections all existing objects of which a vertical representation is sensible are represented In addition to the objects in the project images for example manually made sections or plots of seismic measurements can also be represented They are drawn first in the background of the section If there are geophysical measurements along the section line for example resistance values in raster format you can use them alternatively The way you create sections interactively by entering coordinates via the Map or the 3D window or by selecting borehole logs via the Map window is described above Interactively created courses of sections can be saved as a file File Save sections as They can be reloaded at any time in the future when a project is supposed to be analyzed and visualized again so it will not be necessary to recreate them 21
8. OM to full extent to select an overview graphic of the size that automatically contains all objects To put on the ZOOM mode select P Keep the left mouse button down to drag out a rectangle to define the image section supposed to be visible in the Map window On letting go the mouse button the graphic displayed is adapted immediately The image section preserves the original aspect ratio The reference point is the upper left corner You can gradually minimize the scale of the graphic if you select P to the effect that gradually more of the project area is displayed in the Map window Select the Move button d to put on the navigation mode If you hold down the left mouse button the graphic displayed can be moved in all directions 10 You can also use the wheel of your mouse to enlarge or minimize the scale This function is always enabled independent of the respective navigation mode The reference point with this function is the center of the respective graphic window In the navigation mode you can also use the arrow keys to move the map The view is moved to the left to the right up and down As an alternative to the arrow keys you can use the A S D and W keys on your keyboard You can define the move and zoom direction in the File Progam settings dialogue You can restore the previously saved views by pressing the es button All views are intermediately stored so that all views may be reset step by step with this tool
9. The map visible in the Map window can be transferred to the 3D window by pressing the 3D symbol To do so you have to assign a height value to the map On pressing the symbol button an input dialogue is displayed where you can either enter a fixed level or select a surface of the project as height reference To change the shape of the cursor use the tool The position of the cursor is marked by a vertical and a horizontal line by standard which run over the entire width and height of the image The cursor position is the intersection point of these two perpendicularly positioned straight lines The property of this shape of the cursor is that it is linked to the Sections window If you move the mouse in the sections window the cursor of the Map window is automatically adjusted The coordinates are displayed in the lower left corner of the Map window The form of the cursor corresponds to the mode so you can always see which mode the window is in If no special mode is selected the form of the cursor changes to the full cross or to the default cursor If the info mode is active a piece of information is shown at the bottom of the window when you click on an object It will be visible for as long as the mouse button is pressed On releasing the mouse button the coordinates of the cursor position are displayed in this row On pressing the RB Synthetic log symbol a synthetic borehole is calculated at the cursor position and shown in the borehole lo
10. a scene at the last position you defined by mouse click in the info mode If a position has been 14 marked in the Map window or in Sections window and you click on the anchor symbol in the 3D window that point is automatically selected as the anchor point for rotation Therefore the position of the 3D scene can also be determined in both of the 2D windows Anaglyph image on off 3D view full screen on off 2 computer screens All menus window frames and tool bars are hidden in this mode If full screen is on and there is only one computer screen press the Esc button to end full screen mode The tool bar of the 3D window can be detached from its window frame and be separately shifted and positioned if you click on it in a blank space between the options and move the mouse This is helpful if you have the 3D view full screen on a second computer screen and you want to enlarge the Map window on first screen If you close the 3D tool bar it will automatically be put back in its place in the 3D window Use the Settings dialogue to adapt your 3D views in various ways 3D scenes can be stored as videos General Scale Exploded Video Label Switch on off and select the background image set the cross line show a multiple quadruple view of the models and define stereo properties Define the scale of the frame and the scale division put the labels on off and set the position and angle of the light for the illuminatio
11. available as download only There is a 32bit a 64bit version and a Mac OS X version available at www SubsurfaceViewer com System Requirements Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 operation systems or MAC OS 10 6 or newer is required Open GL 2 1 or newer 1GBof memory Installation of SubsurfaceViewer Reader for Windows operation systems In order to start the installation of SubsurfaceViewer after the download double click on the exe file in SubsurfaceViewer s setup program to execute this file A dialogue windows appear on the screen and prompts you to accept the license agreement Then click Next accept or change installation path Then click Next accept or refuse desktop icon Then click Next your selections are displayed Then click Install Start the installation immediately or choose Do not start click Exit Shortly the installation program will unpack all necessary files and install SubsurfaceViewer program You will find SubsurfaceViewer in the program list of your operating system The start up icon of the program is displayed on your desktop if accepted in the set up You can uninstall the program via the Windows control panel Installation of SubsurfaceViewer Reader for Mac OS X operating systems Unpack the zip file into a folder of your choice No special installation is necessary User interface In order to start the program double click on the SubsurfaceViewer
12. ct types A project is therefore a summary of a number of objects that SubsurfaceViewer can process visualize and analyze You can only read in new project data either immediately after starting the program or after selecting New project from the File menu of the toolbar In addition to the individual objects there is a variety of specific project data stored with the objects These are set and administered in the Workspace settings dialogue All objects are identified in the object list by an individual name Every object is allocated to an object type Objects can be sorted into three classes Model data Maps and investigation data Sections The object handling is almost the same with all these three classes though the contents of these classes are very different and have to be understood Model data are defined as digital models of real geological objects The models are divided into two dimensional 2D and three dimensional 3D models 2D models are surfaces that describe digital elevation models or geological faults 3D models are bodies of geological layers that all together make up a structure model of the whole geological area VOXEL models represent the properties of the 3D geological space by dividing it into cuboids Maps and investigation data describe investigation results There are no real counterparts to these objects they represent geological examination results This class includes Raster maps borehole logs
13. d displayed On the lift side of each window there are two flags Objects and Settings Objects lists the folders that contain the different types of geological objects this object list is visible by default Use Settings to display the setting options for each window In the object list the object types are arranged as folders that contain the individual objects You find all geological objects of your project here all surfaces layers cross sections maps faults and VOXEL models Here you can select the objects you would like to be added to or deleted from the graphic representation you currently want to be displayed on the map in the 3D view or in the Section window All geological objects can be switched visible or invisible at any time to the effect that you can produce images that contain your selection of geological objects and the way they interconnect in next to no time to the requests of the moment If you right click on an individual object type a menu pops up It depends on the object type you select and on the window frame you work in which menu is displayed The options Hide all objects and Show all objects are always present in these pop up windows They refer to the objects of the respective type of object There is only one exception the cross sections in the Sections window because in this window you can display just one section at a time Right click on the individual objects in the folders to set up the prope
14. e cursor or hold down both the Shift key and the left mouse button and move the cursor The arrow keys and the A S D and W keys of the keyboard also shift the scene move projection level hold down the left mouse button and the Control or Alt key and move the cursor This function allows you to move the scene before or behind the computer screen This effect can be seen only if the scene is watched as an anaglyph or as a stereo image In the standard mode this function effects only the enlargement or size reduction of a scene More controlling options for the 3D View are in the toolbar of the 3D window Ga Standard view Zoom to full extent L Plan view e Side view There is a menu box in the toolbar that allows you to select from which direction the 3D graph is viewed E East N North NW North West etc T Top from above B Bottom from below in the selection menu box K Counterclockwise rotation or Play video be Clockwise rotation or Reverse playback Additional tools in the 3D window Information mode on off If the info mode is enabled left click on an object to open an info window that contains all information about that object Simultaneously the respective coordinate is transferred to the Map window where it is visible in the form of a small red triangle If the cross hair is enabled it is set at the respective position P Synthetic log d This symbol lets you anchor the rotation point of
15. e e ie he a C bt pte e em ee ee ee le ail e t C F 8 D d SE Fee h x g j Che e We Wes re e DE HI ae Reader L e ma i r aj INSIGHT Geologische Softwaresysteme GmbH INSIGHT Manual Version 6 0 Copyright 2014 INSIGHT Geologische Softwaresysteme GmbH All Rights Reserved All trademarks service marks and trade names referenced in this material are the property of their respective owners and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe SubsurfaceViewer Reader SubsurfaceViewer XL and SubsurfaceViewer MX are trademarks of INSIGHT Geologische Softwaresysteme GmbH Germany Contact Information INSIGHT Geologische Softwaresysteme GmbH Hochstadenstralse 1 3 50674 Koln Germany Mail INSIGHT SubsurfaceViewer com Phone 49 0 221 99409981 Web http www SubsurfaceViewer com Table of Contents Fields of Application of SubsurfaceViewer Reader ccscscsscsssscsccccsceccscsccccsceccscsccccscescccsceececess 4 Man al SUPUCt Un eis cei acts sees riccctie N E sha tescec cee wauaduiees desea eas eseonanes EA 4 Download and Installation of SubsurfaceViewer ReEader csccccscccsscsccccsccccsceccccnccccsccccccsceccesess 4 System e UU ET CN 4 Installation of SubsurfaceViewer Reader for Windows Operation systems ccscsscseeeees 4 Installation of SubsurfaceViewer for Mac OS X Operating systems scscsccsccecsceccscecceees 5
16. e menus and dialogues The option 3D quality refers to the quality of the graphics in the 3D window This setting influences the speed in which changes in size of the 3D window are effected If you select medium or high here it might take several seconds until the 3D window is displayed You can switch on Active 3D stereo here Active 3D stereo can only be used if your graphics card supports this function Standard 3D defines if the 3D graphic provided by your graphics card is supposed to be used Selecting this option usually accelerates the building up of the 3D window on changing its size but the quality can be much worse as a result This option is disabled by default Background color 3D allows you to choose a background color for your 3D window See Help about SubsurfaceViewer for information about the program status Here you find the status of your license the user name the standard directory whether it is a 32 bit or or a 64 bit version as well as information on the amount of memory available and in use S_psurfaceViewer SubsurfaceViewer Reader Version 6 0 2 12 May 2014 2001 2014 INSIGHT Geologische Soffwaresysteme GmbH Cologne GERMANY 64 BIT VERSION Free memory MB 3617 Allocated graphics memory MB 1 used MB 0 visit INSIGHT GmbH The Map window 2D View A project normally consists of a huge number of geological objects The object lists provide acce
17. g window If this window is not open already it will automatically open up The calculation is subject to the condition that a structure model is loaded The cross section button RO activates the create new cross sections mode With sequent clicks you define the coordinates on a line along which the cross section is supposed to be calculated After the first click a line is dragged and fixed at every point you click The line shows directly the course of the cross section to be calculated Double click to confirm the end of the cross section which is automatically displayed in the Sections window The Sections window Section View In the Sections window objects are represented along a line as vertical sections Only those objects which have a reasonable vertical representation can be represented here Therefore georeferenced maps and borehole distribution maps do not appear in the Section View 11 Section View EEN BH ez SS aoe El ille a Gi i v E Maps H Surfaces Layers Faults Mf VOXEL models i You can interactively define cross sections by defining a line in the Map window According to this line in the Sections window the vertical representation of a section is done To use this option there must be at least one object displayed in the Map window To activate this option select Create new cross section from the Add objects menu of the menu bar Then enter a section name into the inp
18. in the Map window where the coordinates are represented by a cross line that follows the cursor moves As in the Map window the visible sector can be defined using the toolbar options the mouse and the keyboard Additionally it can be adapted to the visible sector in the Map window by using the ei tool The 3D window 3D View All objects of a project can be visualized in a perspective representation in the 3D window To do so you either link all objects of an object type to the 3D representation click on the object type name in the Map window press the right mouse button and choose the option Link all objects to 3D window or select and link every object separately The whole visible map in the Map window can be transferred to the 3D window by clicking the 32 symbol To do so you have to assign an elevation value to the map in the Map window When you click the 3D symbol a window pops up where you can insert an elevation value or choose a surface from the project for elevation reference oe Borehole logs EH Surfaces The grade of exaggeration as in the Section View can be defined in the toolbar You can determine the position and the enlargement of a view with these options turn and pan hold down the left mouse key and move the cursor 13 zoom to enlarge and minimize hold down the right mouse key and move the cursor or turn the mouse wheel move hold down both the left and right mouse button and move th
19. ing with the number 1 If the synthetic borehole logs are deleted this number is put back to 1 The borehole log window has no extra settings next to the object list Use Settings in the pop up menu of the normal borehole logs and synthetic borehole logs subtypes to adjust the layout of the borehole logs You can enlarge and shift the graphic like you can do in the other windows Just zooming by dragging out a rectangle in not possible Info panel The program produces information on the program status as well as warnings and error messages in text format informing the user about the processing status possible exceptions and problems These pieces of information are displayed in the info panel Information requested in the 3D Window when the info mode I button is enabled are also issued in this window This window is not visible by default and can be opened by selecting Windows Info window from the main menu If you enable the info mode in the 3D View and you click on a visible object the info window is automatically opened 17 Objects and Projects Objects in SubsurfaceViewer describe and represent exploration results and also serve to analyze and visualize digital models of real geological objects like for example geological layers Objects either already exist in a project or they come into being through evaluation processes within SubsurfaceViewer There are twelve different objects which can be allocated to seven obje
20. irements of the moment he may for example adapt them to any upcoming questions that may arise while presenting and discussing the subsurface of an area with clients or team members With SubsurfaceViewer Geologists and this revolutionary as compared to the conventional method can now at any time produce maps and graphics of the subsurface that lead to the best possible understanding of the data and the subsurface situation Manual Structure This manual is divided into two parts In the first part the basic structure of the user interface with its different windows and control options is described In order to get familiar with the program we recommend that you try the functionality described directly Use our SubsurfaceViewer demo project to do so it was made for this purpose and is available for download on our website at www subsurfaceviewer com see Support Downloads The second part of the manual offers an overview of the geological objects that can be visualized and analyzed with SubsurfaceViewer It is kept more general and meant to communicate the possibilities of the SubsurfaceViewer system With the help of these two manual parts the user should be familiar with the SubsurfaceViewer Reader user interface and be able to import projects to represent all objects flexibly and also to deduce cross sections and synthetic boreholes from structure models Download and Installation of SubsurfaceViewer Reader SubsurfaceViewer is
21. n of the model Switch on of exploded view Set size of NS EW displacement Set all specifications for the creation and the saving of a rotating 3D model as a video file Set the font type and size and label the x and the y axis The settings of the 3D window are mostly self explanatory The making of videos is an exception If you enable this flag the control elements for the making of videos are displayed On pressing the Reset video button a stored sequence of intermediate points is deleted and the video is reset to the start The Freeze Stop button lets you keep hold of the currently visible scene in the 3D window The first intermediate position is automatically the beginning of the video Before you can set the next intermediate position the scene must be turned or moved Between these two positions intermediate positions will be computed so that the transition between both points is smooth in the video 15 Intermediate values are assigned to the rotation angles the shift value the grad of displacement value in the exploded view and to the grade of exaggeration value respectively You can decide which objects you want to see in each position When all individual positions are defined you can start the computing of intermediate positions by pressing the End video button You can start the video by clicking the rotation buttons see above in the tool bar of the 3D window Press the Save video button to save the
22. rid or a TIN The polygons are displayed in the 3D window with the respective surface for example with a digital elevation model Digital Terrain Model DTM The visibility of individual polygons can be controlled by selecting them from the table of polygons that exists in addition to the general visibility control This will affect the Map window as well as the 3D view Within sections polygons are represented as a band on the assigned surface You can for example make the geological map visible within a section if it exists as a shape file Selected polygons can be copied to the clipboard In connection with VOXEL models they are used for the definition and the setting of boundaries In order to define the colors use the project legend and the selected field name in the shape file Shape files are assigned to the Map object type Boreholes 20 borehole log data certainly belong to the most important data about the investigation and visualization of the geological subsurface SubsurfaceViewer can represent borehole log profiles of geological layers together with sample data and geophysical logs Such a combination in the Map window is represented as a borehole log map and is therefore assigned to the Map object type borehole logs maps are not displayed in the Sections window If you attach the borehole log maps to the 3D window the individual boreholes are displayed in 3D If the cursor is near a borehole coordinate the name of
23. rties for the respective graphical representation in the 2D and 3D window Next to Objects there is the Settings flag If you select it an input dialogue is displayed that allows you to set the basic properties of the respective graphic The size of the window frames can be enlarged and reduced by moving the frame edges The 3D window can be detached from the standard screen and be displayed separately on a second monitor if you want to show just the 3D window or if you want to use a data projector Select Detach 3D View from the Windows menu to use this option In fact all three windows can be detached and positioned independent of each other on the screen Select Split windows to do so If you want to go back to the standard screen mode with its three window frames select Default settings from the Windows menu You can also use the button in the tool bar of each individual window frame to go back to the standard screen mode Additionally there is the 3D presentation mode you can select if you want just the 3D window to be displayed full screen Click on the button to get back to the standard screen mode If you use more than one computer screen you can only get back to the standard screen mode if all window frames are displayed on one monitor At the top of each window frame there is a toolbar with several symbol elements These toolbars contain different functions the first four of which are the same in each toolbar Select backgro
24. selected as either normal or inverted Faults A fault is referred to as a tectonic division surface along which geological layers are shifted against each other SubsurfaceViewer Reader can represent faults in the form of TINs VOXEL models A VOXEL model along with structure models is another kind of 3D subsurface model supported by SubsurfaceViewer These models allow the visualization and analysis of three dimensional distributions of different parameters in the subsurface SubsurfaceViewer supports two different types of VOXEL models VOXEL models in the CSV format divide the subsurface into regular three dimensional grids that are made up of rectangular shaped cells The size of the cells in the x y plane may be different to the z plane which is the respective height of a VOXEL To every cell i e to every VOXEL one or more numeric 19 values can be assigned There must be values assigned to all grid cells So called null values are assigned to VOXELs with no values Access to the various parameters is via names The second VOXEL format is GVMD an abbreviation that means Generalized VOXEL Model Data With this format space is divided into rectangles of different size Just those areas for which data actually exist are assigned data It is not necessary to assign null values as in the CVS format You use this format if lateral varying parameters are assigned to the layers of a structure model and the existing structure is to be
25. ss to these objects Almost all of the objects of a project are always present in the object list of the Map window with the sole exception of individual boreholes and 3D maps Objects are allocated to the following object types Sections Maps Surfaces Layers Faults VOXEL models Vertical cross sections of the model 2D map objects like topographical maps borehole log maps or horizontal sections Surfaces in real space natural ground or groundwater surfaces Structures of geological layers Geological faults 3D grids of a subsurface used to describe various properties BHe Xv ppwe inu eA RI Sections E Maps Surfaces Layers Faults VOXEL models IX 7 675 000 Y 6 075 000 You can display a list of the objects of each object type by clicking on the respective object type name You can then decide which objects you want to be displayed by tagging the field next to the respective object By right clicking on an individual object name you open a pop up window which allows you to control and change the properties of an object For example you can send objects to the front or to the background or link objects with the 3D window Map window controlling If there are objects displayed in the Map window you can control the size of the visible section by using the toolbar options ZOOM to full extent navigation mode zoom ZOOM in ZOOM out navigation mode Move and Previous view Select 3 ZO
26. the video as a movie file and all pictures in the video are displayed one after the other in the 3D window The saving of a video can last up to several minutes depending on its size The slow medium and fast options define the Video speed E Resetvideo Freeze Stop Endvideo Video speed slow medium _ fast KI Save Video On saving a video the number of pictures and the length of the video is displayed at the upper edge of the file input dialogue The three windows described are interconnected via the respective cursor position If you move the cross hair in the Sections window the cross hair in the Map window is moved also If the cursor in the 3D window is enabled it is moved too The cross hair of the Map window is also moving the cursor in the 3D window The Borehole log window In addition to the three standard windows that show 2D and 3D graphics vertical views can be generated at a point coordinate in the borehole log window Normally these borehole logs exist as layer descriptions or as so called synthetic boreholes that represent the sequence of layers on the basis of an existing layer model in the form of a borehole log There is just the Borehole logs type of object in this window with its subtypes Normal borehole logs and Syn Borehole logs To activate the Borehole log window choose the Borehole log window option from the Windows menu and it will be displayed to the left of the main windows It
27. umber of adjoining triangles that link the evaluation points without crossing The possibilities to represent Grids and TINs are extensive For your selections use the same Settings menu options as for the settings of all other objects Geological layers One of the most outstanding features of SubsurfaceViewer is the visualization and analysis of geological structure models These structure models describe the distribution and the thickness of individual geological layers Structure models can be split into stratigraphical lithological hydrological and other classes Litho stratigraphical structure models are commonly used Every layer is defined by its top surface and base surface and if a surface limit is beyond the project area side borders are spatially defined Top surfaces and base surfaces are described either in the form of Grids or as TINs see above You can use only either Grids or TINs within the same project to define geological layers If you use Grids all Grids must be of the same structure that is they must be of the same total size and cell size Geological layers are the only objects of the Layers object type Normally all existing layers in a project form the structure model The pop up window of this object type offers the additional option to adapt the sequence of layers to the sequence in the GVS file In the Map window you can also specify the order of representation accordingly The sequence of layers can be
28. und color Save graphic as an image f Print graphic E al Via Zoom to full extent Program settings and program status Some functions of the user interface can be generally defined such as the language and things that define the basic look of the program on the screen like the font type and size the background color etc Select File Program settings to define these settings Program settings English Look and Feel native Backup Intervall 0 Invert move and zoom direction Maximum number of cells per grid 20000000 Font size small medium Font type Dialog 3D quality low v medium _ Active 3D stereo wi Standard 3D Background color 3D OK Cancel At present SubsurfaceViewer is available in English German Dutch Polish and Flemish The Look and Feel option determines the basic looks of the program You can choose native to adapt the appearance to the respective operating system or chose cross platform to choose an appearance that is independent of the operation system You can define the direction of moves and zooms here By standard you determine the direction the scene moves by using the respective arrow keys If Invert move and zoom direction is activated the scene moves the opposite way Via Font size and Font type you define the lettering in the user interface i e the font style of all words in th
29. ut dialogue and select i Info in the toolbar of the Map window Then select a point in the map where you want the section to begin by pressing the left mouse button at that position thus defining the first coordinate which is represented by a small red triangle In order to link this coordinate to the cross section click the symbol add point to section in the Sections window The x y coordinates are displayed in a pop up window where you can accept or change them if desired This point coordinate is defined to be the first point of the cross section With every additional point of the section you determine you define a line that is made up of successive straight lines Every additional point of the section including the last point is created in the same way as the first point From the second point on the section is continuously represented by a chart in the section window that depends on the objects visible there You can see the run of the section in the Map window represented by a red line It is also possible to generate a cross section by using borehole log coordinates In this case choose the Zi symbol add borehole to section Condition precedent is that there is a borehole log map displayed in the Map window that contains the boreholes which are represented by small coordinates symbols on the map To do so the Map window must be put into the info mode by pressing the i info button in the toolbar When the cursor is on a symbol of a
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