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ADVANCED LOG REPORT DESIGN

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Table of Contents

Using this Tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Se t t i n g u p Sa m pl e Fi l es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Smart Report Forms .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Copying the FINAL SIMPLE LOG Repor t fo r Exe rci ses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Co nd i t i on al Vi si b il i t y of a He ad er T ex t I t em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Cond i t i ona l Vi sib i l i t y o f N-Va lue and Re fusa l Penet ra t i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Co nd i t i on al Fo nt C ha nge s t o Da ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Co nd i t i on al V isi b il i t y o f L og Co lu m ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Variable Depth Scales on Logs........ ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ... 12

De fau l t De pth Sc al e Be ha vi or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

Customized Depth Sca le Behavior wi t h a Ca lcula ted Expression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Speci fy ing Depth Sca le on a Per -Pro ject o r Per Borehole Basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using Dep th Scales o the r than Dep th -Pe r -Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using Depth Uni ts per Page Uni t (Feet per Inch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using Numer ic Rat i os . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Test Pit Log -- Using Photo Fields and Multi ple-Page Setup ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... 20

Cr e at i n g t h e Bo re ho le Ph oto s T ab l e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0

Cr e at i n g t h e T est Pi t Re po rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3

Cr e at i n g a nd Co nf i gu r in g Pr i va te Bl oc ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

Variable Graphic Legends on Reports......... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... 33

Lo g Re po rt Le ge nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

Fe nc e Re po rt Le ge nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

Gr ap hi c T ex t Do c Le ge nd s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9

Sy m bo l Le ge nd Po si t i o ns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5

Appendix A -- Sorti ng Boreholes using a GintPointSort Field ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... . 47

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Using this Tutorial

This t ut or ia l is designed for i nter mediat e-to-advanced level gINT users, and is intended f or sel f -st udy.

It covers t he opt ions for creating var ious kinds of Smart Report feat ures, such as report columns that

disappear when they have no dat a, w i t h other colum ns enlarging t o take up t he space. Anot her t opic

explored in t h is t ut or ia l covers var ious ways t o cust omize dept h scales on a report-by-report , pr oj ect-

by-proj ect or borehole-by-borehole basis. Final ly, a complex log report w i t h st andard column ent i t ies

on the f i rst page fo l low ed by phot os fr om t he database is created, demonst rat ing Bi t map Fi le type

fields and Private Blocks.

You should be fami l iar wi th l og report design before w orking through th is tut or ia l . We recomm end you

work t h rough the Log Repor t Design t utor i a l or t ake the gINT Universi t y class gINT 004 - Log Report

Design i f you do not have tha t fami l ia r i ty .

Setting up Sample Files

Before start ing the tutor ia l , you need the fo l lowing:

gINT Version 8 installed on your computer

Sample f i les inst al led in t he appropr iate subfolders of t he \gINT\ instal lat ion fo lder (usual lyC:\Program Files\gINT\)

To obtain and inst al l t he sample f i les, do t he fo l low ing:

1. Go t o ww w. g intso f tw are .com/ suppor t _doc.h tm l .

2. Click on the l ink Data Files for Advanced Log Report Design (006) Tutorial only.

3. Extract the fo l lowing f i les to the indicated locations:

File Dest inat ion Comments

training.glb \ gINT\ l ibrar ies\

training.gpj \ gINT\ proj ec t s\

test pit data.xls \ gINT\ proj ec t s\

all f il es in\photos folder \ gINT\ pho t os\ You w i l l ha ve t o crea t e t h issubfolder of \gINT\

) Note: I f t hese f i les are already present in t he indicated l ocations because of w orking on anothertu t or ia l , you do not need t o rep lace t hem.

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Smart Report Forms

A smart report form automat ical ly adjusts i ts form at based on the data, ut i l iz ing decision logic in

propert ies in the r eport design and i ts enti t ies. Some examples:

Having a surface elevat ion label and data appear in t he report header for boreholes that havee levat ion data , and not f o r those wi t hout i t .

On a log, i f a sample has refusal , d isplaying t he refusal penet rat i on in inches aft er t he f inalb low count , separat ed from i t by a slash, as in 25-55/ 3" . I f no refusal , d isplaying the blow

counts and N-value.

Highl ighting data t hat is outside to ler ances wit h bold or colored font.

On a log, Including or omit t ing speci f ic colum ns depending on whet her data f or t hem ispresent, and enlarging the ot her columns to t ake up any vacant space.

Sett ing the dept h displayed per page based on a value in the borehole record, i f present, and

using defaul ts i f not .

This section w i l l dem onst rate how t he above smart report feat ures are implem ented, but t h is should be

considered only a sampl ing of t he possible smart r eport feat ures. Most enti t ies are configurable t o

appear or not (or t o move) depending on the resul t of a calculated expression. Also, most ent i t y

properties can hold expressions in place of explicit values, and these expressions can use specialized

functionsboth system and user-definedand programming logic to arrive at a result. This makes it

possible for gINT reports to be heavi ly manipulated at out put t ime by t he data they are report ing.

To f ind out addi t ional ways to configure smart report features, we recommend that you study the

reports provided in the training.glb l ibrary and cust om l ibrar i es that you can download from t he

Downloads page on the gINT websi te. We wi l l a lso use some smart r eport feat ures lat er in t he course

when we bu i ld t he test p i t log wi th photos, and implement legends.

Copying the FINAL SIMPLE LOG Report for Exercises

You may have creat ed t he SIMPLE LOG report duri ng t he Log Repor t Designmodule. In case you have

not created th is report, or there are errors or omissions, we l l replace i t wi th a f inal version from the

l ibrary. Do the fo l lowing:

1. Go t o REPORT DESIGNXLogs.

2. Select FINAL SIMPLE LOG in t he obj ect select or.

3. Select File Copy Page.

4. In Page Name t o Copy To, ent er SIMPLE LOG, and cli ck OK. This creat es a copy of FINALSIMPLE LOG, and c all s it SIMPLE LOG (repl acing t he ex ist ing SIMPLE LOG, if pr esent ).



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Conditional Visibility of a Header Text Item

You can set up a speci f ic t ext ent i t y to appear only on t he pages that meet t he cr i t er ia you define. For

example, i f you are recording surf ace elevation data on your reports, but not a l l t est si t es have surface

e levat ion , you do not want t he text to pr in t on the fo rm s wi t hout t he data , so you wou ld conf igure the

text enti ty as condi t ional ly visib le.

First we w i l l add a Surface Elevation ent i t y to t he header, and t hen make i t condi t ional . Do t he

fo l lowing:

1. Go t o INPUT.

! 2. Ensure t hat t he training.glb l ibrary is act ive (File Change Library) and the cur rent p ro ject istraining.gpj (select File Open Proj ect and browse to the pro j ect ) .

3. Select t he Borehole t ab. Notice t hat a l l point s have an Elevation value except TP-1 .

4. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Logs and open t he SIMPLE LOG repor t .

5. Cr e ate a t ex t ( ) en t i t y w i t h t h e f o l l ow i n g p r op er t i e s i n t h e Main tab :

Field Name Value

Text Expression Surface Elev:

Height 0.08

Horz Align Right

Vert Align To p

X 5.97

Y 8.97

6. Click OK to p lace the ent i t y on the fo rm .

7. Go t o OUTPUT and prev iew t he repor t .



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8. Using the obj ect selector, go t o page 1 of t he report (borehole B-1) t hen page 8 ( TP-1 ) .

You l l need t o zoom in on t he upper r ight corner using t he Quick Zoom t ool . Notice t hat t he

B-1 page displays Surf ace Elev: 126 and t he TP-1 page displays Surf ace Elev: f ol low ed by a

blank.

9. Close the preview and ret urn t o REPORT DESIGN.

10 . Double-cl ick t he enti t y to r e-open the Text Propert ies dia log box and expand the Text

Expression f ie l d by cl icking on t he Expand but t on. In i t ia l l y t he fo l l owing appears:

Surface Elev:

11. High l igh t t he content s of the l i ne , se lect Funct ions in t he System l ist in t he Data Tool and

HasData in the Items l i st . Then r igh t-c l ick the Paste but t on above Items. Right-cl icking the

Paste butt on insert s t he highl ighted expression into t he select ed funct ion:

The HasData() f uncti on needs t wo argument s to achieve the desired behaviort he f i e ld or

expression to t est f or t he presence of dat a, and the t ext t o pr int i f t he expression has data. We

have the second argument, which is the expression t o pr int . What we need t o add is t he f ie ldt o test fo r t he presence of da t a .

) Note: Th e Output Conditi on f ie ld in the Configuration t ab represents an al ternat ive tousing HasData() in an expression. See Help Index Output Conditi on (Propert y).

12 . Cl ick to t he immedia te le f t o f t he word Sur face , se lect POINT f rom t he Table l ist and

E levat ion f rom the Field l ist , then cl ick the corresponding Paste but t on . Enter a comma

fol l owing t he f i e ld expression you j ust past ed. Your complet e expression now l ooks l ike t h is:

13. To improve the fo rmat t ing, add t he cont inuat ion character ( t he under l ine symbol , _ ) f o l lowed

by a l ine br eak (press Enter ) a f t e r the comma, and another one just be fore the f ina l )>> , and

indent t he second l ine:

This expression uses the HasData() function to say, i f there is data in the Elevation f ie ld in the

POINT t ab le , t hen pr in t t he label Sur face Elev: fo l lowed by t he content s of tha t f ie ld .

14 . Click the Configuration tab . Set t he Design Mode Text Display property to Surface Elev .

When you create a text enti t y wi t h ju st an expression, you need to set a Design Mode Text

Display or you wi l l not see the ent i t y d isplayed on t he form in REPORT DESIGN.

15 . Click OK t o save the enti t y. Notice t hat * Surface Elev appears in the upper r ight corner.

16 . Go t o OUTPUT Logs and prev iew t he repor t . V iew t he cont ents of t he upper r igh t corner onpages 1 and 8, using the Quick Zoom t ool t o zoom in. Not ice t hat page 1 has t he same t ext as

before, but t he surface elevation t ext is missing from page 8, which is the desired behavior.

17 . Close t he preview .



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Conditional Visibility of N-Value and Refusal Penetration

Several standard gINT log reports indicat e t he blow counts for each sample. Refusal i s calculat ed, and

when t here is no refusal , t he N-value is presented. When there is refusal , t he refusal penetr at ion in

inches appears aft er t he f inal b low count, separated f rom i t by a slash, as in 25-55/ 3" .

The l ibrary has a user data i t em cal led Blows and N Value t hat creat es t he sequence of hyphen-

separate blow count values, and appends ei t her t he N-value or t he calculated ref usal . To see th is in

use, do t he fo l low ing:

1. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Logs.

2. Double-cl ick the column enti ty under the Number heading (double-cl ick in the column, near

t he diagonal broken l ines, not t he heading).

3. Cl ick the Expand but t on to the r ight o f t he Text Expression proper t y . Not ice tha t t here is

already an expression present for assembl ing t he sample t ype and sampl e number int o a

hyphen-separated t ext st r ing.

4. Click j ust past t he end of t he exist i ng expression, t hen press t he Enter key to s tar t a new l ine .

5. In the Table l ist , select User Syst em Dat a , t hen in the Field l ist select Blows and N Value .

Click Paste. The complet ed expression should look l ike t h is:

6. Click OK t o save t he expression.

7. Check t he Block Align checkbox. This is used because t he t ext t o appear for each sample is

now pot enti a l ly t hree l ines long, and needs t o be cent ered vert ical ly t o look acceptable.

8. Click OK t o save the changes t o the column ent i t y.

9. Go t o OUTPUT, se lect boreho le B-1 in t he Borehole ID f ie ld , and prev iew t he repor t . Use the

Quick Zoom too l t o focus on the samples near t he bot tom of t he repor t .



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10 . Notice t hat t he samples above 25' show t he hyphenated blow counts on one l ine, fo l l owed by

t he N-value in parent heses on a second l ine. However, t he sample at 25' omit s the N-value and

adds t he refusal penet rat i on in inches. This is condi t ional behavior due to t he fact t hat t he

sampl e at 25' has ref usal.

11 . To see t he expression t hat generates tw o possible out comes (N-value or penet rat i on), c lose the

prev iew, go to DATA DESIGN User System Data, and select Blows and N-Value in t he

ob ject se lector .

The expression in t he Blows and N-Value user dat a i t em i s explained as fo l l ows.



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Conditional Font Changes to Data

You can set up a t ext ent i t y to appear in a normal f ont on output when t he data is wi t h in to ler ances,

but h ighl ighted w it h bold or colored font w hen outside the accept able range. This makes t he data

stand out on t he repor t , ca l l ing a t t en t ion to t he si t uat ion .

We wi l l m ake the output sample number bo ld, i t a l i c , and red i f t he sample type is RC , t o ca l l

attention to the rock core samples.


2. Double-cl ick on the graphic column under t he Number heading. The COLUMN - TEXT vs

DEPTH PROPERTIES dialog box appe ars.

3. Create a blank l ine at t he beginning of t he Text Expression by c l ick ing at the le f t o f t he f i rst

l ine and pressing Enter .

4. Enter t he fo l lowing text on the f i rst l ine :

To create th is, do the fo l lowing:

a. In the Data Tool , select Functi ons in the System l i st , then I I f ( ) in the Items l ist . Cl ick

t he corresponding Paste bu t ton .

b. Select Sample in t he Table l i st , t hen Type in the Field l ist , and cl ick the corresponding

Paste bu t ton .

c. Ent er t he t ext ="RC", (an equals sign, t hen RC in quotes, t hen a comm a and space).

d. Select Format t ing Codes in t he System l i st , then B i n the Items l ist , and cl ick Paste .

e. Select I (the le t t e r I) in the Items l ist , and cl ick Paste .

f . Select CLR! in t he Items l ist , and cl ick Paste.

g. Type the number 255 .

5. Click OK to save the revised text-vs.-depth enti ty.

) Note: The color code CLR!255 corresponds to Very Light Red. This can be seen inSYMBOL DESIGN Colors at t he very bot t om of t he colors l i st .

6. Go t o OUTPUT Logs, se lect borehole B-1 , and preview t he repor t .

7. Zoom in on the bot t om le f t corner o f the repor t . You wi l l see tha t the numbers o f t he rock coresamples are now in bold i t a l ic red, whereas non-rock-core samples are unaff ected.



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8. Close t he preview .

) Note: Most gINT format t ing codes are t oggles t hat are tur ned off and on by the same code; buti f you are using the CLR! code, you need one code to t urn t he color on and a di f f erent code t o

tu rn i t o f f .

For fu r t her study, go t o the Help f Index f Formatt ing Codes top ic .

Conditional Visibility of Log Columns

One of t he most useful smart report feat ures is the abi l i t y t o make columns disappear on pages where

t hey contain no data, and adj ust t he surrounding columns t o take up t he avai lable space. A

sophist i cated exampl e of a report using th is feat ure is the GENERAL BH/ TP/ WELL report in your

l ibrary. I t w i l l suppress Recovery , Blow Count , Test / Remarks , USCS , Environment al , and Wel l columns in any combination, re locati ng the other columns and widening the Mat er ia l Descr ipt ion

co lumn to compensate . To v iew t h is repor t in act ion , do t he fo l lowing:

1. In OUTPUT, select a l l boreholes (clear the select ion from t he Borehole ID field) and choose

t he GENERAL BH/ TP/ WELL report in t he obj ect select or.

2. Preview t he report , and look at each page in sequence (select i ng each page in t he object

select or) . Noti ce that only B-1 and B-2 have wel l columns, CPT-1 lacks recovery and blow

count colum ns, and TP-1 has only four colum ns of t he eleven in the r eport design.

We wi l l create a m uch simpl er smart l og: a modif ied version of SIMPLE LOG in w hich we w i l l

implement condi t ional d isplay of the two Sample columns, and enlargement and movement of the

Li thology columns when Sample dat a is not pr esent. However, t he pr incip les are t he same, andaft erw ards you should be capabl e of analyzing how t he design of GENERAL BH/ TP/ WELL wor ks.

The design approach typical ly w i l l incl ude the use of t he fo l low ing elements:

Private blocks t o organize relat ed enti t ies int o groups t hat appear/ disappear and movetogether .



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Th e Output Conditi on in a pr ivate b lock t o tu rn on or o f f the v isib i l i ty o f i t s componententities in response to an expression.

Th e Off set X proper ty in a pr iva te b lock tha t m oves the b lock s en t i t ies to t he le f t o r r igh tbased on a calculation.

Report variables for storing expressions that are used in calculating offsets and presence ofdata. User syst em dat a could be used for t h is purpose, but report var iables are local t o a

speci f ic repor t , ra ther t han the ent i re l ib rary , and can be customized t o the repor t .

We wi l l se t up t he repor t t o f luc tuate betw een the fo l lowing t wo fo rmats:

Note that we also need t o move the wat er level symbols column 0.65" to the lef t ( f rom 1.45 to 0.8)

when t here is no sample dat a.

We l l c reat e t wo pr iva te b locks:

A SAMPCOLS block, containing the Sample Type and Number columns.

A LITHCOLS block, contain ing t he Graphic Log and Mater i a l Descr ipt ion columns, and t het hree wat er level symbols.

To create a version of SIMPLE LOG w i t h condi t ional column visib i l i t y, do t he fo l l owing:

1. Go t o REPORT DESIGNXLogs and select SIMPLE LOG in the object selector.

2. Select File Copy Page. The Copy Page dialog box appears.

3. Enter t he fo l l owing values:



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Field Value Comment s

Page Name t o Copy To SIMPLE SMART LOG Nam e of new re por t

Set Current Page To First in Copy To List Opens t he dupl icat e report formrather than the or ig inal .

4. Click t he Propert ies icon. The LOG REPORT PROPERTIES dialog box appear s.

5. Click t he Expand icon t o the r ight of User Report Variables. Ent er t he fo l low ing using the

Data Tool:

Name Value

HasSamples

Off set Sampl e

HasSamples is a True/ False (boolean) var iable t hat uses t he Count() f unction t o count t he

number of SAMPLE records for the borehole with data, and CBool() converts this to True if

t here is a posi t ive number of r ecords, or False i f zero records.Th e OffsetSamples var iable returns the amount t o shi f t t he Mater i a l Descr ipt ion columns t o the

le f t . I f HasSamples is False (there are no samples), the value 0.65 is returned as the distance

to sh i f t ; i f HasSamples is True ( t here are samples), zero is returned.

) Note: A report var iable only prompt s for a value on output when t here is no Valuepropert y speci f ied for i t in Report Propert ies. Report var iables wit h expressions do not

appear to t he user.

6. Click OK t o save the report pr opert i es.

7. Select Blocks Creat e Block, en ter t he fo l lowing values, then c l ick OK.

Name Value

Type Privat e (current page)

Name SAMPCOLS

Design Mode Color Very Light Red

8. In response to the Select Entities command prompt, c l i ck t he Type co lumn, then the

Number co lumn, then c l ick OK.

9. Select Blocks Creat e Block, en ter t he fo l lowing values, then c l ick OK.

Name Value


Name LITHCOLS

Design Mode Color Very Light Blue

10. In response to the Select Entities command prompt , c l i ck t he Graphic Log co lumn, t he water

level symbols column, and the Mater i a l Descr ipt ion colum n, t hen cl ick OK.

11 . Click t he Zoom Paper Ext ents icon t o see t he enti r e report , including t he t wo block insert s

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12. Double-cli ck t he red block insert for SAMPCOLS. The BLOCK PROPERTIES dialog box appear s.

13. Click the Configuration tab , t hen enter t he fo l lowing:

Name Value Comment s

Output Conditi on Select Report Var fr om t he Table l ist

in the Data Tool, then HasSamplesf r om the Field l i st , t hen cl ick Paste .

14 . Click OK t o save the changes t o t he block propert ies.

15. Double-click the blue block insert for LITHCOLS. The BLOCK PROPERTIES dialog box appear s.

16. Enter t he fo l lowing in the Main tab :


Off set X Select Functi ons f rom t he System l istin the Data Too l , t hen Calc( ) f romt he Item l i st , then c l ick Paste . Entert he -1 * expression manual ly, t hen

paste from t he le f t ha l f o f t he Data Tool .

17 . Click OK t o save the changes t o t he block propert ies.

18. Double-cl ick the Mater ia l Descr ipt ion column enti ty. The COLUMN - TEXT vs DEPTH

PROPERTIESdialog box op ens.

19. Enter the fo l lowing:


Column Widt hExpression ( in Main

tab)

Adds eit her zero or 0.65" t o t hcolumn width (3.85") ,

depending on the off set .Column DisplayWidth ( inConfiguration tab)

3.85 If not speci f ied, t he columnenti t y shr inks hor izontal ly inREPORT DESIGN (no ef f ect onou tpu t )

20. Click OK t o save the changes t o the colum n enti t y.

21 . Go t o OUTPUT, and prev iew t he repor t .

22 . Page t hrough the r eport pages using the obj ect selector, and notice t hat t he reports for a l l

boreholes except CPT-1 have sample data columns, but CPT-1 has no sample columns and

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Variable Depth Scales on Logs

Th e dept h scaleof a log report i s t he way you speci fy how many page units(vert ical inches or mm

measured on t he pr int ed page) are used t o represent some number of dept h uni t s (ver t ica l fee t o r

met ers o f boreho le depth in the f ie ld ) on out put . There are cer ta in defau l t behaviors o f t he so f t waret hat generate an appropr iat e dept h scale in response t o you enter ing a f ixed depth scale value in

REPORT DESIGN or OUTPUT (or leaving t h is b lank). However, users oft en want m ore control of t he

dept h scale, such as varying i t bet ween proj ects and/ or boreholes, calculat ing i t based on the t otal

depth of the borehole, and so on. We wi l l demonstrate the defaul t behavior f i rst, then explain var ious

ways t o cust omize i t .

Default Depth Scale Behavior

In LOG REPORT PROPERTIES, t here is a property cal led Depth Uni ts Page 1 tha t i n te rac ts w i th t he

Dept h Uni ts Page 1 f ie ld on the OUTPUT t ab. You can set a numeric value in the report propert y, and

t his speci f ies the dept h scale for a l l boreholes, r egardless of t heir dept hs. For example, i f you set a

Dept h Uni ts Page 1 value of 30, the depth scale on the f i rst page of the pr inted report wi l l range from

0 to 30 feet , t he second page ( i f needed) from 30 to 60 feet , and so on. The value is overr ideable at

output t ime, using the f ie ld in t he OUTPUT t ab, but a lways speci f ies a f ixed dept h scale.

Al ternat ely you can set t he Dept h Units Page 1 repor t p roper ty t o b lank, w h ich calcu la tes a best f i t fo r

each borehole t hat reduces or enlarges i t t o f i t on a single page. To demonst rat e t h is, do t he fo l low ing:

1. First we w i l l dem onst rat e Fixed Dept h Scale behavior. Go to REPORT DESIGN Logs, select

SIMPLE LOG, and click on t he Proper t ies icon. The LOG REPORT PROPERTIES window

opens.

2. Click the Report St ruct ure tab .

3. Not ice tha t t he Depth Uni ts Page 1 propert y has a value of 40 . Cl ick OK.

4. Go t o OUTPUT Logs. Not ice tha t t he Dept h Units Page 1 f ie ld appears at center le f t , and

displays a defaul t value obtained from the report property.

5. Preview t he report . On page 1, noti ce that borehole B-1 (w hich has a hole depth of 45')

ext ends al l t he way to t he bott om of t he page, and t he depth scale extends t o 40' (you may

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6. Select page 2 in t he object select or. Notice t hat borehole B-1 cont inues for another 5 feet ,

and that t he bott om of t he depth scale is 80'.

7. Select page 5 in the obj ect selector t o view borehole B-3 , which has a 25' hole depth. Notice

t hat t he log covers on ly a l i t t le more t han the top ha l f o f the page, w i th b lank space a t t he

bot t om. Not ice a lso tha t the bot t om of the depth scale (a t lower le f t ) i s 40 '.

8. Close t he preview . Change t he Depth Uni ts Page 1 value (under LOG OPTIONS) to 30, andpreview the report again.

9. Notice on page 1 that t he report is cut off at 30', on page 2 that an addi t ional 15' is shown, and

on page 5 t hat t he 25' deep borehole B-3 covers most of t he 30' deep page.


11. Next we l l demonstrate automatic Best Fi t depth scale behavior. Go to REPORT DESIGN

Logs, and cl ick t he Propert ies icon.

12. Click the Report St ructur e tab , and de le te t he value f rom t he Depth Units Page 1 proper ty .

Click OK.

13 . Go t o OUTPUT Logs. Preview t he repor t .

14 . Click t hrough each of t he f ive report pages l isted in t he object selector , and notice t hat each

fi l ls up one page, i n spi t e of t heir varying hole dept hs ( B-1 and B-2 are 45', B-3 is 25', CPT-

1 is 45' and TP-1 is 13').

When a best - f i t page dept h is calculat ed, t h is is comput ed as t he hole dept h plus 10%, rounded

t o the next whole dept h uni t . For example, t he thr ee 45' boreholes are placed on a 50' depth

scale, t he 25' borehole is on a 28' scale, and t he 13' test p it is on a 15' scale.


Customized Depth Scale Behavior with a Calculated Expression

The Fixed Depth Scale and Best Fit behaviors may be adequate for your needs. However, you may find

t hese approaches t oo l imi t ing, especial ly i f your borehole dept hs range widely. Fixed Dept h Scale wi l l

potent ia l ly spread your deepest boreholes over mult ip le pages whi le using a fract i on of a page for a

shal low hole l ike a t est p i t . Best Fi t wi l l compr ess deep holes int o too short a log. Manual ly changing

the f ixed depth va lue on the OUTPUT t ab and pr int ing one borehole at a t im e is h ighly ineff ic ient .

One remedy is to m ake use of a calculated expr ession in t he Dept h Uni ts Page 1 repor t p roper ty . The

expression can ut i l i ze the hole dept h of each borehole (which i s avai lable f rom a syst em var iable), and

generat e a di f f erent dept h-per-page for each range of hole depths. We l l demonst rat e how to set

di f f erent dept hs-per-page for t hree ranges of hole dept hs: less than 20', betw een 20' and 30', and

greater t han 30'.

Do the f o l lowing:


2. Click t he Propert ies icon, t hen cl ick t he Report Str ucture tab .

3. Click t he Browse icon t o t he r ight of t he Dept h Uni ts Page 1 proper ty .



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4. Enter the fo l lowing:

To create t h is expression, do t he fo l l owing:

a. Select Functions from the System l i st , se lect Case( ) f rom the Items l i st , then c l ick the

r ight-hand Paste bu t ton .

b. Without moving the cursor ( leaving i t betw een the parent heses aft er Case ) , select Max()

f r om the Items l i st , then c l ick t he r igh t Paste bu t ton .

c. Select LITHOLOGY from the Table l i st , se lec t Bo t tom f r om t he Field l i st , then c l ick the

le f t Paste bu t ton .

This inserts at the start of the Case() statement.

determines the maximum value in the Bottom f ie ld in

t he LITHOLOGY t able for each borehole, whi ch is the same as the hole dept h.

d. Move the cursor three characters to the r ight, so that i t is between the )>> that closes

t he Max() funct ion and the one that closes t he Case() funct ion. Ent er a comma fol l owed by

an underscore, and press Enter t wice. The resul t should look l ike t h is:

e. In betw een the t wo l i nes of t he expression, you add thr ee l ines, each of w hich speci f ies a

condi t i on for t he hole dept h ( less t han 20', less t han 30') and a r esul t ing depth-per -page.

These are t he fo l low ing:

< 20,30,_

< 30,40,_Else,50,_

Be sure to indent each of t hese l ines by tw o character s, and t erminat e i t w i t h a comma and

an underscore. The comm a separates clauses, t he underscore (cont inuation character)

uni t es t he mult ip le l ines into a single expression.

5. Click OK to save the expression. Click OK to save and close the LOG REPORT PROPERTIES

w indow.

6. Go t o OUTPUT Logs and preview the report . Notice t hat B-1 (page 1) has a 50 foot dept h-

per-page, w hich is consistent wi t h the f act t hat i t s hole depth (45') is great er t han 30 feet .

7. Select page 3, and noti ce t hat B-3 , at 25' hole depth, has a 40' dept h-per-page.

8. Select page 5, and not ice t hat TP-1 , at 13' hole depth, has 30' depth-per -page.




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Specifying Depth Scale on a Per-Project or Per Borehole Basis

By creating appropr iate database f ie lds in conj unction wi t h the Dept h Units Page 1 property, you can

set t h ings up for a dat a entry person to speci fy a def aul t dept h scale value for each project , t hen

overr ide t h is value where desired for part icular boreholes. Once the dat abase f ie l ds and report

propert y are set up, considerable depth scale cont rol w ould be provided to persons wit h no report

design knowledge.

gINT typical ly creat es a f ie ld cal led Depth Log Page in bot h t he PROJECT and POINT tabl es for t his

purpose. This f ie l d already appears in bot h t ables in training.gpj , a l t hough i t wou ld be simple t o create

i f i t d id not a l ready ex ist . The Dept h Unit s Page 1 proper t y in REPORT DESIGN is then configured with

an expression t o use t he POINT tabl e Depth Log Page value f i rst, i f present, otherwise use the

PROJECT t able value, and i f nei t her is present, use a f i xed-value defaul t . Do the f o l lowi ng:

1. Go t o DATA DESIGN Proj ect Database, open the current database, and select the PROJECT

t ab le f rom t he ob ject se lector d rop-down l ist .

2. Click Dept h Log Page in the Fields l i st , and not ice tha t i t has a Type of Single ( f loat i ng point

decimal) , Units of f t , and an exp lanat ion in the Description proper ty .

3. Select the POINT table from the object selector drop-down l ist, and notice that a Depth Log

Page f ie l d is provided here as wel l . Cl ick on t he f ie ld in t he Fields l i st and not ice t he proper ty

settings.

4. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Logs, c l ick the Report Propert ies icon, t hen cl ick the Report

Str ucture tab .

5. Cl ick the Expand but t on to the r ight o f t he Dept h Uni ts Page 1 f ie l d. An expression bui lder

window appears.

6. Enter t he fo l low ing expression in the w indow, using the Table an d Field drop-down l ists in the

Data Tool t o speci fy t he f ie lds, and the System an d Items drop-down l ists to speci fy t he

First Data() f unction.

The FirstData() function returns the data from the f i rst non-empty argument. The arguments

are del iberatel y ordered from t he most speci f ic (use the per-borehole value) to t he most

general ( t he f i xed value defaul t of 40), stopping as soon as data is encountered. Notice t hat

inst ead of 40 you could speci fy a di f ferent defaul t dept h-per-page.

7. Click OK to save the expression and dismiss the expression builder window. Click OK t o save

and close t he report propert ies.

8. Go t o INPUT Project . Enter a value o f 30 fo r Depth Log Page.

9. Go t o OUTPUT Logs. Preview the report. Notice that a l l the report pages have a depth-per-

page of 30'. Close the preview.

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11. Scrol l a l l t he way to t he r ight t o d isplay the Depth Log Page co lumn. In th is column, enter 40

fo r B-1 and 20 fo r TP-1 .

12 . Go t o OUTPUT Logs. Preview t he report . Noti ce that B-1 (pages 1 and 2) has a depth of 40'

(which was specified in POINT), B-2 (pages 3 and 4) has a depth-per-page of 30' (from the

PROJECT t able def ault ), and TP-1 (page 8) has a dept h-per- page of 20' (f rom POINT).

Using Depth Scales other than Depth-Per-Page

The speci f icat ion of dept h scale values on a per-proj ect basis wi t h a per-borehole overr ide does not

have to be rest r ict ed to a depth-per-page in feet . Two ot her possibi l i t ies are the f o l lowing:

Enter ing a depth-uni t s-per-page-uni t defaul t . This is for users who want a physical lymeasurable scale on their report s, such as X feet per inch, but want t o vary the scale by

borehole.

Enter ing a numeric r at io such as 100:1, a lso wi t h a per-borehole overr ide. This opti on is oft enpref erred in r egions using met r ic uni t s.

The impl ement ation of t hese scenar ios is descr ibed in t he f o l lowing subsections.

Using Depth Units per Page Unit (Feet per Inch)

Perhaps you want to be able to set a scale that is physically measurable on the page, such as 10 feet

per inch, bu t w ant t he abi l i t y t o se t a d i f fe rent sca le f rom t he defaul t fo r especial ly shal low or deep

holes.

Setting this up is similar to using Depth Log Page f ie lds, but uses a di f ferent f ie ld name and di f ferent

calculations. Again a field wil l be created the PROJECT and POINT tables, this time named Log Scale.

You wi l l set t he Dept h Unit s Page 1 value to a calculat ion that der ives the log depth from one of the

Log Scale values and the height of t he report page (speci f ied in t he Page 1 Body Height f ie ld in Report

Properties, and accessed via the system variable LogBodyHtPg1) .

To set up t hese f ie lds and th is calculat i on, perf orm t he fo l low ing st eps:

1. Go t o DATA DESIGN Proj ect Database and select t he PROJECT t able f rom t he obj ect

selector drop-down l ist. Cl ick the New but t on beneath t he f ie ld l i st and enter t he fo l lowing

( the Description is optional) :

Field Name Type Unit s Descri pt ion

Log Scale Double ft Defaul t is 10. Can be overr idden forspecific boreholes using the Log Scalef i e ld in t he POINT table.



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2. Select t he POINT t able from t he object selector dr op-down l ist. Cl ick the New but t on beneath

t he Fields l i st and enter the f o l lowing:

Field Name Type Unit s Descript ion

Log Scale Double ft Overr ides t he Log Scale f ie ld in thePROJECT table. If blank in both the

PROJECT and POINT tables, defaults to 10.

3. Replace the data template (File New Data Template Clone From Current , and speci f y

data entry.gdt ) .

4. Open REPORT DESIGN and cl ick t he Report Propert ies icon. Cl ick t he Report Str ucture

tab .

5. Cl ick the Expand but t on to the r ight o f t he Dept h Uni ts Page 1 f ie ld .


Data Tool to speci fy t he f ie lds, t he System (wi t h a value of Functi ons ) and Items drop-down

l ists to speci fy t he Calc() and First Data() f unctions, and t he System (w i t h a value o f Data

Items) and Items drop-down l i st s t o speci fy LogBodyHtPg1.

What t h is expression does is the f o l lowing: i t 1) checks for a Log Scale value in t he POINT

t able, and uses i t i f found, or i f no POINT table value is present, uses the Log Scale value in

t he PROJECT table, or 10 i f nei t her is present, 2) mult ip l ies the Log Scale value by

LogBodyHtPg1, w hich is the height of t he log report body in page uni t s. This converts page

unit s to dept h uni t s using your speci f ied Log Scale scalefor exampl e, 10 ft / in x 8 inches = 80

feet of dept h represented on t he page.

7. Click OK to save the expression. Click OK t o save and exi t t he report pr opert ies.

8. Go t o INPUT Borehole.

9. Scrol l t o the far r i ght t o show t he Log Scale column. For borehole B-2 , speci fy a Log Scale

va lue o f 5 .

10 . Go t o OUTPUT Logs and prev iew t he repor t .

11 . Notice t hat borehole B-1 (page 1) is very compr essed, and has a dept h-per-page of 80'. This is

due to re lying on the defaul t Log Scale ( from t he expression) of 10 ft / in.12 . Select B-2 (page 2) in the obj ect selector. Notice t hat t he depth-per-page is 40', due t o the

speci f icat ion of a Log Scale o f 5 .

13 . Close t he preview, and go to REPORT DESIGN Logs.

14 . Open the proper t ies window, c l ick t he Report St ructure tab , rep lace the Dept h Uni ts Page 1

value wi t h 40 , and cl ick OK. This rest ores t ypical dept h scale behavior for f utur e exercises

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Using Numeric Ratios

Part icular ly in countr ies where m et r ic uni t s are used, you may wi sh t o use a scale rat io such as 100:1 or

50:1, such that t he measurement s on the page are a speci f ic fr act ion of t he measurement s in t he f ie ld.

Sett ing th i s up is very simi l ar t o t he previous t wo approaches. A Scale Ratio f ie ld is created i n each of

t he PROJECT and POINT t ables. You wi l l set t he Dept h Units Page 1 value to a calculat ion that der ives

the log depth f rom one o f the Scale Ratio values and the systems log body height value.

1. Go t o DATA DESIGN Proj ect Database and select t he PROJECT t able f rom t he obj ect

select or drop-down l ist. Cl ick New beneath t he f ie ld l i st and enter the f o l lowing:


Scale Ratio Single (b lank) Numerator of t he log scale rat i o. Forexample for 100:1 scale, Scale Ratiowould be 100. Default is 100. Can beoverr idden f or speci f ic boreholes usingt he Scale Ratio fi eld in t he BOREHOLE(POINT) t able.

2. Select t he POINT t able from t he object select or drop-down l ist. Cl ick New beneath t he f ie ld

l ist and enter the f o l lowing:


Scale Ratio Single (blank) Overrides t he Scale Rat io fi eld in t hePro ject tab le . I f b lank in bo th theProj ect and Point t ables, def aul ts to 100.

3. Open REPORT DESIGNXLogs and cl ick t he Report Propert ies icon. Cl ick t he Report Str ucture

tab .

4. Cl ick the Expand but t on to the r ight o f t he Dept h Uni ts Page 1 f ie l d. An expression bui lder

window appears.


Data Tool t o speci fy t he f ie lds, and the System an d Items drop-down l ists to speci fy t he

First Data() f unction.

What t h is expression does is the f o l lowing: i t 1) checks for a Scale Rat io value in t he POINT

t able, and uses i t i f found, or i f no POINT table value is present, uses t he Scale Ratio value in

t he PROJECT t able, 2) mult ip l ies t he Scale Ratio value by LogBodyHt Pg1, w hich is t he height

of t he log report body in page uni t s (mi l l imet ers), t hen 3) d ivides t he resul t by 1000 to convert

fr om m i l l im eters t o met ers. This convert s page uni t s t o depth uni t s using your speci f ied scale

rat iofor exampl e, a scale rat io of 100:1 = 18 met ers of dept h represent ed on the page, since

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) Note: This example is intended to show how a user wi t h met r ic page uni t s and met r icdept h uni ts would speci fy a t ypical scale rat io. In the provided sample f i les, however,

you have Engl ish/ Imper ia l page uni t s, so the above example w on t actual ly w ork on

your syst em. I f you want t o convert dept h uni ts of feet t o page uni ts of inches wit h a

scale ratio, youl l use 12 instead of 1000 in the above expression.

6. Click OK to save the expression. Click OK to close the report propert ies.

We wi l l no t p rev iew the repor t .



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Test Pit Log -- Using Photo Fields and Multiple-Page Setup

In this exercise we take the SIMPLE REPORT log form and convert i t to a test pit log that displays

photos on the pages fo l l owing each log. We w i l l set t h is up so t hat i f t here are no photos, no addi t ional

pages wi l l p r in t , bu t i f photos are re ferenced by the borehole , t hey wi l l be pr in t ed tw o to a page. We

wi l l take t he fo l lowing approach:

Create a new t ab le to re f erence mul t ip le photos fo r each borehole , w i t h a Bitmap File f ie ld inthe photos table

Add t wo b i t map symbol en t i t ies to t he side o f t he repor t to d isp lay the up t o tw o phot os perpage

Move the colum n enti t ies t o a block, and set a condi t ion to suppress t he pr int ing of t h is b lockaft er page 1

Set an output overr ide X value for t he photos so they move over to t he left t o replace thecolumn ent i t ies on page 2 and beyond.

Creating the Borehole Photos Table

The f i rst step is to set up t he database to hold ref erences t o mult ip le phot os. I f you knew you only

want ed a f ixed number of phot os per test p i t log, you could place a speci f ic number of Bitmap File

f ie l ds direct ly in the borehole record. However, t o have the f lexib i l i t y of including as many photos and

diagrams as exist f or the t est p i t , t he best approach is t o create a chi ld table. We wi l l cal l t he table

PHOTOS, and each record wi l l hold t he l ink t o one photo, a long wit h i t s descr ipt ion.

To create t he PHOTOS t able, do t he fo l l owing:

1. Go t o DATA DESIGN Project Database. Open the cur rent p ro ject ( training.gpj ) .



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2. Select Tables New or the New but t on in t he too lbar . The New... dialog box app ears:

3. For t he Name, enter PHOTOS.

4. For t he Key Set , select PointID, I temKey .

To establish a one-to-many relationship between the POINT table and the PHOTOS tablerequires that t he PHOTOS t able be keyed on a combinat ion of t he POINT table s key (PointID,

or Borehole Number ) and a key of i t s own. The name for a chi ld t able s key is a lways ItemKey

(or I t emKey2), unless Depth, Reading, or DateTime is used as t he chi ld key. We wi l l caption

ItemKey shor t ly w i th a more memorab le name.



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5. Click OK. The f i e ld l ist and propert ies appear.

6. Wi th PointID highl ighted, speci fy a Caption of Borehole Number , and cl ick OK.

7. Click on ItemKey in the f ie ld l ist . Speci fy a Caption of Photo ID , and cl ick OK.

8. Click t he New but t on beneath t he f ie ld l i s t . Speci fy a Name of Photo Fi le and a Type of

Bi tm ap Fi le , and check the Required checkbox. Cl ick OK.

9. Select File New Data Template Clone From Current and speci fy da ta entry .gd t fo r t he

f i lename.

) Remember , a lways save to t he corresponding tem plate when you m ake changes t ot ables or f ie lds in a proj ect!

Th e Photo Fil e f ie ld w i l l ho ld t wo p ieces o f da ta f o r each photo record: t he name and locat ion o f t he

bi t map (JPG, BMP, TIF, etc. ) f i le , and descr ipt ive text . We l l see how t his works in INPUT.

1. Go t o INPUT. Not ice t ha t t here is now an add i t ional t ab , Photos.

2. We need to im por t da t a fo r a new t est p i t . Se lect File Import/Export Import From Excel

File. In the IMPORT FROM EXCEL FILE dialog box, speci fy an Excel File of test p i t da ta .x ls f rom the \ g INT\pro j ects\ fo lder and c l ick OK.

3. Close t he import st atus window. The data entry gr id should now have data for t est p i t TP-114

in addi t i on to t he pre-exist i ng boreholes.

4. Click t he Photos t ab. Drag t he r ight edge of t he header of t he Photo Fil e co lumn so tha t t he

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5. Select TP-114 in t he ob ject se lector . Enter t he fo l lowing in the empt y bot t om row (you wi l l

need t o cl ick t he Expand butt on in t he Photo File co lumn to spec i fy t he photo s f i lename

and descr ipt ion, then cl ick OK) :

PhotoID

Filename(Load Raster File)

Description

P05 \Phot os\TP 114 bott om. j pg Bott om of Test Pi t 114.

Notice how t he combined f i l e path and descr ipt ion are st ored to a single gr id cel l , separated by

t he ver t ica l l ine character .

A Bi t map Fi le f ie ld does not cont ain the bi t map graphic, only a l ink t o where i t resides on yourcomputer o r ne twork. I f you move or rename t he f i le , you wi l l need to update t he l ink in

INPUT.

Creating the Test Pit Report

The t est p i t report wi l l be a customized version of t he SIMPLE LOG report t hat w as previously creat ed.

To create a copy, do t he fo l low ing:

1. Ensure that you are in REPORT DESIGN and SIMPLE LOG app ears in th e obj ect select or.

2. Select File Copy Page. The Copy Page dialog box appears.



Page Name t o Copy To SIMPLE PHOTO TEST PIT Nam e of new re por t

Set Current Page To First in Copy To List Opens t he dupl icat e report formrather than the or ig inal .

4. Click OK. The SIMPLE PHOTO TEST PIT report has been created and appears in REPORT DESIGN.

We are going t o force a speci f ic number of addi t i onal pages t o pr int for each borehole past t he

number of pages required for t he log. We want up t o tw o photos t o pr int p er addi t ional page. So i f

t here are 2 photo records for t he borehole, we want 1 addi t ional page. I f t here are 5 photos we want 3

addi t i onal pages. To accompl ish t h is, we cr eate an expression in t he Number of Addit ional PagesExpression proper ty .

1. Click t he Propert ies icon. The LOG REPORT PROPERTIES dialog box appear s.

2. Select t he Report Structure tab .

3. In the Number of Additional Pages Expression proper ty a t the bot t om, enter t he fo l lowing:



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The sub-expr ession c ount s the numb er of PHOTOS record s

for t he borehole being output . The backslash symbol perf orms int eger d ivision , w hich rounds

off the remainder from the resul t , so the calculat ion adds 1 to the number of photos, d ivides

by 2, t hen discards t he remainder.

4. Click OK.

Next , we w i l l add tw o b i tm ap symbol en t i t ies to t he repor t , each one fo r d isp lay of a photo , a long wi th

t heir descr ipt ive text b locks and a divider l ine. In the report design the bi t map symbols and their

associated text and l ine wi l l be placed to the r ight of the r ight margin rather than at the X coordinates

where they wi l l p r in t a t ou tput t ime. Th is is fo r ease o f repor t f o rm main tenance ( i t w ou ld be too

messy i f w e over la id the phot os on the column ent i t ies). We wi l l creat e and configure blocks short ly

t hat w i l l cause the colum n enti t ies t o pr int only on page 1, and on subsequent pages for t hese t o be

suppressed and the photos, descr ipt ions, t i t le and l ine to pr int at the correct d istance to the left .

We l l include a subti t le, PHOTOS , t o appear on t he photo pages beneath t he main heading.

1. Select Draw Text Text or cli ck t he Text icon . The TEXT PROPERTIES wi ndow appear s.

2. Click Reset , then enter the fo l lowing values:

Field Value Comments

Text Expression PHOTOS Text t o prin t .

Height 0.14 Text size.

Horz Align Center Center -al igns at X coordinatever t ica l ly

Vert Align Middle Center -al igns at Y coordinatever t ica l ly .

X 11

Y 8.25

3. Click OK.

4. Click t he Zoom To Ext ents but t on. Not ice t hat t he PHOTOS t ext enti t y is at the far r ight.



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To place the upper bi tmap symbol, do the fo l lowing:

1. Select Draw Graphics Bitmap Symbol . The BITMAP SYMBOL PROPERTIES window

appears.

2. Enter t he fo l low ing values, t hen cl ick OK:

Field Value Comment sBitmapSymbol

Do not cl i ck the Browse icon clic k in t hefie l d, t hen use t he Data Tool to select User Syst em Dat a f rom t he Table l ist and Photo Fi le Page Top f rom t he Field l ist .

OverrideHeight

3.3 Sets t he height of t he bi t map. Otherw isemay be too smal l or t oo large for t hespace

OverrideWidth

6.0 Sets t he wid t h o f the b i tm ap. Note t hatwhichever of Overr ide Height or Widt hresul t s in t he smal ler f igure is the oneused. Both are not used, because the

f igure wou ld d istor t .

OverrideHorz Align

Center Photo is center-al igned t o X coordinate

OverrideVert Align

Top Photo is t op-al igned t o Y coordinate

X 11 Actual X coordin at e plus 8" off set

Y 7.9 Height of photo al ignment point



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Notice t hat a smal l double-tr iangle m arker symbol appears beneath t he PHOTOS t ext heading.

The expression in the Bit map Symbol propert y points to a user syst em dat a i tem cal led Photo

File Page Top. You would normal ly creat e such a user dat a i t em yoursel f , or merge i t fr om

another l ibrary then customize i t , but we have provided these in the l ibrary to save t ime.

Th e Photo Fil e Page Top i t em has the f o l lowing def in i t ion :

_

which in turn references the Photo Number Top i t em:

and the Photo Fil e i t em:

So, w hat t hese calculat ions col lect ively do is the f o l lowing:

Determine f rom t he PgAddl syst em dat a i tem which page is being pr inted, and compute

fr om t his t he record number of t he photo t hat should display at t he top of t h is page. This

calculat ion is performed in the Photo Number Top data i t em and is assigned to t hetemporary var iable PhotoNum ( in the Let s ta tement in t he Photo Fil e Page Top data

i tem) .

Get t he value of PhotoNum, and obta in the Photo File b i tm ap f ie ld va lue in record

PhotoNum of t he PHOTOS t able for t he current borehole. Extract t he bi tm ap symbol

reference from i t using the ProjectSymbol() function.

This is i l lust rated below:



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3. Click OK t o close the dia log box and place t he enti t y.

To create t he f i rst photo s descr ip t ion ent i t y , do t he fo l lowing:

1. Select Draw Text Text . The TEXT PROPERTIES dialog box appears. Enter the following

values in t he Main tab :


TextExpression

See discussion bel ow

Height 0.08

Horz Align Center

Vert Align To p

X 11

Y 4. 5

Th e Phot o Descr ipt ion Page Top user data i tem extracts the descr ipt ion port ion of the Photo

Fi le b i tm ap f ie ld f rom t he appropr iate PHOTOS record t o display at t he top of t he current

page. The l ogic is simi lar t o Photo Fil e Page Top, and uses t he fo l l owing user dat a i tem s:

Phot o Descr ipt ion Page Top:

_

Photo Number Top:

Photo Descript ion:

Th e Photo Descript ion data i tem generat es, p r io r t o the descr ip t ion , a f igure number f rom t he

borehole number and the record number. For example the th ird photo in test p i t 12 would be

labeled Figure 12.3 .

2. Enter the fo l lowing value in the Configuration tab :


Design Mode TextDisplay

phot o descri pt ion Labels t he t ext ent it y in REPORT DESIGN.

3. Enter the fo l lowing value in the Wrap tab :


Column Widt hExpression

6 Maximum wid t h o f the text .

4. Click OK t o close t he dia log box.



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Next we creat e a divid ing l ine bet ween t he upper and lower phot os.

1. Click t he Line t ool or select Draw Points and Lines Lines.

2. In response to t he F i rst Po in t p rompt, en ter 8 , 4 in the coord inates box at lower le f t , t hen

press Enter.

3. In response to t he Second Point prompt , ent er 14, 4 and press Enter . Then press Esc t o getout of l ine entry mode. The divid ing l ine wi l l appear.

Now we dup l ica te t he upper b i t map symbol and text en t i t y using Off set Copy and modi fy t he

propert ies in t he dupl icates.

1. Select Modify Off set Copy. The Select Ent i t ies prompt appears in the Command Box.

2. Click the graphic symbol enti ty to select i t .

3. In the yel low Chg X,Y box a t lower r ight , en ter 0 , -4 , t hen c l ick OK. A copy of t he graphic

symbol ent i t y appears beneath t he divid ing l ine. The Select Ent i t ies prompt reappears.

4. Cl ick t he photo descr ip t ion t ext en t i ty to se lect i t . C l ick OK. You do not need t o change t he

Chg X,Y va lue, w h ich is st i l l cor rect . A copy o f the t ext en t i ty appears near t he bot tom. Therepor t design appears as shown:



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5. Double-click on the lower bitmap symbol entity. The BITMAP SYMBOL PROPERTIES window

appears. Change the f o l lowi ng propert ies in the Main tab :


BitmapSymbol

Ext racts t he f i l e refer ence port ion ofthe b i t map f ie ld in the appropr ia te

PHOTOS record. Use the left half oft he Data Tool .

Th e Photo File Page Bottom user data i t em ext racts the b i t map por t ion o f the Photo F i le

bi t map f ie l d from t he appropr iate PHOTOS record t o display at t he bott om of t he current page.

The logic is simi l ar t o Photo Fil e Page Top, and uses t he fo l l owing user dat a i t ems:

Photo File Page Bottom:

_

Photo Number Bott om:


7. Double-click on the lower description text entity. The TEXT PROPERTIES window appears.

8. Change the f o l lowing propert y set t ing in t he Main tab :


TextExpression

Ext ract s t he descript ionpor t ion o f the b i tmap f ie ld inthe appropriate PHOTOSrecord.

Th e Photo Description Page Bottom user data i t em extract s the descr ip t ion por t ion o f thePhoto Fi le b i tm ap f ie ld f rom t he appropr iate PHOTOS record t o display at t he bott om of t he

current page. The logic is simi l ar t o Phot o Descr ipt ion Page Top, and uses the fol lowing user

data i t ems:

Photo Description Page Bottom:

_

Photo Number Bott om:

Photo Descript ion:


10. Clic k t he Save icon.



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Creating and Configuring Private Blocks

We wi l l p l ace the page 2 and beyond enti t ies (everyt hing associated w it h the phot os) in one pr ivat e

b lock, and the page 1 on ly en t i t ies (a l l o f t he co lumn ent i t ies and the water - leve l ind icators) in

another. Pr ivat e blocks are very useful f or d isplaying or suppressing a group of enti t ies together, as

wel l as for moving a group of ent i t ies a speci f ied distance in response t o a speci f ied condi t ion.

To create the t wo b locks, do t he fo l lowing:

1. Select Blocks Creat e Block. The CREATE BLOCK dialog box appear s.



Type Privat e (current page) A pr ivate block.

Name PHOTO PAGE Block s nam e.

Page Range Addit ional Pages Rest r ict s t he output of t h is b lock t opage 2 and beyond of t he report .

Design Mode Color Very Light Magenta The ident i f i cat ion color for enti t ies inthe b lock.

3. Click OK. The Select Enti t ies prompt appears in the Command Box.

4. Draw a crossing rectangle from t he upper r ight of t he group of page 2+ elements to low er lef t .

This should include the two graphic symbol enti t ies, the two descr ipt ion text enti t ies, and the

divid ing l ine.

5. Click OK. A magenta block insert t ag appears, and t he content s of t he block are also magent a.

6. Double-cl ick t he block insert . The BLOCK PROPERTIES dialog box appears. Enter t he fo l l owing

proper ty se t t ing:


X 11 Places t he block insert d i rect ly above t he blockin REPORT DESIGN. No imp act at out put t im e.

Y 10 Same as curr ent value.

Off set X -8.0 Moves t he block 8" t o t he lef t on output .




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Now we creat e t he page 1 block.

1. Select Blocks Creat e Block. The CREATE BLOCK dialog box appears.




Name FIRST PAGE

Page Range Not Addi t ional Pages Rest r ict s t he output of t h is b lock t othe t est p i t da ta , t yp ical ly j ust page 1 .

Design Mode Color Very Light Red

3. Click OK. The Select Enti t ies prompt appears.

4. Draw a crossing rectangle from t he upper r ight of t he group of page 1 element s t o lower l eft .

This should include the seven column ent i t ies, but not t he header.

5. Click OK. A red block i nsert t ag appears, and the cont ents of t he block are also red.

Everythi ng is in p lace for t he report t o generate addi t ional pages of phot os. Do the f o l lowi ng:

1. Go t o OUTPUT.

2. Click t he Browse butt on to t he r ight of Borehole Number . Select borehole ( t est p i t ) TP-114 and

cl ick OK.



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3. Click t he Preview butt on.

4. Notice t he borehole log on page 1 of t he report . Select page 2 (and subsequent pages) in t he

obj ect selector, and not e the phot o pages.

5. Zoom i n on one of t he photo descr ipt ions. Notice t hat t he f i gures have been successivelynumbered using t he borehole number as a pref i x, and t he descr ipt ion has been extr acted f rom

t he Bitmap File f ie ld fo r t he cor rect photo .



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Variable Graphic Legends on Reports

A var iable legend enti t y creates a legend displaying the mat er ia l , sampler, wel l or ot her symbols in use

in a single log, a l l boreholes on a fence report , or t hroughout a proj ect (d isplayed in a graphic t ext

doc). This is a useful visual aid on a report. The legend is called variable because the set of symbolboxes t hat appears wi l l vary f rom l og to log or fence t o fence, depending on which symbols are in use.

We wi l l create var iable legends on a log and a fence, and create a graphic text document showing al l

mater ia l and sampler symbols for the project.

Log Report Legend

First we creat e t he log, which w i l l have a legend for sampler graphics.

1. Ensure that the current l ibrary is training.glb.

2. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Logs. In t he ob j ect sele ct or sele ct SIMPLE LOG (or FINAL SIMPLE LOG

if SIMPLE LOG is missing or incomplete).

3. Select File Copy Page. Ent er t he fo l lowing, then c l ick OK:

Field Value

Page Name t o Copy To SIMPLE LOG WITH LEGEND

Set Current Page To First in Copy To List

4. We need to create a footer for the legend, and shorten the body height (where column enti t ies

reside) t o make room for t he foot er. Cl ick t he Propert ies icon, t hen select t he Report

Str ucture tab . Enter t he fo l lowing:

Field Value

Page 1 Body Height 7. 5

Page 1 Footer Height 0. 5

We only make these changes for Page 1. On subsequent pages the legend wil l not appear.

5. Select t he Columns and Lines tab. Check the Bott om of Body checkbox.

6. Click OK t o close the Propert ies window.



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7. Select Log Variable Legend. The VARIABLE LEGEND PROPERTIES window appears.



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8. Enter t he fo l lowing in the Main tab :


Field wit h Data The fi eld cont aining symb ol names. Itsvalues det ermine w hich symbolgraphics pr int. Use t he Dat a Tool .

Symbol Type Sampler Graphics Det ermi nes which kind of symbol isdisplayed in t he legend.

Number of Rows 1 One row of symbols wi l l appear in t helegend (we have l im it ed vert i cal space,and there wi l l be few sample graphicsper l og).

Row Spacing 0.4 Ignored in a 1-row legend.

No. of Columns 5 Maximum number of columns ofsymbols displayed. Note t hatnum_of_columns x column_spacingshould be t he wid th o f t he repor t

body, 6" in t his case.

Column Spacing 1.175 Dist ance fr om t he st art of one symbolt o the st art of t he next. Can also bethought o f as co lumn wid t h .

Rectangle Height 0.4 Rectangle height of each symbol.

Rectangle Width 0.15

Gap Between Descriptionsand Rectangles

0.05 Dist ance from t he r ight edge of eachrectangle to t he le f t edge o f i t sdescr ipt ion.

Text Height 0.08 Character size of descr ipt ion t ext .

X 0.05 X coordinate of legend al ignment point(which is at upper left corner oflegend)

Y 0.45 Y coordinate of a l ignment point.

9. Go to t he Configuration t ab . Enter t he fo l lowing:


Output Conditi on =1 Restri ct s display of t he legend ent it y t opage 1. Use t he Dat a Tool ( r ight hal f)t o past e the Pg syst em dat a i tem .

10. Go to t he Symbol Descriptions tab . Enter t he fo l lowing:


Name and/or Descript ion Descr ipt ion Speci f ies what ( fr om t he Symbolrecord) wi l l appear next to eachsymbol.

11 . Click OK. The var iable legend enti t y is added to t he report.



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12. Go to OUTPUT, and preview t he report .

Not ice t he legend at the bot t om.


Fence Report Legend

We wi l l creat e a mater ia l graphic legend for a fence report next . In a fence report, a legend displays

al l symbols used of t he speci f ied t ype (mat er ia l in t h is case) in a l l boreholes of t he report . Do the

fo l lowing:

1. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Fences.

2. In t he obj ect selec t or selec t SIMPLE FENCE (or FINAL SIMPLE FENCE if SIMPLE FENCE is m issing

or incomple te) .

3. Select File Copy Page. Enter t he fo l lowing, t hen c l ick OK:

Field Value

Page Name t o Copy To SIMPLE FENCE WITH LEGEND

Set Current Page To First in Copy To List

4. Some modif icat ions are required t o t he data fram e layout. Cl ick t he Propert ies icon. The

FENCE REPORT PROPERTIES window appears.



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5. In the Data Frame t ab , en ter t he fo l lowing se t t ings:


Frame Y 0.95 Elevates t he fr ame bott om by .45" t omake room for t he legend.

Frame Height 5.25 Short ens t he fr ame by .25" so i t doesn trun into the header.

6. Click OK t o save t he propert y changes.

7. Double-cl ick on t he Dist ance Along Basel ine ( f t ) ent i t y. The TEXT PROPERTIES window opens.

8. In the Main tab , en t er the fo l lowing, then c l ick OK:


Y 0.7 Elevates t he t ext enti t y by .6" t o keep i tj ust ben ea t h t he el ev at ed dat a f ram e.

9. Select Fence Variable Legend. The VARIABLE LEGEND dialog box appears.



Field wit h Data The dat a source wi l l be t he Graphic fi eld int he LITHOLOGY table. Use t he Data Tool.

Symbol Type Mater i a l Graphics The legend wi l l col lect a l l mat er ia l symbolsused in the fence report .

Number of Rows 1 We use a single-r ow legend t o avoid havingt o compress t he data frame t oo much.

Row Spacing 0.4 Ignored in a single-r ow legend.

Number of Columns 10 A maxi mum of 10 symb ols can be displayed.To increase t h is we would have to narrowt he column spacing or add a row.

Column Spacing 1 We use a narrower column t han in t he log.

Rectangle Height 0.4 Same as t he log.

Rectangle Width 0.2 Sl ightl y wider t han t he log report s .15"

Gap between Descript ionsand Rectangles

0.05 Same as t he log.

Text Height 0.08 Charact er height . Same as t he log.

X 0.05 Al ignment point is .05" t o r ight of t he reportborder.

Y 0.5 Al ignment point is .5" above t he reportborder. This a l lows room f or t he .4" h ighgraphic rectangles and a reasonable amounto f tex t .

11 . Click OK t o save the l egend propert ies.



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12. Go t o OUTPUT Fences and preview t he report . (Cancel t he User Report Var iables window i f

desired.) The report appears as shown:




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Graphic Text Doc Legends

A good use of t he Graphic Text Doc report t ype and var iable legends is to report a l l t he mat er ia l ,

sampler , w e l l , and/ or genera l component graphics in use t h roughout t he pro ject . We wi l l c reate the

report fr om scratch, and include tw o legends, one each for mat er ia l and sampler graphics.

1. In REPORT DESIGN, select t he Graphic Text Docs tab .

2. Click t he New icon or select File New. The New... d ia log box appears.

3. In the General tab , c l i ck Reset , t hen enter t he fo l lowing:


Name SIMPLE LEGEND

Description Legend of m ater i a l andsampl er graphics used

Left Margin 0. 6

Bottom Margin 0.425

Page Size Let ter

Orientation Portra i t

Template data entry . gdt

Key Set Proj ect Speci f i es t he level at which data is consol idated

4. Click OK. The empt y repor t i s created.

5. We wil l use the TITLE PORTRAIT block from the Drawing Library to create borderl ines and

header text . Select Blocks Insert Block. In the BLOCK PROPERTIES dialog box, cl i ck Reset

then enter t he fo l lowing:


Block Source Dwgl ib! t i t le port ra i t Cl ick t he Browse icon, select a Type of DWGLIBand a Block of TITLE PORTRAIT .

Design Mode Color Very Light Red Color in REPORT DESIGN f or t he bl ock insert andcontents.

X -2 X coordinate of a l ignment point for b lock insert .No e f fect on output .

Y 8. 5 See X.

6. Click OK.



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7. The report needs a t i t le. Select Draw Text Text or c l ick the Text icon, c l i ck Reset ,

t hen enter t he fo l lowing:

Field Value

Text Expression PROJECT SYMBOL LEGEND

Height 0.14

Horz Align Right

Vert Align To p

X 7. 5

Y 10.1

8. Click OK.

9. We need a cent ered t i t le above the f i rst legend, w hich is for Mater i a l graphics. Select Draw

Text Text or c l ick the Text icon, c l i ck Reset , t hen enter t he fo l lowing:

Field Value

Text Expression Mater ia l Graphics

Height 0.14

Horz Align Center

Vert Align To p

X 3. 8

Y 8.85

10. Click OK.



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11. Next w e create a var iable legend for m ater ia l graphics. Select Graphic Text Variable

Legend, c l ick Reset , t hen enter t he fo l lowing:


Field wit h Data Source field for symbol s. Use t he Dat a Tool.

Symbol Type Mater i a l Graphics Type of symbol t o d isplay.Number of Rows 4 Four row s of symbol s.

Row Spacing 0.6 Row height. Needs t o exceed rect angle height bysome small distance for spacing.

Number of Columns 6 Six colum ns of symb ols.

Column Spacing 1.25 Width of each column.

Fill Order By Row Symbols populate t he legend fr om left t o r ight.

Rectangle Height 0.4 Symbol rect angle height.

Rectangle Width 0.4 Symbol rect angle widt h.

Gap BetweenDescriptions andRectangles

0.04

Text Height 0.08

X 0.06

Y 8. 6

12. Go to t he Symbol Descriptions t ab and speci fy t he fo l low ing:


Name and/or

Description

Name: Descr ipt ion Speci f i es whet her t he Name (symbol code),

Descr ipt ion or both appear, and i f both, in whatfo rmat . We re pr in t ing t he code f i rst , t hen acolon, then the descr ipt ion.

13. Click OK.

14 . To add a centered t i t le above t he sampler graphics legend, select Draw Text Text or cl ick

the Text icon, then enter the fo l lowing:

Field Value

Text Expression Sampler Graphics

Height 0.14

Horz Align Center

Vert Align To p

X 3. 8

Y 6. 0

15. Click OK.



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16. To create a var iable legend for sampler graphics, select Graphic Text Variable Legend,

c l ick Reset , t hen enter t he fo l lowing in the Main tab :

Field Value

Field wit h Data

Symbol Type Sampler GraphicsNumber of Rows 2

Row Spacing 0. 6

Number of Columns 6

Column Spacing 1.25

Fill Order By Row

Rectangle Height 0. 4

Rectangle Width 0. 4

Gap Between

Descriptions andRectangles

0.04

Text Height 0.08

X 0.06

Y 5.75

17. Go to t he Symbol Descriptions t ab and speci fy t he fo l low ing:

Field Value

Name and/orDescription

Name: Descr ipt ion

18. Click OK.

19 . Go t o OUTPUTXGraphic Text Docs and preview the resul t .



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A useful var iant is the vert ical project symbol report. To create th is, do the fo l lowing:

1. Go t o REPORT DESIGN Graphic Text Docs.

2. Select File Copy Page. Name t he c opy SIMPLE VERTICAL LEGEND .

3. Double-cl ick the Mater ia l Graphics text enti ty, change the fo l lowing values, then cl ick OK:

Field Value

Horz Align Left

X 0.06

4. Double-cl ick t he Sampler Graphics t ext ent i t y, change the f o l lowing values, t hen cl ick OK:

Field Value

Horz Align Left

X 3. 8

Y 8.85



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5. Double-cl ick t he mat er ia l graphics var iable legend ent i t y, change t he fo l low ing values, t hen

c l ick OK:

Field Value

Number of Rows 14

Number of Columns 2Column Spacing 1. 5

Fill Order By Column

6. Double-cl ick t he sampler graphics var iable legend enti t y, change the f o l lowing values, t hen

c l ick OK:

Field Value

Number of Rows 14

Number of Columns 2

Column Spacing 1. 5

Fill Order By Column

X 3. 8

Y 8. 6

7. Go t o OUTPUT Graphic Text Docs and prev iew t he repor t .



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Symbol Legend Positions

The Var iable Legend ent i t y in logs, f ences, and graphic text documents, by defaul t , pr int s t he symbols

in t he order tha t they w ere encountered in t he output . You can over r ide th is defau l t behavior fo r

sampler, mat er ia l , wel l and/ or general symbols using the Symbol Legend Posi t ions feat ure in SYMBOL

DESIGN, w hich enabl es you t o assign rankings to symbols for display in legends.

For example, you might w ant t o order mat er ia l symbols to show gravel symbols f i rst, fo l l owed by sand,

si l t , c lay, r ock, and al l others. To do t h is you w ould assign an integer t o al l gravels you use, a higher

int eger f or a l l sands, and so on. You can skip values. I t is only the r elat ive values that are import ant,

t hat is, 5 wi l l sort before 8 and i t doesn't mat t er t hat t here are no 6 or 7 values. Also, you can have

mult ip le symbols wi t h t he same legend posi t ion values, and symbols wi t h unspeci f i ed values are placed

at t he end o f the l i s t .

We l l assign the f o l lowing values to m ater i a l symbols used in our proj ect:

Code Descript ion Legend Posit ion

CL USCS Low Plasticity Clay 4

CLS USCS Low Plasticity Sandy Clay 4

GW-GC USCS Well-graded Gravel with Clay 1

ML USCS Silt 3

SANDSTONE Sandstone 5

SC USCS Clayey Sand 2

SILTSTONE Siltstone 5

SM USCS Silty Sand 2

SP USCS Poorly-graded Sand 2

To demonstr a te t he fea ture , do t he fo l lowing:

1. Go t o SYMBOL DESIGN and select t he Material tab .

2. Select File Symbol Legend Posit ions. The Symbol Legend Posit ions dialog box appe ars.



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3. Enter t he legend posi t ion values in t he corresponding rows fr om t he l ist above, t hen cl ick OK.

4. Go t o OUTPUT Graphic Text Docs. Preview t he output . The mat er ia l symbols are now in

gravel-sand-si l t -c lay-rock-other order.




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Appendix A -- Sorting Boreholes using a GintPointSort Field

By default, POINT records are sorted based on the alphanumeric borehole numbers you assign to them

in the PointID f ie l d, and the sort ing fo l lows st andard character sort order. This aff ects the order of

output of log reports, of records in graphic and text t ables, and of boreholes in object selectordropdowns. There are si tuati ons in w hich you need t o speci fy a cust om sort ord er f or boreholes so t hat

t hey output in a di f f erent order f rom t he defaul t . This is accompl ished by adding a GintPointSort f i e l d

t o t he POINT table. To demonst rate t h is (using training.gpj and training.glb f r om the St andard Data

Fi les for Al l Tut or ia ls) , do t he fo l lowing:

1. Go t o INPUT Lithology and c l ick t he ob ject se lector d rop-down ar row. Not ice tha t t he order

is B-1 , B-2 , B-3 , CPT-1 , TP-1 ( fo l lowed by TP-114 , i f present) . Press Esc.

2. Go t o DATA DESIGN Proj ect Database and open the cur rent p ro j ect ( training.gpj ). Select

POINT in the object selector.

3. Select Tables Point Sort Field. Not ice t ha t GintPointSort has been added t o the bot t om of

t he Fields l ist .

4. Highlight GintPointSort and move i t up by repeatedly cl icking t he Up Arrow icon unti l i t is

between PointID an d HoleDepth in the l i s t .

5. Go t o INPUT Borehole. Ent er t he fo l l

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