ODM User Forum/What's New in ODM 3.6

Chart Toolbar

Tim Martin
posted this on August 26, 2009 12:07 pm

A new toolbar on the top of each Chart gives access to frequently-used commands, and also includes some new functionality.

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The chart toolbar lets you do all that you'd expect...

  • Refresh, Save and Print a chart, and modify it's Properties
  • Export a chart directly to PDF
  • Access the Ties Manager
  • Delete selected chart objects, and undo and redo functions
  • Move selected wellstick panels to the left or right
  • View the chart in Preview Mode ('PREVIEW' now appears in window title)

Plus shortcuts to some very useful (and some new) tools...

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Email a Chart

Email a chart you are working on to a colleague as an EMF or PDF. If you've maintained a list of Database Users and email addresses, you can quickly select other users of the ODM database as recipients.

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Wellstick Properties

Quickly specify the properties of selected wellsticks, without having to open the Chart Manager.

Select the depth scale in which you want to display the wellstick(s), from: MD (Measured Depth), TVD (True Vertical Depth), TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Sub-Sea), TWT (two-way-time) or Chronostratigraphic Age.

There are now 3 ways to set the depth range (top and base depth) of wellsticks:

  • Manually type in the top and base depths
  • Click one of the arrow buttons to manually pinpoint a depth on the wellstick
  • Or click one of the browse buttons to select the depth from a data range (e.g. Lithostratigraphy - Group)

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Wellstick Separation

Specify the distance between wellsticks, choosing from:

  • A fixed distance separation (in metres)
  • The well surface positions, based on lat/long or grid coordinates
  • Or a geological event occurring in each well, e.g. the top of a particular lithostratigraphic unit. Note that the event must occur in all wells on the chart.

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Wellstick Depth Axes

Quickly switch the depth axes for selected wellsticks, selecting from: MD (Measured Depth), TVD (True Vertical Depth), TVDSS (True Vertical Depth Sub-Sea), TWT (Two-way-time) or Chronostratigraphic Age.

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Wellstick Vertical Scale

Quickly set the vertical scale for selected wellsticks.

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Group and Alignment Tools

Group or ungroup selected chart objects (doesn’t matter what they are) that you want to move as a single object. You can also select several panels and press the G or U keys on your keyboard to group/ungroup panels.

Options to align selected chart objects.

You can also now ‘nudge’ panels by pressing the control key in addition to the arrow keys. This will nudge the selected panels a small distance in the required direction.

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Take a Snapshot of the Chart

Take a snapshot of the whole chart or a selected area (image copied to clipboard)

Also, you'll find that the zoom toolbar (new and improved!) has moved to the bottom of each Chart...

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What do you think of the new Chart toolbar? Any suggestions for improvement?

 

 
 

Comments

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Scotting, Mike
Talisman

Will you also be able to display against TWT in v 3.6?

September 16, 2009 05:13 pm.
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Tim Martin
ODM Support

Yes - we intend to include a TWT option.

September 21, 2009 12:04 pm.
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Philip Copestake
Merlin

I don't understand why you have put the zoom toolbar to the bottom right hand corner of the chart.  Very useful to have this toolbar, but it is tedious to have to move the pointer all the way to the furthest point away from the other toolbars.  When working with large screens, or two side by side screens, this is especially tedious.  There is plenty of room for this toolbar alongside the existing chart toolbar, which would definitely be the best place for it in my view.

October 06, 2010 02:40 pm.
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