Event

On the Input tab of the Event form, select the input data for the events that will be shown downhole:

Input

Event File

Double-click (or click on the Select icon) to select the name of the file that contains the data you want to display. Select the Filter check box if you want to apply a filter to the file.

Enter a Filter Number in the adjacent box. Double click (F3) to see a list of existing filters. Right click (F4) to open the dialog box where you can create a new filter.

A filter can be useful when you want to apply a restriction on a field other than the one being displayed, for example, to show the assays in a particular zone, or show the assays for specific holes.

Ticks

Select this option to display ticks rather than symbols. The Offset distance and the Size factor you specify are applied to the symbols, or to the ticks (when this check box is selected).

Length

Specify a tick length

Line style

Select a line style. A preview of each style is shown in the drop-down list. A variety of solid, dotted, and dashed line styles are available for selection.

Line thickness

Use the drop-down menu to select a (THIN, MEDIUM, THICK or other) line thickness.

Symbols

Select this option to display symbols rather than ticks. The Offset distance and the Size factor you specify are applied to the symbols, or to the ticks (when this check box is selected).

Symbol field

Specify the name of a field (in the input file) containing symbol identifiers. These text or numeric values are used with a Symbol set (see below).

Symbol set

Double click (F3) to select the set that will be used to determine the symbol that will be displayed. The symbol set maps symbols to text strings or numeric ranges. This determines a symbol for each value in the chosen (mapped) field. Right click (F4) to create or edit a symbol set.

Default Symbol

Double-click in the Default Symbol box to select the symbol to be used when a Symbol field and Symbol set are unspecified or when a symbol value in the specified field is missing or is unable to be mapped.

Double-click the Symbol icon to choose a symbol. You can source symbols from any TrueType or OpenType font.

Angle field

Enter the name of the field containing symbol angle values (0-360°). A value of 0 will display the symbol in its natural orientation. A value of 90 will display the symbol rotated 90° in the clockwise direction.

Default angle

Enter the default angle, in degrees, that will be applied to symbols at points where there is no entry in the symbol angle field.The default is 0°.

Size field

Enter the name of the field containing the factor that will be used to control the symbol size. The default is 1.

Offset distance (symbols)

Specify an offset distance (in grid units) that will be used to display the symbols.