StrataCalc Data Sheet

This command displays geological data for viewing and editing of the processed values in a spreadsheet view. It could be called an interpolator, as it displays the values that the program interpolates and will use for modeling. Each value can be editing and "forced" or user defined values can be used instead of what is found in the drillhole, or modeled by the program. Each column represents a datapoint, such as a drillhole. The color of each text value represents the source of the data. This StrataCalc file (*.STC) will then be used for the modeling. Any time the program prompts "Select Drillholes", if none are selected and Enter is chosen, then the program will ask for the StrataCalc file. It will use this file and the values in it for the modeling. This is a great tool for controlling the geology. If a few drillholes are troublesome and not modeling correctly, the user can edit this file to what they want to use and create a more accurate model. The first window is to choose the source of the data, either the drillholes on screen, or to load an existing STC file. Then the Data Sheet comes up for viewing and editing.

• Select Attribute: The dropdown controls the values to display and edit in the spreadsheet. It will always have Thickness, Bottom Elevation and Top Elevation. Any other user defined attributes will also be here for control.
  

• Right click to view/change source type: When placing the pointer on a cell and right clicking the mouse, the menu displays the possible sources of the value. The source used is the one with the check mark next to it. The source can be changed by picking a different one, and the color of the text in the cell would then change to represent that.
  

  

• Constant Thickness: If Constant Thickness toggle is ON,  then when the user updates the top elevation, the thickness will be kept constant and the bottom elevation will be changed (bot elev = top elev – thick). If the bottom elevation is changed thickness will remain constant and top elevation be changed (top elev = bottom elev + thick). If the toggle is OFF, then if elevation is changed the thickness will also be updated accordingly. (thick = top elev = bot elev)
  
• Apply: This will apply the changes made to the spreadsheet the update the colors and values.
  
• Report: There are three options to see the values in a text report: Report All Data, Report Current Attribute, or Report to HTML. The HTML report takes the current spreadsheet view of the data and puts it into HTML format. The other two reports output to the report formatter.
  

• Save/Load to File: This saves the changes to  the STC file, or loads an existing STC file.
• Read Drillholes: Choosing this will bring up two options on how the drillholes should be loaded into the spreadsheet. They can either append and merge, or replace the holes if they already exist.
  

• Search Drillhole: To find a drillhole in the spreadsheet, chose this option and enter in the drillhole name. It will scroll to it and highlight the drillhole column of cells.
  

• Color Options: This is a customizable window to set which color the text will be displayed in the spreadsheet. There are seven main sources of the data: Drillhole, Strata Polyline, Channel Samples, Pinchout value, Seam Stacking value, User Defined, and an Invalid Attribute (out of the range of Define Attributes file).
  

Prompts

chinterp
Select drillholes, channel samples and strata polylines. (select the entities)
Select objects: Specify opposite corner: 294 found
Reading drillhole 294
Finding splits ...
Finding pinch out ...
Calculating seam stacking ...
Processing only strata with beds.
Attribute Definitions missing (this is because the Define Attributes are empty)

Keyboard Command: chinterp