Draw Settings
Horizontal Scale: This value sets the overall drawing scale that many other options in the dialog reference for scaling. This allows you to quickly change the size the geologic columns with a single value.Vertical Scale: This value, relative to the Horizontal Scale, determines the vertical exaggeration. For example, a Horizontal Scale of 50 and a Vertical Scale of 10 will produce a 5X vertical exaggeration.
Grid Options: This button will open the below dialog. These settings adjust the axis lines drawn behind the drillhole itself.
Grid Interval: This value sets the grid line spacing for the Elevation and Depth axes. For example, a Interval of 25 will draw a tick/grid line every 25 ft/m of elevation change.Column Width Scaler: This value, relative to the Horizontal Scale, determines the width of the geologic column. For example, a Column Width Scaler of 0.15 and a Horizontal Scale of 100 will produce a column with a width of 15 drawing units. Text Size Scaler: This value, relative to the Horizontal Scale, set the text size labels for strata labels.
Text Interval: This value sets the text intervals for the Elevation and Depth axes. For example, a Text Interval of 100 will draw an elevation/depth label every 100 ft/m of elevation change.
Draw Elevation Axis: This option will draw an elevation axis for the background grid.
Draw Depth Axis: This option will draw a depth axis (vertical line) through the individual drillholes.
Station Interval: This value sets the grid line spacing for Station axis. For example, a Interval of 25 will draw a tick/grid line every 25 ft/m along the length of the fence polyline.
Grid Layer: This option sets the layer for the background grid.
Grid Style: This option controls how the grid will be drawn.
The Grid Lines option will draw a true grid with lines spanning the appropriate axes.
The Ticks Only option will draw the grid axes, but instead of full lines spanning the axes, small tick marks will be placed along each axis.
The Ticks and Dots option will draw tick marks along each axis, as well as points where true grid lines would intersect.
Hatch Scaler: This value is only used when the Fill by Hatch option is selected. This value, relative to the hatch scales in the current Strata Definition File, determines the hatch scale of each strata's hatch pattern. For example, a Hatch Scaler of 5 and a strata with a defined hatch scale of 2 will produce a hatch pattern with a scale of 10. If a strata is not found in the Strata Definition File, the Hatch Scaler will be multiplied by a value of 5 to set the hatch scale of the strata.
Group Entities: This option will draw each column as a group of entities (not to be confused with a block entity).
Draw Strata Connections: This option will draw polylines connecting similar strata between drillholes. Note that if a strata pinches out between columns, this pinchout will not be drawn. After clicking OK on the dialog, you will be prompted for the strata to connect, as shown below. Note that the bed names are not usable by the Geotech module and may be ignored.
Sort Strata: This button will sort the list alphabetically by Strata Name.Draw Existing Ground Profile: This option will draw a profile of the existing ground.
Draw Design Profile: This option will draw a profile of the design surface.
Profile Options: This button will display the below dialog to set the layers for the Existing Ground and Design Profiles.
Label Settings
No Labels: This option will turn off labeling for the drilholes and will also ghost out all labeling options in the dialog.
Draw Labels as:
This option controls the type of text that is used for labels.
The DText option will use a standard text entity for
labels.
The MText option will use MText (multi-line text) entities
for labels.
The MLeader option will use Multileader entities for labels,
which are simply MText entities attached to a leader line.
Label Options: This button will open the below dialog
to control labels specific to each strata layer.
Elevation/Thickness/Depth Decimals: These options control the number of decimals to display for elevation, thickness, and depth labels, respectively.
Elevation/Thickness/Depth Prefix: These text strings set the prefix for elevation/thickness/depth labels, respectively.
Label Layer: This option sets the layer for the strata labels. Clicking the Set button will display the list of existing layers in the drawing.
Label Style: This text string sets the text style for the labels. The Set button may be used to select a pre-existing text style. Text styles may be edited via the STYLE command.
Label Northing and Easting: This option will draw a label of the Northing and Easting coordinates for each column.
Label Surface Elevation: This option will draw a label of the Surface Elevation for each column.
Label Drillhole Name: This option will draw a label of the Drillhole Name for each column.
Label Drillhole Descriptions: This option will draw a label of the Drillhole Description for each column.
Label Drillhole Depth: This option will draw a label of the maximum depth for each column.
Label Offset Distance for Projected Method: This option is only applied when the Horizontal Alignment is set to the Projected option. This option will draw a label indicating the perpendicular distance from the column to the alignment polyline.
Label Water Level: This option will draw a label of the water table elevation in the column. When this option is selected, the Water Level Attribute must match the name of the water level attribute defined in the drillhole. Note that the water level is an attribute of the drillhole itself; it should not be listed as an attribute of a particular strata.
Northing Prefix/Suffix: These two text strings will set the prefix and suffix for the label of the column Northing coordinate.
Easting Prefix/Suffix: These two text strings will set the prefix and suffix for the label of the column Easting coordinate.
Elevation Prefix/Suffix: These two text strings will set the prefix and suffix for the label of the column Surface Elevation.
Offset Prefix/Suffix: This option will only be applied when the Horizontal Alignment is set to the Projected option. These two text strings will set the prefix and suffix for the label of the column Offset from the fence alignment polyline.
Label Position: This option determines where the drillhole label is drawn.
If the Above Drillhole option is selected, the label will be center justified above the column.
If the On Side option is selected, the label will be drawn to the right of the column.Drillhole Text Layer: This option sets the layer for the drillhole labels. The Set button may be used to select a pre-existing layers.
Drillhole Text Style: This text string will set the text style for the drillhole label. The Set button may be used to select a pre-existing text style. Text styles may be edited via the STYLE command.
Drillhole Text Size Scaler: This value, relative to the Horizontal Scale, set the text size labels for the drillhole labels. For example, a Text Size Scaler of 0.15 and a Horizontal Scale of 100 will produce a label with a height of 15 drawing units.
Label Strata:
This option will draw labels for
each strata found in the drillhole. All strata label options will
be ghosted when this option is not selected.
Strata to Label: This
option will determine which strata are labeled.
The All option will label all strata.
The Selected option will prompt you to select the strata to
label.
The Fit-Only option will only draw a label if the strata is
thick enough to place a label without having to adjust the label
position to avoid overlaps.
Elevation Label: This
option determines which elevation will be labeled for each
strata.
If the None option is selected, no elevation label will be
drawn.
If the Top Elevation option is selected, the top elevation
of each strata will be labeled.
If the Bottom Elevation option is selected, the bottom
elevation of each strata will be labeled.
Depth Label: This
option determines which depth will be labeled for each
strata.
If the None option is
selected, no depth label will be drawn.
If the Top Depth option is selected, the depth to the top of
each strata will be labeled.
If the Bottom Depth option is selected, the
depth to the bottom of each
strata will be labeled.
Layer and Color Settings
Strata Layers: This
option will determine which CAD Layers are used for each strata in
the column.
If the Individually option is used, each strata will be
drawn on the CAD Layer specified in the Strata Definition File. If
the strata is not found in the Strata Definition File, each strata
will be drawn on a CAD Layer matching the name of the strata.
If the All Same option is selected, all strata will be drawn
on the CAD Layer specified just to the right of this option.
The ellipsis button may be used
to select a pre-existing CAD Layer.
Fill by: This option determines the
hatch pattern for each strata.
If the Outline Only option is selection, no hatch pattern
will be drawn.
If the Hatch option is selected, the strata will be filled
with the hatch specified in the Strata Definition File. If a strata
is not found in the Strata Definition File, the strata will be
hatched with the ANSI31 pattern.
If the Solid Fill option is selected, all strata will be
hatch with the SOLID hatch pattern.
Use Strata Def: This option allow the
use of a different Strata Definition File (which controls layering,
colors, hatching, etc.) other than the one associated with the
drawing. Note that if you leave this option unchecked, the program
will use the settings defined in the Define Drillhole and Strata
Settings command. The ellipsis button will prompt you for this
Strata Definition File.