Drawing Cross-Sections on Fence Reports


 

  
 Applies To 
  
 Product(s):gINT Professional, gINT Professional Plus
 Version(s):N/A
 Environment: N/A
 Area: Report-Fence
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 Original Author:Kathleen Holcomb, Bentley Technical Support Group
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Cross-Sections on Fence Reports

Using the DRAWINGS application group, you can manually draw contour regions on the output from a fence report. 

Do the following:

  1.  Download the sample project and library from: communities.bentley.com/.../download.aspx

  2. Unzip the sample project and library.  Here are instructions for doing this: communities.bentley.com/.../using-gint-downloaded-examples.aspx

  3. Go to REPORT DESIGN->Fences. 

  4. Go to File>Change Library.  Select training.GLB and click Open.

  5. Select ‘STRATIGRAPHY & GW - A SIZE’ in the object selector.

  6. Double-click on the graphic column entity.

  7. In the Configuration tab, specify a Print Order of ‘1’. Click OK.

    The object with the highest Print Order prints on top of the other objects in the report. We will want to draw section polygons that print behind the fenceposts generated by this entity.

  8. Go to OUTPUT->Fences.

  9. In the Source File field, select surfaces.gpj.

  10. In the PointID field, select boreholes ‘B- 1’ through ‘B-10’.

  11. Ensure that the Surfaces field is empty.

  12. Preview the report (enter a Diagram Name of ‘Fence with Cross-Sections’).

  13. Click the Edit File tab.

  14. In the file browser window that appears, name the file cross-sections.GDW and save it in \gINT\drawings. You are automatically moved to DRAWINGS->General Drawings, with the new .GDW file displayed:

  15. Click the drop-down arrow on the layer selector list. Select any layer other than ‘0’. This is so in the next step, hiding layer ‘0’, will work.

  16. Click the Layer Properties   icon. The LAYER PROPERTIES dialog box appears.

  17. In the first row (Name = 0), check the Hide checkbox. This hides the grid, axes and other background elements, making it easier to draw.

  18. Add a new layer in the bottom row. Set the Name to ‘sections’ and the color to ‘Very Light Gray’. Click OK.

  19. Click the drop-down list to the right of the Layer Properties icon and select ‘SECTIONS’. This is now the active layer, and objects you draw will be included in it.
  20. Click the Zoom Window  tool and specify a zoom rectangle that just surrounds the set of fenceposts.
  21. Select the Polyline  tool, and click the Snap to Midpoint  and Snap Lock  icons. Snap Lock keeps the Snap to Midpoint setting active until you turn it off.

  22. Click the top line of the top lithology layer in the first (leftmost) fencepost. Moving to the right, click the top line of this layer in each fencepost.

  23. While on the rightmost fencepost, click the bottom line of the top lithology layer. Moving left, click on this bottom line on each fencepost.

  24. Click the Close button at lower right in the gINT window. This converts the polyline to a closed solid.

  25. Double-click one of the line segments in the cross-section polygon. The POLYLINE PROPERTIES dialog box appears.

  26. In the Main tab, click the Browse  button to the right of Fill Type[!Symbol] and specify a Type of ‘Matl’ and a Symbol of ‘SM’. This sets the fill pattern for the polygon to the same symbol used in the fence report for this lithology layer.

  27. In the Configuration tab, specify a Print Order of zero. This ensures that the polygon prints behind the fenceposts, which have a Print Order of ‘1’, but on top of the report background. Also specify an Override Fill Color of ‘Very Light Red’. Click OK. The polygon is filled in with the pattern.

    Note: The colors and print order in design view do not reflect the final output. The colors in this mode identify individual layers.

  28. Click the Layer Properties  icon, and un-check the Hide property for the background (Name=0) layer. Click OK. The report background elements are revealed.

  29. Click the Preview  icon. The drawing preview appears.

    Notice that the cross-section polygon is the correct color (red) and lies behind the fenceposts. However, the vertical lines in the ‘SM’ material symbol are too spread out. We’ll deal with this in a minute.

  30. Close the preview. Click Save .

  31. To complete the drawing, perform the following steps:

    1. Select Layer Properties  and hide the background layer. Click OK.

    2. Draw and close a new polyline encircling the next lithology layer (with Snap to Midpoint and Snap Lock settings active again).

    3. Double-click the new polygon, and change the Fill Type[!Symbol] in the Main tab to ‘CLS’ and the Override Fill Color in the Configuration tab to ‘Very Light Blue’.

    4. Repeat the polygon drawing process for the remaining two lithology layers. Use these symbol and color settings:

      Lithology Layer

      Fill Type[!Symbol]

      Override Fill Color

      3rd layer

      GPS

      Very Light Cyan

      4th layer

      LINEMISC05

      Very Light Green

    5. Unhide the background layer, and preview the drawing (then close the preview).

    6. To export to a graphic file type such as DXF, PDF or JPG, you would select File Import/Export and choose the appropriate export option.

Designing a New Symbol for the Top Layer

The vertical lines in the ‘SM’ symbol, used for representing silty sand in lithology layers, doesn't function correctly. We want the top layer of our cross-section diagram to match the fill in the top layer of the fenceposts. To achieve this, we will create a new material composite symbol.

Do the following:

  1. Save the drawing, then select SYMBOL DESIGN->Material.

  2. Select ‘SM’ in the object selector. Select File->Copy Page. Enter ‘SM LAYER’ for the Page Name to Copy To, and click OK.

  3. Notice that the composite symbol consists of two superimposed tiles (both are from 0% to 100%). The first is a sand tile and the second is a vertical line tile. It’s the vertical line tile that needs to be replaced.

  4. Click in the ‘Tile!linevrt12’ cell in the Fill Type![Symbol] column. Click the Browse  icon and select a Type of ‘TILE’ and a Symbol of ‘LINEVRT01’. Click OK.

  5. In the ‘LINEVRT01’ row, specify a Scale value of 1.5. This spreads out the lines in the symbol.

  6. Click the Preview icon. Notice that there are more lines, spaced more closely together.

  7. Go to DRAWINGS->General Drawings and open the cross-sections.gdw file.

  8. Double-click on the top cross-section layer. In the POLYLINE PROPERTIES window, change the Fill Type[!Symbol] value to ‘Matl!sm layer’. Click OK.

  9. Preview the report. The top layer looks better now.

  10. Close the preview.