Edit Cross Section

3D View Tools: Edit Cross Section

Use the Edit Cross Section window to edit the name, color, and behavior of the cross section, and determine which surfaces and faults are projected onto the surface of the section. You can open this window by clicking on a cross section name in the Edit column of the 3D Cross Section Display Controls dialog box.

Cross Section Parameters

Name: Enter a new name for the cross section. This change will be applied throughout the project.

Color: Click on the color field to open the Color Table and select or change the cross section color. This color is applied to the outside boundary of the cross section.

Snap Mode: Determine how the well locations and cross section nodes are handled.

XY Node: You can place cross section nodes in the area between wells using the XY coordinates. When the wells are displayed in Cross Section View window, the wells are projected into the cross section based on their proximity as define by the distance value in the Projection Buffer in the Basemap Cross Section Controls dialog box.

Snap to Well TD: Create a well-to-well cross section. When you create a cross section, the line snaps to the nearest well position.

Follow Well Path: When you place a node at a well, the section will follow the deviated well path.

Zone Fill Direction: Indicate if the fill should be extended from the surface downward or upward. This is applied to the entire cross section.

Downward Zone Fill: The fill is applied from the selected surface downwards.

Upward Zone Fill: The fill is applied form the selected surface upwards.

Surfaces and Faults Tabs

Use the Surfaces and Faults tabs to select the surfaces and faults you want projected onto the cross section in the 3D View window, and adjust their display properties.

Deselect All: Remove the check mark from the Display column for all surfaces on all tabs.

/More/Less: Click to display additional columns so you can adjust the properties of each surface. Click to limit the available columns.

Column Definitions

The following is a list of definitions for the columns found of the Framework tab. Note that not all other tabs only have the columns specific to each data type. You need to move data to the Framework tab from the Surface Display and Data dialog box in the3D View window.

Display: Place a check mark next to each surface you want to display.

Name: The name and color of the surface. Click on the name to open the Change Surface Color dialog box to change the color of the surface for the entire project. On every other tab, click on the name to open the Copy Surface or Change Surface Color dialog box to create a copy of the surface with a different name, or change the surface color of the surface for the entire project.

Category: The surface type. This informational column is useful on the Framework tab where multiple data types can be present.

ID: Any value other than “-1” indicates that the data was loaded from OpenWorks. This column is for information only.

Line Width: The thickness of the surface line in the cross section display. This can be set to Thin, Medium, or Thick. The line is drawn in the surface color, as indicated in the Name column.

Fill Style: The fill style associated with the surface. This is applied downward or upward, depending on the Zone Fill Direction selection.

Fill Color: Click on the cell to open the Color Table and change the fill color.

Opacity: The opacity of the surface fill. "1" indicates that the surface is fully opaque, and "0" indicates that the surface is fully transparent. Click in individual fields to enter values or use the up and down arrows. Clicking on the column header will change the Opacity value for all filled surfaces in increments of 0.1.

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