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RockWare, Inc is pleased to announce RockWorks2006, the latest version of our flagship software program! RockWorks has long been the standard in the petroleum, environmental, geotechnical and mining industry for subsurface data visualization because of popular tools such as maps, logs, cross sections, fence diagrams, solid models and volumetrics.

RockWorks gives you numerous options for analyzing your subsurface data, and accepts many different data types, such as stratigraphy, lithology, downhole data, fracture data and hydrology and aquifer data. 

Key Features

RockWorks 3D Solid Models
Use RockWorks to create continuous models of your downhole quantitative data (geochemistry, geophysical, geotechnical), your lithology intervals, and/or your fractures^NEW. For quantitative data, a variety of modeling algorithms are available; lithology and fracture modeling use data-specific processes.
Display the solid model as an isosurface or as all-voxels in the 3D viewer. Filter for specific data values (lithology types or measured values). 3D strip logs can be appended automatically^NEW.
Morph multiple, time-based solid models for an animated display^NEW.

RockWorks Cross Sections
In addition to displaying your borehole data as logs and log sections, RockWorks2006 also allows you to create cross sections of interpolated (modeled) data: lithology distribution, stratigraphic layers, quantitative data distribution (geochemistry, geophysics, geotechnical), fracture proximities^NEW, aquifer surfaces.
Both single-panel profiles and multi-panel sections are available. Panel endpoints can be defined interactively in a map window, or they can be read from an endpoint list.
All include automatic section location maps^NEW, detailed coordinate annotation^NEW, and logs can be appended automatically ^NEW.
Use ReportWorks to create stunning page layouts with maps, legends, scale bars, and more.

RockWorks vertical and directional logs
Include any combination of the following borehole data items in your RockWorks logs:

• Well name
• Depth labels
• Stratigraphy colors/patterns/text
• Lithology colors/patterns/text
• 1 or 2 interval-data bargraphs
• 1 or 2 point-data curves
• Aquifer levels
• Well symbols and pattern blocks
• Fractures (3D only)
• ^NEW Raster images (BMP, JPG, TIF)

RockWorks2006 new features

 New Database Features: Borehole data is stored in an Access-compatible (.MDB) database. This has many benefits, including:

• Relational integrity: The database keeps track of records in linked tables, such a stratigraphic unit for a borehole linking to the stratigraphy type table. This prevents accidental deletions (you can't delete a data table with linked fields), and allows for data updates (if you rename a formation from "Aquifer-1" to "Upper Aquifer", then all boreholes referencing that formation would be updated automatically).
• Data validation: Numerical values are checked and stored, preventing entry of alphabetical characters. Date fields (like Water Level Dates) are validated to be actual date/time values.
• Easy-to-use Queries: RockWorks contains some built-in query tools, that allow you (for example) to enable all boreholes that contain a particular formation or lie within a specific area. In addition, advanced users could use Access for detailed queries.
• New fields may now be added to the Borehole-Manager Location tab by right-clicking in the Optional Fields area of the Borehole Manager.
• Control display of which data tabs (tables) are displayed in the Borehole Manager.
• Data "Type" tables:
• Lithology, Stratigraphy, and Well Construction Type table tools: Specify which are displayed in legends, and have the program turn off any materials not present in the database.
• I-Data and P-Data "type" tables define data ranges, range checking, detection limits.

New 2D and 3D Striplog Layout Tools

• All-new log designer for 2D and 3D logs - change column positions using click-and-drag.
• Added data types and log columns:
1. The maximum number of I-Data columns has been increased from two to four.
2. The maximum number of P-Data columns has been increased from two to four.
3. The relative position of all data columns may be easily changed by simply dragging them from side to side.
4. I-Data may now increase from left-to-right or right-to-left.
5. P-Data may now increase from left-to-right or right-to-left.
6. I-Data values may now be plotted in a separate column.
7. A new well-construction column is used to depict casings, screen, pumps, etc.
8. A new column has been added for displaying fracture data as "tadpole" symbols.
9. A new column has been added for displaying directional (e.g. flow) data as "tadpole" symbols.
10. The borehole title is now centered above the column axis which may be repositioned anywhere within the log.
11. The lithology text column may now include the entire descriptions as well as the keywords.

New and Improved RockPlot2D Graphics!

• Edit all 2D graphic entities: Click and drag to move, double-click to edit.
• RockPlot2D Drawing tools - insert legends/shapes/text/symbols.

Raster Log Calibration

• A new Raster Log Calibrator simplifies the process of depth registering raster logs and identifying the "header base" and "footer top".

New and Improved Imports and Exports

• Expanded Excel and ASCII data imports.
• Import and Export LogPlot data.
• Import LAS data.
• Import IHS Well data.

Null Values

• Null value support for all grid and solid model operations.

Stratigraphy Modeling Tools

• Turn off surface interpolation for stratigraphic models.
• Render thin layers transparent.