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3-D Example Feature of Plan Plus With the advances of microcomputer speed and memory technology, producing good three dimensional images can be done quickly with reasonable resolution. Isopach maps and top and bottom structure maps give a three dimensional representation on a two dimensional surface. With a computer, these maps can be displayed in three dimensions. Any three dimensional object display on a computer screen must to rotated and tilted to view all sides and aspects. Below, an isopach map is displayed using PLANPLUS 2002’s three dimensional graphs.
To generate this graph, the user simply chooses the 3-D icon and in less than a minute the image was generated. Once the image is created, the user can change the line resolution and height scale. The angle of display can also be changed by clicking top, bottom, up, and down arrows. Below is the same map tilted. By looking at a map from different angles, the use can study it from a variety of directions.
The 3-D graphing provides that the 2-D map to be included as shown in the above examples. An alternative to lines creating the 3-D image is a layer graph. Each layer is presented in a different color.
Where the user has a top and bottom structure map, these are graphed in different colors with the top structure amp above the bottom structure amp. Again, this map can be rotated and tilted. Another interesting map which can be generated presents the results form the Radial Plan portion of PLANPLUS 2002. The computed drainage is highlighted in white with non-drainage area displayed in color.
These 3-D graphs created by PLANPLUS 2002 can be printed in color or black and white. Also the images can be saved on the Window’s Clipboard or read into other programs such as Word or CorelDraw. The three dimensional graphs are just one of the features of PLANPLUS 2002. PLANPLUS 2002 also proved planimetering using a digitizing tablet, computing drainage area from volumetrics, discretizing map information, computing map volume and reserves, and creating isopach maps from top and bottom structure maps.
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