Borehole Editor

Create new boreholes in the drawing or edits and existing borehole. Before creating boreholes you may wish to set a Strata Table current in MapWorks Settings and/or edit the Strata Table.

Keyboard Command: GeoBorEdt

• New: Immediately clears the editor and sets up for entry of a new borehole.
• Open: Immediately replaces the current contents of the editor with the selected file.
• Save: Saves the contents of the editor to a file.
• Default: Sets the current layout (fields & columns) as the default for new boreholes.
• Print: Initializes the Print function with its own controls and preview.
• Cut: Cuts the selected data from the grid, moving it to the clipboard.
• Copy: Copies the selected data to the clipboard.
• Paste: Pastes the contents of the clipboard to the grid.
• Row:
  • Delete: Deletes the currently selected row.
  • Insert: Inserts a row at the current position. If you are on the header tab, you will be prompted for the field name.
  • Add: Adds a new row at the bottom. If you are on the header tab, you will be prompted for the field name.
• Help: Displays the help file.

New Borehole Creation:

1. Enter all values in the Basic Properties section.
2. Optionally enter additional information in the Header Fields section.
3. Enter the borehole data in the spreadsheet.
4. Save the borehole at any time with the Save button.

Existing Borehole Edit:

1. Click the Open button and select a borehole in the drawing.
2. Make changes as desired.
3. Save the borehole at any time with the Save button.

Notes:

• The first time a borehole is saved a symbol will appear in the drawing at the coordinates entered. Further saves will modify the extended data on that existing symbol. All data is stored in the drawing.
• Code, Description, Thick, Depth, and Elevation fields must exist and be the first columns in the data section.