Observed Breakouts Editor

The Observed Breakouts Editor is opened via the Observed Breakouts form and is the primary interface for creating, importing and deleting observed breakout data. For breakout creation, you can enter the data manually in the spreadsheet-style table or copy and paste from another source. If your data exists in an external file, you can also import it via this form.

To create breakout data

  1. Click Create/Show in the Observed Breakouts form to open the Observed Breakouts Editor. In the Observed Breakout drop-down box select Create new(see below for instructions on importing breakout data). Type a name into the empty text field, this is the name that will be given to the breakout you create. Once a name is provide you can begin entering the data.

  2. Data can be entered by hand or pasted from an external source into the spreadsheet-style editor. When finished entering data, you can specify MD and reference settings as described below.

    If MD duplicated  Select between skipping duplicate MD values and offsetting duplicate MD values with a specified increment.

    Choosing the Skip MD option causes the application to keep only the first set of values for a duplicated MD. In the image below, only the first value for the MD of 5318.51 is kept and the three trailing values are discarded.

         click to enlarge

    Instead of discarding duplicate values, an offset can be added by selecting the Add offset of option. The default offset option is 0.01 meters, meaning each duplicate MD value is increased by 0.01 meters. In the example of the image above, the result of the offset is that, instead of having four values of 5318.51m, there would then be values of 5318.51, 5318.52, 5318.53, and 5318.54 in the resulting log.

    Referenced position  Select the breakout reference:

    • GEO (Geological north)
    • TOH (Top of hole)
    • BOH (Bottom of hole)

    This is the reference indication added to the created log. Note that no conversion of the data is taking place when changing the reference. Reference is for bookkeeping.

  3. After you entered the data and specified any log creation settings click Create to generate the new logs. The following logs are created:

    • Breakout height
    • Breakout position
    • Breakout width
    • Hole azimuth
    • Hole deviation

These logs are located in the Azimuth, Inclination, Thickness, and Width Angle log categories.

Log naming convention

The following is the naming convention for logs created in the Observed Breakouts Editor:

[log type] [reference of breakout position], [observed breakout name] [case name]

Observed breakout logs in the JewelExplorer    click to enlarge

The observed breakout name is the name given in the top field of the Observed Breakouts Editor. In the image, the Breakout Position and Hole Azimuth logs are shown for a new breakout named OB Example 1. Here you can see how the naming convention is applied. In the case of OB Example 1, all five of the created logs are named using this naming convention.

To import breakout data

  1. Click Create/Show in the Observed Breakouts form to open the Observed Breakouts Editor. In the Observed Breakout drop-down box select Import to open the Import Imager File dialog.
  2. Navigate to the location of your saved breakout data. Click the file and click Open. Upon clicking Open, the logs are loaded into your solution and the data appears in the spreadsheet-style editor. You can find the logs in the JewelExplorer in the Azimuth, Inclination, Thickness, and Width Angle log categories. The same naming conventions applied to created logs (as described in the Log naming convention section above) are applied to the imported logs.
  3. The data can be edited, if necessary, and the log creation settings can also be changed if, for instance, you want to use a different reference. Note that you will need to click Apply or OK to update the logs if you make any changes to the data or log creation options.

The Observed Breakouts Editor toolbar

You can manage the observed breakouts in your solution via the toolbar, which allows you to copy, rename, and delete cases.

Copies the currently selected breakout. When copying a breakout, the extension '(1)' is appended to the name. The new breakout becomes the active breakout.
Opens the Rename dialog, where a new name can be given for the active breakout.
Deletes the active breakout.