The workspace views and tables

Views and tables allow you to visualize your reservoir model data in various ways. They typically appear in the main view area of the user interface. Each open view has a corresponding tab at the top of the view area. Click on the tabs to switch from one view to another (the tab of the currently shown view is highlighted).

You can also drag the tabs to change their order.

Your views and tables are organized in a tree structure in the View Explorer, which allows you to easily show/hide your views and tables by using the checkboxes. When you are working with multiple views open at the same time, View linking options can help you better visualize, understand, analyze and compare your data.

Views and their tabs    click to enlarge

Important  Solutions with large size and multiple open views affect the solution loading time. JewelSuite optimizes the solution loading process, i.e. lazy loading, such that only the active view along with its associated data and results is loaded immediately after opening the solution. For the other views stacked in the workspace, their data and results are loaded only if you activate the view.

Creating a new view

To create or open a new view, go to Workspace > Views and from the drop-down list select the type of view you wish to create. Alternatively, you can use the shortcut combination to open a specific view, or use the Create option of the context menu in the View Explorer.

View Shortcut
3D View Alt+F1
2D View Alt+F2
Seismic View Alt+F3
Well View Alt+F6
Production Data View Alt+F7
Stratigraphic View Alt+F8
Charts View Alt+F9
CoView Alt+F11

Hiding views

Click the cross inside a tab to hide the corresponding view, or click your middle mouse button or mouse wheel while over the tab.

A third option is to right-click on the tab of a view and select Hide from the context menu. Views that are hidden can be restored using the View Explorer.

Tiling and floating views

By default, your views are displayed on top of each other and selected by clicking the appropriate tab. If you want to see more than one view at a time, you can also tile or float them. To tile your views, right-click on the tab and select New Horizontal Tab Group or New Vertical Tab Group from the context menu. In this way you can see your views next to each other without manually resizing and dragging them around.

To restore your views back to be on top of each other and selectable via their tabs, drag your view and use the Dock Manager to dock it at the desired location.

Particularly if you have multiple monitors, you may wish to float one or more views. This means that they become detached from the main window in their own window so you can drag them where you wish. To float a view, either double click on the corresponding tab, or right-click and select Float from the context menu.

To put a floated view back within the view area, or unfloat it, right-click on the title bar of the view and select Dock from the context menu.

View tab context menu

Right-click on a view’s tab to open a context menu and the following options are available for each view tab.

Hide   Hide the view from the main view area. You can restore a hidden view via the View Explorer.

You can also hide a view by clicking on the cross icon on the right of a View Tab.

Show Show a hidden view in the main view area again. This option only appears in the context menu of a hidden view in the View Explorer.

To rename a view, either double click on a view in the View Explorer, or use the View Inspector (). Views with dedicated names, such as the Seismic View, where the name refers to the selected seismic slice that is on display, cannot be renamed.

Duplicate  Create a copy of the view with all the view settings, except the view linking state.

Link / Unlink

Link Visibility  This option shows/hides objects simultaneously in multiple views. Select this option in all views where you want to link visibility.

Link Camera  This option controls the rotation, panning, zooming and depth/area scaling in multiple views simultaneously. Select this option in all views where you want to link the camera.

Link Cursor  With this option you can see the movement of your mouse cursor in multiple views. Select this option in all the views where you want to see the movement of your mouse cursor.

Float  Detach the view from the main view area so you can drag it. Alternatively, you can double click on a docked view's tab to float it.

Double clicking on a docked view's tab floats the view. Double clicking on the title bar of a floating window switches between full screen and normal size.

Dock  Bring the floating view back to the main view area. This option only appears in the context menu of a floating view's window.

New Horizontal Tab Group  Split the current view area horizontally in half and place the view at the bottom.

New Vertical Tab Group  Split the current view area vertically in half and place the view on the right.

Delete  Delete the view. The view is removed from the View Explorer and cannot be restored.