Dips

File Output :

Export to Excel

JTDIST utility program—define up to five synthetic joint sets, generate a Dips file

Save processed file

Filtering / Attribute Analysis :

Create charts or symbolic pole plots based on any data column in the file

Edit symbols, create symbol master list

Filter by set

Histogram, line or pie charts

Plot qualitative/quantitative data

Powerful database query, easily create data subsets

Input Data :

Curved borehole analysis—input collar and survey files

Declination for magnetic/azimuth correction

Distance column

Integrated spreadsheet

Linear/planar orientation data

Quantity column for multiple identical data entries

Unlimited number of columns for additional data

Jointing Analysis :

Joint Frequency (unweighted or weighted)

Joint Set Spacing (true spacing or apparent spacing)

Metric or Imperial units

Plot selected traverses or all traverses

RQD Analysis (discrete or moving interval)

Kinematic Analysis :

Apply declination to slope dip direction

Apply Terzaghi weighting to pole count

Direct toppling

Export results to Excel

Flexural toppling

Highlight critical zones

Highlight slope plane on stereonet

Lateral limits

Planar sliding

Poles, dip vectors, intersections

Kinematic sensitivity analysis: sensitivity plots of slope dip, dip direction, friction angle, lateral limits, for planar sliding, wedge sliding, toppling analysis

Wedge sliding

Orientation Formats :

Dip/Dip direction

Multiple formats in one file using traverses

Oriented core (alpha/beta)

Strike/Dip (right or left hand rule for strike)

Trend/Plunge (linear data)

Projections :

Equal angle, equal area

Upper/lower hemisphere

Statistical Analysis :

Best fit plane through poles (fold analysis)

Confidence and variability cones

Fisher distributions for contour plots

Fuzzy cluster analysis for automatic detection of joint sets

Global mean vector

Mean vector calculation

Statistics listed in Info Viewer

User-defined set windows for orientation (pole) clusters

Stereonet Plots :

3D stereosphere

Contour arbitrary data on stereonet

Contour plot

Customize display options

Overlay of contours, poles, planes, intersections

Planes plot

Pole or dip vector mode

Pole plot

Plot traverse orientations on stereonet

Rosette plot

Scatter plot

Symbolic plot

View intersections

Stereonet Toolkit :

Add planes (rubber plane for interactive data analysis)

Data rotation about arbitrary axis

Daylight envelopes for sliding analysis in slope design

Drawing tools, text annotations

Intersection calculator

Onscreen angle measurement

Onscreen pole identification

Plot lineations on planes

Polar/equatorial grid overlay

Small circles about any axis (e.g. friction circles, toppling bounds)

User-defined trend/strike reference line

Traverses :

Bias correction (Terzaghi weighting)

Borehole (oriented core)

Clinorule

Curved borehole (oriented core)

Curved borehole (televiewer)

Linear (e.g. scanline)

Linear borehole (televiewer)

Planar (e.g. wall map)

Viewing Options :

Current view state saved with file

Global undo/redo

Improved printing with customizable headers and footers

Interactive graphical editing

Save plots to .bmp, .jpg, .metafile, .png, .gif

Sidebar for quick access to display