Overview of Menus

10 Overview of Menus

This program is completely menu and icon driven, and on starting the program you will be presented with one small window, the Toolbar (which contains deformation event icons) and another History window. Control menus are found in the main menu bar. Access to all aspects of the program is via these icons and menus, and each menu will perform a calculation, display a visualisation or create or load a file, sometimes all three at once.

The following table shows the complete menu set, which is in turn followed by a brief description of the purpose of each menu item.

FILE MENU	Handles all file input/output and hardcopy File Menu

New History…	Purge existing memory contents and clear all events.
Read History...	Read from file previously defined sequence of events Read History...
Save History	Save HistoryWrite to file currently defined sequence of events current history file name with
Save History As...	Write to file currently defined sequence of events with new history file name
Save As Defaults	Write currently defined sequence of events as defaults file
Load Reference Images
-> Gravity	Loads .grv gravity image file as reference data for image difference calculations
-> Magnetics	Loads .mag magnetics image file as reference data for image difference calculations
Movie	Load or create a sequence of bitmap capture files for replay as an animated movie of a geological history.
-> Create	Display sequential images showing evolution of geology or geophysics toCreate Movie Display sequential images showing evolution of geology to current state, and simultaneously save out these image to disk..
-> Load	Load an .nmv file for a sequence of bitmap files.
Read Picture (BMP)	Read Picture reads an existing .BMP format file into a new window. This may be useful in order to import sections, geological maps, and geophysical images for comparison with the model results.
Save Picture (BMP)	Saves front window to file in .BMP format.
Save Orientations	Saves as tab delimited text file all orientation data plotted on current line map.
Save Profile	Saves as text file profiles of geophysical data interactively calculated from image window
Page Setup	Alter the printer specifications
Print Page	Prints front window to printer
Licence	Licence and security information and installation.
Quit/Exit	Exit from program

EDIT MENU	Edit MenuHandles editing of program and desk accessories

Undo	Single level of undo available for all changes to contents of history window.
Cut	Cutting removes the event(s) but places it in a temporary clipboard
Copy	Makes a copy of the event(s) and places it in the clipboard
Paste	Pastes the last event(s) copied to the clipboard by a Cut or Copy edit to the History window, so that the next click in the History window will drop the copied event(s).
Clear	Clearing removes the event(s) without keeping a copy,
Duplicate	Makes a copy of the event(s) and immediately pastes it into the window, so that the next click in the History window will drop the duplicated event(s).
Select All	Selects all icons in History window
Tidy Window	Tidy Window does not alter the actual history, it merely compacts the display within the History Window to remove any unfilled spaces between icons.
Project Options	Options for type of calculations, basic units etc
Block Options	Options for block dimensions and resolutions
Movie Options	Defines the options for creating and playback of captured bitmaps.
Geology Display Options	Plot options: block size, scale and specification of topography
Geology Section/Borehole Options	Location, orientation and length associtaed with sections and boreholes.
Geology Volume/Surface Options	Controls line/shade and voxel creation options.
Geophysics Calculation Options	Geophysical Calculation Options: Map or Profile, calculation range and component selection.
Geophysics Survey Options	Earth's field controls (Strength, Inclination and Intensity) plus anisotropy and remanence options. Surface or airborne options.
Geophysics Display Options	Scaling and controls of gravity and magnetics displays.
Window Options	Default window size settings

GEOLOGY MENU	Geology Menu Handles plotting of geology

Block Diagram	Block DiagramPlot discretised block diagram of geology, size of block defined by Plot options window.
Map:	MapPlot map of geology, overlying topographic base if specified. This map may be in turn overlain by orientation data by selection symbol type and event type.
->Solid Colours	Submenu creates solid colour maps
->Lines	Submenu creates line maps with no fill
Topo Map	Topographic Map plot if specified. This map may be overlain by orientation data by selection symbol type and event type.
Section:	SectionPlot vertical oriented section through geology.
->Solid Colours	Submenu creates solid colour sections Solid Colours Submenu creates solid colour sections
->Lines	Submenu creates line sections with no fill
Stratigraphic Column	View all currently defined stratigraphic sequences
Borehole:
-> Generate
->3D	3D view of geology along internally generated borehole
->Schematic	Schematic view of geology along internally generated borehole
-> Import
->3D	3D view of geology along imported borehole
->Schematic	Schematic view of geology along imported borehole
3D Topo	3D Topo3D visualisation of geology draped over topography.
3D Triangulation	3D Layer3D triangulation of stratigraphic layers/ discontinuities
Plot Orientations	Plot Orientations;Display orientation information on equal area stereo net

GEOPHYSICS MENU	Handles plotting and calculation of geophysical anomalies.

Calculate Anomalies:	Calculate Anomalies Calculate gravity and magnetic anomalies according to currently defined geology and calculation options defined in Geophysics Options window.
->Calculate Anomalies	Submenu for geophysical calculations from current history
->Block & Anomalies	Submenu for geophysical calculations from current history together with block model of geology
->.Anomalies From Block	Submenu for geophysical calculations from previously saved geology block model
->Borehole:
->Generated	Calculate downhole geophysical response along internally generated borehole
->Imported	Calculate downhole geophysical response along imported borehole
XYZ Import Data	Load or create survey locations of observational data to/from an external file.
->.Import From File…	Read data locations from a file.
->.Generate	Create data locations for a survey.
Vertical Derivatives:	Generate ist or 2^nd Vertical Derivative responses
->First:	Create the first Vertical Derivative.
->Gravity	Calculate 1st vertical derivative from gravity image file
->Magnetics	Calculate 1st vertical derivative from magnetics image file
->Second
->Gravity	Calculate 2nd vertical derivative from gravity image file
->Magnetics	Calculate 2nd vertical derivative from magnetics image file
Difference with Reference
->Gravity	Calculate the difference between loaded reference gravity image and previously calculated .grv format gravity file
->Magnetics	Calculate the difference between loaded reference magnetics image and previously calculated .mag format magnetics file
Display Image:	ImageDisplay previously calculated gravity or magnetics image. The image is automatically linearly scaled to fit the calculated range of the data, although it may be clipped if required.
->.Gravity	Submenu for gravity files
->.Magnetics	Submenu for magnetics files. Note additional options are provided to display the various X, Y or Z magnetic components.
Profile:	Display previously calculated gravity or magnetics profile. The profile is automatically linearly scaled to fit the calculated range of the data.
->.Gravity	Submenu for gravity files
->.Magnetics	Submenu for magnetics files


TOOLS MENU	Handles file conversion utilities.

Import Block:	Converts voxel formats into Noddy block format
->Vulcan	Converts Vulcan regularised block model format into Noddy block format Vulcan Converts Vulcan regularised block model format into Noddy block format
->Old Noddy Block	Converts Version 3 Noddy block format into Noddy block format Old Noddy Converts old Noddy block format into Noddy block format
->Dicer	Converts raw voxel model format into Noddy block format (not yet implemented) Raw Converts raw voxel model format into Noddy block format
Import Image->ASCII	Coverts ASCII Tab delimited data to Noddy .mag or .grv formats
->.ASCII	Converts an ASCII multi-column format to image displays.
->.Column	Converts a column file to image displays.
Export Block	Export block models to various formats.
->Noddy Block Model	Export block models to standard raw block format.
->.Tabulated Column	Export block models to column format
-> DXF (3D Faces)	Export faces of block models to DXF format
-> DXF (Polylines)	Export polyline outlines of block models to DXF format
-> Vulcan	Export block models to Vulcan .vul format files.
Export Image	Export a created gravity or magnetic image in either ER Mapper or Geosoft format. Line data from a profile can also be exported in ER Mapper format
-> ER Mapper	Export a created gravity or magnetic image in ER Mapper .ers format. Line data from a profile can also be exported in ER Mapper .erv format
-> Geosoft	Export a created gravity or magnetic image in .gxf Geosoft format.
Edit Rock Properties	Edit global rock properties database

WINDOWS MENU	Handles positioning and selection of visualisation windows

Cascade	Tidy up window positions to form a single cascading
Tile	Tidy up window positions to fill available screen space
Default Size	Default Size Zoom window to default size
Remove All	Remove All Close all windows
History Menu etc	History/Menu/etc List of all windows which belong to Noddy, which may be selected and brought to front by these menu items.