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1. EST ROSUTI E ROUTINE TO PRINT THE SYMBOL LIBRARY SUMMARY SHEETS HIS TE ROUTINE DOES NOT REQUIRE A VALID PASSWORD YOU MAY NOT CHOOSE ORE THAN 36 SYMBOLS AT A TIME You must spell the symbol names exactly as below BOULDERS SCATTERED BO GRAVELS GRAVELLY SAND SANDY SILT SILhTY CLAY CLAYEY CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE MUDROCK COAL DOLOMITE LIMESTONE QUARTZITE BANDS PLUTONIC HYPABYSSAL VOLCANIC DIORITE FAMI GABBRO FAMIL PYROXENITE F FREE QUARTZ GRANITE QUARTZ DIORI QUARTZ GABBR QUARTZ PYROX GRANITE PORP QUARTZ DIABA QUARTZ DOLER RHYOLITE POR QUARTZ ANDES QUARTZ BASAL DIORITE GABBRO PYROXENITE DIABASE DOLERITE ANDESITE BASALT NEPHELINE SY OLIVINE DIOR OLIVINE GABB PERIDOTITE TINGUAITE OLIVINE DIAB OLIVINE DOLE KIMBERLITE PHONOLITE OLIVINE ANDE OLIVINE BASA OLIVINE QUARTZ VEINS METAMORPHIC SCHIST BRECCIA CHERT WAD DENSE FERRIC NODULAR FERR SPARSE FERRI DENSE CALCRE NODULAR CALC SPARSE CALCR CALCRETE WELL CEMENTE PARTIALLY CE RUBBLFE FILL CRUSHED ROCK CONCRETE PERMANENT WA PERCHED WATE UNDISTURBED DISTURBED SA CHEMICAL SAM ROOTS ROCKHEAD WEATHERING H WATER SEEPAG BAND Enter START SYMBOL END SYM
2. EST R O UT I E ROUTINE TO PRINT HE SYMBOL LIBRARY SUMMARY SHEETS HIS TE ROUTINE DOES NOT REQUIRE A VALID PASSWORD YOU MAY NOT CHOOSE ORE THAN 36 SYMBOLS AT A TIME You must spell the symbol names exactly as below BOULDERS SCATTERED BO GRAVELS GRAVELLY SAND SANDY SILT SILTY CLAY CLAYEY CONGLOMERATE SANDSTONE MUDROCK COAL DOLOMITE LIMESTONE QUARTZITE BANDS PLUTONIC HYPABYSSAL VOLCANIC DIORITE FAMI GABBRO FAMIL PYROXENITE F FREE QUARTZ GRANITE QUARTZ DIORI QUARTZ GABBR QUARTZ PYROX GRANITE PORP QUARTZ DIABA QUARTZ DOLER RHYOLITE POR QUARTZ ANDES QUARTZ BASAL DIORITE GABBRO PYROXENITE DIABASE DOLERITE ANDESITE BASALT NEPHELINE SY OLIVINE DIOR OLIVINE GABB PERIDOTITE TINGUAITFE OLIVINE DIAB OLIVINE DOLE KIMBERLITE PHONOLITE OLIVINE ANDE OLIVINE BASA OLIVINE QUARTZ VEINS METAMORPHIC SCHIST BRECCIA CHER WAD DENSE FERRIC NODULAR FERR SPARSE FERRI DENSE CALCRE NODULAR CALC SPARSE CALCR CALCRETE WELL CEMENTE PARTIALLY CE RUBBLE FILL CRUSHED ROCK CONCRETE PERMANENT WA PERCHED WATE UNDISTURBED DISTURBED SA CHEMICAL SAI ROOTS ROCKHEAD WEATHERING H WATER SEEPAG BAND Enter START SYMBOL END SYMBOL skip to abort Type start and end spanning no more than 36 symbols reading horizontally and then vertically as with normal text startname endname ENTER Up to 25 symbols can be printed
3. FILE PROVOCAB ENG CONTRACTOR lt 5 INCLINATION 11 Y COORD 17 MACHINE 6 DIA lt 12 gt X COORD lt 18 gt DRILLED BY lt 7 gt DATE lt 13 gt COLLAR LEVEL lt 19 gt PROFILED BY lt 8 gt DATE lt 14 gt TYPE SET BY lt 9 gt DATE lt 15 gt BOREHOLE 20 SETUP FILE 10 TEXT lt 16 gt reserved location lt 21 gt REDUCED LEVEL lt 27 gt DEPTH lt 28 gt 10 lt 29 gt pointer to data field of Setup file 16 lt 31 gt pointer to data field of Text file 19 lt 32 gt pointer to data field of Datum for Reduced Levels 11 lt 33 gt pointer to data field of Orientation angle END The necessary changes to the context keywords in the file CONVOCAB ENG are illustrated in paragraph 5 5 above Please note the change to the field position pointer number lt 32 gt where the value 17 has been revised to 19 Changing to Another Symbol Library PROLIB DAT The graphic patterns of the symbols are not accessible to the user but different libraries can be called if available The vocabulary file PROVOCAB defines the name of the symbol library to which the code numbers of the soil and rock names refer It is written as the first line after the end following the soil and rock names In the illustration below the library name is PROLIB DAT Any other available library name may be specified FILE PROVOCAB ENG ROCKHEAD SYMB6 CH48 WE
4. CONVERSION VOCABULARY Filename CONVOCAB ENG Block file structures ok If the required block slash pattern is not found then the following message is displayed BLOCK FILE STRUCTURES NOT MATCHED FILENUMBER and the conversion program aborts The block pattern for successive holes is shown on screen so that errors can be located Correct the text file to reflect the proper pattern if you started with a word processor file correct it and re write the text file If all is correct the program proceeds with the processing of each hole in turn Block file structure ok Jb ESTDEM TH 222452 ninani Check sample notes PLEH22 EH23 JACO Hc PLELOG Seba ries TUTOO1 TOO NON DIT TUTOO2 Press any key to continue The screen prints roughly one dot for each line processed Some common errors in text files are trapped and warnings are given as follows The hole name and filename are displayed for each hole as it is stored so that errors can be linked to a position in the text file For a list of error messages see Section 4 5 below Error Messages The program pauses to let you read and digest the error report on the screen To continue press any key dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 41 of 75 4 4 The Printing of the Pro
5. dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 34 of 75 Although some users may prefer to set up a template sequence is unimportant to the program The recognised keywords are defined in the file C DOT6000 CONVOCAB ENG To change the default keywords see Section 5 5 below on page 49 Changing Keywords in the Header Block CONVOCAB ENG In the header for a hole only CHANGED DATA such as the machine used date etc needs to be specified Data once specified remains in force until overwritten by a subsequent entry except for Ground Level XY Co ordinates Orientation and Location which are cleared the specific items to be cleared are customisable a a slash terminates the Header block 4 2 4 Layer Descriptions In each layer description the last numerical value to occur within the first four words will be used as the depth to underside of the layer If no depth can be found an error message will be displayed A description may be continued on subsequent lines by indenting at least four characters Refer to Section 6 1 below on page 56 and subsequent pages for format control details Numerical values may be written using either the comma or the period as the decimal point The program copes with both Each layer description must end with a full stop Soil symbols may not appear for sentences not ending with a full stop A line break can be forced by placing a backslash Y at the
6. It is an objective of the formatting algorithm to ensure that the description of a layer must fall on one page and not cross a page boundary This restriction applies also to the notes i e the formatted notes block must fit onto one page A check is made in the formatting program to ensure that this requirement is met If it is exceeded the text is curtailed a message is displayed and a warning appears on the printed page Working within the current margins and indentations all lines in a paragraph are automatically word wrapped and even justified except for the last Empty lines in the text file are ignored This scheme can be modified and disabled as follows The Format Control Characters These characters can be customised except where indicated by editing the relevant SET file at your own risk or more safely using HotPlot s Edit button next to the Setup File choice The following are the default settings character bar to omit symbol of next soil word when searching for all keywords in layer new feature in dot6000 character underscore to underline next word new feature in dot6000 character tilde for forcing a soil symbol If you use this or the acute accent then all desired soil symbols in the layer must be so marked character acute accent backward apostrophe for forcing and underlining a soil symbol If you use this or the tilde then all desired soil symbols in the layer must be so marked characte
7. COMMUNICATION IN ACTION cc TRADING AS lt Z4 y LL 7 059 ATE JH eca i CUSTOM PC PROGRAMS DATABASES TEMPLATES MAXIMIZER SPECIALIST TRAINING Communication in Action cc t a Software Africa Reg 2009 007863 23 VAT No 4500104387 Directors J E Taylor R Raubenheimer B Sc Eng MCSD www softwareafrica co za judith softwareafrica co za rick softwareafrica co za Local Tel 011 802 2685 Fax to e mail 086 635 7902 International Tel 27 11 802 2685 126 Kelvin Drive Morningside Manor Gauteng 2191 South Africa In association with Winston Jones retired Civil Engineer Cell 27 82 662 1800 e fax 27 11 242 7123 dote PLOT for the geolo GIST dotPLOT 6000 Series User Manual with Notes on HotPlot 2 5 the Windows Interface This version of the manual is up to date as of dotPLOT version 6005 dot6005 of 19 August 2010 and HotPlot 2 5 0 of 19 August 2010 Ref C dotNOTES dot6000_User_Manual doc Edition 19 August 2010 Page 2 of 75 Table of Contents 1 UTROGUCTION CL ERES 4 1 1 What This Program Can Do cccceceeeceeseeceeeeeceeeeeceaeeeeaeeceeeeecaaeeeeaaeseeeeeseaeeesaaesseaaeseeeeescaeeesnaeeeeeeeeaes 4 1 2 REQUIFEMENTS Em 5 1 3 Introducing HotPlot 1 2 tar tte a te ede et ede rente deed ees eee ute AN ede 5 1 4 Eicerislngs toto et hte e aient ease tetettuten ettet ra Hec t eet 5 1 5 ais PUE 6 2 IEEE 7 2 1 Sut rp 7 2 2 Installing the SyStelmi seio ed ORE
8. Page 28 of 75 You must now find out what internal fonts are available on your printer To get a printout of this information activate the PRINT FONTS option from your printer control panel The printout will most likely contain everything you need except for the CONTROL CODES you will probably be able to figure out the codes needed from an examination of the examples given above if not then refer to your printer manual or get help Finally you must either modify a few lines in the FONTLIB CUS file as above or else create new lines which match the font you want to use If you keep to the tabulation pattern of the fields as supplied the font menu will display your font ready for selection Note that only Portrait Bitmapped and Scalable soft fonts are supported and that Internal or Cartridge fonts are not fully supported unless they are fixed pitch Internal and properly installed cartridge fonts will always be available at the printer Soft Fonts on the other hand must be downloaded to the printer If a soft font of the setup has not been downloaded or if the font has been removed from the printer memory then it will not be available when needed The printer will then try its best and choose the closest available font the printed lines may then fall short or wrap and the net result is unpredictable The download to a printer needs to be done at least once after switching it on perhaps conveniently from an AUTOEXEC batch file it does not ha
9. The fields are read as starting under the first char of the tag and ending one before the vertical bar See example following EXAMPLE BHO009 from file CADOT60001EXAMPLES TXT Hole number BH 009 ATTRIBUTE FAB ROCK FABRIC AND GRAIN SET JOINT NO OF SETS INC JOINT INCLIN deg SPA JOINT SPACING ROU JOINT ROUGH NESS FIL JOINT FILLING COL WIDTH 1 4 FRA JOINT FRAC FREQ HAR ROCK HARD NESS WIDTH 8 WEA WEATH ERING GRAPH 100 WIDTH 0 8 INVERSE i DEPTH FAB SET INC I SPA ROU FIL I FRA HAR WEA 10 4 N A N A iN A I N A N A N A N A N A TH 13 4 N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A i100 6 0 F i 2 20 30 iCJ RJ i Stained i 10 SR i100 G 40 90 d RJ i Stained i 9 55 F i 3 20 30 MJ i RJ Stained 6 MSR 40 G i 40 60 MJ RI Stained i 70 90 p RJ Stained dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 36 of 75 i 10 I N A N A N A N A N A iN A N A N A N A 119 76 MF i 2 20 30 MI RJ i3 HR i20 imc 40 60 wr tra stained The order in which attribute names are written determines the sequence of the columns on the output page The optional word GRAPH or synonym in the attribute name will cause the values to be plotted as a bar graph If the word NUMBERS is also present then
10. This means that a large amount of data can be easily plotted and any limits relating to the length of the text file and number of attributes can be bypassed This will be especially useful in cases of wishing to plot data logged automatically into a disc file such as by a data logger resulting in data at very close intervals Synonyms for the command INCLUDE FILE can be added to CONVOCAB The sample file C dot6000 PLOTTEST TXT has an example using the INCLUDE FILE C dot6000 PLOTTEST DAT Logarithmic Bar Graphs The attribute header must have the command GRAPH present The optional number is used as the base width of the bar graph The keyword LOG will cause the graph and any subdivision lines to be drawn to a log scale the left of the column being zero LOG 1 Line Graphs One can plot a vector line graph if the printer supports HPGL To do so the keyword HPGLrwtm is added to the attribute header of the graph in addition to the keywords GRAPH and INCLUDE FILE The optional codes rwtm control as follows r radius of dot to be placed at the sample points dot units w width of line dot units t line type as per HP GL 2 line types m pattern pitch per HP GL 2 NOTE that this option will only work with an INCLUDE FILE on an HPGL printer such as HP IIIP or LJ4 and upwards Line Drawings Shading and Hatching Simple drawings using HPPCL shading and hatching can be assembled using the following scheme D x dra
11. increase number of copies The number of concurrent users is controlled Any extra users who try to run profiles at the same time will produce printouts marked DEMO The folder should be mapped as the same drive letter for all PCs that will be using dotPLOT See the section Additional Licences below dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 13 of 75 Multiple Dongles Tally in Family An alternative to a server licence as outlined above is to have several interchangeable USB flash drives dongles In this case you should leave number of copies at 1 and change Tally in Family to the number of separate dongles you want See the section Additional Licences below 2 5 4 Apply for a Licence Press Esc to get out of the Internet Licence Application Screen and Esc again to close dotPLOT Create an e mail to and attach the file C dot6000 MAILFORM OUT to it Send 2 5 5 Receive and Install Licence Once you have paid you should receive an e mail with a licence file attached The file will be named PROPASS KEY Save the file to a folder named DOTPLOT USB which should already exist on the drive that you selected above for your licence Thus the licence file will be CADOTPLOT USBIPROPASS KEY for your local hard drive or it might be E DOTPLOT USB PROPASS KEY for a flash drive 2 5 6 Check the Licence If you chose a flash drive for your licence make sure it is inserted into your PC If
12. 4 reserved notes and samples eu Es CONTRACTOR 5 INCLINATION 11 ELEVATION 17 MACHINE 6 DIA lt 12 gt X COORD 18 DRILLED BY e DATE 13 Y COORD 19 PROFILED BY 8 DATE lt 14 gt TYPE SET BY 9 DATE 15 HOLE No 20 SETUP FILE 10 TEX 16 reserved location 21 REDUCED LEVEL 27 DEPTH 28 10 29 pointer to data field of Setup file 15 30 pointer to data field of Date time of Printing 16 31 pointer to data field of Text file 17 32 pointer to data field of Datum for Reduced Levels 11 33 pointer to data field of Orientation angle end ABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOREHOLE LOGS dot6000 User Manual COWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 5 7 Page 52 of 75 To change the Wording of a title the file PROVOCAB ENG may simply be edited at the relative spot See example below To change the Context of a title the corresponding Keywords in the header block must also be revised in CONVOCAB ENG See example in Section 5 4 above on page 48 Changing Keywords in the Notes Block CONVOCAB ENG To change the Position the relevant pointers must be checked and revised if need be See example below In the following illustrated example the wordings of the titles in the fields for COLLAR LEVEL and Y CO ORDINATE have been swapped and the title BOREHOLE replaces HOLE NO
13. 45 ProfielBladsyRegterKantlyn pbsrkl 46 borelogoption borelogoptions 49 indent inset 53 logo logoid 54 logoX 55 logoY 56 kompress compress 57 END The capability of specifying the layout data in the header has been inherited from earlier versions of the program in which it was the best way to change the layout without upsetting the standard default It is now much simpler to control layout through JET SETUP and a named setup file so no example is given but you can still edit the keywords and add synonyms if you need to dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 51 of 75 5 6 Changing the Title Block PROVOCAB ENG Both the titles and context of the page headers and footers may be modified to a limited extent The following listing is of the file PROVOCAB ENG and shows a schematic diagram of the page layout Note that the numbers in darts less than 29 are associated with specific positions on the printed page They determine the location of the TITLE on the page the text preceding the darted number The TITLE and the relevant DATA found next to the recognised keyword in the header bloc of the text file will be printed T FILE PROVOCAB ENG I This file is nam English Vocabulary ed in setup file as the default vocabulary The user may call for any other vocabulary file in his text file header If th
14. A double asterisk in the text will toggle the colour between black and highlight The text will then be stroked in the current colour on a white background dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 6 2 6 6 3 6 7 Page 64 of 75 Using the RGB Colours The file C dot6000 RGBCUBE PDF displays a standard RGB colour space as a 3 D cube with axes Red Green Blue Each axis is one unit long coordinates are specified as real numbers in the range 0 000 to 1 000 In this space it will be seen that the three primary corners are Red Green and Blue so that 1 0 0 is fully saturated Red 0 1 Ois fully saturated Green 0 0 1 is fully saturated Blue Between the three primary corners are the complementary corners also known as the CMY colour space or CMY Cube 11 0 is fully saturated Yellow 0 11 is fully saturated Cyan 10 1 is fully saturated Magenta The furthest corner 000 is black the nearest 1 11 is white If a colour is modified by diminishing the coordinates towards 0 0 0 the result will be a colour of similar hue but tending to black that is the Illumination is reduced For example 0 5 0 0 is a dark browny red If the colour is modified by moving the current coordinates towards 1 1 1 then the new colour will be of similar hue but tending towards white that is the Saturation is reduced For example 1 0 8 0 8 is a very light red Consider the case that you wish to specify a light o
15. Characters _ for underlining 57 Adobe standard fonts 28 Characters for indention 57 ALL keyword selects all files 41 Characters to force soil symbol 57 APLHM 24 58 Characters for Format Control 56 APRHM 24 58 Check Attribute depths 42 As above 59 Check sample notes 42 AS ABOVE not working 44 Chemical Samples 34 dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 CHIPTEST TXT CIPRO registration Classification of igneous rocks Code numbers in square brackets Collar level Colour logos Colour of igneous rocks Colour Output Colours on screen Column width Comma as decimal point Comments in header block Common errors Compound symbols Compress Borelog Option COMPRESS keyword Continuation of line Control Characters Conversion of text file Conversion to transfer file CONVOCAB CONVOCAB file purpose Copy text from DOS Window Correction for slope inclination Creating a Logo PDF File Customisable Files Customising abbreviation table Customising control characters Customising keywords in header Customising keywords in notes Customising Logos Customising Page layout Customising prompts Customising Soil and Rock Names Customising title block CutePDF Writer Data limits Data Logger files Decimal point comma Default Page format Default scales DEMO banner DEMO mode using dot6000 features Depth of formation igneous rocks Depth of layer Descriptions continued Desktop shortcut Detection
16. Customising abbreviation 54 PROVOCAB file Customising Vocabulary 53 PROVOCAB file purpose 47 Punctuation marks and symbols 6 Raster graphics importing 62 69 Raster Lines 62 Reduced levels 36 Reporting Errors 46 Reposition Titles 58 Requesting a Licence 11 RESOLUTION keyword 62 Revision List on Line 70 RGB red green blue 63 64 Right margin 24 58 Rock name dictionary 47 53 Rock Symbol List 53 Rock symbols 67 Rubbish on Printout 44 Run a Test File 16 Run String 30 Running dotPLOT 9 Running HotPlot 8 9 Sample names 34 Sample output 67 Sample Start End with double minus 34 Sample text file 68 69 Samples 34 Saving the setup 31 Scale Files 37 61 Scale Option 24 Scales in header 61 Scales users choice 41 Screen Colours 23 Seepage 35 Selecting a text file 16 Selection of files to print 41 Server licence 5 12 Set Printer Port 20 Setup file 51 Setup file names 19 Setup file over ridden 61 Setup file purpose 19 47 Setup from command line 30 Setup in runstring 30 Setup save as 31 Setup switching 30 Shading 61 Shortcut from desktop 8 Simple Tables 57 Slash single double treble 33 Soft Fonts 26 28 Soil name dictionary 47 53 Soil Symbol List 53 Soil Symbol Marking 56 59 Soil symbols 67 Soil symbols Automatically detect 34 Soil Symbols printing list 10 Special Characters 6 33 56 59 Square brackets 59 Square brackets text inside 34 Standard symbols printing 10 67 Start End Sample w
17. DR 69 Revision List and Updates On Line sessi nennen rsen intres 70 ncc 71 dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 4 of 75 Introduction 1 1 What This Program Can Do The program dotPLOT Main Version 6000 dot6000 for short prints geological soil profiles and borehole logs on Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers using a personal computer running Windows It can also print to a variety of file formats including PDF The program may be used without the borehole log option and without the PDF option dot6000 is designed specifically for soil profiles and borehole logs It is a very compact program superfast at 2 pages per second with compact data files typically less than 3 KB per page and compact printer files about 20 KB per page Customers can learn to use it merely by looking at the examples supplied training is almost superfluous there are no templates or esoteric code words sandy silt in the text will produce the symbol for sandy silt Some customers who have large database systems store the geologist s field notes on their database and then run the file of notes through dot6000 for the printing of the profile report only when required thus avoiding megabytes of graphics storage Input is in the form of a Microsoft Word doc file or an ordinary text ASCII file produced by any word processing package or editor The objective of the program is to inte
18. amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 65 of 75 Disks Storage and Limits 7 1 File System The normal word processor files will go onto the user s standard document directory system The text files could be treated as temporary if a word processor source remains since editing should in such cases be done on the word processor file not the text file The temporary transfer files are required only as input for the printing module and are automatically deleted immediately prior to conversion of the next new text file 7 2 Program Limitations The program has a long and successful history but bugs occasionally emerge Users who strike problems are asked to please contact the authors and supply the relevant details 7 3 Working Data Limits The current limits are as follows Number of layers per hole 66 no layer to exceed one page Number of Notes 36 all must fit on one page Number of samples per hole 36 Number of pages per hole 12 after format Number of Symbols in Summary 36 Number of elements in symbol 12 white space counts too Number of Attribute Columns 25 Number of Attribute lines 500 including names Number of holes per job number 120 capacity of screen display Number of lines in Attribute name 7 7 4 Transfer Filenames The filename for a transfer file is made up of the last three alphanumeric characters of the job number plus the last three alphanumeric characters of the hole number zero filled to
19. avoid blanks hated by DOS gt The transfer file has the extension TRX Filenames are case insensitive and will all be up cased Note that a blank job number or hole number will result in 000 being substituted and excessive carelessness could lead to a file named 000000 which by the rules of DOS would contain only the last of that set dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 7 5 7 6 7 7 Page 66 of 75 Printing to a Disk File Profiles can be printed to various disk file types from the dotPLOT main menu as follows Press lt F3 gt as many times as required to select either OUTPUT to PRNTFILE PDF or another format see below as required Note on the lt F4 gt key representation on screen what address is set for output files e g ADDRESS C DOTFILES If this is not acceptable press F4 and type a new address Press lt F2 gt as many times as required to select ACTIVITY PROFILES then Press lt F1 gt START If the output is to a print file then it is given an appropriate extension PDF for Adobe Acrobat PDF Portable Document Format files PCL for PCL print files PGL for HPGL print files DXF for DXF AutoCAD Document Exchange Format files PRO for Swift View In addition a directory is created for the job and print files are copied to this job directory At the same time they are renamed with the full borehole name plus extension 99 9 The files can later
20. cause the data item to be cleared between holes The phrases to be recognised must be preceded and followed by a slash and contain no spaces This file can be edited to suit the user s preferenc in language dialect and vernacular There is no limit to the number of lines used Case is insensitive BEGIN client klient kli nt titlel lt 1 gt jobname jobtitle title2 lt 2 projeknaam taaknaam lt 2 gt scale skaal lt 3 gt contractor lt 5 gt rig drillingrig machine drill drillingmachine machinetype 6 boor masjien boormasjien masjientipe 6 driller drilledby 7 profiledby loggedby beskryfdeur profieldeur 8 typedby typesetby 9 tikster getikdeur 9 orientation orientasie inclination 11 diam diameter holesize 12 deursnit grootte dia 12 datedrilled datumgeboor geboor lt 13 gt date dateprofiled profieldatum lt 14 gt groundlevel collarlevel elevation lt 17 gt gt grondhoogte hoogte lt 17 gt gt x coord x coordinate xcoord lt 18 gt gt y coord y coordinate ycoord lt 19 gt gt hole holeno holenumber trialhole boreholeno boreholenumber pit trench backactorpit referenceno referencenumber refno 20 gat gatnr gatnommer boorgat boorgatnr toestgat toestgatnr 20 location ligging lt 21 gt gt jobno jobnumber 22 projeknr projeknommer taak taakNr 22 The numbers in darts determine where on the page the data will b
21. filename must begin with a letter and be less than 6 characters long For PCL and printer output the filename must have the extension PCL e g LOGOJ PCL and be available on the dot6000 directory Using a PDF logo A logo file prepared with Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer or any other PDF writer e g CutePDF can be printed by dot6000 to a PDF output file by naming the Logo ID as above e g LOGOC The filename must have the extension PDF e g LOGOC PDF and be on the dot6000 directory The PDF option supports full colour logos In the above methods the LogolD can also be called in the text file by using the keyword LOGO in the header but do not add the extension Itis thus possible to switch logos even between holes in a job Note too that it is possible to control the position of the logo if the code has been so written from the setup file and also from the text file headers by specifying the LOGOX and LOGOY parameters Your supplier will be able to quote a price for creating a LaserJet macro raster graphic file or PDF containing your company logo Example Creating a Logo PDF File In essence all you have to do is to write your logo to a PDF file named with no more than five characters in the file name using any PDF file writer The CutePDF Writer Freeware is one such program obtainable free of charge from http www cutepdf com Once you have a PDF writer installed open your existing logo in any program for example Windows Paint St
22. gives you a facing page which can be combined onto the main page with columns of attributes that can include graphs dot6000 features If you are upgrading from an earlier version there is an extra charge for this If you purchased dot6000 it forms part of the package Requesting a Licence If you have not already done so install HotPlot if you are using it and dotPLOT as explained above Run dotPLOT either on its own or from HotPlot To run dotPLOT from HotPlot run HotPlot At the bottom right of the HotPlot window click the button Go to dotPLOT This will put you into the main dotPLOT Menu IPROMENU UserNo 0 2 5 3 Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU No Licence IN DEMO MODE PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename PROVOCAB ENG SETUP Filename STANDARD SET F2 F3 F4 F5 ACTIVITY OUTPUT to ADDRESS ACCESS PROFILES PRNTFILE PDF C DOTFILES JET SETUP Hold in the Alt key and press L on the keyboard to go into the Licensing screen The Internet Licence Application Screen You should see the screen shown below Type your company details in the block Brief Help appears on the right hand side of the highlighted line The Company Name will appear on all printouts from dotPLOT so make sure it is correct dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 12 of 75 Press Enter or to go to the next line to go up a line Press Esc escape when fini
23. like the examples in Chapter 8 and without the banner DEMO superimposed If this test works satisfactorily the system is ready for production You may customise the logos and languages beyond the defaults supplied as discussed in Chapter 5 below starting on page 46 Customising dot6000 dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 19 of 75 3 JET SETUP JET SETUP is a routine which enables the user to change any item in the setup file and store the new set of values either in a new file with a new name or back in the same file Because a setup can then easily be recalled by name consider replacing it means that with a comma it means that a single work station can quickly access many different combinations of the numerous variables concerned From Version 2 0 0 of February 2010 HotPlot lets you edit SET files reducing or eliminating the need for JET SETUP Click the Edit button next to the SET file name 3 1 Accessing JET SETUP JET SETUP is accessed from the main menu of dot6000 doo t w RP EO T Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU DONGLE Licence D000 Company Name PBpH6 Program Active PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename SETUP Filename PROVOCAB ENG STANDARD SET F2 19 5 FA ES ACTIVITY OUTPUT UE ADDRESS ACCESS PROFILES PRNTPILE PDE CR DOLE Isis JET SETUR Choose JET SETUP by pressing the lt F5 gt key 3 2 U
24. of text which Follows is to be used Verbatim exactly as it appears on screen The next hard space on a line by itself will enable the normal wrap and justify default The line s containing only a toggle character will not be printed This device allows simple tables of data to be easily constructed Note that the position of the caret in relation to the block is significant as it determines the position on the page The block is placed with the caret on the left text margin date time read write mx LL CE 3 4 777777818 777 54 6 10 1 14 2 15 6 1 2 2 3 3 4 275 In this example the block would be indented 2 characters dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 58 of 75 Within a block the indent and line break characters are disabled The formatting rules will work in the notes as well as in the main body of the description Note on underline With format disabled all spaces inside a block automatically become hard spaces Therefore underlining will run to end of line or the next punctuation mark Non Printing Text All text placed inside brackets square brackets will be removed before printing In the Header block any lines which do not contain a keyword and colon will not be printed This allows comments to be made ahead of each profile The presence of a colon without a keyword will cause an error message to be displayed during conversion Margins on the Profile Page The le
25. on job no 1306011 The printing of this profile requires the borehole version of dotPLOT GEOSURVY TXT Detailed use of the borehole log attribute page including use of tabular format for the joint descriptions APLHM to move A page left hand margin APRHM for A page right hand margin and PPLHM to move the P page left hand margin One hole number BH 009 Requires borelog module GRIDTEST TXT Demonstrates dotPLOT with vertical grid lines drawn on a bar graph log scales for the bar graph and the importation of raster graphic files BOREHOLE LST for PCL output only ignored in PDF and other output Job no 30611 Hole no 231 Requires borelog module HATCH TXT Demonstrates use of dotPLOT with percussion drilled borehole The printing of this profile requires the borehole version of dotPLOT PLOTTEST TXT Simpler version of chiptest txt demonstrating use of HPGL6132 to cause an HPGL printer to plot a vector line graph Job no 1306011 Hole no 23 Example using INCLUDE FILE C dot6000 PLOTTEST DAT emulating a data logger Requires borelog module TEST3000 TXT Demonstration of various aspects of soil profiles Job no 5447 four holes nos D 33 To D 36 WELLTEST TXT Demonstrates dotPLOT drawings using well construction example Job no 30611 hole no 231 Requires borelog module Miscellaneous Files The following supporting files should not be removed File Name Comments GREP
26. on one page If all is in order the page will print successfully looking like the examples in Chapter 8 and the menu will reappear To exit press ESC If the printing is not successful check the cables switches and the address as described above If using a serial interface check baud rate settings on your computer and printer If the printer is not an HP LaserJet model check that it is indeed fully compatible and set to use HP PCL Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language If this is not the case printout can be obtained via PDF and Acrobat dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 Page 11 of 75 The Licensing Process You can test dotPLOT and HotPlot without licensing the system The banner DEMO will appear across printouts Types of Licence The basic dotPLOT licence covers only soil profiles Extras optional though recommended are HotPlot Windows interface Without licensing this option if you run dotPLOT from HotPlot it will run as a demo dotPLOT can still be run thorough DOS but you miss out on the user friendly Windows interface of HotPlot PDF This is necessary to produce PDF files both for e mailing and for printing using Adobe Reader Without it you can print directly to Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers and printers that are fully compatible with them Borehole Log This is essential if you are doing cores and not just test pits This option
27. until the program has downloaded If the Download window does not close automatically close it The WinZip Self Extractor will appear ask for an Unzip to folder and offer C dotSetup as the default Click the Unzip button NB You must use C dotSetup and not change to anything else If your PC does not have a C drive contact us for an alternative Setup The WinZip Self Extractor will say 7 file s unzipped successfully Click OK and Close Run My Computer or Windows Explorer shortcut Windows key 8 E Open the folder that you unzipped to i e C dotSetup Double click C dotSetup INSTALL BAT not to be confused with message file INSTALL MSG to run it When prompted to Press any key to continue press Enter as required until you see the message END OF INSTALLATION Press Enter to exit the Install Once you are satisfied that dotPLOT runs you can delete the C dotSetup folder and its contents You can upgrade the system at any time by repeating the installation process If you wish create a shortcut to the executable file c dot6000 profile exe on your desktop dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 9 of 75 The program supplied will be fully functional but a licence will be needed to suppress the DEMO banner on printouts 2 3 Running dotPLOT dotPLOT may be launched from DOS by running the executable C dot6000 profile exe To run from Windows creat
28. x Table of abbreviations attributes It will be useful to have a printout of these three files close at hand while reading this chapter To get a printout you might execute the DOS command FOR F IN PROMPTS CONVOCAB PROVOCAB DO PRINT C dot6000 F ENG dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 48 of 75 5 3 Changing the Prompts PROMPTS ENG The wording of the prompts used by dotPLOT can be customised by editing the file PROMPTS ENG for English PROMPTS AFR for Afrikaans etc If you want the program to communicate with you in a different language rather choose a different PROMPTS file see Section 3 11 above on Switching Languages 5 4 Changing Keywords in the Notes Block CONVOCAB ENG Certain keywords in the notes must be recognised by the program For example it needs to know the magic word which signals that the description of a rock attribute is about to start and also it needs to know the words which distinguish the different classes of samples and so on These words are listed in the file CONVOCAB in a special sequence which may not be altered FILE CONVOCAB ENG NOTES BLOCK KEYWORDS These lines are required for parsing of the water table attributes and samples in the NOTES BLOCK The number of lines the context and the sequence of each may not be altered but the number of equivalents present and the spelling
29. 45 of 75 4 6 2 Locating the Causes of Errors When more than one profile appears in a text file and you select ALL holes in the combined PDF file appear in the order of the numeric parts of the hole numbers not the order in which they appeared in the text Debugging will be easier if the holes in the text file are in numeric order Two holes with the same numeric part are rejected by dotPLOT as duplicate hole numbers e g TUT 001 and BHO01 but not BHO1 as the number of numeric digits is different More troubleshooting tips Copy the offending hole s data into a file of its own remember to end with and Does the error still occur If so you have identified the problematic hole Otherwise try the hole before or after In which block title descriptions or notes does the error occur Remove items from that block until the error no longer occurs You have now isolated the problematic paragraph How does this paragraph compare with other paragraphs in this file and in sample files Other interesting features as above requires the tildes as above without tildes is ignored and tildes turn off dot6000 features so automatic recognition of soil symbols does not work with as above Underscore for underlining does not mix with apostrophe which overrules it See layer 11 12 m in HOLE No TUTOO1 in TUTORIAL TXT which prints as USER S OWN although an apostrophe might even underline DENSE FERRICRETE do
30. ATHERING HORIZON SYMB7 CH49 WATER SEEPAGE WATER STRIKE SYMB8 CH50 END PROLIB DAT dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 53 of 75 5 8 Changing the Soil and Rock Name Vocabulary PROVOCAB The file PROVOCAB carries the dictionary of soil and rock names and links them through code numbers to the graphics library arrays Here is a condensed listing of part of the file FILE PROVOCAB ENG VOCABULARY This is a list of keywords phrases and codenumbers of corresponding soil symbols This file may b dited altered to suit the users preferences A phrase to be recognised must be preceded and followed by a slash The first phrase to occur before a given codenumber will be the default soil descriptor which will be used in summary listings Codenumbers must be enclosed in square brackets with the last of a set followed by a period The number of phrases associated with a Single symbol code is not limited so synonyms formed by a number of single symbol codes are allowed and may be assigned any name In the case of a short phrase also forming part of a longer one then to ensure proper recognition the shorter phrase must be arranged to follow after the longer in the list below This list is also the collating sequence for symbol summaries BEGIN AS ABOVE BOULDERS SA01 SCATTERED BOULDERS OCCASIONAL BOULDERS SA48 GRAVELS GR
31. AVEL SA02 GRAVELLY SA03 SAND SA04 SANDY SA05 Here is an example of how a user can change this file Suppose he wants a new rock type called coal which is to have the same symbol as WAD which he no longer needs He wants LATERITE and OUKLIP as synonyms for DENSE FERRICRETE He wants the option of using the phrase SCATTERED LUMPS OF LATERITE in his profiles and selects the same symbol as NODULAH FERRICRETE He might revise the file as follows FILE PROVOCAB ENG before BRECCIATED SA46 CHERT SA21 WAD SA22 D H D ENSE FERRICRETE ARDPAN FERRICRE ENSE MANGANOCRETE HARDPAN MANGANOCRE DULAR FERRICRE E SA23 SA29 So Se Ns zZ o I rH FILE PROVOCAB ENG after BRECCIATED SA46 CHERT SA21 COAL SA22 DENSE FERRICRETE LATERITE OUKLIP HARDPAN FERRICRETE DENSE MANGANOCRETE HARDPAN MANGANOCRETE SA23 SA29 NODULAR FERRICRETE SCATTERED LUMPS OF LATERITE dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 5 9 Page 54 of 75 Changing Table of Abbreviations for Attributes in Borehole Logs PROVOCAB The file PROVOCAB defines the table of abbreviations which is printed at the top of the Attribute Page for Borehole logs only s
32. B ENG STANDARD SET F2 ES F4 jg ING IPTE HEADS OUTPUT to ADDRESS ACCESS PROFILES PRN TETELE BIDE Cs DOLE I LES JET SETUP To obtain a licence run the program until the main menu appears The status of the licence will be displayed Press lt Alt P gt to access the password routines Your ACCESS CODE will be displayed in the first box You must give this code to the licence supplier They will require you to submit your business details and order number and will then give you a Licence Number and Activation Code These must be entered on the screen and after validation they will be stored automatically on your hard drive Note that the Activation Code is not re usable i e it will be valid only on the one machine at the time of issue If security is breached or if a task is commanded beyond the permission granted then the DEMO banner will appear on the printout NOTE the licence is valid for use on the C drive of only one machine except that a key disk will enable a copy of the program on any other machine If a key disk is used the disc is checked and a short status report is displayed on screen The program may be re installed and fully updated and licences and permission may be revised at any time HOST LICENCE OFFICE contact details Software Africa 126 Kelvin Drive Morningside Manor 2191 South Africa Tel 011 802 2685 082 389 3482 Fax 086 635 7902 e mail rick software
33. BOL skip to abort The symbols printed in the sample file C dot6000 Manual SYMBOLSA PDF were obtained in four separate runs using start and end names as follows BOULDERS VOLCANIC ENTER DIORITE FAMI BASALT ENTER NEPHELINE SY SPARSE FERRI ENTER DENSE CALCRE BAND ENTER For you this sequence will produce four separate pages or PDF files dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 2 8 2 3 Page 68 of 75 Sample Text Files EXAMPLES TXT The file EXAMPLES TXT is used for general testing of the program It is included in the installation and loaded onto folder C dot6000 It contains 3 sample holes Job No Hole No Description MANUAL DEMO01 Used for testing purposes MANUAL DEMO 2 An example of a simple typical profile using underlining of the soil name to call the symbol MANUAL DEM03 A simple profile showing how soil symbols are called using the tilde and uppercase soil name with underlined soil consistency The examples can be run from dot6000 by calling the text file C dot6000 EXAMPLES TXT The expected output can be found in the file C dot6000 Manual EXAMPLES PDF Note that due to the inconsistent hole numbering hole DEMOS appears second in the file and DEMO 2 last TUTORIAL TXT The file TUTORIAL TXT contains demonstrations of various techniques It is included in the install
34. COM Useful for finding text within files for debugging BOREHOLE LST A PCL raster graphics file imported in the example GRIDTEST TXT for PCL output only ignored in PDF and other output KEYFILE1 DAT Required in hotspots used for the menu blocks in promenu PLOTTEST DAT Example of an include file for dotPLOT emulating a data logger WORDPAD SIG Needed in proconv bas as it contains the header signature of files written in Wordpad and controls the switch to deal with input from MSWord doc or Wordpad files Do not delete it CASED Needed for typical borehole construction drawing COLLAR Needed for typical borehole construction drawing ENDHOLE Needed for typical borehole construction drawing PACKED Needed for typical borehole construction drawing SLOTTED Needed for typical borehole construction drawing UNCASED Needed for typical borehole construction drawing dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 70 of 75 Revision List and Updates On Line From time to time HotPlot and dotPLOT are revised to add enhancements and fix bugs To avoid us having to revise this manual for every program change the list of recent revisions is now updated on line at http Awww softwareafrica co za dotplot whats new htm To download the latest update to the programs go to the dotPLOT Setup web page http www softwareafrica co za do
35. COURIER Bold upright 12 pt 10 027 100 027 sOp10h12v0s3b3T COURIER upright 12 pt 10 027 11U 027 sOp10h12v0s0b3T COURIER Bold upright 12 pt 10 027 110 027 sOp10h12v0s3b3T LINEPRN upright 8 5 pt 16 66 0277 00 027 s0p16 66h18v0s0b0T LINEPRN upright 8 5 pt 16 66 027 8U 027 s0p16 66h18v0s0b0T LINEPRN upright 8 5 pt 16 66 027 100 027 s0p16 66h18v0s0b0T LINEPRN upright 8 5 pt 16 66 027 110 027 s0p16 66h18v0s0b0T Some built in fonts supplied with LaserJet IIP printers COURIER upright 10 pt 12 027 8U 027 sOp12h10v0s0b3T COURIER italics 10 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h10v1s0b3T COURIER bold upright 10 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h10v0s3b3T COURIER upright 10 pt 12 027 107 027 s0p12h10v0s0Db3T COURIER italics 10 pt 12 027 100 027 s0p12h10v1s0Db3T COURIER bold upright 10 pt 12 027 100 027 s0p12h10v0s3b3T GOTHIC upright 12 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h12v0s0b6T GOTHIC italics 12 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h12v1s0b6T GOTHIC bold upright T2 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h12v0s3b6T GOTHIC bold italics 12 pt 12 027 8U 027 s0p12h12v1s3b6T GOTHIC upright 12 pt 12 027 6U 027 s0p12h12v0s0b6T GOTHIC italics 1 2 pt 12 027 6U 027 s0p12h12v1s0b6T GOTHIC bold upright 12 pt 12 027 6U 027 s0p12h12v0s3b6T GOTHIC bold italics 1 2 pt 12 027 6U 027 s0p12h12v1s3b6T END FONTLIB CUS dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 3 10
36. ER REGE Eaa aE Ui UD need ii ieut 7 2 2 1 Installing the Combined HotPlot dotPLOT Package ssssseeeeeenen nennen 7 2 2 2 Installing dotPE OT Only rre ce ge certc e aene ei ete perire n d deed ier dp epa ea 8 2 3 Running dPLOT A e LE 9 2 4 Testirig Profile Symbols io crit tir e see e vivax aana P EY recu t EPI a 10 2 5 The Licensing Protes Sn ert e teet e pee ar vide cle E e HE EIER EROR PCR 11 2 5 1 M ioEoMie ie c T 11 2 5 2 Requesting a LICence ete eec tectae reas ANA Utt Reatard eee 11 2 5 8 The Internet Licence Application Screen sssssssssssseeeneeeeen eene 11 2 5 4 Apply Tor ai Licence oet oie eee nei EAEE e Eben br d S eR hg 13 2 5 5 Receive and Install Licence ssesssesesesee eene nennen nennen nen enn nennen nnns 13 2 5 6 Check the Licence Et Ed Ee HER Eu dup P E Pec Hep d eleven acta 13 2 5 7 JAdditional EiCcences eoi ted petet dre Aceh A tie es 13 2 5 8 Changing your Company Name ssssssssssssssseeeenen nennen nennen rennen nnns nennen ns 14 2 6 Obtaining a PasSWOId tete eee dp edt leoi rece ERE pee fe Leute deters 15 2 7 selecting a Text File iiit iet ob ete fete Ee dp lied ere pac fete Lent de Pee peas 16 2 8 Final Testng of dot6000 tte E mt Uie REED UR En A O 17 3 JET SETUBD Tie E E E E A ru rei c ipu Eee E rece er mere 19 3 1 Accessing JET SETUP eu Lec creer tcr ted Yee ee ec e ae e ea edet te epe 19 3 2 U
37. EY will not work on the wrong flash drive On a server you can increase the number of licences at any time by repeating the process above and increasing the number of copies count Make sure that you are still using the same server s hard drive and mapped letter When the new PROPASS KEY arrives it must replace the old one Changing your Company Name When you e mail your request for a Licence as above your Company Branch Name and e mail address are encoded into the licence If your site name or e mail address change e mail Software Africa at info softwareafrica co za again with the old and changed details If the company name has changed you must provide legal proof of the change in the form of your CIPRO registration There will be a small charge for this service dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 2 6 Page 15 of 75 Obtaining a Password Password licensing is an older method and applies only to the C drive of a single PC It has largely been superseded by the lt Alt L gt licensing method described above but is still in use on some older systems Ignore this section if you used the licensing method above Run the program dot6000 and proceed again to the main menu dot PLOT Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU DONGLE Licence D000 Company Name PBpH6 Program Active PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename SETUP Filename PROVOCA
38. FERRED SCALE 1 7 When selection is complete skip to exit You may now specify a preferred scale to take precedence over any value which may have been called in the header block of the text file nnn ENTER Skip to let the program choose a scale for each profile i e the largest sensible scale which will allow the profile to fit with the formatted text lower limit is 1 10 or 1 8 or else enter a value to plot all selected profiles to a preferred scale For example an entry of 25 will cause all files to plot at a scale of 1 25 The scales built into the program are METRIC 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 75 100 150 200 250 500 750 1000 6000 and 10000 IMPERIAL 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 250 500 750 1000 6000 and 10000 A choice of scale out of range will be ignored with a warning The array of scales is stored in the text files SCALES MET and SCALES IMP and may be edited gt Job SYMBOL REQUIRED Y YES Finally you have an option to obtain a job symbol summary dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 4 5 Page 42 of 75 n ENTER Skip for no summary Enter Y for a summary of the symbols printed in this run Only the final printing usually requires a summary since early drafts are often altered As the files are printed the program filters out and stores the symbols used and a summary is then available to be prin
39. FILE PROVOCAB ENG ABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOREHOLE LOGS This is the list of abbreviations which appears on the attribute page header Note that WEATHERING is omitted in view of the easy to use bargraph option The wording may be edited but beware of exceeding 14 lines or 80 characters Anything not wanted can be removed or replaced This table will move with the left margin of the attribute page Begin ROCK FABRIC GRAIN SIZE JOINT ROUGHNESS ROCK HARDNESS MF massive FG fine grained SLJ slickensided EHR extremely hard roc BF bedded MG medium grain SJ smooth VHR very hard rock FF foliated CG coarse grain RJ rough HR hard rock CF cleaved MHR medium hard rock SF schistose JOINT SPACING JOINT SHAPE SR soft rock GF gneissose VCJ very close spacg CUR curvilinear VSR very soft rock LF laminated CJ close spacing PLA planar MJ medium spacing UND undulating WJ wide spacing STE stepped VWJ very wide spacng IRR irregular End The user can customise the whole of this table It can also be changed for a particular job or hole in the notes block of the text by using the keyword ABBREVIATIONS followed by the new script If the new script is blank then of course nothing is printed The number of lines used should not exceed 14 Since the starting margin of the table will follow the left margin of the attribute page the maximum line width is not fixed If it does not fit on the p
40. Installation DOTPLOT IS A DOS PROGRAM THIS IS NOT A DOS TUTORIAL IF YOU ARE NOT CONVERSANT WITH DOS FILES DIRECTORIES COMMANDS AND BATCH FILES THEN YOU SHOULD USE THE WINDOW INTERFACE HOTPLOT THIS IS NOT A WINDOWS TUTORIAL EITHER IF YOU ARE NOT CONVERSANT WITH BASIC WINDOWS CONCEPTS LIKE FILES AND FOLDERS THEN YOU SHOULD GET OUTSIDE HELP Summary Install dot6000 usually on a machine connected to a LaserJet The program must be installed on the C DRIVE it will not run from any other drive Alternatively if you prefer a Windows interface install HotPlot It can then do the installation of dot6000 Test dot6000 through HotPlot if you are using it Enter the licence details obtain and save the licence file For details see Section 2 5 below on page 11 The Licensing Process and subsequent sections Perform any customisation such as changing the page layout Chapter 5 below starting on page 46 Customising dot6000 and adding your own Logo Section 5 10 below on page 55 Lack of a valid licence will cause the banner DEMO to appear on printouts The banner will darken with age Installing the System Installing the Combined HotPlot dotPLOT Package If you are not using HotPlot ignore this section and skip to the one directly below The program can be downloaded from the Internet as an executable file HotPlotSetup exe 1 Click the Internet hyperlink found near the top of the page http www softwareafrica co
41. KEYWORDS A word preceded by the acute accent backward apostrophe top left on keyboard will appear underlined If the word is a recognised soil type then its symbol will be plotted in the corresponding layer Using this symbol turns off automatic recognition of keywords for that layer You must then manually mark all keywords for that layer using acute accent or tilde Example silty clayey SAND Case insensitive USING NON UNDERLINED KEYWORDS If a word preceded by a tilde is a recognised type then its symbol will be plotted but the word will not be underlined Using this symbol turns off automatic recognition of keywords for that layer You must then manually mark all keywords for that layer using acute accent or tilde Example sandy SILT USING THE KEYWORD IN SQUARE BRACKETS Any words in square brackets are checked against the vocabulary and will give a symbol to match All words inside square brackets are removed from the text before printing Example SANDY Silty clay USING THE CODE NUMBERS IN BRACKETS This is the same as they keyword in square brackets just harder work USING THE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION Used with the tildes As above will repeat the previous symbol PREVIOUS MODIFIED As above will repeat the previous symbol and further symbols may be added to the mix Example As above but with SCATTERED BOULDERS added MODIFIED FURTHER The previous compound symbol can be further modified Exam
42. PLES TX GEOSURVY TX 5981 08 05 03 12 44 GEOSURVY TX GRIDTEST TX 2888 03 09 99 10 35 GRIDTEST TX HATCH TXT 2740 23 09 95 12 22 HATCH TXT PTOTIHES TAEAE Bes IE NLADO OS A TEST3000 TXl 12326 15 09 09 19 53 TEST3000 TX WELLTEST TXT 2152 22 09 05 15 22 WELLTEST TXT Once the file mask exactly represents a valid path and filename pressing the ENTER key will accept that entry and proceed to use it The accepted item is pushed onto a stack LIFO of the previous twenty ready for the next session If by mistake you pick a file that is not a dot6000 text file a message will be issued Escape key lt Esc gt will back out If the conversion has already been done and the text file has not changed at all and all transfer files are still present the following conversion process will be bypassed to save time dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 40 of 75 The conversion routine will process the text file writing to a temporary transfer file on the C dot6000 directory Before doing the conversion the program checks the whole file for the following rhythm in the block slash patterns Z end of header block end of layers block end of notes block and hole end of header block end of layers block end of notes block and hole n end of job A screen will typically appear as follows CONVERTING TEXTFILE INTO TRANSFER FILES
43. africa co za Web www Softwareafrica co za dotplot htm Your Serial No DO1F Please Phone Fax Email Your Access Code 43AB31 p 4 your Access Code to HOST to obtain a Licence Code Enter Licence Code __ dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 16 of 75 2 7 Selecting a Text File Now you will do a test printout with one of the sample files supplied with the program If you are using HotPlot you can do this directly from the HotPlot screen third line down Otherwise run dotPLOT On the Main Menu in dotPLOT press F2 until ACTIVITY PROFILES appears on the F2 display then press F1 START SELECT drive path filename DOTFILES CoreBAKK txt NdotfilesNCoreKUHN txt Ndot6000Ntest3000 txt Ndot6000Nchiptest txt The path and filename string may be picked from the window and the search mask can be modified or accepted after picking on the line below the window If a valid file is picked and accepted then the path and filename will be pushed onto the stack of the most recent twenty choices If you press ENTER the program will continue and the default search string for finding the text files will appear Pick one of them say EXAMPLES TXT for conversion and printing The conversion program will process the text file writing a temporary transfer file on the C dot6000 directory First a quick test is performed on the str
44. age the tail end will be lost When using a proportional font one cannot entirely rely on spaces between words to give a neat arrangement So to allow proportional fonts to be used the program scans the first line for double spaces and tab positions are chosen Subsequent lines are similarly scanned and the word groups are tabbed to dot positions defined by the first line Thus when re defining this table care must be taken to space out the first line to give suitable column positions without overlap dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 5 10 5 10 1 5 10 2 Page 55 of 75 Logos Apart from the obvious use of a pre printed sheet there are three methods available to print a Logo on the profile page Using a Printer Macro Printers which are fully HP compatible will support macros The logo macro can then be downloaded to the printer once after switching on This considerably reduces the printer file size with a corresponding reduction in the volume of data to be transmitted and the time taken to print To use a printer resident macro the setup file should be edited to reflect the macro ID Number Using an embedded raster graphic file The raster graphic codes can be sent to the printer embedded as part of the output file for each profile page To do this edit the LOGOID in JET SETUP Layout to be the name of the raster graphic file instead of a macro ID number e g LogoJ Note that the
45. ailable language files affecting three aspects of the program PROMPTS This vocabulary file contains the prompts which are used to communicate with the workstation operator through the monitor screen PROVOCAB This vocabulary file defines the wording of the titles to be found in the header and footers of the output page and the table of abbreviations used on the attribute page It also defines a dictionary of rock sample soil names and links them to symbol graphics library CONVOCAB This vocabulary file contains the dictionary of words that will be recognised in the header and notes blocks of the text file and links the incoming header data to specific fields in the output page The list of keywords it contains also enables the conversion routine to recognise any specific changes to the layout or setup which are then passed on to the print routines So one might ask why not combine the CONVOCAB and the PROVOCAB files The reason is that the CONVOCAB dictionary must be already loaded into memory before the CONversion of a text file can begin and the text file may re define both the PROVOCAB dictionary and the symbol library which is to be used for the soil PROfile descriptions which are to follow To switch to another vocabulary file select either PROMPTS PROVOCAB or CONVOCAB from the JET SETUP menu The program searches for all files of the same generic name and the current file is displayed You may then switch to any other availab
46. al and locate symbols for these alongside the profile Reduction of levels is automatic and a correction is applied for slope The BOREHOLE LOG module will allow up to 15 columns of rock attributes to be arranged in any order desired tabulated either on a sister page or on the profile page Bar graphs of the attribute values can be drawn with normal or inverse shading Each borelog column may be sub divided and sub labelled A legend summarising all the particular symbols used on a job can be printed at the end of a run The user may download his own LOGOS to the LaserJet as macros which the program can automatically locate and print on each page Optionally a PCL raster or PDF logo can be inserted in the print file Alternatively space can be left for the logo on pre printed sheets dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 5 of 75 The program offers extensive support for non English languages and non standard use of symbols All aspects of the program can easily be customised by the user to work in the user s choice of language or dialect this includes keywords in the input text file prompts by the programs and printed output Existing symbols may be assigned different names or synonyms in any number of languages A useful set of format controls is supported The general page layout is customisable to a limited extent Any bitmapped or scalable soft font on the user s hard disk may be used p
47. ally expire and return to the pool See the following section for Troubleshooting specific problems dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 4 6 4 6 1 Page 44 of 75 Troubleshooting Common Problems and Remedies The following table shows some of the more common problems and suggests a few remedies SYMPTOMS POSSIBLE REMEDY Rows of dots appear on the screen while printing Check printer Press A to Abort Printer is not receiving data paper switches and cables or R to Retry Rubbish appears on the printer Is your printer a Hewlett Packard LaserJet or exact equivalent If not print via PDF file instead Note Printers other than HP printers may be set up to emulate various types of printers Yours must be set to HP PCL Nothing appears on the printer instead a Windows window appears headed Print to File with the prompt Output File Name Check that the F4 ADDRESS for the printer port typically LPT1 or COM1 has a Hewlett Packard LaserJet or equivalent printer connected to it Network printers are not supported Print via PDF file instead Conversion routine aborts possibly with Error 63 or Error 64 The filename given exists but is not that of a TEXT file make sure you have not given the name of a word processor file by mistake Possibly the triple slash is lost If you are using WordPerfect make sure you have a triple slash for end of job
48. ange the printer port temporarily for the duration of a run from the keyboard at the Main Menu Please note The entry is not checked If invalid it may cause the computer to wait for a timeout 3 4 Changing Path to Font Files PCL When comparing printed output in various formats the differences generally are caused by font substitution dot6000 in PCL mode builds the PCL output file using any available PCL fonts directly This works well when the output is going to an HP PCL printer However when building a PDF output file the PCL fonts must be replaced by the fonts available to Adobe Acrobat which are then directed to the screen or to any installed printer device through the driver For PDF fonts refer to Section 3 10 below Note on PDF Fonts dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 21 of 75 FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB FILES FILES r6000 Ld4 If the workstation has access to soft fonts then these can be made available to dot6000 merely by specifying the directory in which the soft font files are stored Because the program must examine every file in the specified directory to check if it is a font file it is advisable to keep the required soft font files or copies of them in a compact dedicated directory without the presence of other files to clutter up and slow down the search If the number of files in the specified direct
49. art Programs Accessories Paint In File Page Setup remove centering set the left margin to 15 mm and the top margin to 17 mm With File gt Print print to CutePDF It will ask for a file name For example use C dot6000 LOGO1 PDF Use Jet Setup or HotPlot to alter the SET file to use PDF name in this case LOGO1 Print a test file from dotPLOT If the logo is in the wrong place you have a choice of reprinting your logo to PDF with different margins or alternatively adjusting the Logo position using Jet Setup or HotPlot to change the SET file Repeat until the logo is correctly positioned Technical Note Editing SET Files Directly for Logos In the setup file there are two columns of logo data the first is for the PCL logo and the second for PDF If you are using PCL output then the data is read from and written to the first column if PDF then the second dotPLOT knows which mode you are in when making changes The special logo file LogoO PDF is specified as LOGOO in the setup file you never add the extension when talking through Jet Setup PDF will crash if the filename is blank and the PDF logo routines in dotPLOT require something to chew on so LOGOO PDF was built in as a place holder until the customer gets his own logo on the road dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 1 6 1 1 Page 56 of 75 6 Special Features Format Control Default Format of the Profile Page
50. ash character or customised character BLANK LINES can be created in a layer description using line breaks A double backslash X on a line by itself will produce a hard page break THE HARD SPACE or customised character can be used between pairs of words so that the words stick together INDENTION indentation is easily achieved by using pairs of braces to indent to any level permitted by the available line length which is dependent on the current margins and indent module The indent module default is 4 chars but this value can be changed in the setup or in the text file using the keyword INDENT dd in the header for the job A line containing only a brace is not printed SWITCH PRIMARY FONTS can be done by placing a dollar sign at the spot where the switch is to occur The font then toggles between FONT 1 and FONT 2 If a soil type is affected then the dollar sign should be placed ahead of the underline or tilde TWO COLUMNS ON THE PROFILE PAGE are obtained by placing the symbol at the spot where the text is to jump into the second column If a double symbol is used at least once then every description and the notes block will be split into two columns and a vertical dividing line will be drawn between them Format Disable It is sometimes useful to disable word wrap and justify This can be done using a single hard space character on a line by itself To indicate that the Block
51. ation and loaded onto folder C dot6000 It contains 2 sample holes Job No Hole No Description MANUAL TUTO001 A tutorial text file demonstrating format and format control MANUAL TUT002 A tutorial text file showing all the different ways by which soil symbols are called up and detected by the program Run dot6000 using the text file C dot6000 TUTORIAL TXT The expected output can be found in the file C dot6000 Manual TUTORIAL PDF BORELOG TXT Unless you have a licence for borehole logs this Borehole Log example will run as a DEMO The file BORELOG TXT included in the installation and loaded onto folder C dot6000 contains 2 sample borelogs Job No Hole No Description MANUAL BHO3 An example of a simple borehole log using the attributes page 4 pages MANUAL BHO9 A more detailed borehole log example using two columns in the profile tabulated attribute data input and the SAMPLES option 2 pages Run dot6000 and call the text file C dot6000 BORELOG TXT The expected output can be found in the file C dot6000 Manual BORELOG PDF dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 8 2 4 8 2 5 Page 69 of 75 Other Sample Text Files Other sample files included with the program and loaded onto folder C dot6000 are File Name Description CHIPTEST TXT To demonstrate use of PDF plus colour toggles colour on off One hole no 23
52. ay be continued on subsequent lines by indenting at least four characters If a note contains the word SAMPLE then the note is scanned for sample names and levels Sample names must begin with a letter and contain no spaces or lowercase letters Samples are assumed to be disturbed unless the words CHEMICAL or UNDISTURBED are found in the note More than one sample is allowed per note but only one class Sample names are paired with levels a shortfall of either names or levels will give rise to a warning message To draw a bracket over a range of depths place a double minus between the two levels dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 35 of 75 If a note contains the words WATER TABLE and a numerical value is present then a water table symbol is selected The symbol for a permanent water table will be used unless the word PERCHED is found Water tables may have names and levels in the same way as samples thus enabling dates to be written at observed depths Special words such as WATER STRIKE and WATER SEEPAGE can also be recognised if they are defined in the vocabularies CONVOCAB ENG and PROVOCAB ENG A further option for dealing with the description of samples is the word SAMPLES on a line by itself This will cause all following notes to be treated as though each contained the word SAMPLE but the text will not be printed on the output page 4 2 6 Attributes for Borehole Logs The attribut
53. be printed on any suitable machine with the DOS binary file copy command COPY A PRO B LPT1 Enters for all files on A disk or copy B A PRO LPT1 Enters for some versions of DOS or COPY A JJJ PRO B LPT1 Enters for a particular group JJJ Since the symbol summary for a job has no hole number as such the printer file for the summary will have a name of the form 352000 PbrF A test symbol printout has no job number and no hole number and so the filename will be 000000 PDF First make sure that any soft fonts required in the setup have already been downloaded and are available at the printer For PDF output Windows Explorer can be used to open the file with Adobe Acrobat Reader and hard copy can be obtained from suitable installed printers HotPlot can be set to automatically open PDF files after a dotPLOT run File Management All setup files and language files are straightforward text files using the alpha numeric ASCII characters 032 through 127 and may be readily edited The temporary transfer files have the extension TRX and are different they tend to have very long lines which a simple editor will not manage and they employ some special characters in the range 128 to 255 for the format control codes it is therefore not advisable to edit the transfer files All files can be deleted copied etc with ordinary DOS and Windows commands or utilities There are no hidden files Long Job and Hole Numbers Wi
54. breakpoint A page break can be forced by placing a double backlash WV on a line by itself after a description The next description will then be bumped down to the following page and the corresponding soil stave will be shifted up or down to coincide with the top of the new page The starting depth of the profile will be assumed to be zero unless the header for a hole carries the keyword and a value STARTING DEPTH value An underscore _ placed before a word will cause it to be underlined Text inside square brackets is not printed From dot6000 the program automatically detects soil symbols and uses them in the graphic To ignore a soil name precede it by a vertical bar If you do not have the dot6000 features licensed and use this feature the program will switch to DEMO mode Before dot6000 you had to mark the soil symbols using the normal soil name preceded by a tilde or a backward apostrophe which underlined it as well dot6000 respects this If one of these characters is found in a description it will override automatic detection You must then mark all the symbols you want in that layer Refer to Section 6 2 below for more details on how the program detects key words for soil symbols 4 2 5 The Notes Including Samples The header NOTES will be inserted by the program if the user does not include it Numbering of notes is not necessary since the program will renumber them in order Any note m
55. btaining selective directory listings prior to the conversion process If it is invalid and the full path to the text file is not specified in the filename it will cause a message such as file can not be found to be issued such as file cannot be found In dot6000 the pick window and acceptance line have caused the path to text files to become disused 3 6 Changing Path to Printer Files FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB FII FILES L 6000NLJA4 Printer files are printouts sent to a disk file rather than direct to the printer This is usually used for PDF output or in cases where a suitable printer is not connected to the workstation and the output must be ported to some other computer which has a LaserJet PDF output files are stored on this path To change the path go to JET SETUP menu highlight PATHS and press ENTER Then while pointing to the path to PRINTER files press ENTER again You may now enter the PATH to any disc drive and directory for example CADOTFILES If you enter a blank the routine backs out Note that the path to printer files may also be altered temporarily for the duration of a run from the keyboard at the main menu The entry is not checked and if it is invalid a print to file will not be successful DOS may attempt to give a message which will appear as a row of dots on the graphics screen In dot6000 the path to printer files has b
56. d Bottom Margins essseeeneeene nennen nens 58 6 1 9 Positions of Job Titles and Footer Titles nennen 58 6 2 Soil Symbol Selection it rece tht Etpe ti petto er ne llego ire erede etae 59 6 3 The Symbols for the Igneous ROCKS sse ennt en nennen rennen nennen 60 6 4 Header KEY WOrds T 60 6 5 Sundry Layout Features ss cc ee omite erecta este e aana aalas 61 6 5 1 Include E65 tne etatem ore cir rece ere A E 61 6 5 2 Logarithmi Bar Graphs esnips 61 6 5 3 UN Nelriea e ED 61 6 5 4 Line Drawings Shading and Hatching sssssssssssseseeseeeneeenen ener 61 6 5 5 Raster Lines and Bandani ososi restii t tet ee t All geen haa cet ere ed Edge ng 62 6 5 6 Imported Raster Graphic Drawings PCL only sse 62 6 5 7 Fogteronm Every Page uretan e e nte testet eaa atteint er ade ete 62 6 5 8 COMPRESS keyword k ieaiaia aar aa aaea aasi na sinn aaa tss aana E as Eaa Anai Seh 62 6 5 9 RESOLUTION keyword easing ar e aa aE a E Eaa A NE AE TESS 62 6 5 10 SUB LAYERS SUB STRATA feature cccccceceeesceceeeeeeeaeeeeaeeceeeeeceaeeeeaaeseeneeseeeeesaaeeeenaeesnees 62 Sou NET COLD 62 6 6 Colour in PDF Output eere oet code m ecu o ete eiue ta cede 63 6 6 1 Library of COMMON GoloUES iuit Ferr en rd tet to DER ROO E NER ER EDU NE P YER EXER vgH s 63 6 6 2 Using the RGB COlOUIS itte ife re Resale eae ein deat pena ee Tasa RE ei oboe adea 64 6 6 3 Us
57. d path to the printer cartridge and internal printer fonts do not need to be copied The download routine marks its soft fonts as permanent i e they will not disappear if the printer RESET button is pressed SOFT FONTS By now you must have defined the path to the directory containing the soft font files refer to section 3 4 above All of the files in that directory are examined in turn for those that prove to contain soft fonts the program extracts the pertinent data Font name dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 27 of 75 Typeface Symbol set Style and Point size The data is then sorted and displayed as needed By this means the program offers for soft fonts a choice comprising all those fonts it can see Having correctly defined the path to the soft font directory you need only to step through the menus making your choice as you go along and the program will manage everything else CARTRIDGE AND INTERNAL FONTS These are a little more difficult to manage because dot6000 does not to read the printer the traffic is one way Therefore you have got to define these details for your machine by yourself As a first step take a look at the C DOT6000 FONTLIB CUS file supplied with the program FONTLIB CUS LIBRARY OF BUILT IN AND CARTRIDGE FONTS For a full discussion on printer control codes and font management the HEWLETT PACKARD manual and reference f
58. dates On Line 70 USB Printers 9 Using another Symbol Library 52 Vocab file name cannot be found 42 Vocabulary files 29 47 Vocabulary Soil and Rock Names 53 Water table 35 Web Site Address 7 8 70 Well Construction example 61 WELLTEST TXT 61 69 Width of column 36 Wiggle tilde 34 59 Windows Explorer 66 Windows interface HotPlot 5 Windows Paint 55 Word doc files 32 Word wrap 56 WordPad 32 Word processor files 65 Words that stick together 57 Zenith angle 36 dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010
59. e language called for is not current in memory it will be loaded if it can be found It is thus possible to switch languages in mid jobstream The program does not limit the number of different language files ITLE BLOCK WORDING read or write data that is PROC all other fields are not processed customising take c are to ensur The layout below is a schematic represen default title block phrases that appear in various positions on the page The words used in this layout may be edited by the user to suit his preferences The words followed by numbers in darts DATA to be written into the fields is de keywords defined in CONVOCAB The four special POINTERS are needed by ESSED data in CONVOCAB tation of an output page showing the form the TITLES of the fields The tected by the program using the set of the program so that it knows where to by the routines other than typesetting titles are moved around when If th that these four pointers the keywords for and the titles in the new positions are all consistent begin Sheet 26 of 25 reserved title 1 LEGEND 24 reserved title 2 SUMMARY OF SYMBOLS 23 JOB NUMBER 22 E Scale lt 3 reserved descriptions NOTES
60. e program will display the available files from which you may make a selection To back out press the lt Esc gt key You may also call for a particular setup by naming it in the run string of the shortcut or from the DOS prompt For example the command PROFILE CHIPLOG will cause dotPLOT to start up with CHIPLOG SET as the setup file dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 31 of 75 3 13 Saving the Setup FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB PATHS LAYOUT COLOURS SAVE SETUP SWITCH SETUP You may choose to save a new setup if however you try to lt Esc gt before saving having modified a setup the program will prompt you and invite you to save the new combination Esc EXIT Arrow keys to point Enter SELECT ave this setup Y Yes lt The name must be entered if it is a new one to save under the same name a skip lt Enter gt will suffice By pressing lt Esc gt you can abort the save Esc EXIT Arrow keys to point Enter SELECT ter new name for setup file skip STANDARD SET If a file of the same name already exists a warning is given and you must choose either to overwrite the old file or else abort the save SETUP Filename STANDARD SET Replace existing file Y Yes lt If you do not reply Y the save will again request the file name previous question dot6000 User Manual COwWinst
61. e unique ID of a macro resident in the printer will cause the macro to be executed Note that the macro called by this ID number must have already been downloaded to the printer and must have been made permanent else no logo will appear 2 Using PCL or PDF logo files The contents of a logo file can be inserted in the print file for each page by writing the name of the file instead of an ID number The filename must begin with a letter and be less than 6 characters long Appropriately prepared files with the filename and extension PCL for PCL output and PDF for PDF output must be available on the directory C dot6000 Logo X This denotes the horizontal starting co ordinate of the logo raster measured in dots from left towards the right dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 26 of 75 Logo Y gt This denotes the vertical starting co ordinate of the logo measured downwards in dots from the top Compress Option Borehole logs only A non zero value will cause the attribute columns to print onto the same page as the profile and descriptions The Profile Page Left margin will be adjusted using this value at 300 dots per inch the program will check and apply a default minimum of 150 dots If the last character of the compress option has a value other than zero e g 603 then the rightmost 3 attribute columns will be pushed into the profile page into a space of 600 dots the remainder
62. e written as defined in PROVOCAB see next section 5 6 below Changing the Title Block PROVOCAB ENG In the following example the fields for COLLAR LEVEL and Y CO ORDINATE have been swapped and the word BOREHOLE has been added as a synonym for HOLE NUMBER date dateprofiled profieldatum 14 groundlevel collarlevel elevation lt 19 gt gt grondhoogte hoogte lt 19 gt gt x coord x coordinate xcoord lt 18 gt gt y coord y coordinate ycoord lt 17 gt gt hole holeno holenumber trialhole boreholeno boreholenumber borehole pit trench backactorpit referenceno referencenumber refno 20 dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 50 of 75 Be especially careful when moving the positions of data fields please refer to the example and discussion in paragraph 5 6 below In addition to the keywords for the header and footer fields the program will recognise a few keywords relating to the layout of the page This allows different holes falling within one text file to be formatted differently to the current setup file and to one another selectlanguage language vocab taal 38 AttributePageLHM apagelhm aplhm 43 AttributePageRHM apagerhm aprhm 44 ProfilePageLHM ppagelhm pplhm lt 45 gt ProfilePageRHM ppagerhm pprhm lt 46 gt AttribuutBladsyLinkerKantlyn ablslkl 43 AttribuutBladsyRegterKantlyn ablsrkl 44 ProfielBladsyLinkerKantlyn pblslkl
63. e your own shortcut on the windows desktop that uses C dot6000 profile exe as the target To run dotPLOT from HotPlot first run HotPlot using Start gt Programs gt HotPlot or a desktop shortcut if you created one as described above Near the bottom right of the HotPlot window click the button Go to dotPLOT This will put you into the main dotPLOT Menu The first time the program runs it will examine the system to determine the type of monitor screen present and will store the values it needs in a file called PROCOLOR CUS On later runs this is bypassed This is the MAIN MENU dot PLOT Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU DONGLE Licence D000 Company Name PBpH6 Program Active PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename SETUP Filename PROVOCAB ENG STANDARD SET E2 E3 F4 19 5 INC AM UAL ENG GUNA 16 ADDRESS ACCESS PROFILES PRNTFILE PDF HGABIOHEID IIR UES SESUE The function keys F1 to F5 are fully explained in Section 4 3 on page 38 The Conversion of the Text File to a Transfer File If you will be printing to a printer connected to your PC press F3 as many times as required for the F3 display to read OUTPUT to PRINTER Now you must find the address of the printer port on your work station It is likely to be either LPT1 or COM1 dot6000 expects to see a printer at the address shown on your screen under F4 If this does not agree with the configuration o
64. een set up as C DOTFILES The output file will then be parked in a directory C DOTFILES Jobname and will be given the name C DOTFILES Jobname holenumber The jobname hole number will have all blanks removed and will then be squashed to a string not more than 8 characters long Please beware of the DOS requirements concerning special characters in filenames dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 23 of 75 3 7 Changing Screen Colours SAVE SETUP SWITCH SETUP First time round and at any time later some items may need to be adjusted to make the program easier to use COLOURS will probably be the first item requiring attention Use the arrow keys to highlight COLOURS and then press lt ENTER gt A colour chart will be displayed and the cursor may be moved around using the arrow keys to point to a class of screen text and then to select a suitable colour combination The new selection may only become apparent after a return to the main menu because the JET SETUP menu is saved as a block and restored before the new colours become active c C dot5000 PROFILE EXE NORMAL KEYLABEL Arrow keys to point Enter SELECT dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 24 of 75 3 8 Changing the Layout JET SETUP STANDARD SET SCALE OPTION lt 1 METRIC 2 IMPERIAL scale option
65. en place the keyword WORDPAD case insensitive in the header of the dotPLOT text file and Save As Text This will allow access to a limited set of eight special characters and will cope with both the Normal and the WordPad end of line condition If you require access to the extended set of forty eight chars characters then change the keyword to WORDPADX In this case file conversion will be slower You will need the binary file WORDPAD DAT in the CADOT6000 directory dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 33 of 75 4 2 Writing the Text File 4 2 1 File Structure A file must be written in blocks The block structure of the text file is very simple a HEADERS a single slash for end of header block LAYER DESCRIPTIONS a single slash for end of layers block NOTES a double slash denotes end of notes block and end of hole s Repeat from header until all holes are written Ill triple slash denotes end of job a a Further text is ignored It is good practice to add the name of the file after the triple slash so that a printout can later be identified An example of a typical word processor text file can be found in C DOT6000 EXAMPLES TXT A listing of the first portion of this file is included in Section 8 2 below Note Profiles appear in the output in order by the numeric part of the hole number not necessarily the order listed in the text file It is a good idea to always li
66. es are written as a continuation of the notes and form part of the notes block Two styles of input can be used namely columnar and tabular and they can be intermixed The advantage of the tabular style is that it is compact easier to read and the series of depth values need not be repeated for each attribute Notes Samples and Attributes may be written in any order and may be intermixed USING COLUMNAR INPUT the word ATTRIBUTE or synonym followed by one colon and some text starts a new attribute The text following the colon is the name of the attribute which will be stacked in the footer of the column ATTRIBUTE attribute name options Each following line must be written in the form DEPTH text DESCRIPTION text If the sign is present in the depth word then the depth is treated as at a point rather than the end of a range The words of the description will be stacked at a position midway between top and underside of the layer or in the case of an depth inside a box near the depth concerned TO USE TABULAR INPUT the keyword ATTRIBUTE is followed by two colons with no spaces between them This indicates that a table follows for The attribute names are then written one per line in the form TAG attribute name options The table is then written using the same TAG as a column heading with a vertical bar to start and end each row and between columns Depths to underside of layer must be placed in the first data column
67. f your machine it will be necessary for you to now select JET SETUP and re define the default address as explained in Section 3 3 on page 20 Changing Path to Printer Port Printing to a USB or network printer can only be done through the PDF module i e the trusty old DOS command copy B FILENAME LPT1 is no longer supported for USB devices For printing a PDF file Adobe Acrobat Reader or equivalent is used to open the files and must have access to a Windows printer If you will be printing to a printer connected to your PC press F3 as any times as required for the F3 display to read OUTPUT to PRNTFILE PDF Note the F4 display of the address to which files will be printed If this is not acceptable press F4 to change it files will be printed to the subfolder 000000 at this address dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 10 of 75 2 4 Testing Profile Symbols At the dotPLOT MAIN MENU choose SYMBOLS by pressing the F2 key as many times as required Then press F1 START A list of the standard symbols will be displayed
68. file The next screen carries a heading with the name of the text file followed by a sorted list of all the holes it contains List of Filenames contained in the TextFile EXAMPLES TXT ESTDEM PLEOO9 PLEH22 PLEH23 PLELOG UTOOL UTO02 E BH Dd Bd Enter Filename skip to escape 0 to flush The filenames in the list are made up from the last three alphanumeric characters of the job number together with the last three alohanumeric characters of the hole number to ensure unique names for the transfer files These serve as an aid in picking the set to be printed A skip Enter with no group selected will return the program to the main menu The selection can be made by a number of methods hhh ENTER Characters of a filename aaa zzz ENTER Start and end names of a set ALL ENTER This selects all files 0 lt ENTER gt A zero unselects all files Use characters just sufficient to identify the file you want It is not mandatory to enter the full filename As a file is selected it is given a pointer and a number on the screen Once selected second entry of a filename will toggle it off Holes will print in the order selected List of Filenames contained in the TextFile EXAMPLES TXT ESTDEM lt 1 PLEO09 PLEH22 lt 2 PLEH23 lt 3 PLELOG lt 4 UT001 UTO02 lt 5 gt Enter PRE
69. followed by at least one more line of text say FileName Printer lines fall short of right hand margin or wrap to next line Extra page is printed with main borders and footer only The specified font is not available at the printer or has been removed f a soft font is called make sure it is DOWNLOADED Make sure that internal and cartridge fonts have right printer control codes in the file FONTLIB CUS The Logo does not appear as it usually does The logo macro has not been downloaded has been removed or has a number name different to the setup file File not available Printing routine Decodes the text file Formats but does not Print Possibly caused by incorrect PCL printer control codes Check the relevant codes in FONTLIB CUS and the setup file Conversion routine can t find the text file Check the name of the text file directory shown at top of screen As above does not produce the previous soil symbol Two tildes are required for the keyword As above to work The spelling must be the same as in the first line of the vocabulary in PROVOCAB ENG Error 7 Out of memory Possibly too many DOS shells stacked onto dot6000 Error 14 during conversion String memory overflow Text file is too long Break into smaller sub profiles make use of non zero starting depth page breaks dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page
70. fset 25 Job title position 25 Justification 56 Justification disable 57 Key words in square brackets 59 Keyword COMPRESS 62 Keyword INCLUDE FILE 61 69 Keyword LOG 61 Keyword LOGO 55 Keyword RESOLUTION 62 Keyword SUB 62 Keywords for Soils and Rocks 53 Keywords in Header 60 Language files 47 Layer depth error 42 Layer descriptions 34 Left margin 24 58 Library of symbols Licence location Licence new company Licences Additional Licensing Line break Line Continuation Line Drawing Line Graphs Line spacing Lines per inch Lines Raster Locating Errors Location of text files Logarithmic Bar Graphs Logo coordinates Logo does not appear Logo files Logo ID Logo macros Logo number Logo file name cannot be found Logos Logo X Y position Long Job and Hole Numbers Macros for logos MAILFORM OUT licence application Managing Soft Fonts Margins Margins on Attribute Page Margins on Profile Page Mark soil symbols Mark soil symbols with tilde Maximum number of layers notes etc Metric scales Microsoft Word doc files Missing Attribute page More than 36 layers More than 36 notes More than 36 samples Move Titles Multiple Users Names of special characters Network paths Network Printers New Line Y Newspaper columns No Further Licences Available No layers detected Non Printing Text in Not completed properly Aborting Notes Notes Block Customising keywords Number of ho
71. ft and right margins may be controlled by the setup file and also by using the keywords PPLHM and PPRHM followed by a value in the job header The COMPRESS parameter will behave the same way A positive value moves the margin towards the centre and a negative value moves it away The limiting values are PPLHM 390 to 1200 measured as dots at 300 dip PPRHM i 0 to 1200 Margins on Attribute Page Borehole Logs Only The attribute page margins are controlled in the same way as the profile page margins but using instead the keywords APLHM and APRHM The limits here are APLHM 200 to 1500 measured as dots at 300 dpi APRHM 100 to 1500 The text file TUTORIAL TXT contains this discussion and will demonstrate the effect of the format control characters on the printed page To obtain a printout run the program selecting the hole number TUTO01 Page Length Top and Bottom Margins The length of the field used for printing on a page is set at 3200 dots 10 677 inches 271 mm as supplied This value may be customised and the bottom of the page will move accordingly The top header block as supplied is 300 dots below the top edge and will bump down to suit the table of abbreviations for the attribute page if it exceeds 7 lines The bottom footer block as supplied is 300 dots above the bottom edge of the field The perimeter border is set at 34 dots away from the edges of the field The page length the header and the footer block sizes may be mod
72. haracters Format disable Formatting Errors Full Stop to end layer description GEOSURVY TXT Graph shading hatching Graphics importing 26 28 33 37 56 33 37 56 33 56 16 33 68 16 39 16 39 56 57 26 28 56 59 dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 73 of 75 Graphs Line 61 Graphs Logarithmic 61 GRIDTEST TXT 62 69 Ground level 34 36 49 Ground Level cleared 34 Hade inclination 36 Hard Space 56 57 HATCH TXT 36 62 69 Hatching 61 Hatching Graph 36 Header block comments 58 Header Block size 25 Header block termination 33 Header Block Customising keywords 49 Header Block Customising layout 51 Header keywords 34 60 Heading Notes 34 Height of header and footer blocks 25 Help on Errors 46 History stack 16 Hole names selection of 41 Hole Numbers Length 66 HotPlot Edit Setup File 56 HotPlot licence 11 HotPlot Installing 7 HotPlot Running 8 9 HotPlot Windows interface 5 HPGL print files 66 Igneous Rocks 60 Ignore Soil Name 56 59 Imperial scales 41 Inclination of hole 36 INCLUDE FILE keyword 61 69 Indent Outdent 56 Indent Module 25 Indentation 57 Indention 57 Input Files 32 Install on C drive only 7 Installing Combined Package 7 Installing dotPLOT only Package 8 Inverse bar graph 36 Invisible text in Square brackets 59 Jet Setup 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 30 31 Job Numbers Long 66 Job Title Of
73. have a flash disk mounted and shared The licence on C lasts for the life of the drive and dies with it A licence on a flash drive is mobile and portable but prone to loss and theft A server licence lasts for the life of the server drive and dies with it In all cases you should insure your software as loss of the licence means that you will have to purchase an additional licence to replace it this costs somewhat less than your first copy of the program While the choice of drive is up to you we recommend a USB flash drive because it is portable and likely to outlive any hard drive For security purposes it can be inserted in a Server USB port and locked in the Server Room In all cases specify a mapped drive letter only not a path with subfolders If necessary map a new drive letter to the folder you want to use This drive letter must exist otherwise when you Escape from the form you will get the message Caution Network Drives You must have rights to create modify and delete files and folders on the mapped drive that you choose The licensing program will try to create a folder named DOTPLOT USB on the mapped drive and the licensing process will fail if it can not do so Alternatively before completing the form above you may manually create this folder on root folder of the drive concerned Multiple Users Number of Copies A server licence putting the licence file on a server drive allows you to have more than one copy
74. ified in any of the setup files using JET SETUP There are 300 dots to one inch or approximately 12 dots to 1 mm the abbreviation dpi stands for dots per inch Positions of Job Titles and Footer Titles The horizontal positions of the job title and footer titles can be moved using the parameters specified in the setup file Please refer to the discussion on JET SETUP in chapter 3 dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 59 of 75 6 2 Soil Symbol Selection OBJECTIVE The objective of the program is to intelligently interpret the stream of words in the text file as though they were typed directly from field notes or from a tape recording to select correct symbols for the soil and rock types and to do this with the minimum of editing and manipulation by the user To achieve this a number of methods have evolved by which the soil symbols can be called up or be detected by the program DOING NOTHING From dot6000 the program automatically recognises all soil symbols and uses them in the profile You do not need to mark key words anymore OMITTING KEYWORDS You can override dot6000 s automatic recognition of a word by placing a vertical bar before the word Example Clay residual Ferricrete Clay symbol will be used Ferricrete will be ignored UNDERLINING ANY WORDS You can underline any word by placing an underscore before the word New from dot6000 onwards USING UNDERLINED
75. ing the AC Colors cett ni cene Heri Rent reet uenti ipei Eae Fea ege aN aa aawa 64 6 7 Fence Diagrams edet atentamente RE 64 Disks Storage and Limits saeara e RA Aaaa AREE KARE ener EREA ERRENA E 65 7 1 File Syste Msa inn tice i c eL pe fe Em de e oo vac Pv vea Va sande aaa A e Seta ade 65 7 2 Program bimitatioris 2 2 tino eli een ui ee Be dfe ee ee Do Ed ee dee te Dag Iib ey 65 7 3 Working Data Limits rote tcd Ce Et dein ced ete t ce id Ce Ed 65 7 4 TranstemPilenames oreet sant ee Eme toti ie et Cecile edt 65 7 5 Printing to a Disk File ciet fii emet ettet Gee e chc eee E rtt Pie ee bein ext 66 7 6 File Manageme enina dete eite iren eret ficere esent tete eie tad Idea ens 66 7 7 Long Job and Hole Numbers eeeseieeeseseseee esent trnn nennen ennt nrn een en nennen nnns 66 Sample OUIDUE toscano niii ID UP pact river ieu tesis aE 67 8 1 Soil and Rock Symbol LIbrarysearr seriinin iiit aiit iaeia ivoa enne nennen nnne tentent ens 67 8 2 Ene M d eohag 68 8 2 1 EXAMPLEES TXT iiie iter te berto rb dde ett eor oec et tte p ert bre rio ur ed vdd 68 922 TUTORIAL TXT e Er r o tne ie ette rti ae be tib et egetras 68 8 2 3 BORELOG TX T TRE 68 8 24 Other Sample Text Files ccc ccccecseeceeececeeeeeeae scence eaeeeseaeeeeaaeeeeeeeseaeeesaaesseneeseeeesaeeseaaeesenees 69 8 2 5 Miscellaneous Files 5 minu potete e t OR e PURGE
76. ith double minus 34 Starting depth 34 Stiffy drives 5 Structure of text file 33 SUB keyword 62 SUB LAYERS SUB STRATA feature 62 Substitute fonts 28 Summary of soil symbols in job 41 Support on Errors 46 Swift View files 66 Switch Fonts 56 57 Switching languages 29 dot6000 User Manual COWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 75 of 75 Switching setup 30 Symbol library 52 67 Symbol summary for job 41 Symbols and punctuation marks 6 Symbols for Igneous Rocks 60 Symbols for water table 35 SYMBOLSA PDF 67 Synonyms 48 Systematic Troubleshooting 45 Table of Abbreviations 37 47 48 54 Tables of data 57 TAG attribute name 35 Tally in Family 13 14 Tape recording 4 59 Test File 16 Test routine 67 68 Test symbol PDF file name 66 Test example 16 TEST3000 TXT 69 Testing standard symbols 10 67 Text file conversion 16 Text file Input 32 Text file Structure 33 Text files 65 Text files path to 21 Text too long 42 Title block position pointers 52 Title block wording 47 Title block changing 51 Titles Moving 58 Too many soil types in layer 42 Top Bottom Sample with double minus 34 Top margin 58 Transfer files 16 32 65 Troubleshooting 44 45 TUTORIAL TXT 58 60 68 Two Columns on Profile Page 56 57 Underline in tables 58 Underline soil symbols with apostrophe 56 Underline Word _ 56 59 Underlining words 34 57 Underscore _ 34 Undisturbed Samples 34 Unselect All Files 41 Up
77. le SA18 SA42 SA44 Furthermore the symbol for BRECCIA SA46 can be superimposed on any other symbol or compound It is also possible to superimpose SCHIST SA47 or METAMORPHIC SA16 Header Keywords The keywords in the header of the text file are used by the program to detect the data for the header of the job They are defined in the file CONVOCAB ENG See the part listing in Section 5 5 above on page 49 Many of the values carried by the setup file can be modified by specifying them in the header for the job or hole and these will then override the settings of the setup file for all holes that follow dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 5 6 5 1 6 5 2 6 5 3 6 5 4 Page 61 of 75 The scale to be used for a job can also be specified by writing the keywords SCALE and a value in the header This will define the smallest number of pages to be used for the plot and the same scale will be used for all the holes that follow The series of standard scales are carried in data files external to the program SCALES IMP for imperial and SCALES MET for the metric series These files are editable and users may alter them to suit Sundry Layout Features Include Files The command INCLUDE FILE can be added to the header of an attribute the first zone to follow is then taken as the name of a file containing data in columnar format i e DEPTH ATTRIBUTE VALUE OR DESCRIPTION
78. le file The new setting will become active only on return to the main menu provided the new combination is saved and will then remain active until the next switch Note that the vocabulary PROVOCAB may also be switched in the header for a hole by using the keyword VOCAB PROVOCAB XXX Thus one text file can handle different libraries and vocabularies and also switch these from hole to hole You may edit any of the language files and create your own to suit your preferences All of them are straightforward alpha numeric ASCII files dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 30 of 75 3 12 Switching Setup FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB PATHS LAYOUT COLOURS SAVE SETUP SWITCH SETUP Arrow keys to point Enter SELECT A setup file stores a specific combination of the setup variables under a name given by the user at the time of saving it to disc So a workstation will develop a family of setup files which suit the geologists who use it The files will all have the generic name SET where the extension is automatically appended by the program so when you want to switch setup the program simply seeks out those files which have SET extension and presents a menu from which a selection can be made The new setup becomes active on return to the main menu To switch setup select SWITCH SETUP from the bottom of the JET SETUP menu Th
79. les per job number Number of layers per hole Number of lines in Attribute name Number of Notes Number of pages Number of samples Number of Symbols in Summary Numbering of notes Orientation 5 11 38 34 56 57 25 55 25 55 25 55 13 14 26 28 34 35 dot6000 User Manual COWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 74 of 75 Outdention 57 Output Files Formats 66 Output files path to 22 Output to DXF HPGL PCL PDF Printer Swiftview 38 Page break 34 Page break 57 Page formatting 56 Page layout 24 Page length 58 Page margins 24 Page Size 24 Paint colours 63 PAINTLIB files 63 Paper Size A3 62 Password licensing 15 Password routine 38 Path to font files 20 Path to output files 22 Path to text files 21 PCL fonts 20 28 PDF Files 66 PDF Fonts 20 28 PDF Logo 25 55 PDF output files path 22 PDF Writer 55 PDF differences cf LaserJet 28 Picking ALL filenames 17 PLOTTEST DAT 61 69 PLOTTEST TXT 61 62 69 Position of job title 25 PPLHM 24 58 PPRHM 25 58 Preferred scales 41 Print to File Error 44 Printer lines fall short 44 Printer port 9 Printer port path to 20 Printers USB 20 Printfile extensions 66 Printing to disk file 66 Profile exe 8 Profile page margin invalid 42 Program crashes 46 Program Updates 70 PROLIB DAT 52 PROMPTS 29 PROMPTS file Changing 48 PROMPTS file purpose 47 PROPASS KEY licence file 13 14 PROVOCAB 19 29 36 51 52 PROVOCAB file
80. ll be superimposed on the pages This will remain while the Licence or password is invalid and will darken with age Final Testing of dot6000 The conversion routine will be bypassed if the text file has not changed The list of all the transfer files generated by the text will be displayed The names of the transfer files are derived from the last three characters of the jobname and the last three characters of the hole name zero filled if necessary The purpose is purely to aid the user in picking the set to be printed since the transfer files are temporary The screen will again display EXAMPLES TXT List of Filenames contained in the TextFile ESTDEM PLEOO9 PLEH22 PLEH23 PLELOG UTOOL UTO02 l r Rs Bs C3 gt Enter Filename skip to escape 0 to flush Type ALL lt ENTER gt This marks all files for printing in the order displayed dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 18 of 75 v List of Filenames contained in the TextFile EXAMPLI ES TXT ESTDEM 009 H22 H23 LOG UTOOI UTO02 E Bi Ed Dd NAKA AANAA uon gm m g A o 014 0C No ES Enter Filename skip to escape 0 to flush Once your selection has been marked on the screen all subsequent prompts can be answered simply by pressing ENTER The profile should then be printed looking
81. lligently interpret the stream of words as though they were typed directly from the field notes possibly in the form of a tape recording to automatically select symbols for soil and rock types to choose appropriate scales number of pages and page breaks to format the text and to produce the finished pages ready for binding into a report all with the minimum of editing by the geologist The printed soil profile is in the form of high quality laser graphics combined with text in user selected fonts Symbols for almost any soil descriptions and rock types can be combined thus the symbol for SANDY can be combined with the symbol for CLAY and this can in turn be combined with the symbol for GRAVEL or BOULDERS By clever masking symbols containing white space e g BOULDERS can be superimposed on other symbols The program allows any combination to be selected by the user of up to 12 symbols per layer Eighty standard symbols are provided which cannot be altered by the user although they can be reassigned They have been designed to cover most soil types and all classes of the igneous rocks A selection of libraries may become available Using an additional module the user may design symbols of his own Extra symbols or libraries can be provided for you at additional cost dot6000 will recognise notes on water tables permanent or perched water seepage or water strikes weathering horizons rockheads samples undisturbed disturbed or chemic
82. lt will be restored lt F5 gt Accesses the JET SETUP routines refer to Chapter 3 above starting on page 19 Three further capabilities are lt ALT gt lt D gt To access a DOS Shell lt ALT gt lt L gt To access the Licence routine lt ALT gt lt P gt To access the Password routine From the main menu select F1 The screen will display a search string to be used by the program to find the text files The search path is the text file PATH as defined in your current setup file You can modify the search string as you wish dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 39 of 75 SELECT drive path filename NDOTFILESNCoreBAKK txt NdotfilesNCoreKUHN txt Ndot6000Ntest3000 txt Ndot6000Nchiptest txt DOTPLOT SUPPORT awrcon DOTFIL 1 DOC dot6000 txt En The screen display has a large window showing items which may be picked with a mouse or by using the arrow up and down keys followed by Enter After picking the selection is transferred down to the lower line where the file mask is displayed this can be edited to suit from the keyboard and if it represents a path i e not a complete target path and filename the window changes to display the new selection from which one item may be picked 1 fil SELECT drive path fil DOT5003 TXT 2156 04 10 06 08 31 DOT5003 TXT EXAMPLES TX 21683 07 11 03 10 35 EXAM
83. n of sub layers within a description and allows one to switch soil symbols within a layer This feature is controlled by the word SUB or SUBn in the description text where n is an integer in the range 0 to 7 operating as follows nul 0 1 suppress the right hand portion of the line 2 suppress the depth value 4 suppress the zig zag portion of the line A3 Paper Paper size may be A3 or A4 thus output for a borehole log can be printed on one A3 page provided your printer has that capability Jet Setup or HotPlot s SET File Editor can be used to set the paper size but it is essential to edit any OLD setup files e g STANDARD SET and remove the page size code 027 amp I26A or printer reset code 027E at line 39 If this is not done these codes could take priority and annul the A3 instructions dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 6 6 6 1 Page 63 of 75 Colour in PDF Output This Section was first issued as PAINTLIB DOC Colour Support for dot4001 dated 24 11 2003 Some of the features mentioned here are demonstrated in the Sample file CHIPTEST TXT Colour for soil symbols and attributes is supported from dotPLOT 4001 PDF It is controlled by the input text file Here are some examples paint red the symbol will be stroked black on a Red background Paint red the symbol will be stroked Red on a white background PAINT red the whole symbol will be colo
84. ng HP PCL Printer Control Language and 300 dots per inch graphics PDF output can be printed via Windows to any installed printer 512 KB RAM memory is sufficient 1 3 Introducing HotPlot There is an optional Windows interface HotPlot which provides access to the major functions of dotPLOT in a user friendly visual fashion with mouse support From Version 2 0 0 of February 2010 HotPlot lets you edit SET files reducing or eliminating the need for JET SETUP 1 4 Licensing dot6000 is licensed for installation on the C drive of one machine only It will not run from stiffy drives A server based licence is now available dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 1 5 Page 6 of 75 Terminology In this manual the following terms are used for the various punctuation marks Symbol Name Also known as bar vertical bar underscore underline x tilde wiggle acute accent backward apostrophe slash forward slash backslash caret circumflex parentheses round brackets brackets square brackets braces curly brackets lt gt less than greater than signs angle brackets hash pound sign on some keyboards To see what the symbols are used for refer to section 6 1 2 below The Format Control Characters dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 Page 7 of 75 2
85. no PAGE SIZE APAGE LH MARGIN APAGE RH MARGIN PPAGE LH MARGIN PPAGE RH MARGIN HEADER BLOCK FOOTER BLOCK BORELOG OPTIONS JOBTITLE OFFSET FOOTER MARGIN 1 FOOTER MARGIN 2 INDENT MODULE LOGO ID OR FILE LOGO X LOGO Y COMPRESS OPTION LINES PER INCH Arrow keys to point Enter SELECT The page layout is controlled by the values of the items in the list All items marked below with gt can also be changed in the header for the job or the header for a hole To change the layout select LAYOUT at the JET SETUP menu and then select the item required You can then enter the new value The entry prompt will carry a reminder of the current valid limits note that the value of some of the items affects the valid range of others Most items are checked but it may still be possible to concoct a combination that gives a distorted layout A blank entry leaves the current setting undisturbed The various items that affect the layout are as follows Scale Option 1 denotes metric 2 denotes imperial scale required Page Size This is the metric size of the page A3 or A4 Apage LH Margin Borehole logs only gt This is the Attribute Page Left Hand Margin OFFSET from the default position which is 250 dots in from the left edge of the page A positive value shifts it inwards a negative value shifts it outwards Apage RH Margin Borehole log
86. not matched 40 Underscore to underline words 34 56 57 59 Block structure of text file 33 apostrophe to Underline soil symbols 34 56 59 Borehole log attributes 35 for Indention 56 57 Borehole logs 24 bar to Ignore Soil Name 56 59 Borehole logs Customising abbreviations 54 tilde to Mark soil symbols 34 56 59 Borelog Options code 25 As above 44 45 59 BORELOG TXT 68 for Bottom of hole 59 Bottom margin 58 gt gt Double darts clear headers 49 Bottom of hole 59 gt 15 Attribute Columns 42 Can t find Text file 44 gt 36 Layers 42 Cartridge fonts 27 28 gt 36 Notes 42 Change company name in Licence 14 gt 36 Samples 42 Change Printer Port 20 gt 500 Attributes 42 65 Changing abbreviation table 36 000000 File Name 65 Changing fonts 26 12 pages exceeded 42 Changing keywords in header 49 A3 Paper 62 Changing keywords in notes 48 Abbreviations for Attributes 54 Changing Logos 55 Abbreviations customising 54 Changing Page layout 24 Abbreviations Table of 29 37 47 48 Changing prompts 48 ABBREVIATIONS colon keyword 37 48 Changing Soil and Rock Names 53 Access code 15 Changing Symbol Library 52 ACI Colours 64 Changing Table of Abbreviations 54 Acrobat PDF Writer 55 Changing title block 51 Acrobat Reader 9 28 66 Character for line break 57 Activation code 15 Character for two columns 57 Additional Licences 13 Character for switch font 57 Address of printer 9 Character for hard space 57 Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer 55
87. nrtr entente snnt nennen 47 5 3 Changing the Prompts PROMPTS ENG ssssssssssseseenennereen nennen tentent inns 48 5 4 Changing Keywords in the Notes Block CONVOCAB ENG seeeeeeeeneen nns 48 5 5 Changing Keywords in the Header Block CONVOCAB ENG sse eee 49 5 6 Changing the Title Block PROVOCAB ENG sse entente nnne ns 51 5 7 Changing to Another Symbol Library PROLIB DAT sss enne 52 5 8 Changing the Soil and Rock Name Vocabulary PROVOCAB sssss eene 53 5 9 Changing Table of Abbreviations for Attributes in Borehole Logs PROVOCAB 54 DAO LOGOS LCD 55 5 10 1 Example Creating a Logo PDF File nennen nennen 55 5 10 2 Technical Note Editing SET Files Directly for Logos 55 Special Features EE 56 6 1 Format Conttol escscs EET 56 6 1 1 Default Format of the Profile Pagen serotonine iea a a a a a 56 6 1 2 The Format Control GharacterSeiteit riaa aaae aa aaa aa aaae da aa a a aa Sa Sa eatas 56 6 1 3 Modifying the Normal FOr Mat ranr eens eai aaee aaea a deaa EEKE aA nnne nennen nennen nn 57 6 1 4 Format Disable iee dep eet A cece up am ined dat eee 57 6 1 5 INonsPriritirig ST ext i85 oie ime Dna HIR bee cath IER A dunce nba ceneeaseducde UE ARR 58 6 1 6 Margins on tl ie Prorile Page iere PREX NET DREBOUNRE D ERARROUNET E IIR 58 6 1 7 Margins on Attribute Page Borehole Logs Only 58 6 1 8 Page Length Top an
88. nter Select All Attrib colon mis ra fittrib colon missingt lt t19 76 TMF T2 T28 38 Attrib colon missingt lt T G ft T46 66 Attrib colon missingt lt T Find Press any key to continue Press any key to continue To get out of the program when it is stopped at an error press Escape If pressing this repeatedly does not work on your system press C irl Break followed by Escape This will crash the program and your licence will become unavailable for half an hour You may also investigate further from a DOS shell by executing the command from the C dot6000 folder TBE BAT error number Enter dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 5 1 5 2 Page 47 of 75 Customising dot6000 Backup Before Customising All customisable dotPLOT files are on the C DOT6000 folder Before making any changes copy the C DOT6000 directory to a backup system network folder flash drive or CD ROM In the event of a mishap the damaged files can be restored from your backup If you failed to heed this and the program now will not work rename the C DOT6000 folder Reinstall dotPLOT and backup the new C DOT6000 folder Then copy only trustworthy customised files from your renamed folder The Customisable Files The general scheme in dot6000 revolves around three classes of Language files and one class of Setup file The three Language files are PROMPTS These dete
89. o create a shortcut to HotPlot on your desktop use the right mouse button to grab the Start gt Programs gt HotPlot icon and drop it on your desktop then choose Copy Here When you run HotPlot it will notice that you do not have dotPLOT installed and offer to install it Just click Yes and dot6000 will be installed when prompted to Press any key to continue press Enter as required until you see the message END OF INSTALLATION HotPlot will congratulate you on installing dotPLOT and tell you how to License dotPLOT Click OK HotPlot will ask you to find PROFILE EXE It will already be looking at C dot6000 so just click Open HotPlot is now running and connected to dotPLOT Click Help for pointers on getting started You can now delete the temporary folder C dotSetup You can upgrade the system at any time by repeating the installation process 2 2 2 Installing dotPLOT Only If you wish to use the Windows interface HotPlot ignore this section and use the previous one directly above The program can be downloaded from the Internet as an executable file dot6000Setup exe the exact number will vary with the version 1 o OM N 11 12 13 14 Click the Internet hyperlink found near the bottom of the page http www softwareafrica co za dotplot setup htm A pop up window will ask if you want to Save or Run the program Choose Run for multiple PCs you can Save it and then Run it later on each PC Wait
90. ock CONVOCAB ENG The program has been designed to accept input from a file written directly from the geologist s field notes This allows full freedom of expression to the person in the field To allow freedom in the input sequence of header data the program needs to know a set of keywords that will enable it to link data with context This is done by means of the header block keywords FILE CONVOCAB ENG This file carries the words and phrases required by the conversion program PROCONV TBC which converts the wordprocessor text file into a transfer file a structured data file ready for input to the printing routine The vocabulary used here must be already defined in memory before the conversion of the text file can begin and therefore the text file itself is not able to specify the language to be used This vocabulary must cope with all the different main profile vocabularies all PROVOCAB files which the installation may be called upon to decode For example an office that might deal in three languages would require three synonyms for each of the items below all customisable HEADER BLOCK KEYWORDS This is the set of keywords that will be recognised in the text file to denote various items Note that item codes in darts less than lt 29 gt refer to data fields on the output page The item codes must be enclosed in darts and be two characters long The user can place double closing darts to
91. of soil symbols Dictionary Directory for files Directory for font files Directory for output Directory for text files Disable format Disable justification Disable line wrap Disk storage and limits Disturbed Samples DOS binary file print DOS Shell DOS Window Copy text dot6000 features Licensing 29 48 49 7 9 11 12 15 17 Page 72 of 75 DOTFILES Path to output files dotPLOT Installing dotPLOT Running DOTPLOT USB folder Dots on Screen Double darts gt gt clear headers Double minus range bracket Downloading Soft Fonts Drive for Licence Duplicated hole number detected Edit Setup File in HotPlot End of File End of header block End of Hole End of hole End of layers block Error 14 Error 63 Error 64 Error 7 Error Messages Error Block file structures not matched Error Reporting Escape Character Example EXAMPLES TXT Extra Licences Extra page is printed Faulty attribute keyword Fence Diagrams Field notes File extensions File history stack File management File picking window File search mask File system File Input text Filenames picking ALL Filenames selection Final testing Folder for files Folder for font files Folder for output Folder for text files Font switch Fonts changing Fonts PDF Fonts selection Fonts soft Fonts substitute Footer Block size Footer Margin Footer on Every Page Format control Format Control c
92. of the equivalents may be edited Observe the placing of the slashes at the start end and between words Case is insensitive BEGIN NOTE NOTA ANMERKUNGEN SAMPLES MONSTERS Water Table Grondwatervlak Watervlak perched verhewe sample monster undisturbed onversteurd onversteurde chemical chemies chemies ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUUT GRAPH GRAFIEK PLOT INVERSE INVERT NUMBERS FIGURES NOMMERS SYFERS WIDTH COLUMN WIDTH WYDTE KOLOM WYDTE ABBREVIATIONS VERKORTINGS ROCKHEAD ROTSHOOF FELSOBERGRENZE WEATHERING HORIZON VERWEERINGSHORISON VERWITTERUNGS HORIZONT WATER SEEPAGE WATER STRIKE WATERSYPELING END You may add synonyms or revise the wording In this example the synonym EIENSKAP has been added for ATTRIBUTE and in a note describing the water table the words REST LEVEL will cause the hollow arrow symbol to be printed rather than the solid one FILE CONVOCAB ENG Water Table GrondWatervlak Watervlak perched verhewe REST LEVEL sample monster undisturbed onversteurd onversteurde chemical chemies chemiese ATTRIBUTE ATTRIBUUT EIENSKAP GRAPH GRAFIEK PLOT dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 49 of 75 55 Changing Keywords in the Header Bl
93. on Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 4 1 Page 32 of 75 Getting Productive Summary dot6000 reads the text describing a series of soil profiles prepared on a text or word processor and re formats it into special transfer files which are then sent through the formatting and graphics routines to final printing Text is readily stored and edited on a word processing system and all drafting effort is avoided Creating an Input File The Input file must be written as a text file or a Microsoft Word doc file A text file can be created directly with any text editor The text file may be saved in any directory folder but it is most conveniently written to the word processor processed document directory The files are best saved with an extension of TXT Text File Editors E com Edit Notepad and the HotPlot Text Editor These programs automatically store their files as text files Most other word processing programs have the ability to save a text file usually with a Save As or Export feature Microsoft Word Microsoft Word doc files but not docx files are recognised by dot6000 and the intermediate step of making a text file can be omitted Note that in MSWord the option Format Bullets amp Numbering should be OFF and the fast save option must be OFF WordPad WordPad has certain idiosyncrasies and is best avoided For a full discussion see the text file C dot6000 WORDPAD DOC If you must use WordPad th
94. only and is ignored in PDF and other output It requires the borelog module Example ATTRIBUTE Borehole Construction DRAW WIDTH 350 FIXED 9 s BOREHOLE LST 28 s5 The attribute keyword DRAW will cause a PCL raster graphic file to be imported into each layer zone that follows The layer zone description scripts following line s are then interpreted as Depth DrivePathFileName Xoffset Yoffset In this case the offsets are 28 dots and 5 m and only one depth is defined Footer on Every Page An option exists whereby the footer can be printed on EVERY page instead of only on the LAST page This is done by making the dots per footer parameter in the layout into an ODD number For example change 300 dots per footer to 301 COMPRESS keyword Up to nine of the attributes may be placed on the Right Hand Page while the remainder will be placed on the Left This is done by specifying for example COMPRESS 403 which will allocate 403 dots on the Right Hand Page for the last THREE attributes on the log The last digit in the compress code signifies the number required but a zero will mean ALL This will override the Compress Borelog option in the active SET file RESOLUTION keyword Raster resolution can be changed from 150 default to 300 by using the keyword RESOLUTION 300 in the text file SUB LAYERS SUB STRATA feature The line drawn across the page between layers can now be selectively suppressed This gives the illusio
95. oo many soil types in layer number More than 12 soil symbol elements appear in one layer Note that white space in symbols such as gravel or boulders must be counted as an extra element 12 pages exceeded or faulty attribute keyword Press any key to continue The total text length may be too long or the keyword for ATTRIBUTE may be faulty or missing from the vocabulary causing an attribute to be treated as a note containing umpteen lines Text too long curtailed Either a layer or a notes text exceeds one page in length The number of the offending paragraph is included in the warning A message will be printed on the output page Duplicated hole number detected N attribute overflow Each hole number must be unique Choose larger scale Press any key to cont The Nth attribute word stack is so large that a larger scale must be specified to accommodate the wording of that attribute dot6000 User Manual COWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 43 of 75 No Further Licences Available No more Licences are available now Either e you are using a network licence on a server and other users got in before you taking all the licences wait until one of them has stopped using dotPLOT or ask one to exit or e you have another copy of dotPLOT running close it or e dotPLOT crashed without returning its licence to the pool wait for half an hour and the licence will automatic
96. or the LASERJET is recommended The table below contains the data for some of the common built in fonts supplied with LaserJet printers and some common cartridge fonts SOFT FONTS are managed entirely by dot PLOT using Jet Setup the user must merely Specify the path to the directory where the font files are stored If a font called by dot PLOT is unavailable the printer will make a best choice but the result is unpredictable Only portrait fonts are supported by dot PLOT To ENABLE a built in or cartridge font to appear in the JET SETUP fonts menu simply change 027 into 027 in the table below The user may also add lines for any codes that relate to his particular printer and cartridges In this table the data fields as supplied must not be changed Proportional cartridge and internal fonts are not supported Cartridge fonts sometimes available FONT DESCRIPTION SIZE PITCH PRINTER CONTROL CODES Name Style point chrs for Primary font inch Built in fonts supplied with LaserJet series II printers COURIER upright 12 pt 10 027 00 027 sOp10h12v0s0b3T COURIER Bold upright 12 pt 10 027 00 027 s0p10h12v0s3b3T COURIER upright 12 pt 10 027 8U 027 s0p10h12v0s0b3T COURIER Bold upright 12 pt 10 027 8U 027 s0p10h12v0s3b3T COURIER upright 12 pt 10 027 100 027 sOp10h12v0s0b3T
97. ory exceeds 80 it is possible that some font files will be missed confusing another good reason for grouping the required fonts together in one small directory named C dot6000 FONTS ready for this purpose To change the path to font files select PATHS in the JET SETUP menu and then select the current path to FONT files You may now enter the new path to font files A blank entry will back out The entry is not checked but if it is invalid a message will be issued when the program attempts to access the font files If a font is not available at the printer when needed the ends of lines may fall short or wrap and the result is unpredictable 3 5 Changing Path to Text Files FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB FI FILES r6000 LJ4 The path from the source text files is usually set as the path to from the word processor document directory this depends on how the user chooses to organise the hard disc or network directories for the word processor programs where the text files are prepared To change the current setting first select PATHS at the JET SETUP menu then select the line specifying the paths from source text files The new path can now be entered A blank entry will back out This entry is not checked dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 22 of 75 It is really just an aid for specifying the source text filename fully and for o
98. ple As above in a DENSE FERRICRETE matrix EMBELLISHED KEYWORDS The standard symbol can be embellished by adding others Example A layer of BOULDERS GRAVELS SAND WELL CEMENTED USERS OWN Although a description might even underline a keyword any symbol can be forced and the interpreter can be disabled by placing an asterisk in square brackets In this example the dense ferricrete will not be detected and another compound symbol will appear instead Example DENSE FERRICRETE CLAY SA27 SAND THE BOTTOM OF HOLE SYMBOL This is invoked by placing a plus sign in the last layer depth word Example The very last layer description might read 10 1 Hole stopped on dolerite with QUARTZ VEINS dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 3 6 4 Page 60 of 75 All the special characters used above can be customised to use other characters by editing the SET file or using the HotPlot Settings File Editor The characters referred to above are the defaults The sample file TUTORIAL TXT supplied with the program contains the text of this discussion and will print a profile demonstrating all of the techniques Run the program and select hole number TUT002 Read the discussion on SYMBOLS FOR IGNEOUS ROCKS directly below for further information on the use of compound symbols The Symbols for the Igneous Rocks The table shows the classification of Igneous Rocks and the relation
99. quirements If the table is blank then nothing is printed If the table becomes extended downwards up to 14 lines are allowed then the top margins of all the printed pages will be bumped down to suit To support the use of a proportional font for the table the program scans the first line and chooses tab positions to suit The following lines are tabbed to match so the user must take care to ensure that the arrangement does not lead to overlapped wording by spacing out the first line suitably and balancing the others dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 37 of 75 If the keyword ABBREVIATIONS with one colon appears in the notes block of the text file then the lines which follow will supersede the current default table of abbreviations for all subsequent printing until the next vocabulary switch Refer to Section 6 1 below on page 56 for the methods of formatting a table The new lines may be blank in which case the table is entirely suppressed When the next new job is selected the default abbreviations are re called to memory together with the default vocabulary file If dot6000 has been purchased for PROFILES only or if no attributes are detected the attribute page will be omitted and the profile page will be printed with a closed left hand border For more details of options and extra keywords see Chapter 6 below starting on page 56 Special Features and especially Section 0 below f
100. r to cause a line break backslash character to represent a hard space caret circumflex character to start indent opening brace curly bracket character to end indent closing brace character to switch primary fonts dollar character to cause two columns on the profile page hash character slash for end of block i e Header Descriptions or Notes Attributes can not be customised characters two slashes for end of hole can not be customised characters three slashes for end of file can not be customised Ha gt uo HW Ww ou To use any of these format control characters in text with the format function defeated they should be preceded by the escape character the double quote The customisable control characters may be customised by editing the group of set up files SET or using the HotPlot SET File Editor last Tab dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 57 of 75 Modifying the Normal Format The characters mentioned below assume that you are using the default control characters as listed directly above not any customised character UNDERLINING is obtained by placing an underline _ before the word concerned A backward apostrophe can be used instead to both underline and force the following word to be recognised as a soil symbol It is toggled off by a space or punctuation mark A LINE BREAK can be forced at any point using a single backsl
101. range You know that 1 0 0 is Red 1 1 0 is Yellow It is reasonable that orange would lie midway and 1 0 5 0 is the obvious choice To make it lighter you would move the point from that position in the RGB cube towards 1 1 1 and the result could be 1 0 75 0 5 To make it darker you could use values 0 5 0 25 0 To express this in other words the position of the point inside the RGB cube determines the Colour All points lying on the vector from the black corner have equal hue those closer to 0 0 0 are darker i e have less Illumination All points lying on the vector from the white corner have equal hue but those closer to 1 1 1 are whiter i e are less Saturated Using the ACI Colours The file C dot6000 ACIPALET PDF displays an approximate array of the standard ACI AutoCAD Color Index colours and codes The general scheme for the codes is as follows Codes 1 9 The eight corners and centre of the RGB cube Codes 10 249 If evenly divisible by 10 the hues are fully saturated lying in the range RGB 1 00 thru 010 thru 001 to 100 If odd then they have reduced saturation and are lighter If even then they have reduced illumination and are darker Codes 250 255 Shades of grey graded from dark to light Fence Diagrams A separate module for Fence diagrams exists but is not much used See separate text manual for this module PDF output is not supported for the Fence module dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones
102. real numbers in the range 0 000 1 000 Library of Common Colours In the library PAINTLIB ENG some common colours have been defined in terms of either RGB coordinates or one of the standard ACI codes The file C dot6000 PAINTLIB PDF displays these colours The ACI indexes may be changed if required and colours may be completely re defined using one s own combination of RGB values By way of example the outcome from the standard ACI colour light yellow 51 is not nearly as convincing as the explicit alternative light yellow 255 255 160 Note that in PAINTLIB ENG integers are used for RGB components in the range 0 to 255 If the library of colours is altered one can use the program C dot6000 PAINTLIB EXE to read it and build a new viewable PDF page to demonstrate the effects If a Layer Description carries a colour phrase then the soil symbol for that layer will be modified accordingly A colour phrase in the header of an Attribute will become the default colour for that column A colour called for a particular attribute Zone will over ride but the default will be restored for subsequent zones Only one colour phrase the last will be recognised in a Layer Description or an Attribute header or an attribute Zone Whether the keyword paint or RGB is used in the text file the same rules will apply to the capitalisation of the operator If the Header carries a colour phrase then this will become the HIGHLIGHT colour for the text
103. rmine the words which appear on the screen and communicate with the operator CONVOCAB These contain the dictionaries of the words which are recognised in the header and notes of the text and link the incoming header data to specific fields on the output page PROVOCAB These files define the wording of the titles on the output page and the table of abbreviations used on the attribute page They also contain the dictionaries of soil and rock names and link them to a soil symbol library The Setup files are the group SET These define the names of the language files to be used during a run and also store numerous other parameters needed to control the page layout The user can customise the whole of the contents of these files and may also make additional modified copies of any of them The Setup file itself can easily be modified and switched for another using JET SETUP from the main menu or using the HotPlot Setup editor but the language files must be edited manually using a basic text editor The following table shows the list of customisable items and the various files which must be edited when making a change FILES TO BE EDITED PROMPTS CONVOCAB PROVOCAB To customise screen prompts X To change keywords in the notes To change keywords in the header gt lt xXx Title block wording and placement To select another symbol library gt lt xXx Soil and rock name vocabulary
104. rom page 61 The series of standard scales are carried in data files external to the program SCALES IMP for imperial and SCALES MET for the metric series These files are editable and users may alter them to suit Sundry Layout Features a double slash terminates the Notes block This pattern is repeated for each hole starting with Header block until the end of the last hole then a triple slash ends the job Further text is ignored dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 38 of 75 4 3 The Conversion of the Text File to a Transfer File Start dot6000 and run the main menu This is the MAIN MENU do Lo POL OT Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU DONGLE Licence D000 Company Name PBpH6 PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename SETUP Filename PROVOCAB ENG STANDARD SET F1 F2 F3 FA F5 START ACTIVITY OUTPUT to ADDRESS ACCESS PROFILES PRNTFILE PDF C DOTFILES JET SETUP F1 Starts the process F2 Toggles the process between PROFILES TEST SYMBOLS FENCE STRATA lt F3 gt Toggles the output device and format required between ADOBE PDF PRINTFILE PRINTER PCL PRINTFILE HPGL PLOTTER FILE SWIFTVIEW SCREEN FILE DXF DRAWING FILE lt F4 gt Changes the address of the output device temporarily to one different from the setup file On return to this menu the setup file defau
105. rovided the files follow the HP protocol Cartridge and Internal printer fonts may be used For PDF output only the useful 12 standard Adobe fonts are supported namely COURIER HELVETICA and TIMES ROMAN each with upright italic bold and bold oblique variations Because of the numerous variables involved and the variety of personal choices that are possible in arranging the layout the program has been arranged to read a SETUP FILE that stores all the values required A routine is provided which enables the user to easily make changes to the setup to store those changes and to recall or switch between them by name at any later time Thus a single work station can keep track of up to 19 different setups For example there may be one for profiles one for boreholes one for percussion logs and further variations to suit individuals using a pool work station Although the program allows for considerable customisation it is supplied ready to run with normal English input and prompts using a standard HP LaserJet printer and internal fonts 1 2 Requirements dot6000 runs under DOS Windows 3 1 95 98 2000 NT XP and Vista The input data file can be prepared with any file editor E COM EDIT COM or as a DOC file using MS Word or as a TEXT file using WordPerfect or directly using HotPlot Next section While a Hewlett Packard LaserJet printer is recommended for PCL output other makes of printer may work if they support page composi
106. s only gt This is the Attribute Page Right Hand Margin OFFSET from the default position of 2250 dots from the left edge of the page A positive value shifts it inwards a negative value shifts it outwards Ppage LH Margin gt This is the Profile Page Left Hand Margin OFFSET from the default position which is 450 dots in from the left edge of the page A positive value shifts it inwards a negative value shifts it outwards dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 25 of 75 Ppage RH Margin gt This is the Profile Page Right Hand Margin OFFSET from the default position of 2250 dots from the left edge of the page A positive value shifts it inwards a negative value shifts it outwards Header Block This is the vertical dimension of the header block for each page measured in dots at 300 dots per inch If a borehole log is printed the dimension of the Header Block will be automatically increased if necessary to accommodate the table of abbreviations In cases where a title contains more than the usual number of lines you can increase this dimension to suit the space needed Footer Block This is the vertical dimension in dots of the footer block for the last page of the profile This space will be divided equally by the number of lines in the footer 6 with a gap of an extra 20 dots between the upper set of four and the lower two lines In those cases where a large font is required
107. shed The data will be saved automatically INTERNET LICENCE APPLICATION Sa oftware Africa lt Signature COMPANY NAME continued Morningside Manor continued 2191 POSTAL ADDRESS Les Kelvin Drive Contact name Rick Raubenheimer Phone numbers 011 802 2685 082 389 3482 e mail address rick softwareafrica co za OPTION Borelog 0 d i KO 8 a D lt i OPTION HotPlot OPTION PlainText LICENCE DRIVE NUMBER OF COPIES TALLY IN FAMILY lt Y Yes lt eg C lt for Servers lt for Site PRPRAKKKK lt Esc gt press escape to exit how you choose the drive for the Licence It may be C X or S for your hard drive equivalent to password for life of the drive for a flashdisk for example mobile and portable prone to theft for a server number of concurrent users is controlled To get a Licence e mail C dot6000 MAILFORM OUT to rick softwareafrica co za Select the items you want in the OPTION choices Put a Y next to OPTION Borelog if you want Borehole logs Put a Y next to OPTION PDF HotPlot and PlainText dot6000 you will almost certainly want these features If you are upgrading from an earlier version there is a charge for the new dot6000 features If you purchased dot6000 it forms part of the package Licence Drive Think carefully about where you want to store the licence It may be C your hard drive a USB flash drive or a mapped drive on a server A server may also
108. ship to the symbols in the dot6000 graphics library Leucocratic Melanocratic Hypermelanic gt lt Light Coloured grading to Very Dark gt SYENITE DIORITE GABBRO PYROXENITE FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY 45 19 45 41 19 45 42 19 SYENITE DIORITE GABBRO PYROXENITE FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY empty E i symbol 41 The numbers in the table are the SA CODE NUMBERS of the symbols The table shows how the three symbols for depth of formation x v are combined with the three symbols for the families conveying colour and the symbol for free quartz alternatively olivine or felspathoids to give unique compound symbols A compound symbol can thus be viewed and construed in the same sequence and with the same criteria as the rock specimen itself The vocabulary supplied has been constructed using most of the common names and their corresponding compound symbols however the user may customise it to incorporate any other names or phrases that he wishes the program to recognise The program will also function if the text file specifies the constituent symbols of a rock type although it must surely be harder work The following three descriptions are equivalent and will produce the same compound symbol A quartz dolerite A hypabyssal rock gabbro family with free quartz visib
109. sing JET SETUP This is the JET SETUP menu with the name of the current setup file displayed at top right SWITCH SETUP dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 20 of 75 The arrow keys up and down are used to point to an item The mouse may also be used A brief help note alongside the highlighted item describes the consequence of a selection The ENTER key is used to select the highlighted item and the Esc key will back out When deeper into this menu the current setting of a value is usually displayed and when possible new entries are checked against an allowable range before acceptance A new setup will become active only on return to the main Menu and only if it has been saved If not saved the new combination is discarded 3 3 Changing Path to Printer Port FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB FILES FILES L 6000NLJ4 The printer port depends upon how your workstation hardware has been configured The program can output to both serial and parallel ports USB can only be accessed via the PDF option To change the printer port address at the JET SETUP menu select PATHS and then select path to printer PORT You can now specify the new printer port A blank entry will back out Network paths for example server HP1200 and 198 162 1 77 are supported You can also ch
110. sing JET SETUP neari eaa reat Ero reve e naive Pe Etpa teed aedes 19 3 3 Changing Path to Printer Port 2 et tiered ertt rte o e nte o er Ee e tav neas 20 3 4 Changing Path to Font Files POL rro ett e eee ie e ede ease 20 3 5 GharigingPath to Text Files circi eec ere tente Fais eaa Ene Ta enia ek ace Tee eine EE EE HR CHR dese 21 3 6 Changing Path to Printer Files enne enne nnne rennen ennt nsns tnn 22 3 7 Changing Screen Colours sss eene nennen enter inttr sn tenter nnns inen 23 3 8 Ghanging thie Layout the ect ea er em daten tee Des 24 3 9 Ghianging Fonts 23 2 Qiii ere ERE qnt onte IH heer er dua eee RE Re ie atic e Xe eaae ERR diene 26 340 Noteon PDF Fonts ae eae eee deer boe Dvd ed N Deve eoe cause sape yc aede 28 3 11 Switchirig Eanglages it er ent feeit e n a esee dti bei eee Pee etes 29 2 12 Switching Setup mh einen oet ap tte ede ete don tet eme eet P ette 30 3 19 Saving the Setup iiid niae rio ated dea TO Ce ree t Gu Op sat ae Mea TERT uos OPERE ental deed 31 4 Getting PIoductiVe casu pe eterne cui ide cathe PARA te fue Tur x nip te a eed Tasa doeet ad dna ee 32 4 1 Creating an Input Filen resisae enean aaa iaaa Eana aa intr n sentent enn sinis intres 32 4 1 1 Text File Editors E com Edit Notepad and the HotPlot Text Editor ssssssss 32 4 1 2 Microsoft W ord RENE 32 AIS WordPad oi eiii te E eA ee deta cee Ae aa iin Fe n e egere 32 4 2 Writing the Te
111. specified it is assumed to be one unit Fixed Width Attribute Columns The attribute header must have the command WIDTH FIXED The number is used as the width of the column in dots If the word FIXED is omitted the value is used as the weight to be given to the column when sharing the available space the default being unity The space available is first allotted to the FIXED columns and the remainder is shared If all columns are fixed no sharing is performed and there may then be a shortfall or overflow at the right edge If the amount to be shared is negative the result is unpredictable Underlines depths hard spaces and square brackets refer to 6 1 2 The Format Control Characters in Section 6 1 below may be used in both columnar and tabular input Columnar and tabular input may be mixed Reduced levels will be printed if the collar or ground level of the hole has a non zero value It can be suppressed with BORELOG OPTIONS 100 either in the header or in the setup If the inclination of the hole has been given a value a correction for slope is applied The zenith angle or hade in degrees is used so that zero z vertical To allow back compatibility the program treats 90 degrees as zero And the vocabulary allows the inappropriate word Orientation to be used The table of abbreviations which appears at the top of the attribute page is defined in the file C DOT6000 PROVOCAB ENG and can be changed by the user to suit local re
112. st holes in the text file in order 4 2 2 Lines and Line Length A character in column 1 indicates that the line is the start of a new note or description A line starting at column 4 or further indented is read as a continuation of the previous note or description When writing in MS Word do not use the lt ENTER gt key until you reach the end of the description 4 2 3 Headers Headers are written one per line preceded by a keyword and a colon E g JOB NAME Title of the project or JOBNAME spaces are ignored The default keywords with synonyms in the same bullet point are CLIENT TITLEI JOB NAME JOBTITLE TITLE2 SCALE CONTRACTOR RIG DRILLING RIG MACHINE DRILL DRILLING MACHINE MACHINE TYPE DRILLER DRILLED BY PROFILED BY LOGGED BY TYPED BY TYPESET BY ORIENTATION INCLINATION DIA DIAM DIAMETER HOLE SIZE DATE DRILLED DATE DATE PROFILED GROUND LEVEL COLLAR LEVEL ELEVATION X COORD X COORDINATE X COORD Y COORD Y COORDINATE Y COORD HOLE HOLE NO HOLE NUMBER TRIAL HOLE BOREHOLE NO BOREHOLE NUMBER PIT TRENCH BACKACTOR PIT REFERENCE NO REFERENCE NUMBER REF NO LOCATION JOB NO JOB NUMBER VV VVVVVVVVVVVVVV VV The job title and client name may occupy more than one line in the output To force the new line use a backslash at the breakpoint The line length should be kept under 2 5 inches i e 25 characters at 10 cpi or 30 characters at 12 cpi
113. t6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 46 of 75 4 6 3 Ifthe Program Crashes If the program crashes it should leave a note on the screen giving three values Error Number Error Line Programme Module In addition it should display a brief message explaining the cause of the error You can usually find the source of the error by reducing the content of your profile as suggested in the section directly above If you fail send this information to Software Africa rick softwareafrica co za for support To copy text from a DOS Window click the Window Icon symbol at top left corner of window From the drop down menu select Edit gt Mark left hand picture below Drag with the mouse over the text you want to select right hand picture below or use the arrow keys to move to the start point and then Shift arrows to move to the end point Press Enter and the selected text will be copied to the clipboard whence it can be pasted into an e mail c Select C dot6000 PROFILE EXE Attrib colon missing lt T 55 TMF C T26 36 TMJ TRJ Stai c C dot6000 PROFILE EXE TD Move Attrib colon missingt lt Size Li TMG ft T46 66 TRJ EP Attrib colon missingt lt Minimize t t t t78 90 TRJ C Mainza PEEPI codon missing lt Attrib colon missing lt X Close DU TNA TN A TN A Attrib colon missingt lt dit Edit 1 1 t 1 Defaults SG Properties Paste Hide Mouse Poi
114. ted last in the queue When printing is complete the program will return to the main menu from which further selections may be made or Esc to exit Multiple copies can be printed by setting the options on the printer control panel Error Messages Some common errors are trapped during formatting and messages are displayed as follows Layer depth error No layers detected More than 36 samples Check sample notes Profile page left margin invalid Profile page right margin invalid Attribute page left margin invalid Attribute page right margin invalid Attribute colon missing Check Attribute depths gt 15 Attribute Columns 2500 Attributes gt 36 Samples gt 36 Notes gt 36 Layers Vocab file name cannot be found Layer depths appear to backtrack Layer data omitted or slash misplaced Too many samples were found Sample names could not be paired with depths or perhaps no valid sample names were found or a stray word is written in uppercase 390 dots 1200 0 dots 1200 200 dots 1500 100 dots 1500 The colon separator is mandatory As for layer depths Limit is 15 Limit is 500 More than 36 samples More than 36 notes More than 36 layers defaulting The text file has called for a vocabulary file which is not found on the working directory Logo file name cannot be found defaulting The text file has called for a logo file which is not found on the working directory T
115. th dot6001 of 17 March 2010 we have changed printouts so that the job number box will expand as necessary to fit the title plus job number This allows longer job numbers over 8 characters The new job box is backwards compatible Hole numbers should preferably not exceed 8 characters they may exceed 8 but only the rightmost 8 will be used for the output filename The Hole number box does not expand as the job number box now does so a practical limit using 10 pt Arial is 10 characters with the standard HOLE No label or 12 if the label is customised to HOLE dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 67 of 75 8 Sample Output 8 1 Soil and Rock Symbol Library A printout of the soil and rock symbols can be printed to PDF file or a HP LaserJet printer from the dotPLOT main menu as follows Press lt F3 gt as many times as required to select either OUTPUT to PRNTFILE PDF or OUTPUT to PRINTER as required If you are printing to file note on the lt F4 gt key representation on screen what address is set for output files e g ADDRESS CADOTFILES If this is not acceptable press F4 and type a new address Press lt F2 gt as many times as required to select ACTIVITY TEST SYMBOLS then Press lt F1 gt START The screen displays the names of the 83 symbols available reproduced here
116. the numbers words will be superimposed If a value follows the word GRAPH then that value is used as the denominator in constructing the bar graph else the default is 100 The word INVERSE will cause inverse bar graph shading The letter H in square brackets will switch the shading to hatching h will cause a line to be drawn rather than hatching or shading Refer to the text file HATCH TXT for an example A bar graph column may be subdivided with vertical lines and the subdivision lines may be labelled in various ways Assuming subdivision lines are wanted at 5 12 and 30 units of the column denominator any of the following wordings could be used S DENSE 5 MEDIUM 12 LOOSE 30 lines labels figures S DENSE 5 MEDIUM 12 LOOSE 30 lines labels no figures S 5 12 30 lines figures no labels S 5 12 30 lines only S 5 12 30 lines LAST figure only The letter S in square brackets signals that a subdivision is required Note that if more than one space precedes a figure then the printing of the figure is suppressed The letter s will cause subdivision lines to appear dotted If the optional word WIDTH or synonym appears in the attribute name then the width of the column will be weighted by the value that follows For example the words WIDTH 2 will make a double width column and WIDTH 0 6 will result in a width that is 60 percent of a standard column If no width is
117. tplot setup htm Please also consult HotPlot s HTML Help This file installs with HotPlot and runs directly from it but can also be downloaded separately from the link above HotPlot Help is kept up to date with each new revision whereas this manual is updated only when necessary dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 71 of 75 Escape Character for literals 56 ATTRIBUTE single colon for Name 35 hash for two columns 56 57 Attribute at a point 35 to Switch Fonts 56 57 Attribute colon missing 42 Full Stop to end layer description 34 Attribute input columnar or tabular 35 DOC files 32 Attribute overflow 42 DOCX files 32 Attribute page missing 37 DXF Files 66 ATTRIBUTE double colon for Table 35 PCL print files 66 Attribute page left margin invalid 42 PDF Files 66 Attributes 54 PGL print files 66 AutoCAD Colours 64 SET setup file extension 30 AutoCAD Exchange Format files 66 TRX files 66 Automatic soil symbol detection turning off 59 TXT files 32 68 69 Automatically detect soil symbols 34 59 single slash 33 34 56 Backslash for line break 34 double slash 33 37 56 Backslash for page break 34 triple slash 33 37 56 Bands 62 Depth attribute 35 36 Bar graph 36 for Non Printing Text 58 Bar Graphs Logarithmic 61 VLine break 34 57 Blank job number or hole number 65 Page break 34 57 Blank lines 57 for Hard Space 56 57 Block file structures
118. ucture of the text file and then as work proceeds the various filenames will be shown on the screen accompanied by a display of dots one for each line processed An error message example should appear for the hole TH22 ignore it Q o Z lt ERTING TEXTFILE INTO TRANSFER FILES CONVERSION VOCABULARY Filename CONVOCAB ENG ESTDEM Check sample notes PLEH22 Seid te dde EI ERAT e I CREE RT UNSER VEA faba CD Raat CAS PLELOG OO cas asset deo SERRE nue TUTOO2 i Press any key to continue dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 2 8 Page 17 of 75 To continue press any key The next screen carries a heading with the name of the text file EXAMPLES TXT followed by a list of the holes it contains List of Filenames contained in the TextFile EXAMPLES TXT ESTDEM PLEOO9 PLEH22 PLEH23 PLELOG UTOOL UTO02 E Bd Dd Bd Enter Filename skip to escape 0 to flush You should enter DEM ENTER This selects the file for printing Press ENTER at each successive prompt to start the printing process The profile page and the attributes page for the example TEST DEM should be printed looking like the example in the separate PDF file EXAMPLES PDF and the main menu should reappear Press lt Esc gt to quit A block banner DEMO wi
119. ured Red The spelling of the operator paint is defined at the end of CONVOCAB ENG The word can be changed to suit the local dialect of the user but whatever the spelling there are three ways to capitalise the operator each having a different outcome The operator as LOWERCASE will cause black strokes on a Colour background The operator as MIXEDCASE will cause Colour strokes on a white background The operator as UPPERCASE will cause Colour to overpaint the whole field Immediately following the operator the Colour is specified as an operand which can be called in four different ways 1 The Colour operand can be any of the colour names in the library file C dot6000 PAINTLIB ENG These colours have been defined in terms of either the standard ACI index codes AutoCAD Colour Index or the RGB ColorSpace The list can be changed by the user Spaces in the common names have no effect and the spelling is not case sensitive The user may add colours and re define them 2 If the Colour operand is a single integer it is interpreted as meaning one of the standard ACI codes 3 If the Colour operand has three or more values then the last three are interpreted as denoting the Red Green and Blue components in the RGB ColorSpace e g paint red green blue In this case red green blue must be three integers in the range 0 255 4 An alternative wording IRGB red green blue can be used In this case red green blue must be three
120. ve to be done from within dot6000 Note on PDF Fonts Adobe Acrobat Reader guarantees the presence of only twelve standard fonts namely three typefaces Courier Helvetica and Times each with Upright Oblique or Italic Bold and Bold Oblique If other typefaces are required in a PDF document it is necessary to embed the font program in the PDF file with a corresponding increase in size and this generates complexity in the picking of another suite of typefaces symbol sets sizes strokes and postures To keep things simple it becomes necessary to substitute the PCL fonts with one of the twelve PDF standard fonts and it is done according to the following table PCL PDF SUBSTITUTE Courier Courier Letter Gothic Courier Univers Helvetica Swiss Helvetica CG Times Times Other Helvetica At this stage the above substitution arrangement seems adequate but if there is sufficient demand for more typefaces it will be investigated further The outcome is that the document printed through Acrobat Reader will have minor differences compared to the same document going direct from dot6000 to the LaserJet dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 29 of 75 3 11 Switching Languages FONTS PROMPTS PROVOCAB CONVOCAB CONVOCAB CONVOCAB CONVOCAB CONVOCAB CONVOCAB It is possible to switch between av
121. will print on the attributes page Lines per inch In cases where a very large or very small font is chosen the line spacing default of 6 per inch may be unsuitable This item may be adjusted to suit the circumstances Typically masters for overhead projectors and very compact reports may make use of this capability 3 9 Changing Fonts lt FIRST font UNIVERS MD 10U Mediu upri 10 5pt SWITCH SE Possibly the most frequent item to be altered will be the choice of fonts and therefore FONTS has been put as the first item on the JET SETUP menu The program will print in two primary fonts FONT 1 and FONT 2 and will allow you to toggle back and forth between them simply by placing a dollar character in the text at the spot where the switch is to occur if a soil type is affected then the dollar sign should be placed ahead of the tilde or underline character else the soil type will not be recognised FONT 3 is used for the titles in the header and footer blocks The screen shown above displays a typical font selection being made If the Esc key is pressed before the final selection of point size the program will back out To change the fonts which are to be used select FONTS at the JET SETUP menu You will then be able to select FONT 1 FONT 2 FONT 3 or DOWNLOAD The DOWNLOAD option will copy soft font files only those that are required and only if they can be found on the specifie
122. ws two lines x dots apart 1 dot thickness centred D x y draws two lines x dots apart y dots overall centred D x y z draws two lines as above offset z from middle of column D xyz Aw draws two areas as above shaded or cross hatched D x y Aw where Sw will shade the areas Xw will cross hatch using HP standard pattern w These may be superimposed D filename appends code contained in named file R L codes to justify text Right Left default centre This enables simple drawings such as Well Construction to be printed Refer to the text file WELLTEST TXT for an example dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 8 6 5 9 6 5 10 6 5 11 Page 62 of 75 Raster Lines and Bands Raster lines may be drawn in a graphed attribute column This is done by adding the command Ryyy to the header of the graph attribute For example R5 will produce a solid raster line at 5 unit depth intervals down the column and r2 5 will add dotted raster lines at 2 5 unit intervals These may be superimposed An example of the two latest commands is available in PLOTTEST Single bands may now be called from the NOTES block to be placed at any level on the soil stave Refer examples HATCH TXT and PLOTTEST TXT Imported Raster Graphic Drawings PCL only The file GRIDTEST TXT demonstrates the importation of a raster graphic file BOREHOLE LST This works for PCL output
123. xtsFile teers ctm Eee ne ee ede eL e EE Eug 33 4 2 1 File SthuGtur es 33 4 2 2 Lines and Line Lengthy 5 iode ctt iie IER PITE eR RERIT 33 4 2 3 arl OE E EE E AEE ETTE TT E E EA TTT ETTE 33 4 2 4 L ayer Descriptions 5 5 oet RO IG EG AA A 34 4 2 5 The Notes Including Samples essen nennen nnne nnns 34 4 2 6 X Attributes for Borehole Logs ssssssesssseneneeenenenen nennen nennen nennen nnne sn nnne eis 35 4 3 The Conversion of the Text File to a Transfer File sss 38 4 4 The Printing of the Prorfile c Liceo attt nei ce ta thi ce e ee 41 4 5 Error Messages v eer ttim ae sto bm ie Aladin AG thee ey 42 4 6 Tro bleshootlng s uit ite ed fe rp Lem ead ag ota f vata ibat 44 4 6 1 Common Problems and Remedies sssssssssssssseeeee ener nnns nennen 44 4 6 2 Locating the Causes of Errors sse nennen terrens nnne senten nenas 45 4 6 3 If the Program Crashes ocu Descente fever Rte euet dens e ee Predigt pueda 46 dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 Page 3 of 75 Customising dot6000 2 en tend il Ha ain cebat e ania etat ue ate atin e Pferd 47 5 1 Backup Before Customising cccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeesaeeecaaeeeeaaeseeeeseaeeesaaesseaeeseeeeseaeessaeeneaeeseaes 47 5 2 The Customisable Files sesssssssesssseseseeeee eene nnne nennen nennt in
124. you have a server licence make sure that you have mapped the relevant folder with the drive letter you selected above Run dotPLOT for the Main Menu IPROMENU UserNo Program to print and draft soil profiles Version 6005 MAIN MENU DONGLE 50 Licence D071 Software Africa PBpH6 Program Active PROFILE VOCABULARY Filename PROVOCAB ENG SETUP Filename STANDARD SET F3 OUTPUT to RES PRNTFILE PDF C DOTFILES _ You should now see your licence details in the middle of the screen and the message Program Active When you run profiles from dotPLOT the DEMO watermark should have disappeared Press Esc to exit from dotPLOT 2 5 7 Additional Licences For licences on the C drive of other PCs follow the procedure above with every other PC dot6000 User Manual COwWinston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 2 5 8 Page 14 of 75 For licences on other USB flash drives use Tally in Family equal to the number of dongles you want Carry out the procedure above with all the USB flash drives This is most conveniently done from the same PC since you will not have to re type the details However the file MAILFORM OUT will change for each flash drive so make sure that you have gone out of the Licence Application Screen and attached MAILFORM OUT to your e mail before you start on another flash drive Number the flash drives and number your e mails so that you can put the correct PROPASS KEY on the correct drive PROPASS K
125. you will find it is useful to have control over the size of this block Borelog Options gt The Borelog Option code can be explained as follows 100 means suppress the Reduced Level Column 010 means suppress the Attribute Shooter Lines 001 means suppress the Soils Layer Shooter Lines 002 means print Layer Level on both sides of soil stave Total the codes you want Thus a code of 101 would cause the reduced levels to be suppressed the attribute shooter lines would print and the soil layer shooter lines would not appear Job Title Offset This is the horizontal offset of the job title relative to the default Profile Page Left Margin Footer Margin 1 This is the horizontal offset of the colon separator in the first part of the footer block measured in dots from the default Profile Page Left Margin Footer Margin 2 This is the horizontal offset of the colon separator in the second part of the footer block measured in dots from the default Profile Page Left Margin The third part of the footer follows the Profile Page Right Margin and is not adjustable Indent Module This is the module used for indentation measured in this version of the program as number of CHARACTERS Logo ID gt If a workstation must print various logos for different organisations then this item will help to link the particular logos to the individual setups 1 Using macros A number written here that matches th
126. za dotplot setup htm 2 A pop up window will ask if you want to Save or Run the program Choose Run for multiple PCs you can Save it and then Run it later on each PC 3 Wait until the program has downloaded If the Download window does not close automatically close it 4 The WinZip Self Extractor will appear ask for an Unzip to folder and offer C dotSetup as the default 5 Click the Unzip button NB You must use C dotSetup and not change to anything else If your PC does not have a C drive contact us for an alternative Setup The WinZip Self Extractor will say 10 file s unzipped successfully Click OK and Close Run My Computer or Windows Explorer shortcut Windows key 8 E Open the folder that you unzipped to i e C dotSetup You should see a program SETUP EXE If you see SETUP not SETUP exe you have file extensions turned off this is OK but don t confuse it with SETUP LST which is also there 10 Double click SETUP EXE to run it O 0 9 dot6000 User Manual Winston Jones amp Software Africa 19 August 2010 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 Page 8 of 75 The HotPlot for dotPLOT Setup window should open On the Welcome screen click OK Click the big button at top left to begin installation Wait until it says HotPlot for dotPLOT Setup was completed successfully Click the Start button Under Programs you will find a new item HotPlot Click it to run the program T

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