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1. EVETTE Pose wee ax Ub Hone A T i Mean of K nU 3 000 100 200 D Qsrat2felds vts i 18 57 o e n 2 Object Inspector 8x Properties Display Information Origin 1387945 13868025 1463 5 Normal 0 1 o XNormal J ResetBounds Camera Normal CenteronBounds 4 Slice Offset Values Value Range 601 946 601 946 m 601 946 Delete Samua _ Decem x i Gaumee Ceme 66 8828889 pepe bd Scientific Figure 5 12 Aplane slice filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side The slices for this example were along the Y Normal option with multiple slices For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the slice filter works To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the slice filter function The fourth step will choose the slice type The fifth step will select the orientation of the slice The sixth will select the slice offset values range The seventh step will draw a legend
2. 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 28 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Slice Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Slice Plane Object Inspector Properties Tab Select Y Normal Button Object Inspector Properties Tab Slice Offset Values New Range Button Yo Fs CO a Add Range Pop Up Window gt Input Desired Range and Desired Steps gt Apply e g used the default values 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling BIBEREID 1 How do I display my data set using a threshold filter in RVA Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros Hel Be BSSoa we BAL 4 XOK OD D DIB meo TE Me 2 erener JE Bees J A nakr aak EOG HEQOSBSYVOSV OG Porte sronser ax gs Tank Atoe T builtin Mean of Phi Mean of Phi i 120 140 16 0 18 0 20 0 a Strat2fields vts uineis i i iai IE sad ana 189 s need r e eU ns 218 ns 218 Object Inspector
3. Figure 5 2 A surface with edges representation was used on the permeability values to create the above image A similar view is the surface with edges representation This provides a way to view the cell boundaries as well as the modeled variable values To make this image Open yout data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x The first step will render the data using a surface with edges representation The second step will choose a variable the values of which will be used to color the data set The third step will be to set the color mapping The fourth step will draw the legend 1 Object Inspector gt Disp with Edges 2 Object Inspector gt Displ e g Mean of K 3 Object Inspector gt Displ Preset RVA_Rainbowl 4 Object Inspector gt Disp Legend ay Tab Style Representation ay Tab gt Col ay Tab gt Col lor Color by lor gt Edit Col ay Tab gt Col lor gt Edit Col Surface choose a variable or Map Choose or Map Color Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browset Also you can check Object should be able to see an image resembling MEMES Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You 20 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do I use col
4. RVA AND RESERVOIR DATA RVA and Isatis Data Isatis project data are managed in a hierarchical directory structure where all of the data are stored as binary files The Isatis developer Geovatiances has provided a software development kit called GT Xserver that allows programmers access to the native Isatis file structure To enable RVA to read Isatis files therefore the GTXserver software needs to be installed and running Procedures describing the installation and use of GTXserver are provided below GTXserver Installation RVA utilizes the Geovariances GTXserver development kit to access and display data in existing Isatis study files The Geovariances web site recommends working with GTXserver versions that are consistent with the Isatis version that created the files Download the GTXserver zip file from http www geovariances com en spip php page GTXserver and extract it to your C drive GTXserver Configuration Version Specific The Beta 0 1 release is based on GTXserver 2011 2 If you have problems with version compatibility we recommend you use the GTXserver version that is consistent with your Isatis file If you continue to have difficulties either consult the Geovariances web page or contact us for additional guidance After downloading and extracting GTXserver navigate to the folder C GTXserver bin winnt to find the GTXserver application Create a shortcut for the application on your Desktop Open the Properties di
5. RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 RVA RESERVOIR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS USER MANUAL Beta 0 1 0 D Keefer D Torridi J Duggirala Copyright 2011 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign UIUC All Rights Reserved Lm ILLINOIS STATE y GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRAIRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 CONTENTS Pi 4 ACK OWled SEIMEI E 4 File Editing and Naming Convention for User Manual Authors Error Bookmark not defined Reservoir Visualization and Analysis Software esee tenente 5 OVEL EW a2 tii inch E E E ihe tinte icto edlen E E O E s doit ett feud 5 ha Wb E 5 Structure of the set Manuales steer tette rte th perna eerie torre eo eoi aser esee foris 5 RV A and Reservoir Datacenter teet tee rh dt bte id ter e ipee tiefe TEETE TES 6 RV Avani satis Data eneaaonaaaendauodnauangdonid unie o n OD ROREM REIR E 6 GT Xsetver InstallatiODosoocume non wrenine merecen eR ROO IOTER UO DER HIM GI RTT REI RE 6 GT Xseryet Conmeuration sis E 6 Loading an ECIHESBPICANI I 8 Navigating satis File Struct c 9 RV Aone UECEHBNUDAU s uncmeemonutenenOnmenUnCTOn PODER EPOR UR Tn 10 RVA and Demonstration Data Sets n t nn un nE RRR tenete tenete tenete enn 10
6. If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA heem oe BF oa m amp L I 4d P UP DU S mme o amp B Wes esc Representation Jd 8 22 is ot et ig BEE G 8QeQUCOevO c Eecie rone ax my DAD Jj Max ae 12 0 14 0 fnerat ap Strat2felds vts inna 8 A Qo MO 160 180 200 db e 115 aa 700 sni Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information x Reset amide 2 Clip Type Sphere Z V Show Sphere Center 1387945 13868025 1463 Radius 425 V Inside Out Figure 5 8 Asphericalclip filter was used on the porosity values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera view to demonstrate how the clip filter works To create this image Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second and third step will link the two camera views The fourth fifth and sixth steps set the clip fi
7. 0 1 1 38752e 06 1 38676e 07 1496 1 1 1 10 0514 13 5685 Fig 4 3 A dialog box opens when you Add Camera Link Now click on the window marked in red to establish a camera link between the two windows How do I take a screenshot of my creation in ParaView Navigate to File Menu in the menu bar and select Save Screenshot This opens a dialog box with the options to configure the output image file Click on OK after you make the changes of your choice save the picture and you have a copy of your creation 18 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 EXPLORING A GEOLOGIC MODEL How do use color shading to display different types of modeled data Frie Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Hi peuwuwec s Ai RB ERLE LE Bis o emere JE eat JR BwtRewtade Fae al HecosPot 29 8 x Jg E08 Den T builtin Mean of K o GEZE 7 W Selectable 0 000 V Interpolate Scalars 7 Map Scalars Apply Texture None Color by Mean of K Edit Color Map Slice Slice Direction i Slice Q o Annotation E Show aube axes Edit Y 4 m o Figure 5 1 A surface representation was used on the permeability values to create the above image To shade a volume model by the variations in a variable Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x The first step will select surface represen
8. 0 1 Release 01 31 12 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Slice left hand camera view selected 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Slice Type Plane 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Slice Offset Values Delete All to remove the default value 6 Object Inspector Properties Tab Slice Offset Values New Range a Add Range Pop Up Window gt Input Desired Range and Desired Steps gt Apply e g used the default values 7 Repeat steps 3 through 6a with the right hand image resulting in the same sliced image 8 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Threshold Note that the right hand image still needs to be selected 9 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of K 10 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 81 11 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value gt Apply eg 256 12 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired 13 View Port gt Slit Horizontal gt Spreadsheet View 14 Spreadsheet gt Showing Thresholdl If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye I
9. 9 K lt i gt D gt D C meo o E RE s 23 D E HT Qs ionem zl J A xb biz FOS A ESOOmSTQS O Pipeline Browser ax PROS MEX wans B boite Showing Thresholdi attribute Point Data v Precision 6 n D Bstat2felds vts aple Number RE ordinate READC ordinate READC ordinate READC Inde n e GL 0 855 1 38822e 06 1 38676 07 1484 15 1 98 138827e 06 1 38676e 07 1484 16 2 9n 138827e 06 138676e 07 1484 16 z 3 860 1 38822e 06 1386766407 1484 15 Object Inspector Properties Display Information 4 8576 138822e 06 1386766407 1482 15 Apply Rent 5 9188 1 38827e 06 1 38676 07 1482 16 scalars o Meanofk 6 92 1 38827e 06 1 38676e 07 1482 16 Lower D 218 7 8610 138822e 06 1386766407 1482 15 Threshold Upper 25 8 9799 138832e 06 1386766407 1484 17 Threshold All Scalars 9 983 138832e 06 138676e 07 1484 17 10 9800 138832e 06 138676407 1482 17 11 9834 138832e 06 1386766407 1482 y i2 10411 1 38837e 06 1386766407 1484 18 13 1045 138837e 06 1386766407 1484 18 14 1042 138837e 06 1 38676e 07 1482 18 15 1046 1 38837e 06 1386766407 1482 18 16 9255 1 38827e 06 138677e 07 1484 i R 4 m m r 17 A threshold filter was used on the porosity values to create the above image on the left hand side The results of the threshold filter are displayed in the spreadsheet on
10. Font and Style Conventions Used in this Manual seen 10 Getting to Kow RV C 12 gU DUE Bancaire MP P 12 Pipeline ilv Id M 13 bailes dico EEUU EE 14 Refaimine ObJECts P 14 Brasile C 14 8 sjzodifeti ere M 14 juve Mila EE 14 IPM E UR UECOTET 14 Information VAD M M 15 Filters 15 hrs aaria 15 Common SUBMIS LETT 15 IData Analysis Submetu z ueneno Eas iocet icio itio sh er tra Gases RR a Roo es dh dea n orco es ken oa abad 16 Alphabetical Sabi ri P 16 RVA Quickstatt I utotials eset tti ERES ERE ETETE V ERAS ERES ERES ESES YS TE ES HR ERES ER ERES 17 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Basic Pata View RVA SKINS PE X 17 How do I change the vertical exaggeration for a data Object ess ssssesssseessreessriessriessrressnresnrrennrrennrresnrresre 17 How do I add another viewing window to see a different view of my data 17 How do I make a data object transparent sssssssssesseeeeeeeeeneetene tenete tenete tenentes 17 How do show the axes for the datarsssscscssissscsseis
11. How do show the axes for the data The axes are readily drawn for any data layer Object Inspector Display Tab Annotation Show Cube Axes checked unchecked The details of each axis can also be adjusted Object Inspector Display Tab Annotation Edit each axis can be adjusted as desired 17 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 I ve added a second viewing window How do I make the objects in each window spin together ParaView has the useful option of linking two images in different view ports so that they can both be oriented in the same position at the same time When one image is rotated in one direction the other image with the camera link rotates in that direction too Tools Menu Add Camera Link This opens up a dialog box like the one in Fig 4 3 Click on the window that you want to link with the window that has the dialog box When you click on the other window a link is established Clicking on Zoom To Data might be necessary to focus both the objects correctly Now rotating one object in a certain direction also rotates the other object in that direction 8 5 E fe Hany 8 E33 m B J B Jj x Click on another view to link with Name CameraLink1 Cancel m B nJ x Showing ISATISReaderi v Attribute PointData_ Precision 6 x yple Number REZ ordinate READC ordinate READC ordinate READC Index READONI Index READONI Index READONI Mean of K Mean of PF
12. Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Core Kvert 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map Choose Preset 44 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 a Preset Color Scales choose approptiate color scale for variable 8 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt uncheck Automatic Rescale to fit Data Range Rescale Range a Set Range Pop up window gt Minimum gt 10 Maximum gt 250 gt Rescale 9 Object Inspector Display Tab Transformation Translate 0 30 0 Load your borehole data set BoreholeData vtu a second time and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x 1 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Glyph 2 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Core_Por 3 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Glyph Type 2D Glyph 4 Object Inspector Properties Tab gt 2D Glyph gt Glyph Type Circle gt check Filled 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scale Mode scalar a Set Scale Factor gt check Edit gt Set Scale Factor 2 0 6 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Core Por 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map Choose Preset a Preset Color Scales choose appropriate color scale for variable Load your borehole data set BoreholeData vtu a third time and set the
13. able to read additional UTCHEM output file types UTCHEM output files are in ascii format allowing RVA to load these files directly through the Open command in the File Menu RVA and Demonstration Data Sets Several demonstration project files ate available for use with RV A All the tutorials in this User Manual were made using two data files StratZfields vts and BoreholeData vtu These files were created from an Isatis study and saved in the ParaView native vtk format Strat2fields vts contains a 3 D geostatistical model of porosity and permeability while BoreholeData vtu contains a 5 spot of wells with core porosity and permeability and log data including SP and normalized SP UTCHEM demo data are available from the RVA project web site A zip file contains several different demonstration projects each with several output files All of these files can be opened through the File Menu Open command File Menu gt Open choose a demo file Objected Inspector Property Tab Apply Font and Style Conventions Used in this Manual This User Manual will use specific font and style notation to simplify instructions for completing specific tasks and when referring to parts of the RVA or ParaView interface All instructions and interface names will use the Courier New font Instructions for carrying out any procedure will use a carrot notation 7 to specify the flow of user interface choices For example Object Inspec
14. figure highlights the modular nature and flexibility of the Paraview environment Of particular note the Pipeline Browser Object Inspector toolbars and varied view window types that are readily accessible Figure 2 provides a view of the RVA User Interface This figure shows the distinctive RVA menu and the banner text that contains the RVA UIUC reference and the build version Filters Menu Sources Menu Animation Toolbar Bar Chart View View Configuration Buttons Load Save fe QM ger deem Chen does D Dv Data amp uttns op P SE AGO OC KarS me Common Filters gie BARR UK o Toolbar I OSCSSVOErLlS anrr ez rt BOS Si ew ETETEN mome tas Pipeine one Browser 1 ex 3D View SE on Ix ewe Sater gt ae E e Nx wn C10 TH ae oo 31 see Oblect I tates an B Inspector H om LR TERRARRSE ENTRAUE i H ib e ep ek eM ew UR IP ss ch eM cB vH ch n H H gt d em sio y 2 ane amw nI y an amw WES d ene z 2l 3 ma me vu nena moi 9 umi us y Aria n OOD pa Sess Cavern Tn Animation nm Inspector gt Spreadsheet View XY Plot View Figure 1 The ParaView User Interface from http paraview org Wiki ParaView Users_Guide Introduction 12 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 ParaView 3 12 0 32 bit RVA UIUC build 20120110 01 s File Edit Vi
15. the path names could have changed The pop up window from the Load State File selection allows you to identify all of the data files used when the State File was last saved This option also allows you to apply a set of parameters to a different set of data files making a comparative analysis a bit easier EXPLORING A RESERVOIR FLUID SIMULATION The UTCHEM reader was developed just before the Beta 0 1 release so documentation and tutorials for UTCHEM models are relatively sparse Revisions to this manual will be provided ovet the coming weeks and will focus on documenting tutorials tor UTCHEM modeling results Check back regulatly with the RVA Project web site and look for updates of the RVA User Manual We will add some tutorials targeted to UTCHEM data and EOR project needs 46
16. the right hand side To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA The first step will add the threshold filter function to your data set The second step will select the scalar variable The third step will select the lower threshold value The fourth step will select the upper threshold value The fifth step will draw a legend The sixth step will split the camera view and add a spreadsheet The seventh will show the results of the desired filter 1 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Threshold Object Inspector gt Properties Tab Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of K 3 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 218 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value e g 250 a Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Uncheck All Scalars gt Apply 5 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired 6 View Port gt Slit Horizontal gt Spreadsheet View 7 Spreadsheet gt Showing Thresholdl 36 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Now you are able to use the spreadsheet to analyze the results of the threshold filter If this ima
17. to off The ninth step will apply the filter to the borehole data set The tenth step will draw a legend 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color By Desired Variable e g Sp Norm 2 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Glyph 3 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g SP Norm 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Glyph Type Box 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Orient will result in orient being turned off 6 Object Inspector Properties Tab Scale Mode Off 7 Object Inspector Properties Tab uncheck Mask Points willresult in turning off the mask points 8 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab uncheck Random Mode will result in random mode being turned off 9 Object Inspector Properties Tab Apply 39 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 10 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Legend Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 9 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Ef SS oa AS GEI 4 D pd E mec CR is esum JE ers B 3 8 dix 3 bs X Ee c 099 v929 Pipeline Brow
18. 63 Radius 375 mE 4 Slice Offset Values E i Value Range 601 946 601 946 0 Delete ETE rene E Scientific j Figure 5 9 A sphere slice filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the sphere slice filter works A slice filter shows the values of an object ONLY where it intersects with a 2 D plane or surface This can create simple cross section views to more elaborate images like in figure 5 9 To create this image Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set read the section on how to color your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA read this section on adding camera views The first step in making this image selects the correct image The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the slice filter function The fourth step will choose the slice type The fifth step will change the radius of the slice The sixth step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link 3 Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera 26 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 4 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Slice 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt
19. 8x Properties Display Information Scalars o Mean of Phi x Treshold Ll 6 Threshold Ga V All Scalars m gt Figure 5 12 A threshold filter was used on the porosity values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the threshold filter works The threshold filter function allows the user to look at different ranges of values within their data set This allows the user to focus in on specific areas of interest 29 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the threshold filter function The fourth step will select the scalar variable The fifth step will select lower threshold value The sixth will select the upper threshold value The seventh step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu g
20. Help ope SF oa we lA amp B4 4l P D D Gu ime o E Ws E e renom JE ee JA naei atai FOE G gSQCOSTOS 0 U Pipeline Browser 8x os DAG Ws vama builtin Mean of Phi Mean of Phi a mm henhen enhan riri Prstan erh an HE am amm Bain ns 218 1 5 218 e eU Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information Scalars o Mean of Phi x Trend Ul n Threshold bra All Scalars G A sphere clip filter anda threshold filter was used on the porosity values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera view to demonstrate how theclip filter and threshold filter work To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third 34 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 step will choose the clip filter function The fourth step will select the clip type The fifth step will add the threshold filter function The sixth step will select the scalar variable The seventh step will select the lower threshold value The eighth step will select the upper threshol
21. Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Choose Preset RVA Rainbowl 5 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 21 RVA Beta 0 1 Release How do display my data using a wireframe format 01 31 12 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help e um m c s 3 x WX K 4 gt DD D time o Zs J wireframe Me S mean of k p eo9o evo0 9 ipeline Browser 8 x Pees B butin Mean of K d emm 7 200 Object Inspector ax Properties Display information dem View E V visible Zoom To Dal 7 Selectable z 0 000 Color 11 8 V Interpolate Scalars Map Scalars Apply Texture None I E Color by 9 MeanofK cS ea lt 4 Edit Color Map WM VU IR sakeuak ge G mank Figure 5 4 A wireframe representation was used on the permeability values to create the above image To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x The first step will show the data using a wit
22. RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do explore the sweet zone of my reservoir with my core data and normalized SP logs File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help o amp SF oa e i Bi I 4d D DD DI Zu mec MEETER Fea EKLE Pipeline Browser ex Peo m B mx B buitn Mean of K h Strat2fields vts eo Strat2fields vts Threshold2 BoreholeData vtu cih EHE BoreholeData vtu pe BoreholeData vtu eeee eee 88 0 0 Core_Por 217 Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information Representation Surfa p Interpolation Gouraud 5 5 0 Material Noe Point size 2 00 Ej Line width 6 00 E Opacity 100 Subdivision 0 Volume mapper Projected tetra Figure 22 Two different ees sets PUE a series of filters were applied to create the above image that allows for an analysis of the simulated sweet zone permeability structure together with petrophysical core analysess and normalized SP logs This tutorial begins to show the complexity that ParaView and RVA are capable of handling This tutorial uses the low permeability rock to bound the view then highlights the connectivity within the high permeability zone Transparency and the surface with edges representations are used to view inside the model and help to view the structure of the sweet zone connectivity The core porosity data are shown as disks with their radius scaled to the porosity
23. Reset 3 Delete Scars o SP Norm Trecho Ll ea cs H as V All Scalars IEEE EIA A glyph filter andatransform filter was used on the SN Norm values from a borehole dataset to create the above image The type of glyph that was applied to the data set was a cylinder glyph filter Afterthe glyph filter was applieda transform filter was applied to the data set To create this image first Open your data set BoreholeData vtu in RVA The first step will select SP Norm to color the data by The second step will apply a glyph filter to the borehole data The third step will select the scalar value The fourth step will select the glyph type The fifth step will set the cylinder capping to off The sixth step will set orient to off The seventh step will set the scale mode to off The eight 41 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 set will set the mask points to off The ninth step will set the random mode to off The tenth step will add the threshold filter function The eleventh step will select the scalar variable The twelfth step will select the lower threshold value The thirteenth step will select the upper threshold value The fourteenth step will draw a legend 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab Color Color By Desired Variable e g Sp_Norm 2 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Glyph 3 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt
24. Scalar Desired Variable e g SP_Norm 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Glyph Type Cylinder 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Cylinder gt uncheck Capping will result in capping being turned off 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Orient will result in orient being turned off 7 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scale Mode Off 8 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Mask Points will result in turning off the mask points 9 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Random Mode will result in random mode being turned off 10 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Threshold Note that the right hand image still needs to be selected 11 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g SP_Norm 12 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 75 gt Apply 13 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value gt Apply e g 15 14 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling HEMS 42
25. Slice Type Spher 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Radius Input Box Input Desired Radius gt Apply eg the radius 375 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA oe Be oc KD DD DU ES me me fec SEETI EET Fasc Becoscoros ax PRO Dao B ma 200 d Wsratzfels vts e Om Object Inspector 8x Properties Display Information Apply D Reset 2j Slice Type Plane e V Show Plane Origin 1387945 13868025 1463 Normal 0 o 1 XNormal J ResetBounds 1 Camera Normal Center on Bounds 4 Slice Offset Values Value Range 601 946 601 946 0 Delete E New Range X emo A plane slice filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side The slice was applied along the Z Normal option For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the plane slice filter works To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exa
26. View gt Show cube axes When checked this box displays the appropriately labeled axes for the selected object The Edit button allows for customization of the drawing options for each of the axes gt Representation This drop down list consists of different ways to draw an object To see the variables for the object you must set the Representation to anything except Outline The list of vatiables can be viewed through the dropdown listin Color Color by Point Size Line Width Opacity Increasing or decreasing these values changes the appearance of the data accordingly gt Translate Scale Orientation Origin These fields in the Display tab transform the data based on the given input The data only changes when the values ate typed into the boxes and then clicking the mouse away from the boxes i e losing focus from the boxes In most cases this operation needs to be followed by clicking on Zoom To Data to center the data correctly Unlike the Properties tab there is no need to click the Apply button when fields are changed in the Display tab Pressing the TAB button or selecting another field in the Display Tab applies the changes that have been made Most of the above operations can also be done using the icons in the Representation and Active Variable Controls toolbars from the ParaView main window Information Tab The Information Tab in the Object Inspector provides information on the data objects including
27. alog box by right clicking on the shortcut and selecting Properties If you have saved GTXservet to your C drive then in the Properties dialog box set Target to C GTXserver bin winnt GTXserver exe multisession RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 If you have saved GTXserver elsewhere on your machine set Target to the appropriate path The option multisession must follow the pathname of the GTXserver executable When the target is properly specified click to save and apply these changes Soton M mee reae r m GTXserver Shortcut Target type Application Target location winnt Target CNGTXserver bin winnt G TXserver exe multises Start in CNG TXserver bin winnt Shortcut key None Run Comment Fig Change the Target field to C GTXserver bin winnt GTXserver exe multisession click OK Launch GTXsetver by double clicking the shortcut that you created above GTXservet is now running and RVA is ready to read your ISATIS files Note The GTXserver by default connects to port 5500 If you would like to change the port it uses then use the port option in the Target field of the Properties dialog box port XXXX GTXserver MUST BE RUNNING on your system every time you want to access an Isatis file RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Loading an Isatis Data Set We provide example Isatis data for use in RVA Download the Isatis demonstration case studies from th
28. appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by SP_Norm 2 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map Choose Preset a Preset Color Scales choose appropriate color scale for variable 3 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Representation Surface a Line Width 6 After the entire tutorial is compete you will result in having 2 threshold filter 2 glyph filter and the Borehole data set being display with 3 different variables 45 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do I save my progress so I will pick up where I left off at a later time ParaView allows you to save a session to a State File This file contains information on the objects in the Pipeline Browser and the options and parameters that are selected for each of the view windows It allows you to jump back to a specific analysis perspective without having to manually record all of the parameter values 1 File Menu Save State a Save State File gt Choose a location and give an appropriate name suggested putting the date How do load Saved State File To load a previously saved State File 1 File Menu Load State a Load State File gt Navigatetoa Save State file from a previous session b Fix Paths in State File gt OK nothing should need to be changed If the files and State File have been moved since the State File was last saved
29. as the choice of selecting a plane box sphere or scalar The Clip filter returns the portion of the data set that remains after the clip If the scalars option is chosen then you must select the scalar array by which to clip Clip then returns the set of those scalars that are larger than the clip Value Checking the Inside Out box will return the portion that has been clipped rather than the portion that remains after the clip Data Analysis Submenu These filters can be used to analyze data quantitatively They can plot data as graphs and histograms on different variables Alphabetical Submenu This option lists all the available filters in an alphabetical order The screenshots given at the end of this manual illustrate the use of some of these filters For more details on how to use ParaView please see Additional References at the end of this manual 16 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 RVA QUICKSTART TUTORIALS Basic ParaView RVA Skills How do I change the vertical exaggeration for a data object The vertical exaggeration is adjusted from the Display Tab To set the vertical exaggeration for an object to 10x Display Tab gt Transformation gt Scale 1 1 10 This only works on one object at a time It generally does carry forward to new daughter objects If you set the vertical exaggeration for a geologic model to 10 then use a Threshold Filter on this model the Threshold Filter object is automatically set to 10 However i
30. con is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 8 38 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do model my borehole data using a glyph filter I File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help Be BSG oaw MAL So MD D DIR mero 1E Was eee Sete J K a ai i aae STO Gi OE EEAO Poste Browser sx d vank eum SP Norm Beorcholedata vtu alist 155 398 n ra nuu P gt m gm t 101 9 34 Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information Vectors Sih Type 4 Box Length i Y Length E z Length t Center 0 0 0 Sih Panam 4 Transform2 4 Translate 0 0 0 Rotate 0 0 0 Scale 1 1 1 E Orient 19A glyph filter was used on the SP Norm values from a borehole dataset to create the above image The type of glyph that was applied to the data set was a box glyph filter To create this image first Open your data set BoreholeData vtu in RVA The first step will select SP_Norm to color the data by The second step will apply a glyph filter to the borehole data The third step will select the scalar value The fourth step will select the glyph type The fifth step will set orient to off The sixth step will set the scale mode to off The seventh set will set the mask points to off The eighth step will set the random mode
31. ct us if you have problems with installation Structure of the User Manual This User Manual has been designed to help RVA users interact with their data as quickly as possible Because RVA is a plugin to ParaView there are many menus and buttons that are part of the standard ParaView interface and are available through RVA However this manual will only address key concepts in RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 ParaView and critical parts of the ParaView interface Most of the manual will focus on using RVA Paraview to open visualize and analyze data associated with oil reservoir simulations Rather than work through an exhaustive discussion of the menus this manual has been structured in a question and answer format This should allow the user to more quickly find solutions to problems or questions they want to address with RVA This software and user manual are in active development and updates are expected frequently Please note the software version and date stamps in the header of the User Manual Compare your active version with the most recent versions available on the RVA project web site The software is free and multiple versions can installed on a single computer Please contact us 1f you have any feature requests tutorial requests or bug tepotts Users looking to expand their visualization and analytical capabilities within RVA are encouraged to explore the ParaView web site and to learn more about ParaView functionality
32. d Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling BIBEREIDI2 31 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do I display my data set using an IsoVolume filter in RVA File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Hel oe SRoae i KUK lt gt I gt DU B meo E j B uiii gea B is eremo a EQCOS9vOS 0 pose pna ax J meme X vam builtin iun dischi m z um 11 8 257 Object Inspector Bx Properties Display Information scalars Meanofk z P Threshold Ed 5 Upper T Threshold H 19 m 15AIsoVolume filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the IsoVolume filter works To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The t
33. d value The ninth step will draw a legend 1 2 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with Tools Menu Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Clip Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Clip Type Sphere a Object Inspector gt Properties Tab check Inside Out gt Apply Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Threshold Note that the right hand image still needs to be selected Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of Phi Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 16 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value gt Apply eg 21 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling HEMEN 6 35 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do I display my data in a spreadsheet for the filter that I applied in RVA File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Bb SS oe e
34. e RVA website Save the CaseStudies zip file and extract it to a convenient directory in your system Open the Start Menu and type APPDATAS in the search field Click on the folder called Roaming Then navigate to the folder called Geovatiances followed by the folder Isatis Within the Isatis folder you will be able to see a file called study names def Fig 0 1 oe c s XS E AppData Roaming Geovariances Isatis gt v 4 Search Isatis p n library v Share with v Burn New folder _ e m Name Date modified Type Size B Isatis Init 7 5 2011 10 55AM File folder _ DATA 6 30 2011 9 18AM File 1KB E read write 8 15 2011 12 04 PM Export Definition F 1KB study names 8 11 2011 9 30 AM Export Definition F 1 KB Fig 0 1 study_names file in the AppData Roaming Geovarianes Isatis folder Important GTXserver and Isatis MUST NOT BE RUNNING when you open this file or the changes you make will be overwritten Open study_names def by right clicking on the file and selecting Open with and then Notepad Modify the study_names def file to add Demo_Datal and Demo_Data2 as shown in Fig 0 2 Save and close study_names def Note Users with an active Isatis license should find the study_names def file already contains the names of studies loaded in their system previously However it is possible that those studies may not be compatible with the GTXserver version you downloaded To make su
35. eframe representation The second step will choose a vatiable the values of which will be used to color the data set The third step will be to set the color mapping The fourth step will draw the legend 1 Object Inspector gt Disp Wireframe 2 Object Inspector Displ e g Mean of K 3 Object Inspector gt Disp Preset RVA Rainbowl 4 Object Inspector gt Displ ay Tab gt Style gt ay Tab gt Color gt ay Tab gt Color gt ay Tab gt Color gt Representation choose a variable Color by Edit Col or Map gt Choose Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 22 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 How do I display contours or isosurfaces in my data File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros ob FE oa fe UOCE K 4d D DD Da F lime o fo amp E s o reme C rte 5 a at i is at a i D 9oG ESOoOommvOosooUo Peine browser ax Be CENENE B butin Mean of K db sratzhelds vts 7 L2 Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information S F Apply Reset 3 Delete 2 V Compu
36. eostatistical software Isatis a leading geostatistical analysis and simulation software package Geovariances France In addition to Isatis RVA is currently being expanded to import files from the reservoir simulation program UTCHEM This Beta 0 1 release contains a reader for several UTCHEM output files CONCP PRESP SATP VISC COMP OIL COMP ME and COMP AQ Development is continuing on the UTCHEM reader and additional file formats will be available soon RVA functionality will build on the functionality inherent in ParaView In addition RVA will provide additional functionality that is not available through the standard ParaView builds This RVA Users Manual will provide an overview of the ParaView concepts and tools that are critical for operating RVA It will also provide instruction on the use of custom RVA tools and guidance on the use of RVA for common data visualization and analysis problems associated with EOR field management Additional information on the use of ParaView can be obtained from the ParaView web page or from the printed ParaView Users Manual citation here RVA Installation To install the current build of the RVA software download and unzip the current build to your system The current RVA build is for systems running Microsoft Windows operating system Version Specific As of January 2012 RVA has been tested and successfully operated on Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems Please conta
37. esentation Surface with edges Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Desired Variable e g Mean of K Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Threshold Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of K Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold e g default value Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold e g 90 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Mean of K Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map Choose Preset a Preset Color Scales choose appropriate color scale for variable Object Inspector gt Display Tab Style Representation Surface with Edges a Line Width 1 b Opacity 0 10 Load your borehole data set BoreholeData vtu and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x bs Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Glyph 2 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Cote Kvert Object Inspector Properties Tab gt Glyph Type 2D Glyph Object Inspector Properties Tab gt 2D Glyph gt Glyph Type Triangle gt check Filled Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scale Mode scalar a Set Scale Factor gt check Edit gt Set Scale Factor 0 4 6 Object
38. ew Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help le u w c ypscwqm 2 amp X mc EX Ck MM 4d b d P Bi tme 579 18 5 E Q Sold Color Representation TlH SREKREE amp Ak gt 66G HeScoome vos Pipeine Browser ax BE waewae c ej M bun howing Threshod7 Attribute Point Data Precision 6 gt LI be SASP 1 CONCP Saturation 01 Saturation 02 Saturation 03 Poir a 1B Thresholds O 09581 0 04186 0 1 4 i Sicet 1 058912 0 1088 0 0 5 e cm SISP EPREW 2 08993 0 1007 0 1 5 a theshois 3 0 914771 0 0852186 0 0 428571 44285 5B SASP 1 SATP 4 08886 01114 o 0 5 e 1B Thresholds e Fe 5 09341 0 06593 0 1 4 548 ap 6 0932 0 06796 0 0 4 Li em 7 0838 0162 0 6 4 object mspectr EE 8 0866 0 134 0 6 5 Properties Display information 9 07887 02113 0 7 5 Say One XDeete 10 0825714 0 174286 0 6 57143 44285 11 08149 0 1851 0 7 5 Scalars 2 Saturation 01 x 12 0 8685 0 1315 0 6 4 Lower Threshold 0 11066 pg 4 13 07874 0 2126 0 7 4 Upper Threshold E 1 00600004196167 14 0 8749 0 1251 0 1 6 V Al Scalars 15 0792557 0 11905 0 0883857 0 428571 5 5714 16 08368 0 1632 0 0 6 17 0863 0 137 0 1 6 18 0876583 0 123417 0 142062 5 5066 19 0 8445 0 1555 0 2 6 20 0869478 0 130522 0 1 10308 6 LESSE r Figure 2 RVA User Interface Note the RVA menu and the RVA UIUC with build version in the banner In ParaView there will always be one active view one active module or object within the vis
39. f values to contour by The ninth step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Clip 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Clip Type Sphere 33 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 a Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Inside Out check the box gt Apply 5 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu gt Contour Note that the right hand image still needs to be selected 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Contour gt Contour By Desired Variable e g Mean of K 7 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Isosurfaces Delete All to remove the default value 8 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Isosurfaces gt New Range a Add Range Pop Up Window gt Input Desired Range and Desired Steps gt Apply e g used the default values 9 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 5 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA
40. f you subsequently change the original geologic model to 5 the Threshold Filter object is not updated automatically Also some filters do not inherit these scaling changes For example the Clip and Slice filters load with the default scale values regardless of vertical or horizontal change in scale of the parent filter ot data object How do I add another viewing window to see a different view of my data Each viewing window can be subdivided into multiple viewing windows with each new window set to be a different window type e g 3D View 2D View Spreadsheet View Any active viewing window can be split horizontally or vertically The split window buttons are located in the upper right hand corner of each view window Fig 1 4 Once the window is split a list of window types is provided Choose the desired window type The active viewing window is identified by a blue border The data objects that have been included in the active window are identified by black eye icons To add a data layer to the active window select the desired window then select the desired object s from the Pipeline Browser Fig 1 4 Split Horizontal Split Vertical Maximize Close How do I make a data object transparent To change the opacity of an object you adjust the Opacity field between 0 and 1 with 1 being completely opaque and 0 being completely transparent Object Inspector Display Tab Style Opacity choose a value e g 0 5
41. ge is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling BEN How do analyze modeled values in a spreadsheet when used multiple filters File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help SESS och XU PACEM 4 P DD mec a B N solid Color v Representation i Bal xt tx Be 28 6G BQOUCSVOSIVZ Eoeinenromer ax OOO 395 E58 wam ll builtin a Strat2fields vts amp H sice 4 He sice o omm eprest lObject Inspector ax a Properties Display Information Scalars o Meanofk x i Tread eL Upper Threshold 256 V All Scalars m Bim jx ing Treshodi v Attribute Point Data v Precisio 6 gt ple Number RE ordinate READ ordinate READC iordinate READ Index READON Index READON Index READON MeanofK Mean of Phi Pc 1630 77 138761e 06 138684e407 1474 281171 16 12 147 009 20 2237 1387610 1 16477 138761e 06 13868407 1474 281171 17 12 183 738 20 8382 138761 2 166377 138761e 06 138684e 07 1476 281171 7 n 96 2976 191766 13876 3 16977 13876106 138684e 07 1476 281171 18 n 119354 197259 13876 4 1698 77 1 38761e 06 1 38684e 07 1474 281171 18 12 202 064 21 1045 1 38761 D Figure 5 18 A slice filter was used on the permeability value
42. ggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the cotrect image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the slice filter function The fourth step will choose the slice type The fifth step will select the orientation of the slice The sixth step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window click the left Camera View 27 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Slice Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Slice Type Plane Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Select Z Normal Button O ow Q Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Legend Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 0 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA p R aM s B KK dd P gt DI R lime o OR Bis E orem Erre J A a akk aat FSG
43. hird step will choose the isovolume filter function The fourth step will select the scalar variable The fifth step will select lower threshold value The sixth will select the upper threshold value The seventh step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link gt a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu gt Alphabetical Sub Menu IsoVolume 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of K 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Lower Threshold Option Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 65 6 Object Inspector Properties Tab Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value Apply e g 190 7 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Legend Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired 32 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 4 How do I display my data set using multiple filters in RVA File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help LERN amp MN lt gt D Di F ime o o K Mh 2 e J E eee 5 a a
44. iek aai Ee Ga gQ9UcoOom evOos Pipeline Browser ax gj Hao Bs memx a nae 3 000 acute 200 a Strat2felds vts i 1 e Boe 11 8 257 e eETTH Object Inspector Bx Properties Display Information Apply Q Reset 2 4 Contour E eee orm Compute Normals Compute Gradients Compute Scalars IGS 4 Isosurfaces Value Range 11 8331 257 383 11 8331 18 0798 419927 719056 107 8185 137 7314 167 6443 197 5572 231 008 e felll 4 15Asphere clip filter anda contour filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera view to demonstrate how the clip filter works To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the clip filter function The fourth step will select the clip type The fifth step will add the contour filter function The sixth step will select the variable to contour by The seventh step will remove default range values The eight step will select a new range o
45. ject Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Glyph Type Cylinder 5 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Cylinder gt uncheck Capping will result in capping being turned off 40 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Orient will result in orient being turned off 7 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scale Mode Off 8 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Mask Points will result in turning off the mask points 9 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt uncheck Random Mode will result in random mode being turned off 10 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab Apply 11 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling Higarels 20 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help Be SF oa GWA RE Ag OX H4 4b D DTG mec s esum C gre J A atkeuak Ee Gi BS9OQevos Pipeine Browser 8 x 3 5 Ef meek builtin SP Norm ab WisoreholeData vtu 100 750 T PITT m H 0 000 e eim 101 9 34 Object Inspector ax Properties Display information Apply
46. lter function the clip type and the Inside Out character of the clip respectively The sixth step draws the legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu Add Camera Link Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 4 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Clip 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Clip Type Sphere 25 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Inside Out check the box gt Apply 7 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Legend Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES How do I display my data set using the slice filter in RVA File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help pE SG reM MARS amp X K lt P DDB meo NIE M onere as Beto JH a aae i at i FIGEG HQOO SvTO 9 pido 2x ga Dak Be mank B buitn 3 000 ye 200 a Wsvatzfeds vts o Of 18 257 Object Inspector 8x Properties Display Information wooly Ones ane 2J Slice Type Spher m 4 V Show Sphere Center 1387945 13868025 14
47. ne Browser 13 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Visibility Eye Icon On loading data the visibility or eye icon next to the object in the Pipeline Browser turns from grey to black This indicates whether or not an object is rendered in the active window Clicking on the eye icon changes the icon from black to grey and correspondingly toggles the object from rendered to not rendered This eye icon is useful when multiple objects are available for viewing The behavior of the Eye Icon can vary when multiple display windows are used Use of multiple display windows will be covered later in the manual Renaming Objects Objects created can be renamed in the Pipeline Browser The objects by default are named alphanumerically with the name of the object followed by the creation number Double clicking on this name opens a text edit box where you can rename the object to be more informative Deleting Objects You can right click on an object for a list of actions to take on the object Clicking on Delete will remove the object from the Pipeline Browser Object Inspector The Object Inspector is where the various parameters of the active module within the visualization pipeline are displayed and controlled from Properties Tab The Properties Tab of the Object Inspector holds information on the filters and objects created in the Pipeline Browser All of the fields in the Properties Tab change the co
48. nfiguration of the objects The Apply button must be clicked each time there is change made to an object in the Properties Tab ParaView has the additional option of auto applying changes made to the Properties Tab To auto apply changes to the Properties Tab Edit Menu gt Settings gt General Settings gt Auto Accept check uncheck gt OK Display Tab Inthe Display Tab the following are useful functions for viewing data objects for better gt Zoom To Data This button centers all of the data objects that are turned on in the active viewing window gt Color by This field applies color to the data set according to the variable selected In the drop down a list of variables appear and you can then use any one of the variables to color the data set To see the list of variables corresponding to a given data object the Representation field details given below needs to be set to anything except Outline gt Edit Color Map This button opens a widget to adjust the color scales on the data The Choose Preset button in the Color Scale tab shows a list of color schemes available with the data The checkbox for Use Logarithmic Scale sets colors using a log scale The Color Legend tab displays the legend for the current variable being used on the view port 14 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Set Ambient Color This drop down list can be used to set solid color to the data using the colors provided by Para
49. ng uncut portions to be rendered ParaView provides a few distinct clipping shapes to apply to data a plane a box a sphere and a scalar value of the variable used in the coloring of the object The clip can also be reversed by checking the Inside Out check box on the Properties Tab To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display vour data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second and third steps link the two camera views The fourth step sets the clip filter and the fifth step selects the type of clip that is used The sixth step set the the plane to be clipped along The seventh step draws the legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu Add Camera Link 3 Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 4 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Clip 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Clip Type Plane 24 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt X Normal gt Apply 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired
50. nning on and RVA so that the list of studies available on that machine become available to the local machine If you are connected to a GTXserver running on the local machine then the studies available locally become available for reading into RVA The text box next to the Refresh button will tell you the status of the connection every time it is clicked Fig 0 2 The GTX Study field is a drop down list consisting of a list of studies that are populated by the connection to GTXservet Selecting a valid study in this field will allow you to select a directory in the GTX Directory drop down list populated by the connection to GTXserver Selecting a valid directory in this field will allow you to select a file in the GTX File Name field It RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 contains the list of files available in the directory chosen above Length Units can be used to view data scaled to the selected unit Once all the fields are instantiated click the Apply button to load the data Note Each time a new study file directory is chosen the Apply button needs to be clicked You have the additional option of Auto Applying option in RVA Navigate to Edit gt Settings check the Auto Accept box click Apply and then OK RVA and UTCHEM Data RVA is now able to read several UTCHEM output file types CONCP PRESP SATP VISC COMP OIL COMP ME and COMP AQ Development on the UTCHEM reader is continuing and future releases of RVA will be
51. o the porosity values in the data set For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the threshold filter works To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the threshold filter function The fourth step will select the scalar variable The fifth step will select lower threshold value The sixth will select the upper threshold value The seventh step will draw a legend 1 Select with mouse the image on the right hand side to work with 2 Tools Menu gt Add Camera Link a Click on Another View to Link With Pop Up Window gt click the left Camera View 3 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Threshold 4 Object Inspector Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of Phi 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 16 6 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold gt Input Desired Upper Threshold Value e g 20 7 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legen
52. ored points to display my modeled data values File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help oe SS oa fe SAR RE K K 4B 5 D DI Ch mec B orem 7 es Ponts JH 3 24 Ri 2 zt Ex E Fide G H90o990720 Pipeline Browser ax Row m B J B x ll buitin Mean of K e m 7 200 54 gt gt 2 ue Object Inspector 8x Properties Display Information 100 zi nae View V Visible Zoom To Da V Selectable LTEM Color 7 Interpolate Scalars Map Scalars Apply Texture None Color by Mean of k Figure 5 3 A points representation_was used on the permeability values to create the above image Another valuable visualization tool is to draw the cell nodes and color them by a modeled variable To create this image Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x The first step will select the point representation for the data The second step will be to adjust the size of the points The third step will choose a variable the values of which will be used to color the data set The fourth step will be to set the color mapping The fifth step will draw the legend 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Representation Points 2 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Point Size choose a size e g 5 00 3 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by choose a variable e g Mean of K 4
53. r gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by choose a variable e g Mean of K 8 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Legend Tab checkShow Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired 23 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES How do I display my data using a clip filter in RVA File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help pe SSroe we WARS K K lt I gt Uo DIB mec s E E da seid cater Representation Ji BY ca 20 dx 23 zt iz SG HOSTSHOSLOB peace ER DEG s ENCES i p 3 000 peeks 200 a statzfelds vts P e 118 257 Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information te Orem p 2 ape V Show Plane Origin 1387945 13868025 1463 Normal 1 0 o X Normal Reset Bounds Y Normal Z Normal Camera Normal I Center on Bounds J E Inside Out Figure 5 6 A plane clip filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image on the right hand side For this image the same data set was opened in two camera views to demonstrate how the clip filter works A clip filter cuts and removes portions of an object allowing the remaini
54. re your GTXserver installation and configuration were successful add in the demonstration data set you downloaded from the RVA site RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 physical name C CaseStudies RVA_Demol logical name RVA_Demol physical name C CaseStudies RVA_Demo2 name RVA Demo2 Fig 0 2 Modified study names file to include the RVA case studies RVA_Demo1 and RVA_Demo2 Navigating Isatis File Structure Start RVA Click on the RVA menu and select Import ISATIS Data Version Specific With the Beta 0 1 release opening an Isatis study generates and error message Please ignore this window The Isatis import button creates an object called ISATISReader1 displayed in the Pipeline Browser Next to the object cube you should see an icon that looks like an eye The icon at this time will be grey in color indicating that no data can be seen in the view port as yet The Properties tab in the Object Inspector panel shows seven fields all of which can be customized as per the choice of you The GTX Server Port field will contain the port number that GTXserver is connected to If GTXserver is running locally then type localhost in the GTX Server Host field The Refresh button must be clicked every time an RVA object is created in ParaView or when the port or the host is changed with the GTXserver connection Clicking on the Refresh button establishes a connection between the machine that the server is ru
55. s to create the above image on the left hand side The image on the right was created by adding a threshold filter tothe sliced filter on the right hand side The results ofthe threshold filter are displayed in the spreadsheet along the bottom of the display To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x To display your data set reference the section on how to use a color shade on your data in RVA To display two linked camera views in RVA reference this section on adding camera views The first step is to make sure the correct image chosen The second step will link the two camera views The third step will choose the slice filter function The fourth step will select the slice type The fifth step will remove default slice offset value The sixth step will add a new range of slice offset values The seventh step will repeat steps 3 through 6a with the right hand camera view The eighth step will add a threshold filter to the right hand camera view The ninth step will select the scalar variable The tenth step will select the lower threshold value The eleventh step will select the upper threshold value The twelfth step will draw a legend The thirteenth step will split the camera view and add a spreadsheet The fourteenth will show the results of the desired filter in spreadsheet view 1 Select with mouse the image on the left hand side to work with 37 RVA Beta
56. ser ax J Dmx builtin n ap li BoreholeData vtu SP Nom Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information Apply Reset 2 Center 0 n h Capping Glyph Transform Transform2 x 4 Transform2 Translate 0 0 0 Rotate 0 0 0 Scale 1 1 1 E Orient Scale off Set Scale 7 Factor 157 2625 El Edit Maximum Number 5000 of Points 7 Mask Points 7 Random Mode ul OAglyph filter was used on the SN_Norm values from a borehole dataset to create the above image The type of glyph that was applied to the data set wasa cylinder glyph filter To create this image first Open your data set BoreholeData vtu in RVA The first step will select SP_Norm to color the data by The second step will apply a glyph filter to the borehole data The third step will select the scalar value The fourth step will select the glyph type The fifth step will set the cylinder capping to off The sixth step will set orient to off The seventh step will set the scale mode to off The eight set will set the mask points to off The ninth step will set the random mode to off The tenth step will apply the filter to the borehole data set The eleventh step will draw a legend 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab Color Color By Desired Variable e g Sp_Norm 2 Filter Menu gt Common Sub Menu Glyph 3 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Scalar Desired Variable e g SP_Norm 4 Ob
57. sesssecssnsssecveestiesocnsscesesecvsestiedecntasesesscveestiedodntsansaseduesstiessdesoaeses 17 I ve added a second viewing window How do I make the objects in each window spin together 18 How do I take a screenshot of my creation in ParaView essere 18 Exploring a peologic model rte ort emend e e CHARLES MESE E ea Ret ese eo E Pete SERO ed HERE 19 How do I use color shading to display different types of modeled data wo cscs 19 How do I use colored points to display my modeled data values sse 21 How do I display my data using a wireframe format ssssssssseseeeeeeeeeeteeetene tentent 22 How do I display contours or isosurfaces in my data sss tenete 23 How do I display my data using a clip filter in RV A iiuuseeesee sss 24 How do I display my data set using the slice filter in RVA ssessssssseeeeeeeee 26 How dol display my dataset using 3 tensa sende entr DOE D ERO Ro bae apos 29 How do I display my data set using an IsoVolume filter in RVA sess 32 How dol display my data set using eee tette ereer sirnane eenean ER HERR ER IIR eMe rira ENE Era ENEKE 33 How do I display my data in a spreadsheet for the filter that I applied in RVA 36 How do I analyze modeled values in a spreadsheet when I used multiple filters 37 How do I model my borehole data using a glyph filter essssssssseeeeeee 39 How do I explore the sweet zone of my reservoir wi
58. t Common Sub Menu Threshold 4 Object Inspector Properties Tab Scalar Desired Variable e g Mean of Phi 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 16 6 Object In In Spector gt Properties Tab gt Upper Threshold gt Input Desired Upper Threshold Value gt Apply eg 21 7 Object spector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling MEMES 2 File Edit View Sources Filters Tools Macros RVA Help BEBE caw GW CER CE MD DIB mec TE Bi ia Co nemen C Ert B a 28 1582 2 4 4 4 EOG G H90999972097 Pipeline Browser 8x DET A DETK B bultin 3 000 Ease D swatzeti s LM P er 11 8 if Object Inspector ax Properties Display Information Apply Reset 2 Scars o Mean of Phi zt Lower Threshold t 16 Threshold D V All Scalars 30 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 DR The above image on the right hand side was created usinga threshold filter The data set was colored with the permeability values the filter was applied t
59. tation for the data rendering The second step will choose a variable the values of which will be used to color the data set The third step will be to set the color mapping The fourth step will draw the legend 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Representation Surface 2 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by choose a variable e g Mean of K 3 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Choose Preset RVA Rainbowl 4 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Edit Color Map gt Color Legend Tab gt check Show Color Legend Adjust the parameters as desired If this image is not drawing on your screen make sure the Eye Icon is highlighted in the Pipeline Browser Also you can check Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt View gt Zoom to Data You should be able to see an image resembling REMES 19 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 PERRON MAR MER 4 MUP DP Rimo pE Me E o mean iS tromtm Bd 24 0x 83 24 a 1 G O Gi 8q e9Ooomovos c ipeline Browser 8 x Js menk T B buittin e OBEN Mean of K 7 Inspector Bx Properties Display Information View E 7 Visible Zoom To Da V Selectable E Color V Interpolate Scalars Map Scalars Apply Texture None Slice Slice Direction Slice 0 Annotation F Show cube axes I m Edit
60. te Scalars 4 Isosurfaces Value Range 11 8331 257 44 L 100 t 150 200 De 250 ine 3 Figure 5 5 A contour filter was used on the permeability values to create the above image The contours that are displayed are between the range of 100 200 with a contour interval of 10 The Contour Filter can be used to create a single isosurface or a set of isosurfaces for a geologic model or reservoir simulation To create this image first Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x The first step will apply a contour filter to the data set The second and third steps will select the variable used in contouring The fourth step will remove the default contour values The fifth and sixth steps will set the range of contour values The seventh step will set the variable to use for coloring the isosurfaces The sixth step will draw the legend 1 Filter Menu gt Common Submenu Contour 2 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab Contour gt Contour by choosea viable e g Mean of K 3 Object Inspector Properties Tab Contour check Compute Scalars 4 Object Inspector gt Properties Tab gt Isosurfaces Delete All to remove the default value 5 Object Inspector Properties Isosurfaces New Range 6 Add Range Pop Up Window gt Input Desired Range and Desired Steps gt Apply e g 100 250 range with 4 steps 7 Object Inspecto
61. th my core data and normalized SP logs 43 How do I save my progress so I will pick up where I left off at a later time sse 46 How do Iload Saved State File usnaonsga onmi np IER a er tor IRE EPEE DERE Eni 46 Exploring a Reservoir Fluid Simulation eee estet RA ARNAR RRAS 46 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 ABOUT Reservoir Visualization and Analysis RVA was developed primarily through financial support from the U S Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory under contract DE FE0005961 Additional funding was provided by the State of Illinois and the U S Geological Survey under funding through the Great Lakes Geological Mapping Coalition a program within National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program RVA is the result of a collaborative effort between the Illinois State Geological Survey at the Prairie Research Institute and the Department of Computer Science both at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign UIUC Project Geologists D Keefer and J Damico Software Development Team L Angrave E Shaffer D McWherter U Yadav and J Duggirala Project Advisors S Frailey R Okwen J Grube E Mehnert R Ritzi S Whitaker Y F Lin Contact Us rva support illinois edu RVA is covered by Copyright c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign UIUC All rights reserved This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warran
62. the Type Number of Cells Number of Points the Data Arrays Variable List the Extents and the Bounds The fields indicate the data structure used to represent the data the volume of interest and the number of samples present in the given data set Filters As mentioned above ParaView has over one hundred filters for processing the information associated with active objects in the visualization pipeline These filters are accessed through the Filters Menu on the MenuBar The filters are displayed under four submenus Recent Common Data Analysis and Alphabetical Recent Submenu The Recent submenu lists the 10 most recent filters used Common Submenu Common displays the filters that most ParaView users will use most commonly You can find shortcuts to these filters on the Filters Toolbar Some of the common filters used are gt Glyphs This filter produces glyphs at each point in the selected data set Different shapes can be used for the glyphs like cone arrow line sphere or 2D glyph gt Threshold This filter extracts the subset of the data set whose scalars lie within the specified range The Lower Thresholdand Upper Threshold sliders indicate the range of scalars to retain in the data set 15 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 gt Contour This filter calculates the Isolines Isosurfaces of the selected point centered scalar array in the data set The available scalars are listed in the Contour by dropdo
63. tor Display Tab Color Edit Color Map Color Scale Tab Choose Preset Button Blue to Red Rainbow OK Close The above instructions specify how to select a preset color map Blue to Red Rainbow for an object In this example in the Object Inspector window onthe Display Tab the Edit Color Map button was selected In the pop up window for that button the Choose Preset Button was selected This 10 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 brought up another window on which the Blue to Red Rainbow preset color map was selected The Ok and Close buttons were selected to finalize this choice 11 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 GETTING TO KNOW RVA RVA is built on top of ParaView an open source visualization and analysis package The Para View Home Page provides information on the background and structure of ParaView and links to a range of ParaView resources There is an online users guide to Para View another online help for the current stable ParaView release a tutorial for version 3 12 a group of more advance tutorials newsgroups and user groups for general ParaView use These resources do NOT cover RV A specific tutorials or issues This part of the User Manual discusses critical aspects of the generic ParaView structure and functionality These issues will be needed to make complete use of RVA The User Interface The standard ParaView User Interface is shown in Figure 1 This
64. ty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RVA development was significantly benefitted by assistance from the following groups and individuals Geovariances France Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering University of Texas at Austin RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 RESERVOIR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE Overview RVA was developed to provide an integrated data visualization and analysis environment to support management of oil and gas reservoirs particularly mature oil reservoirs being managed through tertiary recovery strategies known also as enhance oil recovery EOR strategies The RVA software is a plugin to ParaView an open source 3 D visualization and analysis software package The latest RVA build source code demonstration data sets and documentation are available free of charge from the project web site http rva cs illinois edu RVA is intended to open a range of data files frequently used by petroleum geologists and engineers involved with EOR projects and to provide a suite of tools and tutorials for analyzing these varied data sets Specific emphasis is placed on the development of novel tools for visualization and analysis of these complex data sets Development of RVA has focused first on the creation of import utilities for bringing in geologic models and reservoir fluid simulation results The first geologic model input format selected was for the g
65. ualization pipeline and one active selection The information displayed in any region of the User Interface always relates to these active entities ParaView Users Guide Within ParaView there are three basic steps to visualizing data reading the data into ParaView filtering or processing the data in some way and rendeting or drawing some aspect of the data RVA as a plugin to ParaView is focused on simplifying the processes of reading data into ParaView and of filtering the data all with the goal of simplitying visualization and analysis of reservoir simulation results and thereby improving the management of mature oil fields ParaView takes these three steps and integrates them with an architecture called the visualization pipeline which allows a user to read in data and run the data through a sequence of processes or filters each of which provide a different view of the data ParaView has over one hundred different filters that can be used to manipulate various data types Since the filters are specific to the type of data processed not all filters work on all data sets When a filter is unavailable for an active data object it is greyed out in the menu Pipeline Browser The Pipeline Browser is where the visualization pipeline is recorded and controlled from ParaView Users Guide As such interaction with the Pipeline Browser is a critical component of RVA The following describes some of the more important aspects of the Pipeli
66. value and the permeability core data is shown as flat triangles again scaled to measured value The normalized SP logs are shown as colored cylinders To create this image Open your data set Strat2fields vts and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x 1 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Representation Surface With Edges 2 Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Desired Variable e g Mean of K 3 Filter Menu Common Sub Menu Threshold 4 Object Inspector Properties Tab Scalar Desired Vatiable e g Mean of K 5 Object Inspector Properties Tab Lower Threshold Input Desired Lower Threshold Value e g 220 6 Object Inspector Properties Tab Upper Threshold Input Desired Upper Threshold Value e g Default value 7 Object Inspector Display Tab gt Color gt Color by Mean of K 43 RVA Beta 0 1 Release 01 31 12 Object Inspector Display Tab Color Edit Color Map uncheck Automatic Rescale to fit Data Range Rescale Range a Set Range Pop up window Minimum 10 Maximum 250 Rescale Object Inspector gt Display Tab Style Representation Surface with Edges a Line Width 2 0 b Opacity 0 15 Load your data set Strat2fields vts a second time and set the appropriate vertical exaggeration 10x L Object Inspector gt Display Tab gt Style gt Repr
67. wn list To add a single contour value select the New Value field in the Isosurfaces section of the Properties tab and type a new value To add several evenly spaced values first click on Delete A11 button which deletes the initial values present then click New Range and type in the values in the From To and Steps text boxes to specify the Contour values and the spacing interested If you would like to space the contours using a Logarithmic scale instead of a liner scale then check the Use Logarithmic Scale option in the dialog box and press OK to add the values or Cancel to not add them The Contour filter operates on any data set that has atleast one point centered scalar array The output is a polygonal mesh You can also check the Compute Normals Compute Gradients Compute Scalars and the cotresponding computation is performed and the contours ate Displayed accordingly gt Slice This filter extracts the portion of the data set along a plane The plane can be specified by using the interactive widget axes ot by manually typing in the values in the Transformation box Using the S1ice Offset Values you can also slice a portion of the data set using an offset from the original plane function The Offset Values can be added in a similar fashion by adding New Value New Range in the dialog box gt Clip This filter clips away a portion of the data set depending on the Clip Type selected in the Properties tab ofthe Object Inspector You h

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