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Table of Contents
Preface
About This Manual
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Overview
What Is PlotView? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Why Use PlotView? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary of PlotView Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Data Loading and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting and Stopping PlotView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Starting from DESKTOP-VIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Starting from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Quitting PlotView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Understanding the PlotView Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PlotView Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PlotView Display Window(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pull-Down Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Current X/Y Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Axis Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pop-Up Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attribute Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PlotView Quick Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Add a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
View/Edit Trace Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Use the Pop-Up Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Overview
Getting Started
Appendix D: Glossary
Subject Index
Overview
Getting Started
Appendix D: Glossary
Subject Index
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Preface
Purpose
This manual is designed to document the features and use of the PlotView
simulation data plotting program and its related utilities. Step by step
instructions on using these modules are presented to show their ease-of-
use in analyzing simulation results.
Audience
This manual is intended to be used by the simulation engineer for
analyzing results or by anyone needing to produce hardcopy results of
simulation studies. The reader should understand the concept of reservoir
simulation and have a basic knowledge of computer operation to use this
software.
Organization
The information in this manual is arranged in a logical manner for
maximum ease-of-use. The following chapters are included:
Chapter 1 - Overview defines the PlotView software and lists its major
features.
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Drag means to hold down the button as you move the mouse.
Control-click means to hold down the Control key and click MB1.
Control-drag means to hold down the Control key while you drag the
mouse.
Control-Shift-click means to hold down the Control key and the Shift
key before clicking once with MB1.
Related Documentation
The following manuals provide more information on Landmark products
related to PlotView. For more information, please consult the appropriate
manual listed below.
What Is PlotView?
PlotView is a graphics utility designed for plotting well production curves
from a VIP reservoir simulation and comparing the results to historical
values or other simulation case studies of the same data. In particular, you
can do the following:
Control the visual attributes of plotted traces, graph titles and legends,
or annotation.
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Select the class of data to be plotted. This feature lets you view data on
various levels including the:
Field level
Region level
Area level
Well level
Select the layer to be plotted, for models that have layer data present.
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Plotting
The following list is a summary of the plotting features offered by the
PlotView software. These features are covered in more detail in Chapter 3.
Close any plot display individually, or quit and close all at once.
Display Control
The following list is a summary of the display control features in PlotView.
These features are covered in more detail in Chapter 4.
Change angle, font, label, units, and color of axis annotation text.
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Specify a fixed size for the plot display area, which does not change if
the window is resized (scroll bars appear instead).
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Introduction
Although PlotView contains a wide array of plotting features, it is fairly
simple to start the program and begin working. This chapter explains:
Before using this chapter, you should be familiar with the general features
of the PlotView program, as explained in Chapter 1.
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1. Open an xterm window and move your cursor to it. For example:
xterm &
2. Change your working directory to the location of your data and make
sure you have read/write permission to the data. For example:
cd /usr/jsmith/data
ls -l *.vdb
plotview &
or
Quitting PlotView
You can close the PlotView control panel and quit the program by clicking
on the Quit button at the bottom of the PlotView control panel.
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Add/Edit panel
Other controls
Quit button
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Menus On / Menus Off Turn on and off the menu bar and tool bar in
the currently focused window.
Cycle Plot Focus Switch the focus from one plot display win-
dow to the next.
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Pull-down menus Zoom and broadcast controls Title Current X/Y Values
Pull-Down Menus
Two major pull-down menus let you control various aspects of the
display:
File menu lets you print the current plot or close the display.
Plots menu lets you edit attributes for traces or axis annotations, or
general attributes of the plot display such as font, color, and size.
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Tool Bar
Several buttons along the top edge let you zoom the display and focus it in
various ways.
Listen button lets the window listen for new traces or editing
changes broadcast from the control panel. This only works if
the Broadcasting button is turned on in the control panel.
You can control the display of the tool bar and pull-down menus (i.e., turn
them on or off) using the Toggle Menu/Tool Bar button on the control
panel.
Title
A title at the top of the display indicates the case study, well, and other
identifying information about the current display. The title is generated
automatically, based on the contents of the simulation database file and
currently plotted data. However, you can use the Plots menu to control the
title wording, position, and font.
These two fields show the current X and Y values, respectively, at the
current mouse position. As you move the mouse across the plot area, these
two values change dynamically.
Axis Annotation
User-definable axis annotations may appear on either side and along the
bottom of the plot display. The X axis usually shows the simulation time
and the Y axes show the type and range of values in the plotted data. You
can use the Plots menu to change the axis attributes, including the scale
type, tick marks, grid lines, annotation font, color, and angle, scale units,
scale range, and label. You can also use the Trace and Axis pop-up menus
to edit trace or axis attributes.
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Traces
The curves plotted in the display window are called traces. There may be
two types of data associated with a trace:
Simulation data points are connected by a line that can be set to connect
the points linearly or in a stepwise fashion. The line can also be
eliminated altogether.
You can use the Traces option on the Plots menu to change the attributes
of a trace, including the color, line style, thickness, data point symbol/
color, and Y axis used. You can also use the Trace Menu (pop-up)
described below to edit attributes or view data values in a trace.
Legend
A color-coded legend shows which curves are plotted. You can use the
Plot option on the Plots menu to change the position of the legend in
relation to the plot display.
Pop-Up Menus
There are three hidden pop-up menus defined for traces and axis
annotation.
Trace menu opens when you point to a specific trace and hold down
MB3. This menu provides the following options:
Plot menu opens when you point to the middle of the plotting area and
hold down MB3. This menu provides the following options:
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Axis menu pops up when you hold down MB3 inside the axis
annotation area. This menu provides the following options:
Edit Attributes Change the axis attributes including color and style.
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Attribute Panels
For maximum ease-of-use, PlotView provides attribute panels that show
all trace, axis annotation, and font attributes, as shown below.
You can access any of these panels from the Plots menu on the menu bar of
any plot display window. The panel that you bring up this way applies
only to the plots in the window from which it was selected.
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Add a Plot
1. Click the Add button at the top of the control panel.
2. Click the Study button to open a database file. When the following
panel opens, double-click on the desired database filename to select it.
If you do not see an VDB filename (*.vdb), use the Filter line to enter a
pathname (ending with /*.vdb) and click the Filter button, then
double-click the desired filename.
3. When you select a file from this panel, notice that PlotView
automatically selects a default Case, Class, Property, Item, and Layer
as indicated by the other parameters on the control panel. If these are
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not the parameters you want plotted, you can click any of these
buttons to select the desired ones.
Editable option
4. Select Well as the Class, so that you can view properties for different
wells.
5. Click the Add Left or Add Right button to create the plot.
7. Use the Add Special button to duplicate all traces in an active plot.
The duplicates are created with the selected file and case names.
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9. Click or drag the Trace slider at the top of the control panel to
highlight the various traces in the current window.
Notice that as you change the number on the Trace slider, the
corresponding trace lights up in the current window. Also, the
parameters (file/case/class/etc.) change to reflect the parameters of
the currently selected trace.
10. Now press the double-arrow buttons on the control panel to cycle
through the various items. Since you selected Well as the data class
earlier in this tutorial, this step lets you consecutively view the same
properties at each well.
11. Use the Trace slider again to highlight a specific trace, then click the
Delete Current Trace button to remove the currently highlighted trace
from the current display window. You can also hold down MB3 over
the trace to pop-up the Trace Menu and select Delete.
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13. Select Trace Attributes from the Trace menu. This displays the Trace
Attribute panel shown below (click OK to dismiss it).
14. Press and hold MB3 on any axis annotation area to view the Axis
menu shown below.
Notice how this adds zeros behind the decimal on the axis notation.
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Notice that both panels are now open, showing all the attributes for
every axis and trace in the current display. Use the scroll bars to view
the entire table of values.
19. Press and hold down MB3 in any column with the word color in the
heading and notice the list of available colors. Select any color, then
notice how it is applied to the display. You can also explicitly type in a
color (those that are listed and also many additional colors).
21. Open other panels on the Plots menu and study them.
23. Click the Add button at the top of the main control panel, then follow
steps 4 through 6 to add traces to the new plot.
24. Use the Listen button (far left on tool bar) in each selected window to
turn listening on or off. The selected windows are now in Listening
mode. Any changes on the Edit Panel when the All Plot Broadcast
button is on will be applied to all listening windows.
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26. Use the Property button on the control panel to change the Property
and now click the Add Right button.
27. Click inside the plot area of either display window to bring it into
focus. Notice that the entire plot area is circled with a red outline,
indicating it is the focused or current window.
28. Click the Cycle Plot Focus button on the control panel, and notice how
each separate display comes to the front. The focus shifts from one
display to the next with each click of this button.
29. Press the Case button on the control panel. The Add Case List panel is
displayed. Select a different case (if available) and press OK. Press the
Add Special button on the control panel. Case 1 and case 2 appear on
the same screen.
30. Press the Calculator button on the control panel. The Plot Calculator is
displayed.
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Close a Display
31. Select Close from the File menu of the window to be closed. Or use
MB3 to popup the plot window in an empty part of the plot window
and select Close.
32. Click the Quit button at the bottom of the control panel to close all
windows and exit the program.
This tutorial has demonstrated the main features of the PlotView software,
but not all of them. Read the following chapters in this manual to learn
about all PlotView features in more detail.
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Introduction
Now that you understand how to start and stop PlotView and use its basic
features, you may be interested in learning in more detail about each of
the tasks you can perform using the program, including:
This chapter explains each of the tasks listed above in more detail. Before
reading this chapter, be sure you understand the material explained in
Understanding the PlotView Interface on page 9.
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Make sure you have simulation data available in the correct VIP
database format (*.vdb). If not, you may have to run a simulation, then
use the data conversion procedure explained in Appendix B before
using PlotView.
Remember you will only see the PlotView control panel at first. You
will not see plot display windows until you start selecting data and
plotting it.
If you plan to create multiple plot displays, use the New Plot button to
add empty display windows to the screen for each separate plot
display you will need.
When you are ready to start plotting data, use the Add Panel to add
plots to the windows.
Do not turn on the All Plot Broadcast button unless you want your
control panel operations to apply to multiple windows. When the
Broadcast button is on, your control panel operations will only apply
to windows that are listening as indicated by the Listen button on
the tool bar in each window.
Use the Edit Panel only to modify or delete traces in various plot
displays. Click the Edit button at the top of the control panel to
activate this feature.
As mentioned above, these are only general guidelines for using PlotView.
More specific procedures are listed on the following pages.
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1. Make sure PlotView is started with the control panel displayed on the
screen.
2. Make sure the Add Panel is visible, as shown below. If not, click the
Add button at the top of the control panel, to display it.
Editable options
Plot controls
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3. Click the File button. This brings up the File Selection panel shown
below.
Filter (pathname/wildcard
specification)
Filename can be
entered here (click OK)
Control buttons
4. Select the name of the simulation data file you want to use for plotting
data.
Once you see the desired filename in this panel, the easiest way to
select it is to double-click it. You can also click it once (or type it at the
end of the Selection line), then click the OK button.
When you select a filename, the name appears on the PlotView control
panel next to the File button. PlotView automatically selects a default
case, data class, property and item, then displays each in its
appropriate slot on the control panel. You can select different ones
using the following steps.
5. If there is more than one case study available, the following panel
appears automatically. Otherwise, click the Case button on the control
panel if you want to select a case study.
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6. Select the desired case study name, then click the OK button. Notice
that you can use the Apply button instead if you wish to leave this
panel open while you work.
NOTE: On any panel with multiple selections, you can double-click a single
item to select it, or select multiple items by dragging MB1 across the
list, then pressing OK.
7. To select a different data class, click the Class button on the control
panel. This brings up the Class selection list, as shown below.
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8. Select the desired data class, then click the OK button.(You can use the
Apply button instead to leave this panel open while you work.)
Typical classes are listed in the following table. The classes available
for selection depend on the contents of your simulation database. If
the database does not contain data for a given data class, the class will
not appear in the list.
Class Meaning
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10. Select the desired property to be plotted, then click the OK button (or
use the Apply button if you wish to leave this panel open while you
work).
The list of properties shown on this panel varies considerably with the
class of data you are viewing and the type of simulator that produced
the data. For a comprehensive list of available properties, see
Appendix A of this manual. If a desired property does not appear in
this list, it means that the property was not calculated by the
simulation and is not available in the database file selected in step 4.
Using Wildcards: In the field at the bottom of this screen, you can use
a wildcard (*) to select properties. Example: Entering CU* selects all
properties beginning with CU.
11. To select a different item, click the Item button on the control panel.
This brings up an Item selection list, as shown below.
The items in this panel are the available items in the data class selected
earlier. For example, the above illustration shows a list of wells
because WELL was selected as the class. If you had selected GATHER
as the class, this list would show the available gathering centers in the
database. If you selected FLOSTA, the list would show available flow
stations, and so forth.
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12. Select the desired item to be plotted, then click the OK button (or use
the Apply button if you wish to leave this panel open while you
work.)
Using Wildcards: To locate certain items, you may want to use the *
wildcard. For example, to select all items beginning with the letter C,
type C* in the field at the bottom of the list. To select all items
beginning with CU, type CU* in the field.
13. If there is layer data in the model, you can select a different layer by
clicking the Layer button on the control panel. This brings up Layer
selection list, showing the available layers in the model, if any.
14. Select the desired layer to be plotted, then click the OK button (or use
the Apply button if you wish to leave this panel open while you
work.)
15. Use the Trace Editable button on the control panel to determine
whether the trace is to be editable or not.
If you turn off this button, it means that any changes later broadcast
from the control panel will not affect the trace created from this group
of selected parameters. If you turn on this button, it means that the
trace will be able to accept changes broadcast from the control panel.
You can also set the Editable feature on/off by using the MB3 pop-up
menu on a trace.
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1. If more than one plot window is open, click inside the plot area of the
desired window to place it in focus (indicated by a red line around
the inside edge). You can also use the Cycle Plot Focus button on the
control panel to cycle the focus through multiple plot displays.
If no plot windows are open, the next step will open one automatically.
To open an extra window manually, use the New Plot button on the
control panel.
2. Turn off the All Plot Broadcast toggle on the control panel.
3. Click the Add Left or Add Right button on the control panel. Add Left
plots the data against the left Y axis. Add Right plots it against the
right Y axis.
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The Plot Broadcast feature makes it easy to add the same trace to multiple
displays simultaneously. When you add a trace by broadcasting, it is
added to all the windows that have the Listen feature turned on. You can
make a window listen by turning on the Listen button in the tool bar of the
window. Follow these steps:
2. Notice that the Listen button is already on in the new windows. If you
already have windows open that you want to receive the same
additions or changes, turn on the Listen button in them as well.
3. Click the Add button at the top of the control panel to make sure the
Add Panel is visible.
4. Select the desired database File, Case, Class, Property, and Item in the
control panel (see Selecting Data To Be Plotted on page 25).
5. Use the Editable option on the control panel to indicate whether you
want to be able to change this trace at a later time.
6. Turn on the All Plot Broadcast button near the bottom of the control
panel.
7. Click Add Left or Add Right to add the trace to the active displays,
depending on whether you want the Y value plotted against the left or
right axis.
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1. Set the focus to the window where you want to change the X axis. You
can do this by clicking in the plot area of the window, or by using the
Cycle Plot Focus button to bring the window to the front.
3. Click the Set X Axis button on the main control panel. This displays
the X Axis Property selection panel.
4. To plot a certain property against one of the traces, set the Trace slider
on the control panel to the desired trace, select the property in this
dialog, and then click the Apply button. This adds the selected
property to the X axis.
5. To plot a certain property against all of the traces, click the Apply All
button. This adds the selected property to the X axis and removes Time
from the axis.
6. Click the OK button when you are finished to close the panel.
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Compare actual production data to simulated data from the same well
or group of wells.
Compare simulation data for the same well that was generated using
different case studies.
Compare different gas, oil, or water properties for the same well,
gathering center, or field.
These are just a few examples. As you start using PlotView to its fullest,
you will undoubtedly discover many other ways to compare data. Use the
following steps for each plot that you want to add to a display:
1. Make sure the Add Panel is displayed by clicking the Add button at
the top of the PlotView control panel.
3. Change the database File, Case, Class, Property, Item or Layer in the
control panel, as needed to select the data to be plotted.
4. Use the Editable option on the control panel to indicate whether you
want to be able to change this trace at a later time.
5. Click Add Left or Add Right to add it to the current display, plotted
against the left or right axis.
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1. Click anywhere inside the plot area of the display window where you
want to perform this action. You can also use the Cycle Plot Focus
button on the control panel to cycle the focus through multiple plot
displays.
For example, if you have a property such as CWI plotted for Well 1 and
you press the right double-arrow button, the plotted trace will change to
show you how CWI looks for Well 2, Well 3, and so forth. If you press the
left double-arrow button, this moves back through all the wells in reverse
order.
If you have more than one class plotted in the same display, clicking the
double-arrow buttons cycles through all items in one class, then all items
in the other classes until all items have been displayed from all classes. If
you have multiple traces plotted for the same item, it replots all the traces
simultaneously as you cycle to the next/previous item.
Click the Cycle Plot Focus button on the control panel, and notice how
each separate display comes to the front. The focus shifts from one
display to the next with each click of this button.
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1. Click anywhere inside the plot area of the window where you want to
remove the trace. A red border should appear inside the window. You
can also use the Cycle Plot Focus button on the control panel to cycle
the focus through multiple plot displays.
2. Click the Edit button at the top of the control panel to display the Edit
Panel shown below.
Trace selection
Delete buttons
3. Select the trace to be deleted using the Trace slider at the top of the
Edit Panel, or click on the trace to select it.
4. Click the Delete Current Trace button at the bottom of the Edit Panel
to delete the selected trace.
5. Repeat the last two steps for each additional trace you want to delete
in the same window, if any. To remove all traces from the current
display window, click the Delete All Traces button. To delete traces in
a different window, start over at step 1 above.
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Hold down MB3 in any empty part of the plot area and select Close
from the pop-up menu.
This closes the window automatically. The display you created will not be
recoverable.
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Trace 1
Trace 2
etc.
You can use this panel to view or change the trace attributes. The
procedure for changing trace attributes is included later in this chapter
(see Changing Individual Traces Using the Attributes Panel on page 46).
1. Click inside the plot area containing the desired traces, to bring it into
focus. You can also use the Cycle Plot Focus button on the control
panel to cycle the focus through multiple plot displays.
2. Click the Edit button at the top of the control panel to display the Edit
Panel.
Trace Slider
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3. Click or drag the Trace slider along the top of the control panel. At
each position of the slider, you will see a different trace number and
the corresponding trace will be highlighted in the display.
When the trace is highlighted in the display, you will see the selected
database filename, case, class, property, and item of the current trace.
You will also see whether the Editable option is on or off for that trace
(i.e., whether or not the trace will accept changes broadcast from the
control panel).
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1. Move the mouse pointer to the trace and hold down MB3 to display
the Plot Menu.
2. Select DataTable from the Plot Menu to display the Trace Data panel
shown below, or use the Traces option on the Spreadsheet menu.
This panel shows the simulation run data and observed data (if any)
for each time step along the X axis, plus the difference (delta) between
the values. This data is read-only and cannot be changed.
3. Use the scroll bars if necessary to view the entire range of values, then
select the Close option from the File menu when finished, or use any
of the other File menu options discussed in the following procedures.
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1. Make sure the Trace Data panel is displayed on the screen (Figure 13).
If not, select DataTable from the Plot Menu.
2. Select the Save As option on the File menu in the Trace Data Panel.
This displays the Save File panel.
3. Select the type of Delimiter you want to be inserted into the file. The
data will be stored in an ASCII file in tabular format, separated by a
comma, spaces, or a tab, depending on your selection.
4. Click at the end of the pathname entered in the Selection box and type
the filename you want to use for saving this file. If you want to save it
in a different directory than the one shown, change the pathname on
the Selection line, or double-click the entries in the Directories list to
navigate through the directory structure to the desired location.
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1. Make sure the Trace Data panel is displayed on the screen (Figure 13).
If not, select DataTable from the Plot Menu.
2. Select the Print option on the File menu in the Trace Data Panel to
display the Print File panel.
3. Specify the various print options listed at the top of the panel.
Resolution Enter the desired resolution for the PostScript output. Most
PostScript printers are either 300 or 600 dots per inch (dpi).
Height/ Enter the width and height (in inches) of the output page.
Width For U.S. printers, this is normally 8.5 wide and 11 high.
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4. Click at the end of the pathname entered in the Selection box and type
the filename you want to use for saving this file. If you want to save it
in a different directory than the one shown, change the pathname on
the Selection line, or double-click the entries in the Directories list to
navigate through the directory structure to the desired location.
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1. If more than one display window is open, click inside the plot area of
the desired window to bring it into focus (as indicated by a red
border around the inside edge of the window). You can also use the
Cycle Plot Focus button on the control panel to cycle the focus
through multiple plot displays.
2. Click the Edit button at the top of the control panel. This displays the
Edit Panel, as shown below.
Trace selection
Editable option
3. Use the Trace slider to select the trace you want to change, then set the
Editable option to Yes for that trace.
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4. Use the appropriate Edit Panel options to change the File, Case, Class,
Property, Item or Layer, as desired (see Selecting Data To Be Plotted
on page 25). As soon as you make the selection, and click OK or
Apply, the change is made to the window.
1. If more than one display window is open, click inside the plot area of
the desired window to bring it into focus (as indicated by a red
border around the inside edge of the window). You can also use the
Cycle Plot Focus button on the control panel to cycle the focus
through multiple plot displays.
2. Select the Traces option from the Plots menu. This displays the Trace
Attribute Panel shown below.
Trace 1
Trace 2
etc.
This panel contains a separate row for each trace in the plotted display
and a column for each separate attribute. You can tell which trace is
which by looking at the first few columns (especially the Property
column). Highlighting (selecting) a trace in the plot will highlight the
corresponding row in the table. Use the scroll bars to see all available
rows and columns, or make the window larger by dragging on the
borders.
NOTE: You can also display this panel by moving the mouse pointer to a
specific trace in the display, then holding down MB3 as you select
Trace Attributes from the pop-up Trace menu. When you use this
method, the spreadsheet panel opens with the row highlighted which
pertains to the selected trace. However, you can still edit any row in
the spreadsheet.
3. To change the Case, Class, Property, or Item plotted for any trace, hold
down MB3 over the value to be changed and select the Option
selection. Then select the desired value from the pop-up dialog.
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You can move to a cell by clicking on it. You can change the values in
some cells by pointing to the cell with the mouse and holding down
MB3 while you select one of the available options from the pop-up
menu. You can also directly type in a value. Finally, you can set all
values in a column to the same value by using MB3 in the column
heading. All changes are immediate.
5. When you are finished making all desired changes to the trace(s), click
the OK button to apply the changes and close the panel.
Column
Meaning
Heading
Legend The notation that appears in the legend for this trace.
Label
Trace type The trace can be plotted as a straight linear graph (XY) or as
a stepped graph (Step).
Line Style/ The style and width of the line used to draw this trace.
Width Width measurement is in screen pixels.
Point The type, size, and color of the graphic symbol used to
Symbol/ indicate simulation data points for this property. Selecting
Size/Color off for the symbol turns off the display of simulation data
points.
Obs Pt/ The type, size, and color of the graphic symbol used to
Size/Color indicate observed data points for this property. Selecting
off for Obs Pt turns off the display of observed data
points.
Vertical/ The value plotted against the vertical and horizontal axis
Horizontal for each trace.
Axis
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1. Click the Edit button at the top of the control panel. This displays the
Edit Panel (Figure 16).
2. Turn on the Listen button in the toolbar just below the menu bar in the
windows where you want changes to be applied.
3. Turn on the All Plot Broadcast toggle button at the bottom of the
control panel.
4. Use the appropriate Edit Panel options to select a different File, Case,
Class, Property, or Item for the selected trace, as desired (see
Selecting Data To Be Plotted on page 25). The changes are applied to
all windows as soon as you make the selection.
NOTE: If this is the first time you have used the Edit Panel with the current
database in the current session, you must select the File option first,
before selecting any of the others.
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Operators Simulation
Both Observed
Summation Clears formula field.
Average
Minimum
Maximum
Absolute
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Button Use
Absolute The absolute trace value. The result is a vector value when
applied to a vector, and a scalar value when applied to a
scalar.
Calculator Operators
The keypad allows you to enter various operators into your calculation
formulas. These are listed and defined below:
== Equal to
!= Not equal
! Boolean NOT
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| Boolean OR
^ Power
- Subtraction
+ Addition
* Multiplication
/ Division
( Open term
) Close term
For example, you may want to add two traces together and see the
resulting new trace plotted in the PlotView Window. Such a calculation
is performed by simply adding all the data values in one trace to the
corresponding values in another trace. The result is a new set of values
that represents the sum of the data values in the original two traces. When
you plot this new set of values, you are simply plotting the results of the
summation.
For example, suppose you want to see the combined cumulative gas
production (CGP) of two separate wells: Well 1 and Well 2. You can use the
Plot Calculator to add the CGP of Well 1 to the CGP of Well 2 and produce
a resulting trace that represents the combined production. The formula
might look like this:
[CGP 1]+[CGP 2]
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The Load Trace field is used to set up traces that you are about to plug
into calculations. The correct trace can be selected using the lists along
the top edge of the calculator.
The New Trace field is where you build the calculation formula. This
field is totally editable, and you can clear it completely using the
C button on the keypad.
You can use the equal button (=) in the Load Trace field to add selected
traces to the formula. Or you can use the B, S, or O buttons. If you click
the B button or the Load Trace equal sign, the calculation will use both
simulated and observed data from the trace. If you click S or O instead,
the calculation will use only the simulation data (S), or only the
observed data (O).
You can use the buttons to the left of the keypad to perform operations
on the selected trace within the context of the formula. For instance,
selecting a trace in the Load Trace field, then pressing MAX, gets the
maximum value of the trace as a scalar value.
You can use the calculator keypad to enter numerals and operators to
the formula. You can edit and retype any mistakes.
You can specify a name for the new trace by typing it in to the left of
the equal sign (=) in the New Trace field. You can specify a description
(axis label/units) of the new trace by typing it in the Description and
Units fields.
You can use the blank text fields under Item or Layer to select a group
of items or layers. For instance, entering * and pressing the Enter key
selects all the items or layers in the list.
The STO buttons and the field to the right of it are used to store any
formulas or terms that you may want to use later. Pressing the RCL
button inserts the stored term into the formula being built on the New
Trace line. You can also use the Remove button to remove individual
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formulas from the storage area, or the Clear button to clear all
formulas.
Pressing Store
displays your
formula in this
field.
The File buttons to the right of the storage area let you save the stored
formulas in a file, or open a file containing stored formulas.
You can use the equal button (=) on the calculator keypad or the equal
button next to the New Trace field to view the trace that is calculated
from the final formula entered in the New Trace field.
1. Use the lists along the top edge of the Plot Calculator to select a trace
to be plugged into your formula. Selected items appear in the
LoadTrace text fields. A name is automatically generated for the
selected item, however, you can modify this name at your discretion.
Traces that are loaded into a new formula must have unique names.
2. Click the = button to the right of the Load Trace field to add the
selected trace to the formula. Alternately, you may use the O button
(for observed data only) or the S button (for simulation data only). The
name of the trace you are loading is inserted in the second field to the
right of New Trace at the insertion cursor. Inserted traces must have
unique names in the formula.
4. Select another trace to be added to the formula, then add it to the New
Trace field using the first equal button (=) or the S/O keys.
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6. Enter the name of the new trace in the New Trace field, to the left of the
equal sign (=). Enter a description for the new trace in the Description
field.
7. When you are ready to see the result of the formula, click the equal
sign (=) in the New Trace field. The new trace is displayed in the
current plot or a new plot is created for it if necessary. Notice how the
New Trace name is shown in the plot legend, and the Description/
Units are shown along the Y axis.
8. To store your formula, click the STO button. Your formula is displayed
in the large field on the bottom right. You can continue to build and
store formulas, then add them back into the formula being built by
hitting the RCL button.
9. To save the stored formula(s), press the Save button and give it a
filename. Once saved, when you want to reuse the formula to calculate
traces, you can access Plot Calculator, press Open, select the file and
have the formulas reloaded into the storage area of the Plot Calculator,
where you can recall them (RCL) for plotting.
[QOP1]SIM-[QOP1]OBS
1. Select QOP for item 1 from the lists at the top of the Plot Calculator
window.
4. Click the = button on the keypad or next to the New Trace field to view
the results.
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where the question mark (?) means If the previous is true, then... and the
colon symbol (:) means else.
1. Select COP for item 1 from the lists at the top of the Plot Calculator
window.
[QOP1]/[QOPLIST].SUM
This formula takes the QOP from a selected well and divides it by the
QOP from all wells in the list. To build this formula:
1. Select the well in the Item field and then select QOP from the Property
field.
2. Click the Load Trace (=) button to load this into the New Trace field.
4. Enter * in the text field below the Item list and press the Enter key. This
selects all items and shows the selection as QOPLIST in the Load Trace
field.
5. Click the Load Trace (=) button to add the QOPLIST to the formula
being built in the New Trace field.
6. Click the SUM button to indicate you want the sum of QOPLIST.
10. Click the = button on the keypad to view the resulting trace.
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Now that you have plotted the data, there are various features you can use
to improve the appearance of the data on the screen, including:
This chapter explains each of the tasks listed above in more detail. Before
reading this chapter, be sure you understand the material explained under
Understanding the PlotView Interface on page 9.
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Legend
Title
Foreground/background colors
Each of the major change options are discussed in more detail on the
following pages.
1. Select the Axis option from the Plots menu in the window where you
want to make the change. This displays the Axis Attribute panel
shown below.
Axis 1
Axis 2
etc.
This panel contains a separate row for each axis in the plotted display.
You can tell which axis is which by looking at the Label column.
NOTE: You can also display the panel by moving the mouse to any axis,
holding down MB3, and selecting Edit Attributes from the pop-up
menu.
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2. To change the appearance of any axis, move the mouse pointer to the
appropriate row and edit the appropriate column, as explained in the
following table. You can move to a cell by clicking on it or by pressing
the Tab key until the cursor is focused on it. You can change the values
in some cells by pointing to the cell with the mouse and holding down
MB3 while you select one of the available options from the pop-up
menu. You can also directly type in a value. All changes are
immediate.
Column
Meaning
Heading
Axis Type The method of scaling the X and Y axes (linear scale or
logarithmic scale).
Label The label for the current axis (e.g., CUMULATIVE OIL
PRODUCTION). Selecting the Customize option from the
pop-up menu displays a small window you can use to edit
the label text.
Units The units displayed for the current axis (e.g., MSTB).
Min The minimum scale value for the current axis. If this is
changed, the plotted trace that depends on this axis will be
rescaled automatically to match the new minimum-
maximum range. These can only be changed after you set
the Axis Limits value to User (below). To change, you can
select +increment or -increment from the pop-up menu.
Max The maximum scale value for the current axis. If this is
changed, the plotted trace that depends on this axis will be
rescaled automatically to match the new minimum-
maximum range. These can only be changed after you set
the Axis Limits value to User (below). To change, you can
select +increment or -increment from the pop-up menu.
User Indicates limits will be set by the user. Be sure to change the
Min/Max columns to the desired min/max value.
Freeze Freezes the axis limits. If set to On, Axis Limits is set to
User; if set to Off, Axis Limits is set to Auto.
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Column
Meaning
Heading
Increments The increment of tick marks along the current axis. If set to
dynamic, Major Increments is set to dynamic.
Major Incr The major increment of tick marks along current axis. If set
to auto, Increments is set to dynamic.
Text Angle The desired angular orientation for the axis scale
annotations in relation to the axis itself (0=horizontal, 45 =
diagonal, 90 = vertical).
Axis Grids Indicates whether you want the plot to show background
major grid lines corresponding to this axis (i.e., grid on or
grid off).
Axis Orient The location of the current axis in relation to the overall plot
display (left/right/top/bottom).
3. When you are finished making all desired changes to the axes in the
current display, click the OK button to close the panel.
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2. Hold down the MB3 button to display the pop-up Axis menu.
4. Select the desired option, then let go of MB3. The axis is reset
automatically.
2. Hold down the MB3 button to display the pop-up Axis menu.
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Window size.
These options are especially useful when preparing a plot for hardcopy
presentation, since they let you control every aspect of the plots
appearance. The following procedures explain how to set each of these
options.
1. Select the Attributes option from the Plots menu in the window you
want to change. This displays the Plot Attribute panel shown in the
following illustration.
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2. Notice that this window lets you edit or change the Plot Title, Axis
Label, and Legend, including the Location and relative Placement of
the legend. See the following table to determine how to edit each
different component shown here.
Field or
How to Use
Button
Plot Title You can edit this or click on any of the buttons below it to
insert variables into the plot title.
Axis You can edit the label manually or click on any of the
Label buttons below it to insert variables.
Axis Select exclusive if you only want macros expanded to a
Values value when all the traces of the axis have the same
macro value. Select inclusive to have macros
expanded to include all unique plot trace macro
values. An ampersand (&) before a macro name
indicates exclusive expansion. A percent (%) before a
macro name indicates inclusive expansion.
Legend You can edit the label manually or click on any of the
Entry buttons below it to insert variables.
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Field or
How to Use
Button
3. Click the Apply button if you want to test various setting before
closing this window, or OK if you want to apply the settings and close
the window. Clicking the Cancel button closes the window without
applying the latest settings.
You can change the font of any text in the plot display window, including
the following component:
The following procedure explains how to change the fonts for a given plot
window display.
1. Select the Fonts option from the Plots menu in the plot window you
want to change. This displays the Font Panel shown in the following
illustration.
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Width (normal),
3. To change any value in any table cell, move the mouse pointer into the
cell, then click and hold down MB3 while you select the new value
from the pop-up menu. Use MB3 over the column label if you want to
set all cells in a column to the same value.
4. Click the OK button when you are finished changing the font
information.
You can set the height or width of the current plot window, or have it set
automatically when you resize the display. Use the following procedure:
1. Select the Size option from the Plots menu in the plot window you
want to change. This displays the Plot Size Panel shown in the
following illustration.
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2. Turn on the Auto Sizing button if you want the plot to be sized
automatically based on the window size. Or use the sliders to set the
desired width and height of the window (in pixels), if Auto Sizing is
turned off.
3. Click the Apply button if you want to test how the size is affected by
your settings, or click the OK button to apply the settings and close
this panel. Clicking Cancel will close the panel without applying the
latest settings.
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1. Select the Color option from the Plots menu in the plot window you
want to change. This displays the Plot Color Panel shown below:
2. If you want to adjust the color dynamically, turn on the Auto button
before setting the colors.
4. If the Auto button is not on, you can test the effect of various settings
by clicking the Apply button. Or click OK to apply your settings and
close this panel when you are finished using it. Clicking the Cancel
button closes the panel without applying the latest settings.
NOTE: If you have not used OK, Apply, or Auto yet, you can click the Reset
button to return the colors to their original settings.
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Control buttons
Drawing tools
Color selections
Fill type
Line types
Patterns
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The various features on the control panel are summarized in the following
table. Complete procedures for using the Annotation Editor are included
on the following pages:
Button(s) Purpose
(drawing tools) Lets you add various graphic objects and text to the plot,
including rectangles, ellipses, straight lines, polylines,
polygons, round cornered boxes and free-style curves.
Fill Color Lets you select the fill color for shaped objects.
Pattern Color Lets you select the pattern color for shaped objects.
Line Color Lets you select the line color for line objects.
(fill type) Lets you select the type of fill for selected objects.
(line types) Various controls let you select the line type, weight, dash
style, and arrow style for selected objects. If the object is a
shape, the line type described is along the borders of the
object and arrow styles do not apply.
(patterns) Lets you select the pattern for opaque or translucent fills.
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Round box
Rectangle
Ellipse
Line
Polygon
Freestyle Polyline
Text
2. Draw the appropriate shape or insert the object using MB1 on the
mouse. The methods are summarized below:
Freestyle Drag the mouse over the desired path. A freestyle curve
appears with control points. The slower you draw, the more
control points.
Line Drag the mouse from the beginning to the ending point of
the line, then release MB1.
Polygon Click MB1 on the beginning corner and each subsequent cor-
ner; MB2 to close the shape.
Text Drag at the location of the text and complete the text dia-
log.Text is drawn with a box around it, and you can hide the
box using the line controls mentioned later in this chapter.
If you use the text tool to add text to the plot, the Text Object Editor
opens.
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Font Family Select the desired type style from the pull-down menu.
Round Edge Turn on this check box if you want the text to be dis-
played in a round-cornered box. Otherwise it is dis-
played in a rectangular box.
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2. Grab the control points and drag them in the appropriate direction.
The following diagram shows the control points for each object type.
Freestyle
Rectangle
Line
Ellipse
Polyline
Polygon
Text
Round box
NOTE: For most objects, the control points can be moved in any direction.
For the ellipse, rectangle and round box, the control points on the
sides, top, and bottom of the object can only be used to stretch the
object in one direction (horizontally or vertically). Text objects
cannot be resized using the mouse. The size of the text object
depends on the font size and text string configuration. Text
objects cannot be reshaped, but they can be edited as explained in
the next procedure.
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2. Click the Edit button on the Annotation Editor panel. This displays the
Text Object Editor.
3. Make the desired changes in the Text Object Editor dialog. You can
change any of the features listed below:
Font Family Select the desired type style from the pull-down menu.
Font Weight Select whether the text should be normal weight or bold.
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Round Edge Turn on this check box if you want the text to be dis-
played in a round-cornered box. Otherwise it is dis-
played in a rectangular box.
You can select multiple objects by holding down the Control key while
you click on them. You can also select them by dragging the mouse
around them. As you drag the mouse, the pointer draws a bounding
box around the objects. Release the mouse once the objects are
completely surrounded by the bounding box. An object is selected
once its control points are visible.
3. If the selected objects are already in a group and you want to move,
resize, or change them individually, select the group by clicking on
any of the objects, then click the Ungroup button on the Annotation
Editor panel.
You can tell when the objects have been ungrouped because the
control points reappear on each individual object. You can then select
any of the objects to be moved, resized, or changed.
4. To move the object or group of objects, move the mouse pointer over
any part of a selected object and hold down MB1 as you drag the
object or group to the new location. Release MB1 when the object(s)
are in the desired position.
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2. Select the Cut button on the Annotation Editor panel if you want to
delete the object or move it to a different window. Select the Copy
button if you want to make a copy of the object in the same window or
a different window.
3. If you are moving the object to a different window, move the focus to
the window where the object is to be moved.
4. Select the Paste button to paste the object into the current window.
Pasting a copied object pastes it back on top of the original copy. You
can easily move the pasted object to a new location by dragging it.
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2. Select the appropriate fill, pattern, or line colors from the Annotation
Editor panel.
Colors
Fill treatment
Line treatment
Line width
Dash style
Arrow style
Patterns
Fill Opaque Displays the selected pattern and fill color in the
selected object.
Solid Line Line appears with no dash pattern, only the line color.
Double Dash Line appears with the selected dash pattern, with the
fill color showing between the dashes. This effect may
not show up well for thin lines.
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On Off Dash Line appears with the selected dash pattern, with the
fill color showing between the dashes.
5. Use the next three menu boxes to select the line width, dash style, and
arrow style.
6. Use the pattern matrix to select the fill pattern. Patterns only apply to
shapes, not lines.
1. Select the Edit List option from the dash styles menu box (see
Figure 28 on page 77). This displays the Dash List.
This list shows the configuration of different dash styles. The numbers
after the colon in each line indicate the number of short dashes
followed by the number of long dashes in each preformatted dash
sequence.
2. To modify any line, click on it, backspace, and retype the numbers
after the colon, being careful to use the same format as before.
3. Click the Apply button then pull open the dash style menu to see if the
dash style shows up.
4. Click the OK button when you are finished using this panel (or click
Cancel to close the panel without applying your selections).
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1. Select the Edit List option from the line width menu box (see Figure 28
on page 77). This displays the Line Width panel.
This panel shows the different line widths available on the menu, in
screen pixels. You can have up to eight different line widths on the
menu. The line widths appear on the menu in the same sequence they
are listed here.
2. To change any of the line widths, click on it, backspace, and retype the
numbers.
3. Click the Apply button then pull open the line width menu to see if it
reflects the new widths.
4. Click the OK button when you are finished using this panel (or click
Cancel to close the panel without applying your selections).
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1. Select the Modify option from the arrow styles menu box (see
Figure 28 on page 77). This displays the Arrowhead Editor panel.
This panel lets you set the size, shape, and fill style of the arrowhead.
The settings entered here will not affect arrowheads already drawn in
the display, but will apply to any future arrow heads you add to lines
or polylines.
2. Set the angle of the arrowhead Tip and Base, using the diagram as a
guideline. To change either number, click on it, backspace, and retype
the numbers.
5. Click the OK button when you are finished using this panel (or click
Cancel to close the panel without applying your selections). The new
arrow style you created will only apply if you create a new object that
can have an arrowhead, or if you apply an arrow style to an existing
object currently in the plot window.
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Use the following steps to set up the options used for capturing screen
images:
2. Enter the File Name of the file where you want to save the captured
image. If you want to save it somewhere other than the directory
where you started PlotView, enter a complete pathname as well.
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NOTE: If you use the same filename to capture more than one image, the
images are not appended to the file. Instead, each successive image
overwrites the previous contents of the file.
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The following procedures explain how to use the various menus and
options on the Screen Definition panel.
NOTE: The overlay file and case behave like Add Special. The file and case
will override file and case values in the Scene when viewed.
1. Set the screen layout exactly the way you want it to be saved in a
screen definition file.
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4. Repeat the previous steps for any other screen layouts you want to
store.
5. Select the Save option in the File menu in the Screen Definition Menu
panel. If this is the first time you have saved a screen definition for this
plot, this displays the file selection box shown in the following
illustration. Otherwise, the saved scene is saved to the current screen
definition file.
6. If you see the File Selection box, make sure the Directories list shows
the correct directory where you want to save the file. If not, navigate
through the directory list by clicking on directory names, or type a
complete pathname in the Filter line (ending with /*.vdf) and click the
Filter button.
7. Click at the end of the Selection line and type in the desired filename.
The file extension must be .vdf. If you omit the file extension, it will be
added automatically.
8. Click the OK button in the file selection box to create the new screen
definition file and close the file selection box.
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9. Click the Overlay button and select a filename in the same way you
selected a file in the Screen Definition File Selection box.
10. Select the name of the overlay file and press OK. You are returned to
the Screen Definition panel with the overlay filename displayed in the
Overlay window.
11. Select Save from the File menu. The screen definition is saved.
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1. Select the Open on the File menu in the Screen Definition panel. This
displays the Open File selection box.
2. Double-click the desired filename in the Files list to select the file to be
loaded, or click the filename and click the OK button.
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1. Create a screen definition file, or use the Open option on the File menu
to open an existing one.
This will be the file that contains the merged screen definitions. The
previous procedures explain how to create a new screen definition file
or open an existing one.
2. Use the Import option on the File menu to import another existing
screen definition file into the one that is currently open. This displays
the Import Scene dialog shown below.
3. Double-click the desired filename in the Files list to select the file to be
loaded, or click the filename and click the OK button.
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1. Make sure you have loaded the desired screen definition file.
2. Click the scene you want to view and then click the View button.
3. Click the Next button to view each separate screen definition in the
screen definition file.
4. Click the Previous button to move back through the previous screen
definitions.
NOTE: Whenever you switch between scenes in the plot window, the
previous view is removed from the screen before the next view is
loaded.
1. Use the Insert option to insert new lines above or below existing ones.
When you create a new line (i.e., scene), you must type in a name for
the scene and then use the Overwrite option to save the current screen
layout on that line of the Screen Definition panel.
2. You can copy a scene (i.e., a line in the panel) using the Copy option.
3. You can delete a scene (i.e., a line in the panel) using the Cut option.
4. You can paste the last copied or deleted scene using the Paste option.
5. Once a scene is pasted, you can change use the View button to view it,
modify the layout as desired, then use Overwrite again to save its new
layout.
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Batch
You can print several items to a scene with one print command. To do this:
1. From the Screen Definition panel, select Batch from the File menu. The
Batch Print Panel is displayed:
4. Optionally select an overlay file and case. An overlay file will print the
scene using data from selected files.
6. Plotview will create hardcopies using the current scene and the
selected items. For each item, all traces in the scene are set to the item
and printed.
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For example:
Create a scene consisting of one plot with one item and one property.
Click OK.
Individual hardcopies will be created for all selected items using the
plot created from Step 1.
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Introduction
When you are selecting a property to be plotted in PlotView, the list of
properties may vary considerably depending on the data class selected
and the type of simulator that produced the data. The following sections
provide two different ways to get more information about properties.
LEGEND Units: *Units for well or gathering center data. **Units for region or field data. + for any region in VIP-COMP, these val-
ues are set to zero unless a separator battery was defined for the region. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Center, R=Region, F=Field
Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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LEGEND Units: *Units for well or gathering center data. **Units for region or field data. + for any region in VIP-COMP, these val-
ues are set to zero unless a separator battery was defined for the region. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Center, R=Region, F=Field
Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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LEGEND Units: *Units for well or gathering center data. **Units for region or field data. + for any region in VIP-COMP, these val-
ues are set to zero unless a separator battery was defined for the region. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Center, R=Region, F=Field
Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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Rate, Production
Rate, Injection
LEGEND Units: *Units for well and gathering center data. **Units for region and field data. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Cen-
ter, R=Region, F=Field Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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Cumulative, Production
Cumulative, Injection
LEGEND Units: *Units for well and gathering center data. **Units for region and field data. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Cen-
ter, R=Region, F=Field Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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In Place Volumes
LEGEND Units: *Units for well and gathering center data. **Units for region and field data. Classes: W=Well, G=Gathering Cen-
ter, R=Region, F=Field Simulators: V=VIP, M=VIP-MISC, E=VIP-EXECUTIVE, T=VIP-THERM
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Format
Introduction
A utility called DBPLOT can be used to generate a VDB database from VIP
plot files. DBPLOT can process formatted ASCII or binary VIP plot files.
This chapter explains:
Since the PlotView software only accepts data stored in an VDB database,
you will be using this utility each time you want to prepare VIP data in a
format that you can read into PlotView.
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WELL VAR
Well variable QOP QWP QGP
name list COP CWP CGP
ENDVAR
GATHER VAR
Gathering center QOP QWP QGP
variable name list COP CWP CGP
ENDVAR
REGION VAR
OIP GIP WIP
Region variable QOP QWP QGP
name list COP CWP
ENDVAR
FIELD VAR
OIP GIP WIP
Field variable QOP QWP QGP
name list COP CWP CGP
ENDVAR
TIME
Time specs (in days 10 TO 30
or timesteps) ENDTIM
Notice in this example that the control file contains several lines of header
data, followed by groups of variables for wells, gathering centers, regions,
and so forth. These indicate the list of variables that you want to include. If
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you do not list specific variables to be included, then all available variables
in that category are included. Each group of variables ends with an
ENDVAR keyword.
You can also limit the data to certain simulation days or timestep numbers
using the TIME or TSTEP statements. The EOF statement indicates the end
of each plot file specification, whereas the STOP and END statements are
placed at the end of the control file itself.
Definitions:
PLOT Alpha label indicating the plot data file to be processed. This
must start the first row in the input file.
(database File name of the VDB file to be created by DBPLOT. The exten-
filename) sion .vdb is appended automatically, if not included here.
casename The name of the case study that the following data will be
stored under.
Definitions:
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Definition:
The start date of the study is required when using a spreadsheet input file.
Definition
You can indicate specific well variables to be included in the database file
by listing them between a WELL VAR statement and an ENDVAR
statement. If you do not include a list of well variables, all available well
data is extracted for the database.
Format:
WELL VAR
(wellvarn)
ENDVAR
Definitions:
ALL Alpha label indicating that all well variables will be extracted
(default).
Format:
GATHER VAR
(gathervarn)
ENDVAR
Definitions:
GATHER VAR Alpha label indicating the start of gathering center variables.
ALL Alpha label indicating that all gathering center variables will
be extracted (default).
Format:
REGION VAR
(ALL) (regionvar1) (regionvar2) . .
(regionvarn)
ENDVAR
Definitions:
You can indicate specific field variables to be included in the database file
by listing them between a FIELD VAR statement and an ENDVAR
statement. If you do not include a list of field variables, all available field
data is extracted for the database.
Format:
FIELD VAR
(ALL) (fieldvar1) (fieldvar2) . .
(fieldvarn)
ENDVAR
Definitions:
Normally, all data will be read into the database file for the selected
properties. If you want to limit the data to certain days, you can list the
days between a TIME and ENDTIM statement.
Format:
TIME
(tn)
ENDTIM
Definitions:
TIME Alpha label indicating that extracted plot data must be limited
to certain days in the simulation.
Normally, all data will be read into the database file for the selected
properties. If you want to limit the data to certain timesteps, you can list
these between a TSTEP and ENDTIM statement.
Format:
TSTEP
(t4 TO t5 BY tinc)
.
(tn)
ENDTIM
Definitions:
TSTEP Alpha label indicating that extracted plot data must be lim-
ited to certain timesteps in the simulation.
The EOF statement indicates the end of the plot file specification.
In this example, notice that the observed data file contains the actual
observed data. The top of the file contains summary information, such as a
title, class names, and properties. The end of the file contains an END
statement. For example, the file shown in Figure 2 contains two classes:
well data and field data. The well data includes two items (Well 1 and
Well 2) with three columns of data for each item (TIME, QOP, and GOR).
In other words, each row of well data shows the QOP and GOR that
occurred at a certain historical time at that well.
The title information must be entered as a series of lines at the top of the
file, with the first line counting the total number of title lines included after
the first line.
Format:
OBS n
title1
title
Definitions:
n The number of title lines following the first line. Any number
of lines of descriptive information can be used. However, only
the first 3 (maximum) are written to the database file. If there is
no title data, enter 0.
The date, time, and unit information must follow the title on a single line.
Definitions:
iday, imo, iyr Initial day/month/year from which all time is measured for
this data set. Must correspond to the initial date entered in the
simulator utility data on the DATE card. Time is initialized to
zero at this date and measured from this date in days. For
example, if January 1, 1990 is the initial date, then February 2,
1990 is Day 32 of the simulation.
units Alpha label indicating the units for the data. E indicates
English units (standard oil field units); M indicates SI metric
units. There are no unit conversions performed on observation
data. These are simply used for reference or display purposes
and all similar data should be entered in the same units.
Format: ncn
Definitions:
This information is listed in columns, with the first class of data in the first
column, the second class in the second column, and so forth.
Format:
Definitions:
name Alpha labels indicating the classes for which data is being
entered. Valid entries are WELL, GATHER, REGION, or
FIELD. Any or all of these labels can be entered; they are
order-independent. The number of labels entered must be
equal to number of class names.
imax Maximum number of items in each class (i.e., maximum num-
ber of wells, gathering centers, regions, and/or fields.)
Property Names
The property names for each class of data are listed in rows with the first
row containing the property names for the first class, the second row
containing property names for the second class, and so forth. The number
of property definition lines entered must equal the number of classes
defined earlier.
In a sense your entries in this section serve as the column headings for the
actual data listed in the next section. The property data values for each
class will be listed in columns that correspond to the sequence shown
here. Notice that the first property name must be TIME or DATE, since the
first column(s) of data (next section) will be either a time in days from the
initialization date or an actual day/month/year.
Format:
Definitions:
TIME/DATE Alpha label indicating the unit of time used for data entry.
Only TIME or DATE are valid labels. TIME indicates that the
first column of data values for each item of each class will be
time measured as the number of days from the initialization
date. DATE indicates that the first three columns of data for
each item of each class will be the day, month, and year of the
date to which the data applies. You must use either TIME or
DATE for all classes; you cannot use TIME for one and DATE
for another.
This section contains the actual values of the observed data. For each item
in each class, you must start with the class name and item number on the
first row, followed by columns of data corresponding to the previous
property name definitions. The total number of rows of data for any given
item cannot exceed the maximum number of time/date entries specified
at the top of the file (ntmax).
Format:
. . .
. . .
Definitions:
classname Alpha label defining the class of data being entered (WELL,
GATHER, REGION, or FIELD).
itemno The number of the item within that class (e.g., if entering the
(item name) data for well number 5, item would be 5). These numbers must
correspond to the numbers used to define items (wells, etc.) in
the simulator. Name of the item is also accepted in place of
itemno provided that an item name to item no mapping is
specified. The first character of itemname must be non-
numeric. Item name to item number mapping uses the same
format as well location and well management input data for
VIP-EXECUTIVE.
ntd If TIME was specified as the first property name for this class
in the previous section, the first column of data must always
be the time (in days) since the beginning of the simulation. If
DATE was specified, the first three columns must always con-
tain the day, month, and year of the observed data. The first
date must be greater than or equal to the initialization date
specified at the top of the file (iday, imo, iyr). The time/date
values must increase from row-to-row and cannot decrease
from one row to the next.
nprop The actual data values for each named property must be
entered in columns in the same order as the corresponding
property names for that class specified in the previous section.
The values on each row must all correspond to the time/date
entered in the first column of the row. The data must be
entered in appropriate units to match the simulation data. If
there is no known value for a property at one of the time
entries, a value of -1.0E+10 is entered.
The last line of the observed data file must contain the keyword END on a
line by itself.
Format END
Definition:
END Alpha label indicating the end of all observed data entry.
File Inclusion
The file inclusion directive can be placed on any line in the observed data
file, any number of time.
INCLUDE filename
Definition:
Running DBPLOT
When you are finished preparing the observed data file, there are two
methods of adding this data to the .vdb file. The first and easiest way is to
select the OUTPUT/VIPconv from the Desktop menu. This will start the
VIPconv conversion utility. One of the menu choices in VIPconv is Create
[v]db from Map and/or Plot Files. This option can be chosen to add t he
observed data to the .vdb file. The user will be prompted for the name of
the study, case, and observed data file.
The second method requires that you create a file with the editor
containing data similar to one of the following:
or:
The first control file will read observed data from a file named
example.obs and insert it into a .vdb file named example.vdb (existing or
new). The second form of the control file will insert the Run CORE
initialization plot data, Run EXEC simulation plot data, and the
observation plot data into the file example.vdb. To use either of these
control files, you can run DBPLOT from the command line by entering the
following command:
DESKTOP-VIP version 2000 does not integrate with OpenWorks. At the time this
release was certified, OpenWorks has not certified on Windows 2000. References to
OpenWorks have not been removed from the documents because it will be supported in
a future release.
where:
Introduction
Instead of starting the Plotview program and using the control panel, you
can also use Plotview in batch mode to generate hardcopy plots
automatically from the command line. The plots are based on a screen
definition file that you have already set up in Plotview. This appendix
explains how to use the Plotview batch mode features.
Once you have defined the types of plots you want, you can refer to the
saved screen definition file from the command line and have the screen
definitions automatically applied to a specific database to generate
hardcopy. If the file contains multiple screen definitions, they will be
concatenated, applied to the database, and output as a separate hardcopy
page for each screen definition. The screen definition feature in Plotview
creates a VSDF file which is saved to disk.
The way you do this is by placing a variable string in the VDF file then
having substitution strings that you specify in a substitution file or directly
from the command line. For example, the plotting of a particular property
in a VDF file is controlled by the statement:
property = BHP;
If you open a VDF file, you will see this kind of statement in it. If you want
to be able to replace the property name on the fly from the command
line, you can enter a variable name into the file instead of a property name.
Any variable name substituted for a property must be enclosed by percent
signs (%), such as:
property = %PTY1%;
and then a substitution string of the following type could be used on the
command line or in a substitution file:
BHP
Likewise, you might insert a variable for the Class. In the VDF file, look
for every instance of "Class =" such as:
Class = WELL;
and insert the variable %CLASS% in place of the class name, such as:
Class = %CLASS%;
Inserting variables like these into the file allows you to substitute any
string of names into the VDF file through the command line. If you plan to
do a certain substitutions more than once, you can create a unique
substitution file that looks something like this:
PROPERTY1 THP
PROPERTY2 BHP
where the left column specifies the variable names in the PVDF file and
the right column specifies the strings to be substituted for those variables
on any given batch job. Notice that in the case of property substitutions, the
substitution string must include the single apostrophes with exactly four
characters between them (including a blank, if necessary).
However, you do not have to create a substitution file. You can specify the
substitution strings directly on the command line, as explained in the next
section.
where:
Indicates the VDB database file to be plotted. If this option is used alone, it
will start the graphical version of Plotview, with the specified database file
already opened.
-b batch_template.vdf
Indicates the screen definition file that contains the screen definitions you
wish to plot. This file must be set up in Plotview first before you can use it.
For details see Setting Up the Screen Definition File on page 115. This is
the flag that initiates the batch mode of Plotview. As such, it is required to
operate Plotview in batch mode. All other flags after this one are optional.
-itemfile itemfile
-itemlist itemlist
-s substitution_filename
Name of the substitution file to be used, if any. For details see Setting Up
Substitution Variables on page 116. If this flag is omitted (or a
substitution file does not exist), no substitutions will be made in the VDF
file unless they are specified by the next flag.
-SUBSTTKEY string
plotview -b lgr.vdf
Now suppose you have edited the file lgr.vdf to insert variable strings such
as %PTY1% and %PTY2%, so that you can specify the exact properties to
be plotted as BHP and THP. The command would be:
If instead you created a substitution file called lgr.sub and listed the
variable substitutions in it, the command line might look as follows:
Control
panel
Add Panel
annotation
The tick marks, value ranges, and axis titles displayed in the annotation
area of each respective axis. Also, any drawn objects or text added to the
plot window.
Annotation Editor
A special panel you can use to add drawn objects or text to the plot
window.
attribute panel
Axis menu
A pop-up menu that lets you change the axis annotations in various ways.
Axon database
broadcast/listen
case
class
A data category used to indicate how broadly the data applies. For
example, the WELL class contains all data that applies to specific wells.
control panel
The menu panel for adding to or editing plots and for creating new
PlotView windows.
DBPLOT
Edit Panel
file
The operating system file containing the AXON database that holds the
PlotView data.
File menu
A pull-down menu that lets you print plot displays or close the current
plot display window.
hardcopy
item
A member of a class. For example, the class of well data may have
multiple items in it, each item being a separate well.
legend
listen
menu bar
observed data
The actual data from historical observation of the reservoir. The observed
data, if available, may be represented by symbols plotted against the X--
axis and the appropriate Y-axis.
pop-up menu
A hidden menu that pops-up from the background when you press and
hold down MB3.
plot
Plot menu
A pull-down menu that lets you view or change trace attributes, axis
annotation attributes, or general display attributes (title, legend, etc.).
plot window
PlotView
The total application containing a single control panel and any number of
plot display windows.
property
pull-down menu
A menu that opens when you click a label on the menu bar.
scene
The graphical area of the plot containing any number of traces of plotted
data.
simulated data
title
The plot title consisting of up to three lines of text describing the plot.
Automatically determined based on the plotted data or set via menu
choices.
tool bar
Optional area (disabled via menu choice) below the menu bar containing a
set of tool icons for interacting with the plot.
trace
A set of data plotted against the X-axis and the assigned Y-axis. The trace
contains both simulated data and optionally observed data.
Trace menu
A pop-up menu that lets you change the attributes of traces in various
ways.
X-axis
The horizontal axis against which all traces are plotted. Normally, the X-
axis is set to TIME and can be displayed in YEARS or DAYS. The X-axis
can also be set to a different value other than TIME.
Y-axis
The vertical axes against which the traces are plotted. Each trace is
assigned to a Y-Axis. Multiple traces may be assigned to the same Y-axis.
Y-Axes may be designated as being either Left-Y-axes or Right-Y-axes.
zoom
Well Event files have a .wev file extension and can be used to set well
attributes or to automatically create attributes. These files contain certain
keywords defining the attributes of a well. These keywords and their
descriptions are listed below.
Keyword Attribute
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Keyword Attribute
Keyword Attribute
WELL /* corner */
/* class item name [layer] {attributes} */
well J1 {opoint=Filled Diamond} {title=J1-1}{scolor=black}{lwidth=1}
well J3 {opoint=X} {title=J2-2}{scolor=red}{lwidth=3}
EVENT /* corner */
/* date or day class item name [layer]{attributes} */
1/1/84 well J1 {type=prod}{abbr=J1-1}{talign=sw}
1/1/84 wllyrJ1 2 {type=prod}{abbr=J1-layer 2}{talign=se}
1/1/85 well J1 {type=prod}{abbr=J1-2}
1/1/86 well J2 {type=prod}{abbr=J2-1}{talign=sw}{lcolor=green}
7/1/89 well J2 {type=prod}{abbr=J2-1}{talign=sw}{lcolor=green}
1/1/87 well J3 {type=prod}{abbr=J3}{talign=sw}
1/1/88 well J4 {type=prod}{abbr=J4}{lcolor=brown}
6/1/89 well J5 {type=prod}{abbr=J5}{talign=sw}
6/1/86 well J6 {type=prod}{abbr=J6}{lcolor=green}
1/1/89 well J7 {type=prod}{abbr=J7}{talign=sw}
1/1/85 well J8 {type=prod}{abbr=J8}{lcolor=brown}
6/1/87 well J9 {type=prod}{abbr=J9}{talign=sw}
6/1/88 well J10 {type=prod}{abbr=J10}{lcolor=brown}
WELL /* newgrid */
well S_91 {opoint=Filled Diamond}{title=S_91}{scolor=gold}{lwidth=1}{osize=5}
well S_4 {opoint=Cross}{title=S_4}{scolor=navy}{lwidth=3}{osize=7}
well S_D5 {opoint=X}{title=S_4}{scolor=white}{lwidth=2}{osize=5}
EVENT /* newgrid */
11/30/85 well S_129{type=prod}{abbr=11-30\nstart production}{talign=ne}
4/30/90 well S_129{type=prod}{abbr=4-30 end production}{talign=ne}
1/1/88 well S_D2 {type=prod}{abbr=S_D2}{talign=nw}
4/23/93 well S_133{type=prod}{abbr=S_133}{talign=ne}{lcolor=white}
H N
hardcopy New Plot button (control panel)
generating from batch mode 115 definition of 10
hardcopy features 81 example of use 20
historical data procedure on 31, 32
how displayed 13
history matching
preparing the observed data file 106
using PlotView for 2 O
objects
cutting and pasting 76
I raising or lowering 76
selecting, grouping, and moving 75
Item button (control panel) observed data
procedure on 29 how displayed 2, 13
item number preparing for analysis 106
use in PlotView 3 OSF/Motif
use with PlotView 1
overlapping objects 76
L
Layer button (control panel)
procedure on 30
Layout 10
V
T VIP simulation plot data
converting to AXON format 97
text annotation
adding to the plot window 71
how to add and edit 74
Text Object Editor W
how to use 72, 74
text tool 71 WELL class
title definition of 28
how to change location 62 well data 3
how to change wording of 62 well layer data 3
in plot 12 WELLYR class
Toggle Menu/Tool Bar button (control panel) definition of 28
definition of 10
tool bar
definition of 12
Listen button 12, 20, 32
X
Zoom buttons 12 X Axis Property selection 33
Trace Attributes panel X/Y values
how to read 39 display of 12
trace data
generating PostScript file 43
saving to a separate file 42
Trace Data panel Z
Print option 43
Save As option 42 Zoom buttons (tool bar)
Trace pop-up menu definition of 12
Axis/Show option
example of use 19
detailed description 13
example of use 19
Inquire option
example of use 19
use of 12