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GUIDE TO VIEW3D
Introduction to View3D
View3D is a program used to view wellbore paths, well data, seismic data and attribute data as a
three dimensional volume. The general objective is to better visualize, illustrate and spatially
analyze the data from HRS programs. This tutorial takes you through the most important options
and features of View3D.
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On a PC, click the Start button and select the Geoview option on the Programs / HRS
applications menu.
When you first launch Geoview, the first window that you see is the Opened Database List,
which displays your recently used databases. A database is identified by the extension wdb.
For this tutorial, a database has already been created for you. To load this database for the first
time, click Open to bring up the Directory Chooser.
Click the View3D folder of the HRS/data directory to bring up a list of databases in that folder.
Click the View3D.wdb item in the Available List and click OK.
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The Geoview Well Explorer window appears, showing the seven wells within this database. For
more on this window, see the Installation Geoview and eLOG Guide or the Geoview online help.
For now, click the X at the top right to close the window.
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Starting View3D
Now that the database has been opened in Geoview, we are ready to start the View3D program.
To do this, click the View3D button on the Geoview window.
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If a message appears telling you that the pathway to the project has changed, select Switch.
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The Project Loaded column shows the available data in the selected project. If data were
missing from this list, you need to return to the original HRS program that created the project
and then load that data through that program. Then save that program. Then you would return to
View3D to display the complete data set. You can instead display seismic parameters or well
data parameters by clicking the appropriate button in the column.
The View3D Display section displays the selected data. Because no data has been selected and
plotted yet, the Display Window is black.
The Seismic Display Options section is also displayed by default and lets you select how the
seismic data is displayed: as slices, volumes or slabs.
The Toolbar lets you load data into the Display Panel, reload data from the database and create
and control slices displaying the volume.
Other sections can be brought up through the Menu, as shown below:
The Well Filter Panel lets you filter the list of wells.
The Volume Selection Panel lets you select different sources for the displayed traces, the
displayed horizon and the color plotting, as well as setting its color. The toolbar for that panel
lets you display wiggles or unload the seismic (remove it from the display).
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Double-click the Domain Start field to move the value to the left. Change that value to 800 to
shorten the seismic display. We do this so that the plot will not extend above 800 milliseconds
TWT. Click Plot.
This becomes the default, or "Home" size of plot for the data, and you can return to this view by
pressing the Home key
on the vertical toolbar.
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Now select the Selected Well bar to display that table. It shows what logs have been selected for
loading. We are missing the porosity logs. Therefore select that checkbox and reselect the
Project Data bar.
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Selection Errors
If you load an incorrect data item, select Seismic Volume>Data Selection from the View menu
to display that panel at the top of the window.
The data will be displayed as you drop it into the Display window.
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Now uncheck the X and Y checkboxes at the lower left of the window. This will hide the two
seismic sections so we can concentrate on the horizon and wells. When you bring them back,
they will return in their new position at the back of the display volume.
Zooming
We will now zoom into the zone of interest.
For non-wireless three-button mouse devices:
From above the 1010 value on the left, press the middle mouse button down and drag it to about
the 1125 value on the right (see below).
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If you do not have a middle mouse button, or if your mouse is wireless, press Page Down
several times until you get a similar magnification.
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Click New to bring up the Scene Manager window. Enter a name for the scene and click OK.
Now you can bring back this exact view by reselecting View>Display>Scene, selecting the
name of the scene and clicking Load. Once you've saved a scene, the program will also ask
whether to load that scene when you restart this project.
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Repeat these steps for the Y slice, checking its box at the bottom left. Repeat these steps for the
Z slice, checking its box at the bottom left and then moving it to about 1100 ms, to get the
display below:
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If not already selected, select Color for the Color Attribute Type.
Click the Color button to bring up the Color Scale window.
Scroll down to the Lightning color map and select it.
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Click OK to apply the change and close the Colormap Settings window.
Now the high porosity values are red or yellow and are easier to notice on the screen, while the
lower porosity values, in which we are not interested, are in similar shades of green and easily
ignored. Note also that the attribute data does not extend as far as the seismic, stopping at 1200,
so we can see the seismic data below as a brighter color.
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If the Upper and Lower values in the Color Mapping section do not approximately match our
values (-0.09 and 0.15: the negative just reflects measurement inaccuracy as the lowest possible
value should be 0.0, the 0.15 shows that the area has no high porosity), then your plot may not
resemble ours.
To change this, change the Data Minimum and Data Maximum attribute (i.e. porosity) values
respectively in the Selected Seismic Table and click Plot.
Click the X at the right top of the View Parameters panel to close it so the display panel is
wider.
To further demonstrate the porosity value, while in Slide mode
the horizon to see how the porosity map changes.
Then move the Z slice back to its original position at about 1100 ms.
Showing Traces and Color Plots Together
We will now show the seismic data in a form that is not hidden by the scaled porosity colors,
essentially co-rendering the two sets of data.
Select Seismic Volume>Wiggle from the View menu. The seismic will now be displayed as
wiggle traces on top of the attribute colors.
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To return the seismic to its color display, reselect this menu option to turn it off.
Special Zoom Views
In the View>Color Volume menu, uncheck the Color Scale option to hide the color key. Do the
same for the Seismic Volume menu. At the bottom of the window, uncheck the Y and Z
checkboxes, so only the X plane is left.
These steps will unclutter the view.
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on the left side or press <M> (or m) on the keyboard to use this
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Note: The Display Window must be active for this to work. If you are doing this tutorial by
using a pdf file on a screen, you may have that screen active when you press <M> and then
nothing happens. In that case, click on the Display Window to activate it and repress <M>.
A square appears in the middle of the view, magnifying the zone behind it. This magnifying
glass now moves with the mouse. You can still use the middle mouse button for zooming or the
left button for moving slices while this feature is up. You can also make this square wider or
smaller with <CTRL-PAGEUP> and <CTRL-PAGEDOWN>. Press <M> or click
turn it off.
again to
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On the right side of the window, we have the Slice Mode buttons.
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Making Fences
A fence is a series of slices connected end-to-end, resembling a fence (of course). They can be
very useful to follow channels, bars or reefs, or to outline a property of land.
To create a fence, click the Fence icon . Then click the front left side to start the fence (you
must click on the top plane, not on the side).
Click the end of that fence panel on the front right side. Now click in a direction to the upper
right. Click further right and then click to the lower right. See below.
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Now click the Delete Slice icon (the box with the X, ) and select one part of the fence to
remove the entire fence. Remember to then select Slide, so you do not stay in Delete mode.
Probes
A probe is an orthogonal shape that shows the attribute or seismic in a different way than slices.
While slices must extend the entire height of the volume, probes can be limited just to an area of
interest, making them ideal for screen captures. You can also create inside angles (which
resembles "steps" in the probe).
Since we do not need the entire volume for probes, click the Zoom In
button twice. If
necessary, press <SHIFT> and move the mouse, holding the middle button down, until the
Target_hrz horizon is in the middle of the display.
Click the X checkbox at the bottom to add that slice. From the View>Probe menu, select Add
Probe. The initial orthogonal shape is added automatically.
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To adjust the probe, click exactly on an edge to create a red line. Then drag that edge.
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Now we will add a corner reentrant. Click precisely on the foremost upper corner. The probe
now has a cut-in section.
Click an edge of the horizontal part of this reentrant and slide it downwards towards the horizon.
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When you are finished, select Delete current Probe or Delete all probe from the Probe menu
to remove the probe display. Uncheck the X checkbox at the bottom.
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Zoom back into the horizon section. Select Well>View Parameters from the View menu to
bring that dialog up on the right hand side.
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The Top Disk is the marker that indicates a top on the wellbore. The Thickness value refers to
the thickness of the top disks. The Well Bore refers to the thickness of the actual hole outline in
the display.
Select the Show checkbox. Select Porosity for the Center Cylinder tab.
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Enter the following parameters (if not already set), so the center porosity plot is easier to see:
Well Bore = "0.5".
Top Disk = "2".
Variable Radius selected from the Appearance box.
Keep the other parameters the same. Below is the result. Note how the radius changes to match
the density values.
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Below is an example where the density log was plotted on the left side and nothing plotted in the
center. The Well Annotation has been turned on.
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If the View Parameters dialog is not still up, bring it up through View>Seismic Volume>View
Parameters. Select the Volume tab.
Select the Color radio button at the top of that dialog for the Scaled Porosity attribute viewing
parameters.
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Unselect the Freehand checkbox and select the Linear check box. Click on the middle red dot at
the left side of the upper box. Then drag this toward the right, bringing a vertical line along, to
about 3/4 over. The Auto Apply box should be on by default.
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What this means is that all the values whose colors fit under the now dark section will not be
displayed on the plot. Therefore, only the high porosity areas will be colored. The low porosity
values will not appear. Also, the underlying seismic data will be easier to see.
However, as it is also colored, we have difficulty distinguishing it from the attribute. We could
turn it off using the Volume Selection window (View>Seismic Volume>Data Selection and
unselect the Seismic checkbox), but then we have no seismic. Instead, we will change the color
key for the seismic.
Now check the Seismic radio button, and click the Color button to bring up a Color Key
window. Scroll up the list and select Gray Scale. Click OK. Now the seismic data is easily
distinguished from the attribute data.
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Now we will change the Visual parameters for the seismic. Do not uncheck the Freehand
checkbox this time. Now draw a curve from the lower left to the upper right, such as below.
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Now, from the View>Seismic Volume menu, unselect Show Seismic to remove the seismic
data from the display. Now only the attribute data (i.e., higher density) is shown. Note that it may
take a few seconds to replot.
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This will unload the attribute plot, leaving only the seismic, well and horizon data. We could
have instead hidden the attribute plot without removing it by unselecting the checkbox to the left
of Color Volume.
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Green and blue represent moderate porosity and yellow and red represent insufficient porosity.
Click the Wire Frame check box in the Show section.
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The wire frame matches the TWT data and shows the effect of the sampling rate. By the way,
this is a good surface to try the Magnifying Glass view we talked about earlier (as brought up by
the M key).
Uncheck Wire Frame and check the Contour box.
These contours reflect the TWT structure. You can set different contour parameters by clicking
the Options button to bring up the Horizon Contour Settings dialog.
When you have finished, close the window or select File>Exit.
This concludes the Visual3D tutorial.
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