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Appendix 1: Geosoft Concepts
Some of the capabilities of the Project Explorer are:
•
Keeps track of all files and using the description and metadata tools enables you
to keep track of project information. Note that, in previous versions, file
information was maintained in the file system and the user had to keep track of
what the files were.
•
Explorer tools including; Tools, Toolbars and Auxiliary Tools (licensed version
only)
Tools
; 3D Tool, Metadata Tool, Project Explorer and Undo/Redo Tool and the
View/Group Manager Tool.
Toolbars
; Database Tools Bar, Map Tools Bar, Navigation Bar and Standard
Toolbar. Also available with the licensed version, Map Edit Tools Bar,
Polygon Tools Bar and Script Bar.
Auxiliary Tools
: Histogram, Scatter plot, Probability plot and Triplot (licensed
version only).
•
File locations displayed in popup dialog when you mouse over item in the
Project Explorer
•
Enhanced metadata capabilities enable access to the Metadata of all items
displayed in the Project Explorer
•
Recent Projects & recent Geosoft data files available under File menu
Note:
Grids appear in the Project Explorer under "Grids". Opening a grid opens a
view of the grid in its own internal "map". A grid map view is just like a real
map and can accept any graphics that a map can. It can also be saved as a
map, in which case the map will appear in the "Map" section of the project
explorer.
What you need to know about Project files
You require an open project to do any work in
Oasis montaj
. The project also controls
your working directory. Projects are saved as (*.gpf) files. If you open an existing project
from a directory, the system assumes that your files are located in the specified directory.
To streamline your work, as well as keep it organized, you may want to make sure that
your project is in the same directory as the other files you want to use.
We recommend that each project you work on have its own project (*.gpf) file. If you use
a number of applications or add-on tools in
Oasis montaj
that have different menus, you
can use the project to display only the menus you require.
OPEN WORKSPACE (.GWS) FILES
Workspace files (*.gws) used in
Oasis montaj
prior to version 6.0 can be easily
converted to
Project files
(*.gpf) simply by opening them in
Oasis montaj 6.0
or greater.
On the
File menu
, select
Project|Open
and the
Open Project
dialog will be displayed.
Using the
Files of Type
dropdown list, select
"Workspaces (*.gws)"
and when asked if
you want to convert the old workspace into a new
Oasis montaj
project file, select
[Yes]
.
The workspace file will be converted to a project file and all associated workspace
information will be transferred to the new project file.
