10.0 - Wall Plot Composer
The Wall Plot Composer (WPC) allows the user to set up a wall plot using data for the selected well, and then print it to paper. The Wall Plot Composer is accessed by clicking on the WPC button in the Wall Plots section of the Home ribbon. This option is only available if the user is viewing a plan, survey or wellbore in the main viewing area.
The recommended first step is to choose the desired page size and layout for the wall plot. The default page layout will be A4 Portrait view. To change this, click on Page Setup in the menu ribbon. The user can then choose sizes ranging from A0 to A7 or User Defined.
10.1 - WPC Controls
The user can then start to build the wall plot by inserting the desired Charts, Tables and Objects. This can be done by clicking on the Chart, Table and Object from the top menu or by right clicking anywhere on the plot.
The page can be scrolled vertically by scrolling the mouse wheel, and can be zoomed in and out by holding the CTRL key and scrolling the mouse wheel. When zoomed in, the page can be scrolled using the scroll bars on the right and bottom of the screen.
Left-clicking on an object will select it and display a hashed border around it. Overing over the border will change the mouse cursor to the move symbol. Left clicking and dragging with this symbol allows the user to move the object around. Hovering over one of the black squares on the sides or corners of the object will change the cursor to the resize
symbol. Left clicking and dragging with this symbol will allow the user to resize the object. Pressing the Delete key on your keyboard while an object is selected will delete that object.
Right clicking on an object on the page will display a context menu with options depending on the item selected. All object will have the bring to frontand send to back options, which can be used to set which objects appear on top of others when they overlap.
Most of the functions of the WPC can be accessed through the menu ribbon at the top of the window. The functions of this menu are described below:
10.2 - WPC Menu Ribbon
10.2.1 - File
Save: Saves your changes to the wall plot.
Save as: Saves the wall plot layout to your PC. Well Seeker WPC layouts use the .wpc file type. Note: WPC layouts are not locked to the well/plan that they were created for. If the user opens a WPC layout for a different well/plan, the program will attempt to load the layout using the new well data.
Open: Opens a WPC layout previously saved on the user’s PC.
Open Template: This option is accessed by clicking on the ˅ icon below the Open button. It opens the Select Template window, which displays WPC layouts that are stored on your organisation’s server database. An active internet connection is required. For more information on setting up WPC layouts on your server database, see this guide: Plan v Actual Wall Plot Guide | Innova Drilling & Intervention
Print: Opens the Print dialog, that allows the user to print the WPC to any available printer.
PDF: Generates a PDF document of the wall plot.
Page Setup: Opens the Page Setup dialog. Here the user can select the following options:
Paper Size: Select the predefined options from the dropdown, or select user defined and enter your own dimensions in the Width and Height fields.
Units: Choose either Imperial or Metric.
Grid Line Spacing: Sets how fine the grid is when the Grid Lines option in the menu ribbon is toggled on.
Orientation: Choose either Portrait or Landscape. This option is not available if the paper size is set to user defined.
Margins: Set the margin distance from the edge of the paper.
Page Border Colour: Sets the colour of the border that displays when the Page Border option in the menu ribbon is toggled on.
Undo: Reverses the last action performed.
Redo: Reverses the last undo action performed.
New: Creates a new blank wall plot layout.
10.2.2 - Insert
The options in this section allow the user to add charts, data tables and other objects to the wall plot.
Chart: This option allows the user to insert any of the 10 charts available in Well Seeker X. Note that when a chart is selected, it can be manipulated the same as a chart in the main Well Seeker interface. Scrolling your mouse wheel while the cursor is over a chart will zoom the chart instead of the wall plot page. Holding SHIFT, left clicking and dragging will move the chart area. For more information on charts, see section 9.0 – Charts.
Table: This option allows the user to insert various data tables. Note that the Approvals option is also available, which provides a space for the wall plot to be signed off on, if required. Double left clicking on a table will open the Select Table Data dialog. See the Properties section below for more information.
Object: This option allows the user to insert the following objects:
Primary/Secondary Logo: Inserts the primary or secondary logo, as defined in the Operator Properties dialog in the Object Explorer. The user can swap the logo for a bitmap (.bmp) image on their PC by right-clicking and selecting Select Image.
Picture: Inserts a custom image. The user needs to choose the image by right-clicking and selecting Select Image.
North Reference: Adds an image dispalying the true/magnetic/grid north conversion, as well as the geomagnetic details of the location.
Text Box: Alows the user to insert a custom text box. The user needs to define the text by right-clicking and selecting Enter Text.
10.2.3 - Zoom
Select: User can choose between a few pre-determined zooms amounts.
Zoom In: Zooms in the wall plot page.
Zoom Out: Zooms out the wall plot page.
Reset Chart: If the select chart has been zoomed, by clicking on this option, the chart will return to the default zoom.
10.2.4 - Properties
Offset selector: Opens the offset selector, allowing the user to define the offsets displayed on the charts in the WPC. When a chart is added, it will inherit any offsets that were already selected for the well/plan. However, changes to the selected offsets using the WPC Offset Selector will not effect the selection for the well/plan back in the main Well Seeker X interface. See section 8.2.6.4 – Select Offsets for more details.
Toggle offset: Available only when a chart is selected. This toggles the display of offsets on the selected chart.
Toggle error ellipses: Available only when a chart is selected. This toggles the display of error ellipses on the selected chart.
Chart Properties: Available only when a chart is selected. Opens the Chart Properties dialog for the chart. This can also be accessed by double left clicking on a chart. For more information, see section 9.11 – Chart Properties.
Toggle Chart titles: Available only when a chart is selected. Toggles the display of the chart title at the top of the chart.
Toggle border: This option is only available when a chart, table or other object is selected. Toggles a black border around the selected object.
Select image: Only available if a logo or image is selected. Allows the user to replace the logo/image with a bitmap (.bmp) image stored on their PC. This can also be accessed by right-clicking on an image.
Select table data: When a data table is inserted in the WPC and selected, choosing this option opens the select data dialog. This allows the user to select which data they want to show on the table. Note that the data included in the tables is fixed. The user can choose which of this data they want to display, but they are not able to choose any different data not initially displayed in the table. Note that this dialog can also be accessed by double left clicking on a table.
This dialog also has the Preserve Aspect Ratiooption. Be default this is toggled on so that resizing a table does not distort it’s text, but the user can toggle this off to allow the table to be resized to any dimensions.
Reset aspect ratio: Resets the aspect ratio of the selected object back to its default.
Enter Text: Only available when a text box is selected. Allows the user to define the text in the text box.
Back Colour: Only available when a table or text box is selected. Allows the user to the colour in the background of a table or text box.
10.2.5 - Layout
Align Left/Right/Top/Bottom: Allows the user to align objects so that their edges are aligned. To do this, hold CTRL and click on the desired objects. Select one of the alignment options, and the objects selected first will move so that their edges align with the last selected object.
Match Width/Height: This options works in a similar way to the align options detailed above, but instead matches the width/height of the objects selected first, with the width/height of the object selected last.
Bring to Front/Send to Back: Moves the selected object in front or behind of all other objects on the page. This can be used to set which objects appear on top of others when they overlap.
10.2.6 - Options
Grid lines: Shows gridlines on the page. The spacing of the grid lines can be set in the Page Setup dialog.
Rulers: Displays a ruler at the top and left of the screen.
Ruler numbers: Includes distance markers on the ruler.
Margins: Shows the margins on the page. The margins can be set in the Page Setup dialog.
Page border: Adds a border to the outside edges of the page. The colour of this border can be set in the Page Setup dialog.
Snap to grid: This option requires the Grid Lines option to be toggled on. This option causes objects to snap to the grad lines when they are moved.
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