GTI has added features to GTEDIT to facilitate doing certain functions that depend on having access to a set of rules that are generally referred to as a Geologic Framework. This includes classifying surfaces as faults or horizons and definition of their topological and geometric relationships.

These new features enable users to establish all the necessary rules needed for most projects within the functionality of GTEDIT. The significance of this is even greater because the methods used provide for a great deal of trial and error. This lets the practised user establish one or more rules, then immediately browse the entire model space to validate or reject those rules. Repeating this process several times quickly brings the user to a complete solution that honors both his concepts and the data available.

All this is done at interactive speeds on today's equipment and many previous features of GTEDIT have been upgraded to operate properly within whatever set of rules is current. This makes editing of various components much more intuitive and leads to better, more consistent models in a shorter period of time. Click on the links below to view sample maps.

Initial View

After first insert

After two or more inserts

Final partitioning completed with a few more inserts

Although these views are two-dimensional horizontal slices of the complete model space, they provide very intuitive information about the fault relationships with each other. And the user may readily move the slice up or down within the model range in order to select the best presentation.

Once a framework is established, several map views are available that provide user with good context for editing components of the framework.

View of a selected Horizon within a selected block

View of an entire Horizon (all blocks)