Welcome to Open Outcrop

 

 

Contents

 

Downloading and installing

 

Basics and getting started

Using the tree view

Basic Navigation

 

Meshes

Height markers

Log images

Surfaces

 

Interpretation

   Points of interest

   Boundaries

   Geobodies

   Fractures

   Faults

   Lithology

   Joint planes

   Bedding planes

 

User defined data

Filtering

Color gradients

Project properties

 

Options

Screenshots

Measuring distances

 

Various views

Rose diagrams

Exporting data

 

Technical

 

Background

 

OpenOutcrop was developed to fill a need for a robust, easy to use and comprehensive interpretation system for outcrop data.

 

OpenOutcrop accepts Wavefront obj and Stanford ply 3D models. It features full export capabilities to Petrel™.

 

OpenOutcrop  has been designed to be used primarily by geoscientists, particularly  geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers and sedimentologists.

 

If you’ve never used OpenOutcrop before we recommend that you read the sections on getting started, using the tree view and basic navigation (links on the left hand side of this page).

 

OpenOutcrop was developed for ANLEC by Teraterra Pty Ltd in 2021. We plan to release an open source version sometime later this year if there is sufficient demand from the developer community.

 

Acknowledgement

The authors wish to acknowledge financial assistance provided through Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development (ANLEC R&D). ANLEC R&D is supported by Low Emission Technology Australia (LETA) and the Australian Government through the Clean Energy Initiative.