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GGU-3D-TRANSIENT: "Coloured" menu item

GGU-3D-TRANSIENT: "Coloured" menu item

Lines of equal water level (potentials) can be displayed as colour-filled contours using this menu item.

For colour-filled graphics you will see the above dialog box.

  • "Contour data" group box
    Press the "Determine extreme values…" button. The program then determines the minimum and maximum values for the corresponding layer base. You can then edit these values, for example in order achieve a defined start value.

  • "Colour fill" group box
    You can control the colour subdivisions of the contour diagram using "No. of colours". In the example above, 16 colours will be displayed between "Colour 1" and "Colour 2". The default setting is a colour course from red to blue. These colours can be edited as required after selecting the "Colour 1" and "Colour 2" buttons, or simply reverse the choice by selecting the "Change colour series" check box.

  • "Further preferences" group box
    In addition to the colour presentation you can also have the triangle mesh and/or the outline displayed. Additional contour lines can also be drawn. Line labelling preferences can be defined by means of the "Labelling preferences" button.

  • "OK"
    The colours will be drawn after confirmation.

A colour bar at the right edge of the sheet allows correlation between the colour and the corresponding value. If this colour bar is drawn in the right page margin, specify a larger value for the right plotting margin (e.g. 25 mm) in the "Page size + margins/Page size and margins" menu item.

As the program calculates with unsaturated permeabilities, potentials in the unsaturated zone are the result, which is physically absolutely correct. From experience, this confuses some clients. To save long discussions, switch off the potential lines in the unsaturated zone with the corresponding switch.

 

 

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