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The Unified Modeling Language (UML) offers a language specification to support an object-oriented approach to systems analysis and design. The use case is a text-based description defined in the UML that provides a structured sequence of processes within a system (Jacobsen et. al., 1994). Use cases are a popular modeling technique amongst UML practitioners (Batra, 2008; Dobing & Parsons, 2008) and use cases have received significant research attention (Burton-Jones & Meso, 2006; Siau & Loo, 2006). While text is a rich, familiar and expressive modeling tool, the exclusive use of text across multiple use cases may be difficult for users to conceptualize, particularly as the size of the modeled system increases.
Given the popularity of use cases, it seems reasonable to consider whether a diagram in support of use case modeling, specifically in this case the use case diagram, provides a more effective method for communicating system analysis information than text-based use cases alone. Dobing and Parsons (2000) found that while use case narratives and use case diagrams were the UML tools most likely to be used in interacting with users, that 42% of respondents indicated that use case diagrams provide insufficient value to justify their cost. In a subsequent survey, Dobing and Parsons (2008) found that the use case diagram seems to be gaining popularity: for client validation, implementation, documentation, and clarification, respondents believed the use case diagram to be at least moderately useful.
Communication of analysis information is recognized as an important factor in information system development success. The oft-quoted CHAOS report (Standish Group, 1994) and more recent reports (Charette, 2005) suggest that poorly defined system requirements and poor communication with users remain important inhibitors to development success. A primary challenge of effective systems analysis is to find ways to integrate knowledge across user and technical communities in a way that develops a high quality of pragmatic understanding. In her study of shared work contexts, Bechky (2003) noted that a lack of a shared work context leads to poor communication because members of the different communities will describe elements of the work system in different ways using context most familiar to them. She labeled this issue "decontextualization" and suggested that: "decontextualization occurred when people from different groups met to discuss a problem, and brought different understandings of the problem to their discussion," the result of which was a "situation was presented in language that was assumed to be universal and unproblematic, but in fact the words were incomprehensible to those who did not share an understanding of the context of the situation" (Bechky 2006). While the context of operational work in Bechky (2006) differs for that of work system analysis, the notion of decontextualization clearly rings true when considering the communities in conceptual modeling.
One method to bridge the knowledge gap across communities is to find an appropriate boundary object that can be understood by members of both communities (Star et al. 1989). According to Star et al. (1989, p. 393), boundary objects:
"...may be abstract or concrete. They have different meanings in different social worlds but their structure is common enough to more than one world to make them recognizable means of translation. The creation and management of boundary objects is key in developing and maintaining coherence across intersecting social worlds."


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Google & IBM Team Up On 'Cloud Computing' Research
Google announced they have teamed up with IBM to "provide hardware, software, and services to augment university curricula and expand research horizons."
Google and I.B.M. Join in 'Cloud Computing' Research from the New York Times explains the two companies are building out a 'cloud computing' environment to help students obtain the technical training required to work at companies like Google and IBM. Universities to pilot this program include Carnegie-Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Maryland.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said:
Google is excited to partner with IBM to provide resources which will better equip students and researchers to address today's developing computational challenges.
In order to most effectively serve the long-term interests of our users, it is imperative that students are adequately equipped to harness the potential of modern computing systems and for researchers to be able to innovate ways to address emerging problems.
Samuel J. Palmisano, chairman, president and chief executive officer, IBM, said:
This project combines IBM's historic strengths in scientific, business and secure-transaction computing with Google's complementary expertise in Web computing and massively scaled clusters.
We're aiming to train tomorrow's programmers to write software that can support a tidal wave of global Web growth and trillions of secure transactions every day.
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Robotics in agriculture are rapidly developing. Government Europa looks at how technology is revolutionising the asparagus farming industry.
Robotics in farming and agriculture are allowing European farmers to work in a safer environment, increasing yield and helping to develop more sustainable farming, in asparagus farming and other sectors. The UN predicts that the world population will rise from 7.3 billion today to 9.7 billion in 2050 – putting more pressure on farmers to develop new strategies throughout an industry where supply is struggling to meet demand. Europe is beginning to notice the benefits of smart farming when it comes to closing the supply chain gap.
Robots are part of an overall push for greater precision and sustainability within farming. Smart farming has evolved using data-based technology such as satellite positioning systems, remote sensing, and the internet. The main uses for robots and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in farming include:
- Harvesting and picking;
- Weed control;
- Autonomous mowing, pruning, seeding, spraying and thinning, and;
- Sorting and packing.
Robots are more commonly used for harvesting and picking as it allows for greater speed and accuracy. Within the asparagus farming industry, researchers are increasingly creating and developing new machinery to eventually lower the cost of asparagus to consumers, increase yield, and hopefully bring more young farmers back into to the industry.
Farming is a notoriously hard, dirty job and young people are being put off by the thought of consecutive 12-hour days and intense manual labour. It has been speculated that the new high-tech nature of farming could attract younger people back into the industry.
Robots used in asparagus farming
When it comes to asparagus, farmers are taking smart farming and robotics very seriously and are considering options that will make it more sustainable. Naturally, asparagus farming can be a very time-consuming job, with workers having to manually cut the asparagus out of the ground, at exactly the right times. Robotics are now being developed to do this element of the process in replacement of manual labour.
Asparagus farms have high start-up costs, as it can usually take two to three years for the crop to initially grow. However, after the first cut, asparagus will shoot up every spring for up to 25 years. Asparagus needs to be picked once it reaches a certain height, usually around eight inches, meaning this process favours manual labour – where the farmer can observe and leave the smaller, younger stalks. The crop releases an enzyme once it has matured, which spurs the production of further stalks to grow. Therefore, if they are cut too early, they will not produce the enzyme and the plant will die. Once the asparagus starts to have foliage, they are too tough for eating, making timing extremely important.
The process of picking asparagus originally seemed too complex for machinery. However, through the EU-funded, ECHORD++ project, technology in asparagus farming is starting to progress and the project has released trials on a robotic system for selective green asparagus farming. The harvesting machine is built with a camera, viewing the asparagus, and two harvesting tools, which work like scissors. The aim of the machine is to increase harvesting productivity by vision-driven multi-tool harvesting mechanisms. The camera is able to reliably and robustly recognise how tall the stalks are in order to distinguish between harvesting ready asparagus, and leaving ones which are not. This is achieved by using a colour image as well as a depth image, with the images being combined by a vision module into a point cloud which gives the machine information about stalk positions, including that of the size of each individual stalk.
Machines like this are not commercially available yet, however, there is one machine, called Sparter, which was released to a French farmer this year.
White asparagus is grown underground, limiting the sunlight which it receives and therefore preventing chlorophyll production. The Sparter robot can detect underground asparagus, cut them, replace the plastic and repair the sand bed. It can produce higher yields and reduce the likelihood of violet discolouration. The machine currently only works for sub-surface asparagus farming, but the company behind the robot says that it could potentially be used for crops which grow above ground, once more research and tests have taken place.
With asparagus farming being seasonal and needing a larger workforce at certain times of the year, farmers are increasingly struggling to find people to work, and this is the same with many other seasonal fruits and vegetables, for example, strawberries. Developing selective harvesting robots can help to overcome this issue, particularly in the UK, as once Britain leaves the European Union it will be even more difficult to source people willing to work in this sector due to potential difficulties regarding the ability (and expense) of people crossing borders for work.
The Internet of Things
There is also new advancement into Internet of Things (IoT) sensors being used in asparagus farming. In particular, these sensors can improve the quality of asparagus by aiding farmers to make the right decisions when growing their crops. For white asparagus, growing underground, the temperature of the bed which it is growing in is important to the quality of the asparagus itself. Farmers typically use a two-sided foil cover to control the temperature of the bed; one side is black, and the alternative side is white. The black side draws sunlight in, increasing the heat of the asparagus bed, whereas the white side reflects sunlight away from the bed, in turn cooling the temperature underground.
Usually, farmers would have to manually check the underground temperature every day. However, sensors have recently been developed that can be installed into the beds which take readings at different levels of the bed frequently throughout the day and store the data in a cloud which is accessible all day. This allows the asparagus farmer to make the right decision regarding which side of the foil is needed to optimise the quality and growing of their asparagus.
Other ways that technology can be used to benefit European farmers
There are other forms of robotics and smart technologies which are being adopted by farmers, and drones are becoming increasingly popular as research into their use on farmland has taken off. Arable farmers make use of both aerial and ground-based drones, with one of the main benefits to farmers being their ability to help in soil and field analysis as they can produce 3-D maps for early soil analysis, which are useful when it comes to planning seed planting patterns and for providing data regarding irrigation and nitrogen-level management.
Drones with hyperspectral, multispectral or thermal sensors can be used to identify where the fields are dry, for example. Using this technology allows farmers to know exactly what is going on with their crops and the exact places which need re-evaluating. Drone technology has also allowed farmers to scan the ground and spray the correct amount of fertiliser/liquid accordingly. Experts have estimated that crop spraying by drone technology is five times faster than traditional machinery and it is believed that machines such as these can reduce the amount of herbicides and pesticides used on crops.
Modernising agriculture with machines like this can also benefit the environment, as agricultural air pollution is mainly in the form of ammonia, which comes from gases from livestock but also from fertilisation using products which are likely to be prone to volatilisation. According to the EU's Agricultural Outlook 2017, emissions from agriculture are set to decrease by 10% by 2030, and this is believed to be because of the development of technology which can reduce the use and improve the efficiency of inputs, such as fertiliser. It has been predicted that drones, equipped with red, green, blue (RGB) or multispectral cameras will be able to identify where there is a pest or a problem, and this could reduce the amount of pesticides used as it will allow farmers to spot crop enemies earlier, allowing for more precise chemical application.
For asparagus farming, drones can be used in the planting process by shooting pods with seeds and plant nutrients into the soil; drone-planting systems can achieve an uptake rate of 75% and can also decrease planting costs by 85%. Drones aren't just useful in arable farming: the thermal imagery can be used to monitor livestock and to ascertain where there are any animals missing or injured, or if there are any birthing animals in need of assistance.
Technology for dairy farmers
Beyond asparagus farming, technology is also being put to good use by dairy farmers – robotic milking machines are becoming very popular and can benefit both the farmer and the cow. The robotic machines milk the cows themselves, meaning human input is low. The cows can take themselves into the robot's holding areas whenever they feel the need to. The machine identifies them via their tags and if the cow hasn't been milked too recently, the machine will brush and clean the cows udders, before a laser finds the exact position to clamp the milk pumps. The technology inside the machine means that the pump can also adjust its grip to make it as gentle as possible for the cows.
Using this technology, cows can be milked twice as often during the day as opposed to if a farmer were to do the process manually, meaning that not only does this result in higher milk yields, but it can also be much kinder on the cow, allowing them to relieve the pressure of milk in their udders.
With fewer young people entering the industry and the demand for labour higher than supply, robotic machines like this are helping to meet these challenges. The concept that the machines require less, manual labour could also be a catalyst in encouraging young farmers to stay on farms and take up a career in farming.
The European Commission is looking to improve current issues with technology in agriculture
Many farmers in the UK and across Europe still have relatively slow broadband speeds if they are living in rural areas. This is posing an issue for technology in farming, as most smart farming machines require broadband for internet technology to work. The EU currently has a target of ensuring that every company and household has broadband access at a speed of 30 MB/s by 2020, however, until this is achieved, rural farmers across Europe will struggle to benefit from technology in farming.
In 2017, a report was released by 'Cable' stating that the UK has one of the worst broadband speeds at 16.5 MB/s. This means that British farmers would suffer when it comes to using internet technology on their farms. The UK's broadband speeds fall below 19 European countries, 17 of which are in the EU.
In a survey by the National Farmers Union (NFU), 70% of British farmers who have smart phones, have no access to 4G at all, with more than 90% agreeing that having a reliable signal was important for their businesses. Following on from these statistics, it was also revealed that 80% of the farmers in the survey had an upload speed of 2 MB/s or less. These broadband speeds in the UK mean that farmers cannot make full use of the available range of agricultural technology, which seems to be a recurring theme throughout the whole of Europe.
The CAP
It is estimated that only 8% of EU farmers are under the age of 35, and so the ageing population will need more policies in place to support farmers in accessing digital technologies and training to be able to use them. The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has expressed ideas around the concept of 'digital' or 'precision' farming for the next period of 2021-2027 and this may therefore play an important role in smart farming in the near future.
In a release by the European Commission in June 2018, it was outlined that 'greater use of knowledge and innovation' would be a key concept when considering ways to modernise the CAP for the next term. The commission has put aside a €10 billion budget from the Horizon Europe research programme for research and innovation projects in food, agriculture, rural development and the bioeconomy. This sum of money will hopefully bring more technology into agriculture and will aid in reducing the issues that currently face the industry. The commission stated in the release that they will be hoping to extend broadband access in rural regions, with a hope to contribute to the competitiveness of European agricultural production.
In a speech at the EPP Group External Bureau Meeting on Innovation in Agriculture, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, stated: "A key obstacle to achieving our goals lies in the so-called 'digital divide' whereby farmers and rural areas lag behind their urban neighbours in relation to connectivity and modern technologies. Bridging the digital divide is one of the most fundamental challenges facing agriculture and rural areas today, and policymakers everywhere need to do more to help build that bridge."
Hogan proceeded to say that: "We have already made real progress in creating the right enabling conditions for improved agricultural innovation, but we need to do more, and faster."
It is from these speculations that the commission has approached a focus on innovative farming and technology in agriculture in the CAP.


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Obit: Maurice G. Bobholz, 87, of West Bend
May 31, 2018 – West Bend, WI – Maurice G. Bobholz, age 87 years, passed away Sunday May 27, 2018. He was born and raised in Friesland, WI. He attended Cambria- Friesland High School, and subsequently graduated from Fox Lake High School in 1951.
Maurice enlisted in the US Navy in March of 1949, and served 1 year active duty, and was in the reserves for an additional 14 years. He was honorably discharged in 1964.
He married Eunice Schultz on September 16, 1951, in Fox Lake, WI. They were married for 39 years. Eunice passed away in 1990. Maurice & Eunice lived the majority of their married life in West Bend, WI. Maurice was employed at GEHL Company for almost 40 years- first as a machinist, then later as a foreman and inspector. He also was employed part time as a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Department for 25+ years.
While raising his family, Maurice was very active in the church- serving on boards and holding several offices. Maurice & Eunice were blessed with six children, and were fairly active as a family. They enjoyed both in and out of state camping trips each summer, and countless parades along the way. Maurice was a Packers season ticket holder since the early 60's, and enjoyed many games over the years with friends and family. Maurice also enjoyed riding his Harley, a tradition which he passed on to his sons. Maurice and Eunice were subsequently blessed with ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren- which made Holidays and family gatherings a special time.
In 1997 Maurice married Joan Breneman, and relocated to Pardeeville, WI. Maurice and Joan were active in the Antique Tractor Club, and enjoyed taking one or more of his John Deere's to the shows each summer. They loved to host family gatherings & cookouts – spending time & making memories.
Maurice and Joan were married for 19 years. Joan passed away in 2016. At that time, Maurice returned to West Bend and lived out his remaining years, near his family.
Maurice was a member of Good Shepherd EV Lutheran Church in West Bend, the GEHL Hexelbank Club, Harley Owners Group, and the Badger Steam & Gas Antique Tractor Club.
Maurice is survived by his children: Curtis (Susan) Bobholz, Patricia Steinhofer, Cyndi Lovett (friend, Lisa) , Barbara Cross (Robert Nettesheim) , & Jeffrey Bobholz; his 9 grandchildren: Jessica (Ben) Jacobson, Emma (Drew) Kopitzke, Dena (Adam) Weidner, Cody (Becky) Bobholz, Gregory (Kelli) Steinhofer, Glen Steinhofer, Jeni (Jon) Kierzek, Zachary (Stacia) Cross, Courtney(Isaiah) McGinnis; and 11 great grandchildren: Elise & Elena Jacobson, Kellen Kopitzke, Colton & Caiden Weidner, Maxwell & Mayzie Steinhofer, Logan and Layla Kiersek, and Emberlie & Jacqueline Cross.
He is further survived by his sister Norma Barnes, and his brother, James (Millie) Bobholz; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife Eunice Bobholz (12/22/1990) son Daniel Bobholz, grandson Justin Bobholz, and wife Joan Bobholz (10/11/2016). His parents, Alvin & Irene Bobholz, brother -Harold Bobholz, and sister -Helen Lindert.
A Funeral Service for Maurice will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday June 6 at Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church (777 S. Indiana Ave. West Bend) with Pastor Robert Hein presiding. Visitation will be at the church on June 6 from 4 p.m. until time of service at 6:00pm. Interment will be at Washington County Memorial Park.
A special thanks to his caregiver, Patsy Newman; and to the staff at Kathy's Hospice for their caring and thoughtful assistance in his final hours.
Memorials are appreciated to: Good Shepherd EV Lutheran Church, West Bend, WI; and the American Cancer Society.


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By Jeff Barber
Miller Park-Sacramento
First of all, let me say I had been looking forward to this event for some time. Unlimited tasting in a beautiful setting by the river-it doesn't get much better than that. After judging the event two weeks earlier, we knew there were some new breweries and some great returning ones that were making some excellent beers.
Unfortunately, the weather gods decided to make it 100-plus degrees that day. Added to this was an unprecedented turnout - 3,000 beer-starved fans braved the heat to seek liquid refreshment at this year's event. We arrived at about 12:40 for the 1:00 start and were faced with a huge line to get in even though we had tickets already. However, thanks to the Beer Geek's connections, we were able to bypass most of the line and get in right away.
Once in, the tasting began. Due to the heat, we decided to start with lighter beers and save the IPAs, etc. for later. So why not start with one of our favorites? We went directly to the Blue Frog tent to get some of their outstanding Hefeweizen. A true German Hefe with definite spicy and banana notes. Very refreshing. Always a favorite of the Pacific Brew News team, this beer came in 2nd place after winning last year.
Next was the Sacramento Brewing Hefe which actually beat out the Blue Frog for gold this year. Clearly this is another example of how Peter Hoey has improved the beers at Sac Brewing since arriving there last year. This was more citrusy than the Blue Frog with some banana/clove in the aftertaste. Another excellent Hefe and deserving of the being right up there with the Blue Frog.
The next beer was the Radeberger Pils. Normally available in bottles, the opportunity to try it on draft was too good to pass up. It was very smooth with a noticeable spicy hop finish. Another very good beer.
Next up was the Placerville Brewing Wheat & Rye. I remember other unique beers from Placerville at past brewfests (whiskey barrel aged pale ale) and this was another great example. This was very drinkable with a clean finish and some noticeable spice from the rye. A great summer beer.
After Placerville came the Sequoia Brewing's Half Dome. This is combination of hefe and a pale ale resulting in an unfiltered slightly hoppy ale. This was probably more pale ale than hefe but it was good, refreshing, and the 2nd favorite of my son in law, Ray. Sequioa took the most medals at this year's brewfest for good reason. Historically, the PBN team always enjoys their beers - this year was no different.
Next up was our visit to a new brewery, Klamath Basin Brewing. We started with their bock (a traditional bock) which was excellent and won 2nd place in the dark lager category. We also enjoyed their Cabin Fever Stout, a gold medal winner, which was brewed as foreign extra stout. Chocolate up front and not over the top with the coffee or roastiness. Very drinkable although probably even better when it wasn't 100 degrees out. We also very much enjoyed talking with Justin, their brewer, who although he looks like he is about 18 obviously knows his beer. If you're ever on your way through south-eastern Oregon, a stop at Justin's brewery would be well worth your time.
From Klamath Basin, we moved to River City and tried their Maibock. This was ok with some caramel malt in the aftertaste but overall was a little weak in the taste department.
Finally, we made through the crowd to see our friends at Beermann's. With five medals this year, they showed they can still compete with the others - and I will say had one of the more unique beers at the fest, with their Ginger Wheat beer. This beer had a definite aroma of ginger and the noticeable ginger in the taste. In the heat, this beer went down very well and I actually got seconds on this one.
After wolfing down a pulled pork sandwich and some chips and trying to spend some time in the shade, we decided to move on to Lost Coast Brewing's Saison. This was very good example of the style with the required tartness/sourness and the esthers coming from higher fermentation temps. Another excellent hot weather beer.
We then had the Sudwerks Maibock, which is known to our German friends as a very traditional maibock. It was quite good, a little on the light side, but well balanced between the sweet malt and the hops.
At this point, the heat and the crowd just started to become unbearable. There clearly were a lot of good beers left to try but I had lost my interest-not even making it to the Auburn Alehouse tent to have my favorite IPA. I had a Blue Frog Maibock on the way out which was very good and a little sweeter than the Sudwerks version but still well balanced.
My top 3 beers this time (in no particular order) were the Blue Frog Hefeweizen, Beermann's Ginger Wheat, and the Placerville Wheat & Rye.
Obviously the organizers cannot control the heat, but clearly there is more space at the park that they could consider spreading into. This would alleviate some of the crowd as well as offer more opportunities for shade. They also could then have more entry lanes into the fest, shortening the lines. All in all, this is a great event, not as much fun as in the past because of the heat (how the hell our friend the HopHunter did a 60 mile bike ride right before coming to the fest is beyond me) but still a great place to try some really excellent beers.
Jeff Barber is an award winning homebrewer, Nationally ranked beer judge and frequent contributor to Pacific Brew News.


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What future for ZANU-PF?
Posted by CM on April 2, 2008
One of the reasons Robert Mugabe has given in recent years for not retiring has been his expressed fear that ZANU-PF would disintegrate into infighting over how to succeed him, and that he wanted to stay on until a natural successor emerged to take over from him.
This was cynical and self-serving of course, but that is now an issue of grave importance for the party as it contemplates defeat in parliament and the possible exit of the man who has dominated its affairs for the past 30 years. Remaining united while choosing a successor to Mugabe as a ruling party was going to be difficult enough. But losing power as well as losing Mugabe as the party's flag-bearer at the same time could decimate ZANU-PF and threaten its very existence.
There is no ideology beyond access to state resources that can be said to hold the party together. Unless MDC made some huge blunders during its first few years in power ZANU-PF will initially have little credibility and authority as an opposition party. If the MDC decides to pursue cases of corruption and abuse of power, many of ZANU-PF's leading lights would be brought down, or at least severely weakened by being tied up in the courts for a long time. It is likely that the picture that will emerge from exposed details of ZANU-PF's last several years in power will not be pretty.
Will ZANU-PF withstand all these pressures? Will it be able to remain strong and united without access to state resources? On what basis? Who among its leaders will be able to take over from Mugabe, and what power will he be able to wield to keep the party together? Will liberation war-era sentimentality still have a draw for a party that would have been deposed from power for having failed to deliver a better quality of life for the people?
From being a collosus that heavily influenced all sorts of areas of Zimbabwean life from politics to business to being an opposition party will be a transition ZANU-PF will find difficult to do, especially without the ruthless discipline of Mugabe as its boss.


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Hi Molly, Everything worked fine after reducing the nodes spacing. thanks Rachid
Dear Molly Would just to precise that actually I found out that some coordinates where not in order so but after rearranging them the gap was very small but still there (see attached plan view of the model and view of the polygon only). Thanks
Dear Molly, I have created tables to filter different sections of the model and it worked fine except for one section (attached the model and the filtered model 3D and a plan view of it), where nodes inside the polygon are excluded so that I have a gap in the middle of the model, I have changed the polygon table by giving more easting and northing coordinates and every time I have different output but still nodes lying inside the polygon are missing and then showing a gap between both sides of the model. It looks like the software cannot close the polygon with only 4 corners coordinates if they are not on a same northing or easting !!!!!. Do you have any explanation or there is any setting that we have to consider? My second question is concerning exporting 3 D solid models in DXF file, I have tried but the output was showing in Autocad only a 2D grid??? Thank you Rachid
Hi Molly, The second option that you have mentioned is what I am looking for, so the Utilities | Solid | Filter | Polygon Clip menu option can delimite a polygon based on X and Y coordiantes, is that correct (I am out of my office and cannot check this by myself and saturday when I will be back I need to know if it is possible or not) Thanks for your valuable support Regards Rachid
Hi Molly, Thanks for all the tips, everything worked fine with you suggestions. So now I still have one questions regarding 3D I-Data solid model: Can we create a customized (polygonal shape by entering all x,y coordinates) 3D I-Data solid model ?? by doing that it will be easy to calculate volumes of different I-Data ranges as you explained me in your previous post. So actualy I have 2 sections. one is rectangular so the solid model and volume calculation for 3D I-data was easy using your suggestion but now I have another section were the shape is polygonal what is the best way to create the 3D I-data model and calculate different volumes (based on the obtained solid model) afterwards. Regards Rachid
Hi Molly, Thanks for your suggestion I will try it tomorrow, the idea of copying the lithology table to the stratigraphy is because the lithology is very simple and consistent in all BHs, w Quaternary deposit above a Limestone Formation with different grades of weathering and strengths and in some spots we have a calcarenite, so after copying the table I could keep only the limestone below the quaternary deposits and assign the same G value to the calcarenite and then generate the .grd file, but your suggestion seems to be faster so I will go first for it. Nevertheless I would like to know how we can quickly import tables (not with copy past from excel files). The second aspect where I need your support is for volumes calculation, actually I have a 3D-model built with I-Data, the I-Data correspond to 5 different classes of material, so after creating the 3D-model, can we display only one class of material and then calculate the volume of each class....? Regards Rachid
Thank you Molly for your explanation, could you tell me what will the easiest way to copy the lithology Data in the stratigraphy table Regards Rachid
Interval DataDear All, I have entered I-Data for different Rock formations which are below Quaternary deposits , so when I am creating sections for this I-Data I am getting correlations including the Quaternary deposits on top of the Rock (I did not input I-Data for the quaternary deposits interval). so how we can show the section excluding this quaternary deposits. My second question is concerning the legend, how we can move the legend title to the left to avoid having it in the middle of the legend box Rachid Regards
Map DXF fileDear All, Please can you tell me if we can import DXF file directly in map and then draw in map lines and add texts ? Regards Rachid
P-Data, 3D modelHi Molly Thanks for your answers but concerning my first question, I am making cross sections between few boreholes and I have as P Data some UCS values at certain elevations, which I would like to see as numbers at the corresponding elevation and not as curves, is that possible ? Thanks Rachid
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P-Data, 3D modelDear All, I have just started using Rockworks and I am encountering some difficulties, please could you help in answering the following 3 questions: 1- How we can show the exact P Data at defined elevation or depth on a log 2- How we can keep the appended map for a section with the same scale when we are using a vertical exaggeration for the section 3- How we can show the elevation on a 3D solid model. Regards Rachid


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04 August 16More thrills and spills at the 2016 BTCC for Chambers sponsored Andrew Jordan
There were more thrills and spills in the Snetterton circuit of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at the weekend, with Chambers-sponsored driver Andrew Jordan keeping his lead in the Independents Championship despite a series of tough challenges.
A power steering problem in his Motorbase Focus in the qualifying session meant he had to start the first race around the 2.99 mile circuit from the back of the grid.
Andrew was pushed onto the grass in lap one but still managed to finish in an impressive 14th place, picking up valuable championship points.
A multi car accident forced race two to be halted, and despite pushing forward in the shortened ten lap race, he was hit by other drivers and again crossed the line in 14th place.
The final race of the weekend – again cut short by an early accident – saw Andrew at his best as he raced his way up to fifth place – securing a 23 point lead in the Independents Championship and putting him in contention for overall honours in eighth place.
The next race in the championship will be at Knockhill in Fife, Scotland. At just 1.27 miles, the track is one of the shortest and most exciting on the calendar. High kerbs launch the BTCC onto two wheels as they try to find passing opportunities and faster lap times.
Andrew said: "While the weekend didn't go to plan, we kept our lead in the Independents Championship and are still in contention overall.
We'll be carrying less weight into Knockhill as well, so we'll just crack on and aim to come back fighting."
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