Stereonet Sets

To access this screen:

  • Display the Stereonet screen and select the Sets tab.

The Sets tab of the Stereonet screen is used to create and delete sets, define set colour and line thickness settings, and define average plane and daylight envelope settings for the stereonet plot.

To define a stereonet set:

  1. Load the required data and define a stereonet chart.

  2. Select whether to show all sets.

    Select Show All to display all listed sets. Default: selected.

  3. To create a set, click Create New Set.

  4. In the Preview Pane, use the mouse to define two opposite corners for the set window.

    The New Set screen displays.

    Note: To remove a set, select the set in the list and click Delete Set.

  5. In the Sets list, select the set to configure.

    The display settings apply only to the selected set.

  6. Enter the set Name.

  7. Review Av.Dip.

    This is the automatically calculated average dip of the poles within the set limits.

  8. Review Av.Dip Direction.

    This is the automatically calculated average dip direction of the poles within the set limits.

  9. In Display, define the set display settings.

  10. Select the set border and great circle Color.

  11. Select the set border and great circle Line Thickness.

  12. In Average Plane and Daylight Envelope, select whether to display average-plane indicators.

  13. Select Plane to display the plane to the average pole. Default: selected.

  14. Select Pole to display the average pole. Default: selected.

  15. Select Daylight Envelope to display the daylight envelope of the average pole. See Daylight Envelope.

  16. Select the daylight envelope Color. Default: blue.

  17. Select the daylight envelope Line Thickness. Default: 2.

  18. Select the average pole Symbol. Default: X.

  19. Select the average pole Symbol Size. Default: 10.

  20. Click OK.

    The set is added to the stereonet chart.

  21. Check the set window location, extents, and average plane in the Preview Pane:

Note: The Stereonet dialog is modeless. You can leave it open while you run commands in other windows, such as the 3D window.

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