Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Starting Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Definition of Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Creating a New Artist Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Opening Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicating Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Closing Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Saving Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deleting Artist Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Palette Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Stack CGMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Run Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Exiting Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unless otherwise specified, drawings created in Artist are stored in the plots directory and can be inserted
into displays of log data or, alternatively, displays such as cross sections can be opened in Artist for
enhancement by using the graphical tools.
Starting Artist is dependent on the currently open application. Fig. 1 is an example of the Artist
application.
This section details techniques for formatting the drawing area in Artist, explains how to open and save
drawings in a plots directory, view your work and exit Artist when you are done.
See Also
“Drawing Objects” on page 2-1 and “Editing Objects” on page 3-1 for information on how to
create and change your drawings.
Definition of Images
Throughout the documentation on Artist, the words image, drawn object or drawing, and picture are used
regularly. It is important to note the difference between the three to understand some of the other basic
features of Artist.
An image is made up of individual pixels grouped together. Commonly, an image may be a photo or a
company logo. There are a number of features in Artist which will allow you to edit your image, including
cropping, resizing and flipping the image.
A drawn object or drawing is something you can assemble yourself. It is made up of polylines, rectangles,
circles and other objects. Drawn objects can also be edited, but some editing functions, such as cropping, do
not work on these objects.
A picture refers to a CGM file which may contain several different elements (inserted images, legends,
drawn objects, etc.). It is the overall display created in Artist, and contains various diagrammatic elements.
The word object is used as a general term to describe all three of the above.
New tab
Artist
template
Drawing
area
Status Bar
By default, the drawing area is set as 20x20cm in size with no border and a white background. Fig. 3 is an
example of a formatted drawing area where the size, border and background color have been defined.
— Click the Paper Size dropdown list button and select from the list of standard paper
sizes
— Click the Paper Size dropdown list button and select Percentage.
The Select Percentage dialog box is displayed.
Opening Pictures
Unless otherwise specified, Artist pictures are stored in the ./plots directory.
Or
a. Click the Open button , or press Ctrl+O or select Artist > Open to display a “File Select
Dialog Box” on page 1-27.
Duplicating Pictures
A copy of an open file can be created within the Artist application.
An exact copy of the picture is created with the name <original name>_1 (e.g. if logo.cgm is duplicated,
the copy would be named logo_1) and displayed in a new tabbed window. This name can be used to save
the file, or a different name can be specified by selecting File > Save As.
To duplicate a picture
1. Within Artist, open or select the file to be duplicated.
Closing All
Saving Pictures
Unless otherwise specified when saving, pictures are saved in CGM format to the project’s plots directory.
After a picture has been saved and then subsequently modified, select File > Save to save the changes with
the same file name, or File > Save As... to give it a new filename.
NOTE When saving in formats other than CGM, the screen does not automatically update to
reflect the change(s) to the new format. For instance, if saving a multi-colored format to
XBM, a 2 color format, the colors are not updated after saving. Close and reopen the file to
view the changes.
NOTE When saving a picture as a PDF document it should be noted that Acrobat imposes
implementation limits on size. The minimum page size allowed is 3 by 3 units
(approximately 0.04 by 0.04 inch) and the maximum is 14 400 by 14 400 units
(approximately 200 by 200 inches). If the size limit is exceeded, for example, the resultant
pdf document when viewed in Reader appears to be just white space.
See Also
"Save All" on page 1-13 and "Closing All" on page 1-11
1. Click the Save button or select File > Save or Save As... to open a “File Select Dialog Box”
on page 1-27.
2. Enter the file name (e.g. stars_header) in the File name field.
3. Select the required file extension (e.g. cgm) in the Files of type field.
4. Optionally, enter a description in the Description field
5. Click OK to save. A message appears on the Status Bar indicating that the picture has been
saved.
NOTE When performing a Save As..., if saving a non-image picture to an image type then the
Image Resolution dialog box is displayed.
Select the required DPI, noting the memory requirements and click OK to save.
NOTE When performing a Save As..., if the file name already exists, you are prompted to confirm
that the existing file can be overwritten. If you wish to keep the original version of the file,
click No and enter a new name.
Printing
• Click the Print button or select File > Print to print an image to a printer.
Plotting
• Select File > Plot to save to a file.
NOTE A complete list of the default Geolog colors, markers and fill filenames and descriptions is
provided in the geolog_palette_legend.xls file. This file is located in the <geolog
install>/doc/examples directory. This information would be useful when creating a
map file as you can copy and then paste the required text from the spreadsheet.
See Also
“Legend Marker and Fill” on page 4-8 for information on creating legends of all fills and/or
markers used in a CGM file.
Stack CGMs
The Stack CGMs function provides the ability to combine several CGM files into one file in one operation.
NOTE The module, cgm_stack, can also be used outside the Artist application for CGM composite
production.
See Also
“Insert From File” on page 2-22 for information on inserting a file (created in another software
package or an Artist picture) into an existing Artist picture.
Ellipsis button Click the Ellipsis button to display the File Select dialog
box to locate and select the required CGM files. See Fig. 5 for an
example.
Remove Select a file in the list and click the Remove button to remove
the file from the list. functionality missing???
Up/Down Arrows Select a file in the list and then click on the Up or Down arrow
to change the position of the files—see Orientation and
Justification below. functionality missing???
Output CGM File
Ellipsis button Enter a name or click on the Ellipsis button to locate and
select an existing file name.
Note: Existing files are overwritten without warning.
Orientation and Justification
Up, Down, Left, Right Toggle ON the direction in which the files are to be displayed.
Direction is according to the order of the files listed in the Input
CGM Files field, starting with the file listed at the top (e.g. if the
first file in the list is myfile.cgm and direction is specified as
Up, myfile.cgm is displayed at the bottom of the picture).
See Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 for examples.
Run Command
• Select File > Run to run a command, script or module from the Artist application.
Repeat
• Select File > Repeat to repeat the previous action.
Exit Artist via the File menu. If a drawing has not been saved, the Artist Modified dialog box is displayed,
prompting you to save or discard your work before exiting. Click the Cancel button if you do not wish to
exit Artist.
To exit Artist
• Select File > Exit.
A
access
Artist application 3
Appearance window
attributes, create legend 15
Artist
drawing area, changing 7
starting 3
C
CGM
files, combine 16
combine
CGM files 16
create
Appearance window attributes legend 15
D
definition of
Artist objects 5
drawing 5
image 5
display
area, format Artist 7
drawing
area in Artist, formatting 7
area, specify size and color 7
definition of 5
drawings
file location 3
use of 3
F
files
combine CGM 16
I
images
definition 5
file location 3
use of 3
O
objects
definition of Artist 5
R
resolution/picture type, specifying on open/save 10
run
Artist 3
S
stack
CGMs 16
start
Artist 3