GGU-STRATIG: Manual layer input (not recommended)

For manual layer input you must first enter the depth of the layer, i.e., the layer base with reference to the top of the sounding (= m below grade). You can then type the desired layer description into the "Long text" group box using the keyboard.

A "Short text" may be added if required. This short text is displayed on a single line only in the subsequent visualisation; this may be necessary if the logs are very closely spaced. If you need to use the short text in your graphical visualisation in place of the long text, the "Show short texts" check box in the general stratigraphic log editor box must be activated . This setting can also be activated subsequently for several previously entered stratigraphic logs using the "Apply to all" button ("Short text/soil group" tab) in the "Input/Stratigraphic log" dialog box.

Further to this, you can enter a soil group according to DIN 18196 (e.g., as DIN abbreviation) for each layer. The soil groups entered will be shown above one another in an oval frame at the right of the log texts. They are only shown if the "Show soil groups" check box in the general stratigraphic log editor box is activated. This setting can also be activated subsequently for several previously entered stratigraphic logs using the "Apply to all" button ("Short text/soil group" tab) in the "Input/Stratigraphic log" dialog box.

The colours and signatures of all soil types given in DIN 4023 are defined by means of code numbers in GGU-STRATIG. The soil signatures for the respective code numbers cannot be modified. The soil colours can be adapted for correct colour rendering on your printer or plotter.

Four boxes for entering the code numbers can be seen at the bottom right of the layer input editor box. The first two code boxes are for entering the main soil types or accessory soil types with strong minor constituents. The second two code boxes are for entering accessory soil types with weak minor constituents. If numbers are entered in the first two code boxes the corresponding soil signatures are displayed for the entire layer. If entries are made in the second two code boxes the signature is only shown on one side of the layer. To improve the optical impression the soil signatures are distributed by means of a random generator.

If two main soil types are entered (= code numbers in the first two code boxes) the colour of the stratum is divided, if the "Use the colours of the two main soil types" check box is activated as default. If this colour division is not wanted, the colour division for this layer can be turned off by deactivating the check box. The colour division for stratigraphic logs can be turned off globally by going to the menu item "Preferences/General" and using the check box there.

Please note that when opening old files created using GGU-STRATIG older than main version 10, the "Use the colours of the two main soil types" check box is inactive. When using these old logs the program first checks whether there are two upper case soil type descriptors at the beginning and end of the line in text line A1. Only then is the colour visualisation divided for two main soil types (= code numbers in the first two code boxes). You can use the old method for advanced editing or or activate colour division globally using the check box provided in the menu item "Preferences/General". The strata are then adjusted correspondingly by the program.