GGU-STRATIG: "Reference staffs" menu item

To gain a better overview of the profiles you have a maximum of two staff gauges displayed by the program. You can work with one staff gauge each at the left and/or right of the profiles. For two profiles with "height displacement", you can have the second staff gauge used with the same height displacement (see notes on height displacement in Section “Notes on the "Designation and position" group box“).

Select either "Reference staff 1" or "Reference staff 2" for editing in the dialog box. The following dialog box opens for both choices. The "Show reference staff" check box must be activated to allow editing.

All input in the dialog box is in [m] of the user-defined scale (see Section "Input/Overall view"). The reference staff format, position, size and labelling can be adapted to suit user requirements. The position of the staff gauge can also be edited using the menu items "Input/Move object" and "Input/Move all objects".

By entering a height displacement, the staff gauges can be placed above one another. The height displacement for the staff gauges and for the soundings must be equal.

For better visualization, horizontal auxiliary lines can be defined after activating the "Show" check box. The colour, pen width and distance of the lines to the page margins can be selected as desired.

In the default setting the reference staffs are behind all other elements. If geological sections use layer polygons and are very wide, the reference staffs and auxiliary lines can be drawn in front of the layer polygons for better navigation by activating the check box "Draw reference staff in front of layer polygons" using the "Preferences/General" menu item.