Geosoft - Exploring With Data

Colour Bars and Group Names

In the upcoming version 7.2 release, groups names have been extended (from 31 characters to 1024 characters!), so you will see the full file name in the View/Group Manager Tool.   If you hold your mouse over the grid, you will also see the path to that file.

Tip: If you are resizing or moving a floating tool like the View/Group Manager and you do not want it to dock to the Oasis montaj workspace area, just hold down the Ctrl key while you are repositioning the tool.  This works for Geochemistry graphing tools like Histogram and Scatter Plot as well.

The longer group names are visible in the Colour Bar utility as well, which is handy when a map contains numerous grids or shaded grids.

To add more depth to your colour bar, try using the Secondary AGG/layer. The secondary, or shaded colour scheme, is blended horizontally within each colour of the primary colour scheme.  The effect is shown below.

Drag and Drop to a New Project

Oasis montaj and Target support a variety of drag and drop capabilities.

You can drag a map, grid, or database from Windows Explorer or from the list in the Project Explorer and drop it into the working area of the project.  It is a quick way to open your dataset.

You can drag a grid from the Project Explorer and drop it in an open map. This is similar to displaying a single grid.

You can drag a group from the View/Group Manager Tool for one map and drop in on another map. This is the copy and paste georeferenced functionality.

And then, when you have a long list of files in the Project Explorer and you would like to have a tidier project, you can create a new Geosoft Project and while it is open beside the original, drag and drop the datasets from the Project Explorer in the original project into the new project.