Change Plume Level

Before we end this first workbook, let's interact with this application in another way.

In the Application window, double click on the intersection_shell module, and you will see a green border around it. This green border designates the selected module whose properties are available for editing.

This will open its Properties in the Properties window in the upper left. In this application, intersection_shell is performing two tasks. It is cutting the model using information provided by the cut module and it is also subsetting what remains by Total Hydrocarbon (TOTHC) level. It might seem strange at first that the cut module isn't actually cutting the model. But if it did, it would only provide one side or the other. By giving us data that is the "signed" distance from the specified cutting plane, we are able to use cut's data to create the cut for the front side giving us the plume and the back side giving us the geologic layers. We can also offset any distance from the theoretical cutting plane without actually moving the cutting plane, but only changing the "cut" Subsetting level. In fact, in this application we're cutting 100 feet from the specified cutting plane.

Change the TOTHC Subsetting Level to be 2.0 and your view should look like this:

 

 

You can continue to experiment and see that you can view any subsetting level in less than a second.