How do I plot nested wells on a fence without plotting on top of each other?

Question

I'd like to plot nested wells on a fence, but due to the horizontal scale of the fence they plot on top of each other. Is there an override command to have borings within a minimum distance X plot adjacent to each other?

Dave Kyllonen · Answer

One option is to control the horizontal scale of the Fence report at Output by either specifying minimum and maximum values for the Distance Axis properties. Or, you can specify a value for the Distance Axis Scale property. Another option is to mark the "Equally space points along distance axis" property. This will arrange the fence posts equally spaced within the report frame. This alone still does not guarantee that they will not overlap, but it might be enough. If this still does not keep them from overprinting, you can then specify a value in the Point Spacing property. This value is in report units, either inches or millimeters (it is dependent on the report units for the specific report). Note that the Point Spacing property will grayed out if you have not first marked the "Equally space points along distance axis" property, as they work in concert with each other. You did not indicate if you are specifying a baseline or if you are having gINT create a best-fit-line baseline through your selected boreholes. If gINT creates a best-fit- line it will then "project" each borehole to the baseline and the horizontal spacing between each adjacent borehole on the fence will be the apparent distance between those two boreholes. If you specify a baseline and also click on each borehole in the Site Layout at Output then the horizontal distance between each borehole on the baseline will be the true distance between each borehole. Hopefully, that makes sense.