Hello,
I'm trying to construct a borehole log for a pumping well that was screened at two separate intervals (i.e., 1 well pipe, and 2 screened intervals).
Below is an image of the well construction...
If I add another line with a distinct Well ID in the "Well" tab, gINT produces a borehole log with two well pipes in one borehole.
If I add another line with the same Well ID (as it should be), gINT gives me an error about duplicate Well IDs.
Thoughts?
This is an overlay set up. It plots the backfills and then overlays a pipe on top of the backfill. It is easier to input and easier to extract summary information from but unfortunately you are limited to a single pipe, screen, and cap. This was a decision made by whoever set up and provided your data structure and library. They may be able to explain why or they may point you to a different data structure and library that provides more options.
That being said, you can likely work around this restriction with some relatively minor modifications to your library and data structure.
Not knowing details of your set up, I can only provide a general approach which is as follows.
1 make a copy of your library so if something gets screwed up you can always go back.
2 check to see if the standard gINT well symbols are still in the library. Go to symbol design, well symbols and see if the symbol names Kirk used are still there. Also check to see if the well backfill symbols you used (SA, etc) are there.
3 if the standard symbols are there and your custom symbols are also there, the backfill is being plotted using well graphics and you should be able simply type in the symbol names that Kirk used to construct the entire diagram using the backfill entry. You would then set the riser and screen depths in the parent table to zero so they dont plot over the top of it. Note that if other templates depend on these values it will screw them up
If the gINT standard symbols are not in your well symbol library, it is easy enough to download and merge them into your library
If your custom symbols (SA,etc) are not in the well symbols, it means your template is accessing the backfill symbols from a different source and you will have to modify your template.
4. You may find that your data structure has placed limitations on what you can enter for a graphic so it may not allow you to override the standard selections you have. In that case you will have to edit the data structure and remove the limitations on that field.
There are many things that could prevent this from working, it is always more complicated once you get into the details but they can be worked around.
Thanks for the quick response! Unfortunately, my gINT setup is quite different, and I'm not sure why. I've been working with gINT for about 6 months and have never had to mess with the templates etc.
Here is what I'm looking at:
For the well graphics, there is no screen symbol, and the screen interval is assigned in the upper window.
If I add another line with P11, it gives me an error. If I add another line with a distinct well ID, it plots two wells.
As Kirk said, depends on how your data structure and report are set up. If you use a descrete stacked symbol set up, the following post describes methods to show the different borehole diameters in your sketch.
https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotechnical1/f/geotechnical-forum/231948/tapered-borehole#719146
Without going too deeply into the labels and how to do telescopic wells. I will just touch on how to show 1 well pipe, and 2 screened intervals, which should just be data entry.
You should just be able to enter data for a single ID with two screen symbols at the appropriate depth ranges.
A lot of assumptions here. I am assuming you are using one of our standard file sets. Keep in mind the database (where and how you enter data) , the symbols and layouts of the reports are all customizable and may be different in the files your organization has created or edited.
Here is the data entry that should allow you to show 2 screens (again assuming you are using standard files). the symbols may not exactly match but you can create your own in the SYMBOL DESIGN .. Well section
This would be the entry for B-1
Output from this entry
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