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Triangulating Using Inside Segment and One Triangle

Task: Triangulate Inside a Segment

  1. Click Reset graphics .
  2. Open mod7.dtm in Graphics.
  3. Choose Display > Hide surface/solid, and click Apply.
  4. Choose Display > Strings > With string numbers.
  5. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
  6. Choose Solids > Triangulate > Inside a segment.
  7. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
  8. Click String 10, Segment 2. (for example, the segment located on the fault)
  9. Choose Solids > Triangulate > Inside a segment.
  10. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
  11. Click string 11, segment 2. (For example, the segment located on the fault)
  12. Press ESC.
  13. Save the result as mod7.dtm.
  14. Note: If you want to run manually through the material again, you need to copy original_mod7.dtm, and save it as mod7.dtm.

Note: To see all of the steps performed in this task, run _04d_triangulate_inside_segment.tcl. You need to click Apply on any forms presented.

Task: Triangulate Using the One Triangle Function

  1. Click Reset graphics .
  2. Open mod1.str in Graphics.
  3. Zoom in on any part of the file.
  4. Choose Display > Point > Markers and click Apply to display all the points in the segments.
  5. Choose View > Data view options > View by bearing & dip.
  6. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
  7. Choose Solids > Triangulate > One Triangle.
  8. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
  9. As prompted, click a point on a string.
  10. As prompted, click a point on a following string.
  11. As prompted, click a point on the first string, adjacent to the first point you selected.
  12. Note: A closed triangle is displayed. The software prompts you to select another point. If you select a point on the second string, a second triangle will appear. Using this process you can manually build up the triangulation.

  13. Press ESC.

Note: To see all of the steps performed in this task, run _04e_triangulate_one_triangle.tcl. You need to click Apply on any forms presented.