Intersection Types

Pole

The Intersection Type > Poles option will plot the intersections of ALL of the planes in the Dips Pole Data Grid. That is, each plane in the Pole Data Grid will be intersected against every other plane in the file.

WARNING: In general, this leads to a large (or very large) number of intersections. Depending on the number of planes in your Dips file, the display of all Pole intersections may cover most of the stereonet, obscuring other plot data.

All Set vs. Set (Pole)

The Intersection Type > All Set vs. Set (Pole) option will plot the intersections of ALL planes which belong to sets. That is, each plane belonging to a joint set will be intersected against every other plane belonging to a joint set. This option works for any number of sets (e.g., if you have 3 sets, the planes in all 3 sets will get intersected). Any planes not belonging to sets are not considered.

Set vs. Set Planes

The Intersection Type > Set vs. Set (Pole) option allows you to plot the intersections of all planes in any TWO Sets. At least two sets must be defined. When you select the Set vs. Set (Pole) option, an additional option for the Set vs. Set selection of the set pair must also be made.

Mean Set Plane and User Plane

The Intersection Type > Mean Set Plane and User Plane option will plot all possible intersections between all User Planes (Add User Plane option) and all Mean Set Planes (computed from Sets). User Planes are also intersected with all other User Planes, and Mean Set Planes are intersected with all other Mean Set Planes.

User Plane

The Intersection Type > User Plane option will plot all possible intersections of all User Planes (Add User Plane option). That is, each User Plane will be intersected with all other User Planes.

Mean Set Plane

The Intersection Type > Mean Set Plane option will plot all possible intersections of all Mean Set Planes (computed from Sets). That is, each Mean Set Plane will be intersected with all other Mean Set Planes.