General Settings

Creating a Figure Template or a Log Template begins with general settings. The following describes various settings available for a template (items marked by * are only applicable to a log template):

Basic Settings

Include the following:

• Template Name: enter a name or title for your template. This helps finding this template in the list, during generating the reports.
• Measurement Units: determines whether millimeter (mm) or inch (in) is used for size of the log columns and other elements on the header and footer of the report.
• Log Page Depth*: determines the depth range shown on each page of the test hole log (e.g. 20 ft/m of depth on each page). The unit of the page depth depends on the unit system of the project for which the borehole log is being generated.
• Line Thickness: determines the line thickness used in the entire report.
• Advanced Settings: see this section for how these settings are used.

Font Styles*

Click Assign Font Styles to select different font styles for the following sections of a borehole log report:

• Column Headers: click on this button to change the font size of the log column headers.
• Report Contents: click on this button to change the font size of the report contents (anything depth-related in the borehole log).
• Layer Title: click on this button to change the font size used for soil/rock layer titles.

The screenshot below explains the source of the fonts used in various sections of a report:

Printing Scale*

This section shows the actual printing scale of the borehole log calculated based on: paper height, top and bottom margins, heights of the header and footer, height of the column-headers, and the page depth. If you are trying to achieve a certain printing scale (e.g. 1 cm on paper = 10 m of borehole depth) please try editing the above-noted parameters.

Page Layout & Header/Footer Design

To select paper size, orientation, and margins click Customize Layout button. This opens the Header/Footer Designer on a new page.

Advanced Settings*

The checkboxes below the Font Styles section provide the following options:

• Indicate the bottom of borehole in all log columns: this option draws a horizontal line at the borehole depth,
  • Include the depth and elevation log columns: if this option is selected, the horizontal line at the borehole depth will extend to the depth and elevation scale columns,
• Cut off the log columns below the bottom of borehole: if this option is selected, all log columns will be cut off below the borehole depth, (see screenshot below):

Log Columns

You can find the list of log columns of this log template in a table within the lower portion of the page. Please see more on this page.