Stereonet Plots Overview

The main forms of data visualization in Dips are the various stereonet Plot Options available in the Sidebar, View menu and toolbar:

• Pole / Dip Vector Mode
• Pole Plots
• Dip Vector Plots
• Symbolic Plots
• Edit Symbols
• Lock Symbols
• Scatter Plots
• Contour Plots
• Terzaghi Weighting
• Major Planes Plots
• Intersection Plots
• Overlay Plots
• Plot Legends
• View Templates

Toolbar and View Menu Plot Options

The stereonet Presets in the toolbar and View menu act as pre-sets or shortcuts, to quickly set up commonly used plot types (e.g., Pole Plot, Contour Plot, Major Planes, etc).

Sidebar Plot Options

The stereonet Plot Options in the Sidebar give you the maximum flexibility. By selecting the desired check boxes and radio buttons, you can customize the plot display, overlay various plot types and choose the desired Legends items which are displayed.

New Plot View

A new stereonet plot view can be generated at any time by selecting the New Pole Vector Plot option in the Window menu. This will always generate a basic Pole Plot.

Filter Data

If a filter is applied, the display will be immediately updated with the filtered results. The filter applied to the stereonet plot can be toggled using the Filter dropdown in the menu, while the Stereonet Plot View is the active view.