Project Explorer - Grid Tools

The Project Explorer provides a set of tools for managing individual and multiple grids.

Create a Grid, Open Multiple Grids, Import from Seequent Evo, Remove all Grids

To access these options, select (highlight) the Grids node in the Project Explorer, then right-click and choose the desired action from the context menu.

  • New Grid: If no database is open in your project, selecting this option will display the Open Database to Process dialog. Choose a database to create a grid from a channel, then proceed to the Grid Data dialog to generate a grid using the available gridding methods.
  • Open Grids: Displays the Add New Grid(s) dialog, allowing you to add grids to the current project.
  • Import from Seequent Evo: Opens the Import from Seequent Evo dialog, where grids and other supported datasets can be imported from a Seequent Evo workspace into the project.

    This option is available only if you are signed in with your Bentley account and your subscription includes Seequent Evo entitlements. It remains disabled if you are not connected to a Seequent Evo instance or assigned to a workspace within the instance.

  • Remove All Grids: Removes all grids from the current project without deleting the grid files from their location.

    Grids imported from Seequent Evo or published to Seequent Evo will lose their Evo reference upon removal. If re-added, they will remain unlinked from Seequent Evo and will no longer display the Seequent Evo icon.

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    Find, Remove, Rename, Delete, View Properties or Metadata of a Grid, Publish Grid to Seequent Evo, Export a Grid to OMF, Upload a Grid to Central

    To perform additional grid-related tasks, expand the Grids node in the Project Explorer, select (highlight) the grid name, right-click, and choose an option from the menu.

  • Find: Available when the grid’s source file is missing. The grid will appear in grey with a warning icon. Use this option to locate the missing file via the browse dialog. See Missing Data Files for more details.
  • Remove from Project: Removes the grid from the project without deleting the grid file from the file location.

    A grid imported from Seequent Evo or published to Seequent Evo will lose its Evo reference once removed from the project. If added back to the project, it will remain unlinked and will no longer display the Seequent Evo icon.

  • Open File Location: Opens Windows File Explorer to the grid file’s storage location.
  • Reload Latest from Seequent Evo: Updates the selected grid—marked with a blue status indicator — to its most recent version in Seequent Evo. Once successfully updated, the status indicator and its corresponding context menu option are removed. For further details, refer to the Reload from Seequent Evo section in Import from Seequent Evo.

    This option appears when a new version of the grid's counterpart is released in Seequent Evo. You must be signed in with your Bentley account and connected to the Evo instance where the geoscience object is stored.

  • Unlink from Seequent Evo: Removes the Evo reference from the selected grid, which is marked with a red status indicator . Once unlinked, the grid will no longer display the Seequent Evo icon. The status indicator and its corresponding context menu option are removed once the grid is successfully unlinked. For further details, refer to the Unlink from Seequent Evo section in Import from Seequent Evo.

    This option appears if the grid's counterpart in Seequent Evo is no longer available (e.g., the geoscience object has been recycled from the workspace, the workspace has been deleted, or you no longer have access to it). To access this option, ensure you are signed in with your Bentley account and connected to the Evo instance where the geoscience object was removed.

  • Colour Tool: Opens the Colour Tool dialog, enabling you to interactively edit the colour display of your grid and experiment with different colour configurations. Image grids are not supported.

    • You can select multiple grids and apply the same colour scheme and colour distribution to all selected grids. The Colour Tool will then open, allowing you to further revise the colour display and apply the changes simultaneously to all your selected data.

  • Properties: Displays the Grid Properties dialog. Click the Stats button to view the Grid Statistics, and click the Modify button to change the grid properties.
  • Metadata: Opens the Metadata Viewer for reviewing and editing metadata.
  • Publish to Seequent Evo: Opens the Publish to Seequent Evo dialog, enabling the selected grid and other datasets to be published to a Seequent Evo workspace.

    • This option is available only if you are signed in with your Bentley account and your subscription includes Seequent Evo entitlements. It remains disabled if you are not connected to a Seequent Evo instance or assigned to a workspace within the instance.

  • Export to OMF: Opens the Export Project to OMF dialog. The selected grid, along with any other grids, voxels, and geosurfaces from your current project, can then be saved as an OMF file.
  • Upload to Central: Opens the Upload to Central dialog to upload selected grid and associated files (.xml, .gi) to a Central project.
  • Rename: Renames the grid in both the project and its physical storage location. Any associated auxiliary files (.xml, .gi) will also be renamed simultaneously.
  • Delete: Removes the grid from the project's workspace and permanently deletes the grid file along with its associated files from storage.

    • The action also removes the grid layer from all related unpacked 2D or 3D documents (e.g., plan or section maps, 3D views) within the current workspace.

    Deleting a grid that defines a relief surface in a 3D view will remove the entire surface from the 3D view, including any associated groups.

    Deleting a grid that defines a section or crooked section in a 3D view will remove the entire section from the 3D view, along with its associated groups.

    Deleting a grid linked to a colour bar group in a 2D map will remove the group from the BASE view of the map.