Importing Lineations

Lineations containing location information can be imported from files stored on your computer or a network location in the following formats:

  • ASCII Text Files (*.asc)
  • CSV Text Files (*.csv)
  • Data Files (*.dat)
  • Plain Text Files (*.txt)
  • TSV Text Files (*.tsv)

This topic describes importing lineation files that include location information. Downhole lineations can also be imported, as described in Importing Downhole Lineations in the Importing Additional Tables topic.

Lineation data containing location information can be imported from files stored on your computer or a network location. Right-click on the Structural Modelling folder and select Import Lineations > Local. You will be prompted to select a file.

Leapfrog Works expects East (X), North (Y), Elev (Z), Trend and Plunge columns. The Polarity column is optional. The Category column can be used for filtering data once it has been imported.

Click Finish to import the data.

You can also import lineations from Seequent Evo. Right-click on the Structural Modelling folder and select Import Lineations > Seequent Evo. See Importing Data from Seequent Evo.

The lineations will appear in the Structural Modelling folder.

Once the data has been imported, you can add new columns and rows and reload the data, which is described in Updating Tables.