Add files to SEG-Y Scan

In the File module, files that are in a .sgy format are available for scanning.

To prepare SEG-Y Scan for scanning files:

  1. Use one of the following methods to select the files to add to SEG-Y Scan:

    • Click to select one row in the Seismic grid.
    • To select multiple individual rows, press Ctrl while clicking to select.
    • To select multiple consecutive rows, click and drag in the leader column in the grid.

  2. Right-click on a selected row, point to Additional tools and click SEG-Y Scan in the context menu.

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  3. The SEG-Y Template chooser window opens.

  4. When the SEG-Y Template chooser window opens it is in the Basic scanning mode. In this mode, all the files are scanned with the same Trace and EBCDIC templates.

    To configure a scan in Basic mode:

    1. From the template chooser window you can set the following for all files being scanned: create time slice, time slice interval, time section start, scalar override.

  5. Click Advanced to adjust settings for each selected file.

    The Advanced widow is divided into 3 panels:

    • Files:

      This panel displays all the records that have been selected for scanning. Each row represents one record. There are 3 icons available with each record:

      1. Information: When you select this icon a dialogue will open showing the information for the record.

      2. Inspection: Activates the Inspection Process and activates the Quality Control panel. Inspection parses the EBCDIC and Binary Headers and a Trace Header if one is assigned.

      3. Custom Template: Overrides the existing Trace Template on the file. This will force the scan to run the file in custom mode using the override.

    • Details:

      The Panel is divided into 4 tabs:

      1. EBCDIC: Displays the EBCDIC Header in ASCII format.

      2. Binary: Displays the values from the binary header

      3. Standard Template: Provides the standard byte locations. Select the standards to use for reading the data from the SEG-Y File.

        To save the selected standards to use as a template right-click and select Add to template.

        To set an alias to use when generating the spacing and sawtooth validations, right-click and select Set alias and select the alias to use.

      4. Custom Templates: Displays the trace template details based on your selected template.

        It includes the option to Add new or Remove templates from the custom list.

        To save template options to a new template, click the Save drop-down and select Save as new template.

        Edit an existing template by selecting the Pencil icon.

        Select the templates on the list then click Save.

    • Quality Control:

      The panel is divided into 4 sections:

    1. Grid: The grid displays the trace data from the SEG-Y based on the selected standard and custom templates. The values in this grid are used to generate the spacing and sawtooth charts.

    2. Spacing: Click Calculate to view the spacing on a graph

    3. Sawtooth: Click Generate to see a graphical representation. Use the Data Range slider to change the number of traces being used.

    4. LTO Sample: click Generate to create the sample. To clear the panel, click Clear.

In the File module, files that are in a .sgy format are available for scanning.

To prepare SEG-Y Scan for scanning files:

  1. Use one of the following methods to select the files to add to SEG-Y Scan:

    • Click to select one row in the grid.
    • To select multiple individual rows, press Ctrl while clicking to select.
    • To select multiple consecutive rows, click and drag in the leader column in the grid.

  2. Right-click on a selected row, point to Additional tools and click SEG-Y Scan in the context menu.

  3. The SEG-Y Template chooser window opens.

  4. When the SEG-Y Template chooser window opens it is in the Basic scanning mode. In this mode, all the files are scanned with the same Trace and EBCDIC templates.

    To configure a scan in Basic mode:

    1. Select the Trace Template from the drop-down list.

    2. Select the EBCDIC Template from the drop-down.

      In some environments, this field may be optional.

  5. Click Advanced adjust settings for each selected file.

    The Advanced widow is divided into 3 panels:

    • Files:

      This panel displays all the records that have been selected for scanning. Each row represents one record. There are 3 icons available with each record:

      1. Information: When you select this icon a dialogue will open showing the information for the record.

      2. Inspection: Activates the Inspection Process and activates the Quality Control panel. Inspection parses the EBCDIC and Binary Headers and a Trace Header if one is assigned.

      3. Custom Template: Overrides the existing Trace Template on the file. This will force the scan to run the file in custom mode using the override.

    • Details:

      The Panel is broken into 4 tabs:

      1. EBCDIC: Displays the EBCDIC Header in ASCII format.

      2. Binary: Displays the values from the binary header

      3. Standard Template: Provides the standard byte locations. Select the standards to use for reading the data from the SEG-Y File.

        To save the selected standards to use as a template right-click and select Add to template.

        To set an alias to use when generating the spacing and sawtooth validations, right-click and select Set alias and select the alias to use.

      4. Custom Templates: Displays the trace template details based on your selected template.

        It includes the option to Add new or Remove templates from the custom list.

        To save template options to a new template, click the Save drop-down and select Save as new template.

        Edit an existing template by selecting the Pencil icon.

        Select the templates on the list then click Save.

    • Quality Control:

      The panel is divided into 4 sections:

    1. Grid: The grid displays the trace data from the SEG-Y based on the selected standard and custom templates. The values in this grid are used to generate the spacing and sawtooth charts.

    2. Spacing: Click Calculate to view the spacing on a graph

    3. Sawtooth: Click Generate to see a graphical representation. Use the Data Range slider to change the number of traces being used.

    4. LTO Sample: click Generate to create the sample. To clear the panel, click Clear.

In the File module, files that are in a .sgy format are available for scanning.

To prepare SEG-Y Scan for scanning files:

  1. Use one of the following methods to select the files to add to SEG-Y Scan:

    • Click to select one row in the grid.
    • To select multiple individual rows, press Ctrl while clicking to select.
    • To select multiple consecutive rows, click and drag in the leader column in the grid.

  2. Right-click on a selected row, point to Additional tools and click SEG-Y Scan in the context menu.

  3. The SEG-Y Template chooser window opens.

  4. When the SEG-Y Template chooser window opens it is in the Basic scanning mode. In this mode, all the files are scanned with the same Trace and EBCDIC templates.

    To configure a scan in Basic mode:

    1. Select the Trace Template from the drop-down list.

    2. Select the EBCDIC Template from the drop-down.

  5. Click Advanced adjust settings for each selected file.

    The Advanced widow is divided into 3 panels:

    • Files:

      This panel displays all the records that have been selected for scanning. Each row represents one record. There are 3 icons available with each record:

      1. Information: When you select this icon a dialogue will open showing the information for the record.

      2. Inspection: Activates the Inspection Process and activates the Quality Control panel. Inspection parses the EBCDIC and Binary Headers and a Trace Header if one is assigned.

      3. Custom Template: Overrides the existing Trace Template on the file. This will force the scan to run the file in custom mode using the override.

    • Details:

      The Panel is broken into 4 tabs:

      1. EBCDIC: Displays the EBCDIC Header in ASCII format.

      2. Binary: Displays the values from the binary header

      3. Standard Template: Provides the standard byte locations. Select the standards to use for reading the data from the SEG-Y File.

        To save the selected standards to use as a template right-click and select Add to template.

        To set an alias to use when generating the spacing and sawtooth validations, right-click and select Set alias and select the alias to use.

      4. Custom Templates: Displays the trace template details based on your selected template.

        It includes the option to Add new or Remove templates from the custom list.

        To save template options to a new template, click the Save drop-down and select Save as new template.

        Edit an existing template by selecting the Pencil icon.

        Select the templates on the list then click Save.

    • Quality Control:

      The panel is divided into 4 sections:

    1. Grid: The grid displays the trace data from the SEG-Y based on the selected standard and custom templates. The values in this grid are used to generate the spacing and sawtooth charts.

    2. Spacing: Click Calculate to view the spacing on a graph

    3. Sawtooth: Click Generate to see a graphical representation. Use the Data Range slider to change the number of traces being used.

    4. LTO Sample: click Generate to create the sample. To clear the panel, click Clear.

To start the scan process, refer to Starting SEG-Y Scan.