Specifications

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• Tools; 3D Tool, Metadata Tool, Project Explorer and Undo/Redo Tool and
the View/Group Manager Tool.
• Toolbars; Database Tools Bar, Map Tools Bar, Navigation Bar and Standard
Toolbar. Also available with the licensed version, Map Edit Tools Bar,
Polygon Tools Bar and Script Bar.
• Auxiliary Tools: Histograms, Scatter plots, Probability plots and Triplots
(licensed version only).
• File locations displayed in popup dialog when you mouse over item in the
Project Explorer
• Data Description Tool enable users to add description to project items
• Enhanced metadata capabilities enable access to the "Properties" of all items
displayed in the Project Explorer
• Recent Projects & recent Geosoft data files available under File menu
Note: Grids appear in the Project Explorer under "Grids". Opening a grid opens a
view of the grid in its own internal "map". A grid map view is just like a real
map and can accept any graphics that a map can. It can also be saved as a
map, in which case the map will appear in the "Map" section of the project
explorer.
What you need to know about Project files
You require an open project to do any work in Oasis montaj. The project also controls
your working directory. Projects are saved as (*.gpf) files. If you open an existing project
from a directory, the system assumes that your files are located in the specified directory.
To streamline your work, as well as keep it organized, you may want to make sure that
your project is in the same directory as the other files you want to use.
We recommend that each project you work on have its own project (*.gpf) file. If you use
a number of applications or add-on tools in Oasis montaj that have different menus, you
can use the project to display only the menus you require.
Important Note: Workspace files (*.gws) used in Oasis montaj prior to version 6.0 can be
easily converted to Project files (*.gpf) simply by opening them in Oasis
montaj. On the Open Project dialog (File|Project|Open) select File of
Type as “Workspaces (*.gws)” and when asked if you want to convert the
old workspace into a new Oasis montaj project file, select “Yes”. The
workspace file will be converted to a project file and all associated
workspace information will be transferred to the new project file. In
addition, the workspace file will remain untouched so that it can be
opened in previous versions.