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Contents
SKUA

and GOCAD

2011.2 Patch 2
Paradigm2011.2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
New Features and Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Foundation Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Data Importing and Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Sharing Data with Epos

-Enabled Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Map, Cross Section, and Well Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SKUA Structure and SKUA Stratigraphy and Fault Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interpretation Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Well Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Facies Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Flow Simulation Grid (SKUA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Production Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixed Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Foundation Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Data Importing and Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sharing Data with Epos-Enabled Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Map, Cross Section, and Well Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SKUA Structure and SKUA Stratigraphy and Fault Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Interpretation Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Well Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reservoir Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Flow Simulation Grid (SKUA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Known Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Supported Operating Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Release Notes 1 SKUA

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Overview
SKUA

2011.2 Patch 2 Paradigm2011.2 and GOCAD

2011.2 Patch 2 Paradigm2011.2 introduce

enhancements and fix problems in these modules:
Foundation Modeling
Map, Cross Section, and Well Section
SKUA Structure
SKUA Stratigraphy and Fault Analysis
Interpretation Modeling
Well Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis
Reservoir Properties
Facies Modeling
Flow Simulation Grid (SKUA Only)
Production Data Analysis
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New Features and Enhancements
Foundation Modeling
When you update a template from a local style, you are now given the choice of whether to keep or override
local styles for other objects that use the template.
Changes you make to the columns in a drop-down list are now retained the next time you open the drop-down
list.
When you edit local marker sets, you can now apply your changes to multiple markers and marker sets at the
same time. (To access the Edit Marker Sets command: from the Objects browser, right-click the markerset
category for a well and select Edit Local Marker Sets.)
In the Macro Editor, it is now easier for you to locate scripting errors from the Macro Sequence tab. For
example, text within quotation marks is now highlighted (as purple text), and variables are highlighted (as bold
text) only if they appear without quotation marks.
You can now copy a Macro Player workflow by right-clicking the workflow in the Scenarios browser and
selecting Copy.
When you record a macro by using Record (Commands Inactive) (on the Command Recorder toolbar),
you can now leave all command parameters undefined.
Data Importing and Exporting
In SKUA, when you export a flow simulation grid to ECLIPSE, the command now automatically exports the
MAPAXES keyword (which specifies the local coordinate system for the grid), unless you change the setting.
You can find this setting by selecting File > Export > SGrid > ECLIPSE > ASCII and then clicking the
Advanced tab in the dialog box.
When you import objects from a project, the dialog box now includes the object name, scenario, domain, and
user to better differentiate between the objects.
When you import micro-seismic data, you can now use the Time toolbar to display events by date and time.
Sharing Data with Epos

-Enabled Applications
The following items apply when you run SKUA from the Paradigm Session Manager.
From the Epos repository, you can now open facies logs as discrete logs when the classification information for
the log was previously saved to Epos by using the File > Save Discrete Log command and when the
corresponding classification exists in the session when you load the log. You can also now save discrete logs
to the Epos repository.
The File > Reload Wells command now resets the logs in StratEarth. (Logs that were activated in Epos since
the initial loading are loaded in StratEarth, whereas any logs that were deactivated are removed.)
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When using the File > More Open Options > Open Logs command, you can now open multiple logs from
Epos at one time.
You can now configure SKUA to automatically send any marker changes made in SKUA back to Epos so that
the updated markers are immediately available to other listening Epos-enabled applications. To enable marker
synchronization, click the arrow ( ) next to Listen for events from Epos on the toolbar and select Save
modified markers automatically.
In a multi-survey project, when you save SKUA horizons and faults to Epos, you can now save to surveys or
projects.
SKUA now supports customized Epos well symbols.
You can now use the Wells > Tools > Simplify Discrete Logs command to create, edit, and simplify discrete
log classifications that you open from Epos.
SKUA now correctly displays Epos projects that use negative z-scaling.
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Map, Cross Section, and Well Section
Performance has been significantly improved when you display a large number of well tracks and pillars in well
sections (see Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 Performance improvements
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You can now display well tracks (log, scale, interval, stratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, schematics, and image)
in a cross section along projected well paths. For an example, see Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 Projected well tracks
You can now control the transparency of log tracks (see Fig. 2).
You can now overlay adjacent well tracks. In a well section view or in the Wells browser, right-click the track
that you want to overlay on the track immediately to the left, and then select Style Editor to open the styles for
the track. Then select the Overlay box. For an example of track overlay, see Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 Before and after track overlay
No overlay With overlay
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You can now display logs with linear and logarithmic scales in the same log track, with a choice of displaying
either linear or logarithmic grid lines in the track. For more information, see Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 Selecting scale type for a track
In a cross section view, the Pillar browser in Display Elements is now called the Wells and Pillars browser
and now works with projected well tracks.
In a well section, you can now zoom in on an area of interest by using Box Zoom .
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You can now display the map distance between wells at the top of a well section. For an example, see Fig. 5.
Fig. 5 Distance between wells at the top of a well section
You can now create an alias for well names (Well commands > Tools > Well Constants > Rename Well from
Alias).
Automatic horizontal scrolling has been enabled while in horizon interpretation mode in a cross section view.
When you move the pointer to the edge of the view, the view now automatically scrolls in the direction of the
pointer.
You can now limit the extent of the tracks displayed for a well in a cross section. Previously, the view
automatically displayed tracks along the full extent of the well path, limited only by the height of the cross
section view. You can change this setting in the styles for projected tracks associated with a well under the
Limits area.
You can now control the transparency of a log fill so that you partially view the data beneath the fill. In the Wells
browser or Wells and Pillars browser, right-click the log and select Log Style Editor.
The display of scale track value increments has been improved.
In cross section views, you can now pick markers and use Drag and Drop Log and Marker by Ghosting
on projected wells.
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SKUA Structure and SKUA Stratigraphy and Fault Analysis
Modeling Fault Network
You can now specify the vertical resolution to use when building the fault network. You can also use Guess
Resolution Distance from Data . For the vertical resolution, the guessed value is based on the vertical
scale of the 3D Viewer.
You can now switch the branching fault to the other side of the main fault. To access this feature, in the Fault
Editor, click the Contact tab, and then click Switch Branching Fault Side.
Note: In this version a known limitation is that the switch is not preserved if you rebuild the fault network. For
example, after you do the following actions:
Delete the Fault Network object manually
Modify the volume of interest (VOI)
Change the areal or vertical resolution
Add, move, or remove fault markers
Modeling Horizons
The interface of the Modeling Horizons task has been redesigned (see Fig. 6) to provide the following:
Direct access to the horizon input data editing tools
Better presentation of the preview and build options
Better presentation of the workflow state (it is now easier to distinguish between horizons not yet built,
previewed horizons, and built horizons)
Better overview of input data when you select the horizon, which allows you to filter horizons according to their
sequence or input data, for instance
Improved documentation and instructions in the interface to help you identify issues and clean data (see the
section in the Help To troubleshoot horizon problems)
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Fig. 6 Modeling Horizons task in the Structure and Stratigraphy Workflow
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Honoring Well Data
SKUA now detects when a well crosses a fault network surface without a fault marker. To ensure that the
horizon markers are on the proper fault side, in the Issue Report table, SKUA now proposes these fixes:
Use an automatic command that bends the fault away from the well path.
Use the surface reshaping tool to manually drag the surface away from the path.
You can also choose to ignore this issue.
When you reshape a fault surface, SKUA now considers the presence of fault markers. It automatically
reduces the area of influence to ensure the surface is fit to the fault marker.
The Faulted-Out missing marker status is now supported for both well data fitting options (Constrained by
distance and Adapt to mismatch options in the Honoring Well Data task). The supported missing marker
statuses are shown in the following table.
Miscellaneous
When you switch from one Structure and Stratigraphy workflow to another, SKUA updates the display of
ignored regions.
In the Issue Report table, after you click Show to highlight the areas associated with a reported issue (shown
in the 3D Viewer with red balls), you can now hide the red balls by clicking Show again.
The Validate button for faults, fault contacts, and horizons has been renamed Flag Feature. The flag is not
removed when you recompute the feature. As in previous releases, flagging does not "freeze" a feature or
have any other affect on the SKUA model. Flagging is a record-keeping tool. You can flag features for any
purpose, for example, to indicate the feature includes picked interpretation data.
Interpretation Modeling
The flatten view (in the Viewer task of the Interpretation Modeling Workflow, under Display flatten views to
use for interpreting) is now available again.
The unit above the top horizon is now added to the stratigraphic column that is automatically computed by the
Interpretation Modeling Workflow.
Missing Marker Status Constrained by Distance Adapt to Mismatch
Unpicked No, not supported Yes
Unreached Yes Yes
Eroded Yes Yes
Baselap Yes Yes
Faulted out Yes Yes
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We improved the performance when interpreting in the flatten view.
In the Compute Attributes task of the Interpretation Modeling Workflow, you can now compute the following
curvature attributes (located on the Geometric tab):
strike curvature
contour curvature
curvedness
shape index
Well Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis
Keyboard shortcuts for selecting, activating, and moving markers have been added to streamline marker
correlation:
In a cross section, you can now draw a facies interpretation in the panel area of a cross section view, between
wells or pillars. (On the Facies Interpretation toolbar, click Create Interpretation .)
In well sections and cross sections, you can now display the name of the Epos marker set with the markers in
log tracks.
Shortcut Description
A
Enable the Create Marker digitization tool (on the Well Picks toolbar) for adding a marker
of the selected name.
S Select the marker at the location of the pointer in the view.
M
Enable Move Marker (on the Well Picks toolbar) for moving a marker.
D Delete the marker at the location of the pointer in the view.
G
Enable Drag and Drop Log and Marker by Ghosting (on the Well Picks toolbar).
F Flatten (or unflatten) the view. With the focus of the pointer in the well section view, press F to
turn on or off flattening at the last flattened marker.
F10 Fit to view.
F11 Turn on or off full screen view.
HOME
Switch the view to that saved as the Home View (on the View toolbar).
CTRL+A Select the name of the marker at the location of the pointer in the view and enable Create
Marker (on the Well Picks toolbar) for adding a marker with the selected name.
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Facies Modeling
In the Multiple Point Statistics Workflow, when you run a facies simulation with a search template that is larger than
the training image, the workflow now automatically reduces the search template to the maximum possible size and
continues the simulation. Previously, the workflow presented an error message, which stopped the simulation.
Flow Simulation Grid (SKUA Only)
You now select only the highlighted units (Fig. 7) when you specify which units to include in the flow simulation
grid, and the interface now prevents you from selecting non-contiguous units (Fig. 8).
Fig. 7 Selecting highlighted units in the SKUA Flow Simulation Grid Workflow
Fig. 8 Selecting non-contiguous units in the SKUA Flow Simulation Grid Workflow
In previous versions of SKUA, you could choose to ensure that all cells intersected by the well paths were in
the proper fault blocks (on the correct side of the fault). SKUA now performs this task automatically. However,
a known limitation in this version is that an exact fit to fault markers is still not ensured.
Production Data Analysis
Plotting production data is now up to four times faster.
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Fixed Problems
Foundation Modeling
In SKUA, when you create a region from a closed polygon for a geologic grid, the region geometry is now
computed correctly.
Note: In this version, regions may still appear incorrect, especially near faults, due to a known issue with the
display of regions.
When you import well logs in LAS format or from column-based files, no-data values are now set correctly.
When you copy a surface and select the option to copy regions, the copied regions are no longer empty.
Data Importing and Exporting
Charisma format fault sticks are now imported correctly. Fault sticks were sometimes imported incorrectly if they
were first exported to Charisma format by a third-party program.
Sharing Data with Epos-Enabled Applications
The following items apply when you run SKUA from the Paradigm Session Manager.
When you access the command to save a SKUA model to the Epos project by right-clicking the model in the
3D Viewer, the command now works. Previously, the command worked only when accessed from the File
menu or by right-clicking the model in the Objects browser.
When you access the command to save a SKUA horizon grid to the Epos project by right-clicking the grid in
the 3D Viewer or the Objects browser, the command now works. Previously the command worked only when
accessed from the File menu.
When you import logs from Epos, the original log units are now retained.
When you save markers to Epos, markers are now saved along with their associated feature information.
When you save a well, which was originally opened from an Epos project, to a file in GOCAD ASCII format, the
well is now properly reloaded when you reopen the file.
When you save or send objects, such as interpreted horizons or faults, to 3D Canvas:
For objects interpreted or created from a single survey, the commands now automatically save the objects
to the correct survey in the Epos project.
For objects interpreted from multiple surveys or objects with no specified survey, the commands now include
a selector for you to specify the data server (an Epos project or survey).
Note: If the objects were interpreted from multiple surveys and you do not specify the data server, the data
server is automatically set as the Epos project.
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In a cross section or well section view, when you display markers across log tracks along with the name of the
Epos marker set (by selecting the Show original marker set option on the Markers page, in the Style dialog
box for a well track), and then you:
Copy markers by using Drag and Drop Log and Marker by Ghosting (on the Well Picks toolbar), the
new markers are now properly assigned to features.
Save markers back to the Epos project, the marker set name is no longer appended to the names of the
markers.
Map, Cross Section, and Well Section
In a cross section view, the box zoom now remains centered on the selected area.
When you select Fit to View, the view now fits perfectly inside the window.
The Style dialog box for a well in a cross section view no longer has obsolete settings.
The button for picking wells in the 3D Viewer to create a well section now works correctly.
Changes to the minimum and maximum log scale values in the Style Editor are now retained the next time you
open the Style Editor.
The well section scale and the scale for a track are now aligned when you display them in the same vertical
domain.
Pointer tracking between the 3D Viewer and a cross section view with seismic displayed now works properly.
In a well section, the fill color used for a log no longer leaks below the well total depth.
Well tracks and pillars in cross section views now retain their size when you select Fit to View and then save
and reopen the project.
In well sections with many wells, when you turn off some of the wells, extra space no longer appears in the
remaining well tracks and pillars.
The File > Export > View > CGM from 3D Viewer command now works only with 3D Viewers, as expected,
and you can use the new File > Export > View > CGM from 2D Viewer command to export 2D views.
Previously, the CGM from 3D Viewer command displayed 2D Viewers in the list and did not export 2D views
correctly.
The scale track ticks and depth labels now use the same vertical increment.
When you select Edit > Reporting Unit Preferences, the dialog box now opens. Previously, you could open
the dialog box only from the Data tab by showing the Templates browser, right-clicking a reporting unit
template, and selecting Edit.
In a well section view, when you change the domain, flatten, unflatten, move a marker, or close and reopen the
view, the displayed depth interval no longer shifts vertically to a shallower level, and the zoom factor is
maintained.
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SKUA Structure and SKUA Stratigraphy and Fault Analysis
Input Data
Well lists for the wells you select in the Selecting Data: Horizons task are now published in the Lists browser
and are available in commands. These lists are protected; you cannot edit or delete them while the workflow
exists.
Intraformational interpretation data for horizons is now properly ignored when deselected in the Selecting Data:
Horizons task.
Fault Network Modeling
If you edit a fault marker (by adding, deleting, or moving a fault marker, or changing the fault feature for the
marker), the fault network is now properly rebuilt to include this change when you do the change within the
workflow (on the Workflows tab with the Structure and Stratigraphy Workflow opened).
The Fault Editor includes the following changes:
When you change a fault contact type, the fault extension is no longer modified.
Now, when you rebuild the fault outline, the command no longer recreates any contacts that you added by
using the Add Branching tool.
Redrawing a branching contact line now automatically changes the contact status to Edited.
Updating the fault network no longer uses the Global rebuild options. It preserves all contact types and all
extensions. The Global rebuild options are now used only when you click Build Fault Network.
For information about known limitations related to preserving fault contacts, see Known Limitations on page 18.
Building Fault Blocks
Unknown fault contacts no longer prevent SKUA from building the fault blocks.
Fault block construction has been significantly improved to reduce reported failures. However, there are still
known issues in which fault block construction is not always successful for all fault configurations and
resolutions. Further improvements are planned for future releases.
Modeling Horizons
SKUA has been improved to better manage insufficient data in a fault block:
When you select the Horizons bounding uneven thickness units option, and there is not enough data to
build the horizon correctly, SKUA now creates an issue report with proposed fixes.
When there is not enough data in a fault block (for example, only one marker) to constrain a horizon, the
horizon geometry is now flat, rather than tilted, and SKUA displays a warning in the Terminal.
Note: This configuration occurs more frequently when you preview individual horizons than when you build all
horizons.
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Honoring Well Data
Numerous fixes have been done to improve the fit of horizons to well data, especially when the model contains
several sequences.
Note: However, when a marker is very close to a fault, the marker is still ignored when honoring well data. A
resolution to this limitation is planned for a future release.
Miscellaneous
If the only data you have is well markers, Guess the vertical extension of the VOI now works correctly.
Ignored points from SKUA versions earlier than 2011 are now properly reset when clicking Reset all points.
Select Shown in the Structure and Stratigraphy Workflow now works correctly.
Interpretation Modeling
You can now drag and drop an object to a geologic feature in the Workflow Objects browser of the
Interpretation Modeling Workflow.
You can now access the context menu for SKUA objects in the 3D Viewer when in restricted mode.
Fault surfaces are now displayed properly in the flatten view.
Well Correlation and Stratigraphic Analysis
Digitizing curves on cross sections is now working properly. Previously, the digitization was not working
correctly because the curves were projected instead of being in the plane of the cross section.
In a marker track, you can now display individual marker sets, rather than only the active marker set.
When you flatten the view at multiple markers, the markers and correlations are now correctly offset, and the
solid painting is now correct when some of the markers are not assigned to horizons or markers are missing.
SKUA now more easily accommodates missing markers and displays a warning message if the markers are
not present or not assigned to horizon features.
Moving and editing markers in a well section is now working when in flatten mode.
Note: You cannot edit the flattened marker.
In a cross section or well section view, when you copy a marker from one well to another by using Drag and
Drop Log and Marker by Ghosting (on the Well Picks toolbar), the command no longer creates a
temporary duplicate of the marker name in the view.
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Reservoir Properties
In the Reservoir Properties Workflow, you can now specify the simulation domain for a property by selecting region
names that contain spaces.
Flow Simulation Grid (SKUA Only)
When you build the flow simulation grid, fault faces are now properly allocated to fault subsets to prevent holes
in the flow simulation grid.
Fitting unconformable horizons to well markers (the Fit to well markers option in the Build the Flow Simulation
Grid task) is no longer causing holes in the flow simulation grid.
Note:
We recommend that you also fit the structural model to well markers before you build the flow simulation grid.
A large mismatch between markers and horizons can cause degenerated cells when you perform the fitting.
Fitting faults to markers is not supported in this version.
SKUA no longer displays error messages for each marker when building the flow simulation grid if you select
the Fit to well marker option and there are ignored missing units.
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Known Limitations
The following include known limitations and recommendations related to preserving fault contacts in the SKUA
Structure and Stratigraphy Workflow.
SKUA preserves only the contact type, as long as the contact continues to exist. A contact may no longer be
present for several reasons, for example, due to a change to the smoothing level or a reduction in the outline
extension.
If you delete the fault network either manually or by rebuilding the volume of interest, no editing is preserved.
When the fault network must be rebuilt or you recompute fault geometry, some edits cannot be preserved
depending on the action that initiates the rebuild or recomputation. Table 1, "Preserving fault edits" shows
which changes are preserved when you click Build Fault Network with the Keep all contact types and Keep
edited extensions options selected. Improvements in this area are planned for future versions.
We recommend that you edit the input data so that it reflects the final fault geometry and contacts, such as by
specifying which data to consider and which to ignore. For example:
The branching side computed by the workflow depends on the input data geometry; therefore, ignoring the
data on the wrong side of the fault should ensure that the branching side remains correct when recomputed.
If you added a contact by using the Add Branching tool, this contact may not be preserved if you recompute
the fault extension. Picking data near the contact and adding it to the workflow may preserve this contact
during a recomputation of fault extensions.
Table 1 Preserving fault edits
Rebuilding the fault
network by
changing this item
Preserves editing of these items
Input
data
Extension
Contact
types
Redrawn contact
line
Reshaped
surface
Switched
branching
side
Fault network
resolution
Yes Yes (edited
extensions only)
Yes No No No
Fault smoothing
level
Yes Yes (edited
extensions only)
Yes Partial
(A redrawn contact
line is used as input
data. A perfect fit is
not ensured.)
No Yes
Connection
distance
Yes Yes (edited
extensions only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Supported Operating Systems
SKUA

2011.2 Patch 2 and GOCAD

2011.2 Patch 2 are supported on:

Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise edition (32 and 64 bit)
Microsoft Windows Vista

Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition (32 and 64 bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (32 bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit) and 5 (64 bit)
IMPORTANT We recommend that you use 64-bit platforms when possible. The application might stop responding if
you work on datasets larger than 1.2 GB on Windows 32-bit computers.
For more information about system requirements and complete installation information, download the Installation
Guide from the Paradigm Customer Support site at www.pdgm.com/support (Downloads & Documentation
tab).
SKUA

and GOCAD

Paradigm2011
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