N. Workflows

Owned by Erlend Kvinnesland
Last updated: Sept 23, 2013
3 min read

Introduction

A workflow in Geocap is a way of combining datasets and actions or visualizations in sequence to produce visualizations, movements and powerpoint style 3D presentations.

Exercises:

Exercise

Examine the workflows provided in the Course B1 project

  1. Click File > Open > Workflow, and browse to the Course B1 folder, then open the the sub-folder called workflows.
  2. Double click on the file called Seismic and reservoir models - course B1.gwf to open it, or single click to highlight it and then click, Open. This will open the workflow window below the project.
  3. Examine the contents of the workflow items by clicking on the triangles next to the root folders.
  4. Click on the Go to first executable element  icon and then click on the Execute next element  icon.
  5. Click on the Execute next element  icon again and notice everything in the 01 Image map on terrain folder will be displayed along with a short flight tour (animation).

  6. Continue clicking on the Execute next element  icon until you reach the end of the workflow and observe how different elements of the Course B1 project are displayed.

Note that you may also execute each element one at a time by right clicking on the command and choosing Execute, see the image below.



In the next exercise we will create a workflow that displays seabed and land and some important lines from the project.

Exercise

Create a new workflow

  1. Click File > New > Workflow. Then a browser pops up.
  2. The workflow is saved as a single file on disk with file extension *.gwf, (Geocap Work Flow). A good idea may be to create a folder in your project folder called Workflows and put the workflow there.
  3. After you have created the workflow it should open up empty under your project window.
  4. Press the New Element icon to create the first entry. That may also be achieved by a right-click New Element.
  5. Select the Display  command found in the Commands folder and click OK.
  6. Right-click the Display  command in the workflow and select Edit. 
  7. In the panel pops up you will see a section for Project Input. In your project select the dataset you want the command to execute on and click the button.
  8. Choose the display settings you like (color, glue to surface or not, etc.) and click OK.
  9. In order to keep your workflow organized it is recommended to change the name of the newly added commands from Display to something more descriptive like, Display Coastline Yellow which is done by right clicking the command and choosing Rename.
  10. Commands may also be copied from the Toolbox and pasted into the workflow. Right click the Map sea command in the Toolbox and select Copy . (It should be located under Schema Commands if you have selected a Seabed Surface.)
  11. Click the Paste button in the workflow. It should open in edit mode with the selected dataset as input. Click OK if you are happy with the settings.
  12. Remember to save the workflow by clicking
  13. Try to run the workflow