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# Example Files

Various example files are installed with the Dips program. They demonstrate the wide range of problems which can be analyzed with Dips. The example files can be accessed by selecting File > Recent Folders > Examples Folder from the Dips main menu.

NOTE: these sample data files are intended for use in training and education only. They should not be used as data sets for research!

EXAMPLE.DIP

This useful example file contains only 40 data entries, and is a good starting point for demonstrations of Dips features. The file includes traverses, mixed orientation formats (using traverses), oriented core data, quantity column, extra columns, and declination. This file is used in Tutorial 01 (Quick Start Tutorial), Tutorial 02 (Creating a Dips File) and Tutorial 03 (Sets, Planes, Query).

EXAMPMIN.DIP

This file contains 195 data points and illustrates the minimum column and header configuration for a Dips file – no traverses, orientation columns only, no extra columns or quantity column. Use this as a guide for plotting orientations only.

EXAMPPIT.DIP

This file contains structural data from an open pit mine. It includes a Planar Traverse for bias correction (weighted Contour Plot), and has Extra Columns for discontinuity spacing, length, type, shape and surface. This file is used in Tutorial 04 (Planar Sliding, Wedge Sliding, Toppling).

EXAMPROS.DIP

This file contains data from an underground mine haulage tunnel and stope access drifts. There are five linear (tunnel) traverses and a total of 215 measurements. This file is ideal for illustrating the use of the Rosette Plot in Dips.

EXAMPCAV.DIP

This file contains 324 joint measurements (orientations only) measured in the backs (roofs) of pilot excavations for a power cavern.

EXAMPFLD.DIP

This file contains 175 data points collected at a road cut. The data defines a series of joints and bedding which have been folded, and is a good example file for demonstrating the Fold Analysis option.

EXAMPBHQ.DIP

This file contains 650 measurements from 2 oriented borehole cores. In addition to relative borehole joint orientations, intact segment lengths and NGI JA and JR measurements are given. This file is used in Tutorial 05 (Oriented Core and Rock Mass Classification).

EXAMPSTR.DIP

This file contains principal stress data obtained from 20 CSIRO cells in an underground research cavern. This file is meant to illustrate alternative uses for Dips (other than joint data) and to illustrate the variation in magnitude and direction of stress data (use the Chart and Add Set Window options).

EXAMCLIN.DIP

This file illustrates the use of the Clinorule Traverse option in Dips.