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When the program starts up, a default log (you've specified) is shown. You then click on the part of the log which you would like to edit.A data entry dialog then "pops up" pertaining to the area clicked. In the dialog, you enter new data, make changes, and click "OK." The log is then updated on the screen. This simple interface makes the program easy to learn (2-3 hour learning time), and it makes it easy for those who do not use it regularly to "remember" how to use it when the time comes:

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To speed entering soil and rock descriptions, you may set-up lists of often used description items (each project can have unique lists). To enter descriptions, you simply click on items to have them placed in the description text box, above. You can also use this method as a way of standardizing description entry causing users to be more consistent. 

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The log format is created "on the fly" by listing the column types to be shown from from left to right. You can change this list any time, even after you have entered data. Other logging programs may require format programming which is time consuming and difficult to change later.

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QuickLog includes all the basic column types (USCS, description, sample interval, blow count, well construction, etc.). It also lets you create up to 36 user-defined column types to display virtually any parameter (PID, HNU, Gamma, Resitivity, etc.). Its more advanced columns are multi-parameter graphs, sieve analysis cuttings, and grain size analysis.

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To import log data from a database, you have the database export the data to an ASCII file. QuickLog will read that file and convert it into one or more log files. To export log data, QuickLog can create an ASCII file which can be read by databases.

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1) Quickly Choose Borings for the Cross Section

Once you've created some logs using QuickLog, you can add each one to a cross section list with a click of a button. You can also create a list, without QuickLog, simply by entering boring names with their geological layer information.

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2) Instantly Generate a Basic Cross Section

After two or more borings have been added to a list, you can immediately preview your cross section. At left is a cross section generated from the list above. Each geological layer is marked with its fill pattern abbreviation (ex. SM). In minutes, you have a basic cross section draw perfectly to scale. Accomplishing this task in CAD would take hours.

You also have the option of letting the program connect the geological layers using its artificial intelligence.

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QuickCross/Fence's built-in drawing tools enable you to add layers, lenses, lines, text and symbols. It's like using a CAD program but even more efficient because it places a "node" at each contact point between the layers. To add a new layer or lense, you simply connect nodes. You can also add your own nodes to control how layers pinch out between borings. Click on the samples at left to enlarge.

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4) Generate True 3-D Fence Diagrams

Similar to Using QuickCross, you can use QuickFence to quickly generate a 3-D fence diagram by creating a list of borings with their X,Y locations. You can also rotate the fence diagram.

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5) Create Custom Fill Patterns using any Paint Program

The program includes 65 fill patterns. Each fill pattern is a BMP file which you can open and modify using any paint program. This format enables us (and you) to create a wider variety of fill patterns than a CAD program can offer (since CAD can only use vector fill patterns). To create additional fill patterns, you simply save the BMP files under a new name. Any BMP file can be used as a fill pattern -- you could even take digital photos of your soil samples and use them as fill patterns.