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There were 276 questions found in this category:
 How can I save and load different project defaults in SET files?
You can save different default settings to different file names and open each file in the File | Preferences | Dialog Defaults (Surfer 8 and previous) or Tools | Options | Advanced (Surfer 9). To do this: Locate the surfer.set file in the Surfer installation directory. Copy the surfer.set file ...
- How can I export a contour map to a 3D DXF file and display it in AutoCAD in 3D?
To export a 3D DXF file and display the 3D surface in AutoCAD, follow these steps: Create a contour map by going to Map | New | Contour Map, selecting your grid file and clicking Open. The contour map is created. You can double click on the contour map and adjust the contour interval if you w ...
- How do I overlay surface maps in a block diagram without the base colors mixing together (stitching)?
The stitching is caused when the extents of the overlaid grid files are exactly the same. The solid bases are drawn on top of each other and intermingle. Offset the upper layers inward in the X and Y directions so the base surfaces do not overlap. You can do this a number of ways: 1. Grid the da ...
- How do I create a block diagram in Surfer like the one shown on your web site and brochure?
Create surface maps from grids of each of the layers. Overlay the surface maps, enable the Show Base option, and specify a different fill color for each layer. Please see attached screenshot for a progression of the maps. For an example, please see attached GRD files and SRF file. Grid | Math ...
- Can I stack/overlay 2D concentration contour maps at their respective elevations?
Q. I would like to create a series of stacked grids that contain contoured groundwater data taken from a constant elevation across a site. How can I bring the contour maps together into a single block style diagram with a imposed Z axis that reflects elevation rather than chemcial concentration ...
- How are the default scale and other parameters calculated for the variogram model listed in the Kriging Advanced Options dialog?
Q: How are the default scale and other parameters calculated for the variogram model listed after going to Grid | Data, selecting Kriging as the gridding method, and clicking on the Advanced Options button? A: The default parameters for Slope and Anisotropy are set to 1. Use the Grid | Variogra ...
- Do you have more information about using variograms in Surfer?
For more information about variograms, please download the variogram tutorial in PDF format. The tutorial PDF is also attached to this Knowledge Base article (see link below in Attachments section).
- How can I use SDTS DEM data from the USGS to create a Surfer map?
To use SDTS DEM data from the USGS in Surfer: In Surfer 8 and 9, you can use the new format USGS SDTS Digital Elevation Model files [.DDF] in any place a grid file is required: Download SDTS DEM data* The Geo Community USGS Geographic Data Download Unzip the data using a program like Win ...
- Which files from the USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) will work in Surfer?
Q: I am downloading seamless elevation datasets from the USGS National Elevation Database (http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php). They offer download in GeoTIFF, ArcGrid, BIL and GridFloat formats. Which download formats will work in Surfer? A: They all work in Surfer 9. The GeoTIFF, ArcG ...
- I used the drawing tools to add lines, rectangles and text to my map, but these objects don't move when I rescale the map with the Map | Scale menu.
Q: I used the drawing tools to add lines, rectangles and text to my map, but these objects don't move when I rescale the map with the Map | Scale menu. A: Convert the objects to "map" objects with map coordinates and overlay on the existing map. For Surfer 9, this is easily done by first creati ...
- How do I import and/or export a TIF with a TFW world file into Surfer?
Surfer 9 You do not need to do anything special to import a georeferenced image file. Go to Map | New | Base Map, select the TIF file and click Open. If the image is georeferenced, it will import in the correct map coordinates. To export a TIF/TFW file from Surfer 9, you can simply: 1. Go to Fil ...
- How can I georeference (assign coordinates) to an image base map?
You can assign coordinates for image base maps in the base map properties: 1. Go to Map | New | Base Map, select your image file and click Open. 2. After the image is loaded, double click on Base in the Object Manager. 3. In the Map: Base Properties dialog, on the Base Map tab, type in the re ...
- How do I export a wireframe to AutoCAD?
You can convert the [Surfer] GRD to an AutoCAD SCR script file that will draw the 3D wireframe in AutoCAD. Follow these steps: 1. The AutoCAD wireframe has a limit of 256 grid lines in the X and Y direction. If your grid is larger, use the Grid | Extract or Grid | Mosaic menu commands to reduce ...
- How can I change the blanked vales in my Surfer GRD to another value?
You can convert the blanked grid nodes in a GRD file to any other value a couple different ways: 1. Use the Grid | Filter | Linear Convolution Filters | User Defined Filters | General User-defined (mxn) to fill a blanked area with a value. Set the Edge Effects | Blanked Nodes to Fill and the V ...
- After updating to Surfer 9.8, Surfer doesn't send the correct page size to the printer!
Q: I just updated to Surfer 9.8. Now when I print, my printer prints to a Letter sized paper instead of the page size specified in Surfer under File | Page Setup. I have to go into the printer properties and set the page size for each print job. What changed? A: Surfer 9.8 does not send any p ...
- How can I disable the Surfer warning when I print about the output not fitting on the media?
Q: I created a map bigger than the page size in Surfer. Every time I print, I am prompted with a warning saying that the output does not fit on the selected media. I know this and want to truncate my plot, but this warning is getting annoying. Can I turn it off? A: Yes, you can disable this w ...
- How can I convert the column headings in the worksheet from letters (A, B, C...) to numbers (1, 2, 3...)?
There is not a way to convert the alphabetic column headings in the worksheet to numeric headings. To add your vote to this request on our suggestion file, please email surfersupport@goldensoftware.com. As a workaround, you can insert a row of numbers at the top of the worksheet. To do t ...
- PDF file created from PDF printer has some missing lines
Sometimes, Windows printers will leave occasional lines out of a print. This is common with PDF printer drivers and with post script printers. Surfer does contain a work around for the problems with these printer drivers. There are several settings that you can change in the configuration s ...
- How do I convert an ESRI ASCII grid file to a Surfer GRD file?
Surfer 9 directly supports ESRI grid files. You can use the Grid | Convert command in Surfer 9 to convert an ESRI grid to a Surfer grid, or you can use the ESRI grid directly in Surfer 9 to create maps. In Surfer 8, the easiest way to convert an ESRI grid file to a Surfer grid file is to use ...
- How can I convert SHP to XYZ or GRD?
Surfer requires XYZ data points in an ASCII or Excel XLS file to create a grid. SHP files store the XY coordinates in the SHP file and the Z coordinates in a DBF file. Surfer can load the SHP file as a base map, but it does not have the ability to read the DBF file. There are a few different way ...
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