Changing Log Defaults

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Changing log defaults

GeoSyn maintains a centralized database of log defaults for all log types. Customize settings for track widths, scales, aliases, color fills, and more. These setting apply to new synthetics where log settings aren't already defined in the import defaults file.

The import defaults file generally contains all default settings except those that apply to logs, but when you update the import defaults file with settings from the current synthetic, settings for log types in the current synthetic are also written to it. Log settings in the import defaults file override, but don't overwrite settings in the log defaults database.

When GeoSyn creates a synthetic, it first checks whether display settings for the log upon which the synthetic will be based exist in the current import defaults file. If they do, GeoSyn uses them instead. For details on changing import defaults, see Related topics below.

The log database is the LogInit50.gld file in the GeoSyn Working directory.

To change log defaults:

From the Edit menu, select Default log properties > Log Library.

The Properties: Log Library dialog box opens.

In the tree display, click the plus sign (+) beside the appropriate node to expand it and view current configuration details.
Click Edit curve.

The Edit Default Display Properties dialog box opens.

Configure the curve properties then click OK to return to the Properties: Log Definitions tab.
Click Close to return to the main synthetic display. The changes you made are applied to future synthetics providing a different setting doesn't exist in the import defaults file for that synthetic.