In full-screen mode, the Soil Layer data entry is located at the
bottom of the screen. In compact mode, select the "Data" button
as shown below.
Make sure the "Soil Layers and Sublayers" tab is selected, and then
click anywhere in the grid to open the soil layer entry screen.
The only required fields are the top depth
and boundary type.
The material type can be entered by either using the pulldown selection list, or by typing the material type directly into the entry field. Note that when typing, valid material types will be displayed beneath your typing.
The material type will be printed in the Material Graphic Symbol
column,
and will also be used to determine the hatch pattern used in the
Graphic
Log column.
BorinGS comes with standard USCS soil definitions. To
define more material types, please see the Editing Materials section.
If desired, enter a description of the layer to be printed in the
Material Description column. The font and text style can be
modified using the
tags described in the Markup Tags
section.
Any consistency text will be printed in the Consistency column.
The color is used to override any standard colors for the hatch
patterns printed in the Graphic Log column. If a color is
entered, it will be used for the entire hatch pattern. If white
is selected, the predefined colors will be used (selecting white will
allow the default colors to be printed).
Normally the column's default font size is appropriate for the material
description. In certain cases, however, a smaller or larger font
size may be required. Use this field to change the font size of a
single description.