Import Joint Orientations from DIPS

DIPS is a stereographic projection program also available from Rocscience. DIPS allows you to analyze joint data on a stereonet and determine the mean joint plane orientations of joint sets. These joint orientations can be saved by DIPS to a file with a .DWP filename extension (dips windows and planes file).

Planes which are stored in a .DWP file can then be imported into other Rocscience programs, such as Unwedge. To import planes from a .DWP file:

  1. Select the Joint Orientations tab in the Input Data dialog.

  2. Select the Import button. You will see a file Open dialog. Navigate to the folder where the .DWP file is located, and open the file.

  3. All of the planes stored in the file will automatically be read into the Input Data > Joint Orientations dialog, and displayed on the Stereonet view within the dialog.

  4. If there are more than 3 planes:

For information about the DIPS program, click here to visit the Rocscience website.