Angular Limits

The default angular limits for a Rosette Plot are 45-90 degrees. The angular limits indicate the allowable (small) angle between the base plane or face and the planes in the data set. The default range ensures that only planes that are more perpendicular than parallel to the base plane will be used.

In the Rosette Options dialog, the minimum and maximum angular limits can be set to any pair of values from 0 to 90.

Only planes within these limits will be used to generate the plot.

Angle Between Plane and View Face

The “Angle between plane and view face” option for the Rosette Plot allows you to view only planes which intersect the viewing plane within a certain angular range.

The default range (45-90 degrees) ensures that only planes which are closer to perpendicular will be displayed on the rosette plot. Planes which are closer to parallel (0-45 degrees) will not be displayed on the rosette plot.

You can set this range to any pair of values between 0 and 90 degrees, although usually you would use the default range so that only planes which are closer to perpendicular would be displayed.

The viewing plane orientation is determined by the “sightline normal to rosette” which by default represents a horizontal plane (trend/plunge of normal = 0/90).