en.Wedoany.com Reported - Advanced Logic Technology (ALT), a geoscience software developer based in Luxembourg, has officially released version 6.1 of its borehole data processing software, WellCAD. Building on version 6.0 released in 2025, this version expands the rock mechanics calculation module, adds two new visualization features—Box Plots and Spider Plots—and introduces a Script Console for the first time to support automated workflow processing.
Founded in Luxembourg in 1993, Advanced Logic Technology (ALT) is a global supplier of borehole logging instruments and software, serving industries such as hydrogeology, geothermal energy, mining, shallow oil and gas, geotechnical engineering, and environmental monitoring. The company is renowned for developing WellCAD software, which is widely used for editing, presenting, and analyzing borehole data. ALT has offices in Luxembourg (Europe), Kuala Lumpur (Asia), and Denver (USA), and recently announced its acquisition by IMDEX Limited, an Australian mining technology company.
WellCAD 6.1 is an extended upgrade of version 6.0. Released in 2025, version 6.0 marked ALT's official entry into the field of rock mechanics calculations, introducing foundational computational frameworks such as elastic property derivation, stress modeling, and fracture stability analysis. Building on this, version 6.1 expands the set of property calculations, adds statistical and comparative visualization tools like Box Plots and Spider Plots, introduces a customer-oriented KS/GK processing plug-in, and enhances the stability and workflow continuity of core modules. The new Box Plot feature allows users to quickly explore data distribution, variability, and outliers across borehole intervals, zones, or lithological combinations, providing visual summaries of statistical parameters such as median, quartiles, and extremes to help identify trends and anomalies that might be overlooked in traditional line charts or tables. The new Spider Plot (also known as a radar chart) offers an intuitive comparative view of multiple parameters on a single radial chart, enabling evaluation of the relative performance of rock mechanics parameters, logging responses, or stress indicators across zones, intervals, or lithologies, and supports dynamic interaction, zone filtering, and cross-plotting with other views. The addition of the Script Console provides real-time compilation and execution feedback for automated workflows, enhancing the transparency and efficiency of code debugging.
In the geotechnical engineering, mining, and energy industries, subsurface engineers have long operated in fragmented software environments, relying on disparate rock mechanics calculators, external statistical software, and custom spreadsheets for data analysis and interpretation, leading to workflow fragmentation and inconsistent interpretation results. WellCAD 6.1 reduces the need for cross-software operations by integrating rock mechanics calculations, stress modeling, and fracture stability analysis into a unified platform. This version represents ALT's continued progress toward integrated geoscience software, providing a more unified and computation-driven environment for geotechnical analysis of borehole data.
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