CGDK: An extensible CorelDRAW VBA program for geological drafting

Corel Geological Drafting Kit (CGDK), a program written in VBA, has been designed to assist geologists and geochemists with their drafting work. It obtains geological data from a running Excel application directly, and uses the data to plot geochemical diagrams and to construct stratigraphic columns. The software also contains functions for creating stereographic projections and rose diagrams, which can be used for spatial analysis, on a calibrated geological map. The user-friendly program has been tested to work with CorelDRAW 13–14–15 and Excel 2003–2007.

► Implement the data transportation between Excel and CorelDRAW.
► Switch the document unit coordinates into GPS coordinates.
► Plot data and diagrams on a geological map for some spatial analysis.
► Create stratigraphic columns and fill them with symbols and patterns automatically.
► Users can create, share, examine, modify and manage geochemical diagrams with it.