# How to plot stereonet plot in DFN UDEC

**URL:** <https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214>\
**Category:** UDEC\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214 "2023-10-15T02:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Binu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Binu](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Binu)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/1 "2023-10-15T02:35:28Z")

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Hi, How to plot stereonet plot in DFN UDEC. I am getting only three option in DFN UDEC that is fracture, intersection and Rosette plots.

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**Author:** ![udecsupport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@udecsupport](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/udecsupport)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/2 "2023-10-18T12:45:06Z")

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UDEC 7.0 does not have a joint stereonet plot or a DFN stereonet plot.

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**Author:** ![Binu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Binu](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Binu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/3 "2023-10-18T14:17:58Z")

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Thank you for confirmation. I was struggling a lot on this. I have a second question, how to import all DFN dip and direction in .txt or excel so that stereonet can be plotted in other software.

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**Author:** ![Binu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Binu](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Binu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/4 "2023-10-18T14:20:23Z")

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On Itasca website [https://www.itasca.ca/software/jointing-tools-gui-giic-in-udec](https://www.itasca.ca/software/jointing-tools-gui-giic-in-udec), it mentions like this "plot items for working with DFNs, including stereonet and rosette charts, have also been added. " Can you elaborate it.

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**Author:** ![udecsupport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@udecsupport](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/udecsupport)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/5 "2023-10-20T01:53:32Z")

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Binu,

The text on the website mentioning stereonets is not correct.

![~WRD000.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/1X/52d5f1c08649212fe6768d2cacdcf8df711810d9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Binu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Binu](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Binu)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/6 "2023-10-20T16:09:18Z")

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Thank you for update. Is any way to export dip and its direction of all fracture in DFN in excel file format.

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**Author:** ![udecsupport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@udecsupport](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/udecsupport)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/7 "2023-10-27T15:44:09Z")

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You could try installing 3DEC and use that to plot the fracture network generated by your DFN commands.

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**Author:** ![Binu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Binu](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Binu)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/how-to-plot-stereonet-plot-in-dfn-udec/1214/8 "2024-07-03T13:49:57Z")

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Thank you for support.
