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Plotting inSurpac 6.0

May 2007


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Copyright 2007 Gemcom Software International Inc. (Gemcom).

This software and documentation is proprietary to Gemcom and, except where expressly provided

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Contributors

Rowdy Bristol

Phil J acksonKiran Kumar

ProductGemcom Surpac 6.0


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Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4Setting the Work Directory ........................................................................................................................5Task: Setting the Work Directory ...........................................................................................................5

Autoplot ....................................................................................................................................... 6Workflow ...................................................................................................................................................6Plan View Plotting .....................................................................................................................................8Task: Use Autoplot to Plot Data............................................................................................................8

Three Dimensional Plotting ....................................................................................................................12Task: Create a Three Dimensional Plot ..............................................................................................12

Section Plotting .......................................................................................................................................14Task: Create a Simple Section Plot ....................................................................................................14Task: Create a Section Plot with a Plan Strip .....................................................................................22Task: Create Multiple Section Plots ....................................................................................................24Task: Create a Title Block for Multiple Section Plots ..........................................................................29Task: Create Multiple Section Plots ....................................................................................................32

File-based plott ing .................................................................................................................... 39Workflow .................................................................................................................................................39Creating Plan View Maps .......................................................................................................................42Task: Create an Ore Block Plan .........................................................................................................42Task: View Data for Plotting ...............................................................................................................47Task: Create a bore hole location plan ...............................................................................................57

Importing/Exporting Maps and Entities ...................................................................................................66Task: Importing Map and Entity Definitions ........................................................................................66Task: Export Map and Entity Definitions .............................................................................................67Task: Creating a list of Map and Entity Definitions .............................................................................68

Plan View Map of Drillhole Traces .........................................................................................................69Task: Create a Plan View Map of Drill Hole Data ...............................................................................69

Section View Map of Drillhole Data ........................................................................................................72Task: Create a Section View Map of Drill hole Data ..........................................................................72

Creating Multi-Viewport Maps ................................................................................................................78Task: Create a Plot with Two Drawing Areas ......................................................................................78Task: Modifying an existing drawing area ...........................................................................................83Task: Adding a Third Drawing Area ....................................................................................................87

Title Block Definitions .............................................................................................................................99Task: Create a New Title Block ..........................................................................................................99

Appendix 1: Plot Priorities ...................................................................................................................106


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Introduction

In Surpac you can create plots using:

Autoplot

File-based plotting

Autoplot is essentially What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) plotting from the Surpac graphicsenvironment. It is simple and easy to use.

File-based plotting allows you to perform more complex plotting functions.

Requirements

Prior to proceeding with this tutorial, you should ensure you have the following items:

A copy of the software for installation . This is usually installed from a CD, but the software can bedownloaded from the www.surpac.comwebsite.

ObjectivesThe objective of this document is to enable you to plot from Surpac.
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Introduction Setting the Work Directory

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Setting the Work Directory

A work directory is the default directory for saving Surpac files. Files used in this tutorial are stored in thefolder:

\demo_data\tutorials\plotting

where is the directory in which Surpac was installed.

Task: Setting the Work Directory1. In the Surpac Navigator, right-click the plotting folder.2. From the popup menu, select Set as work directory.

The name of the work directory is displayed in the title bar of the Surpac window.


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Autoplot Workflow

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Autoplot

Overview

You can create plan, section, or three-dimensional plots of data with Autoplot.

Workflow

The Autoplot process is outlined below:


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Autoplot Workflow

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There are two mandatory steps to create a plot file with Autoplot:

3. Display the data to be plotted.

String styles, colour, marker styles and text are all plotted as they are displayed in graphics.

4. Run Autoplot and specify parameters such as sheet size, scale, etc.


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Autoplot Plan View Plotting

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Plan View Plotting

Task: Use Autoplot to Plot Data

1. Open the file soil1.strby dragging it into graphics.2. Choose Display > Hide strings > By selection.

Click the strings that you do not want in the final plot. For example, string 1000 represents the soilsample locations and should not be plotted as a line.

3. Click ESC to exit the Hide strings function.

You should have an image on screen like the following:

4. Choose Display > Point > Markers.

5. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply.


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6. Choose Display > Point > Attributes.


The display is updated with the soil sample locations and grades displayed.


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8. Choose Plotting > Autoplot.9. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply.

10. Click and drag to select a small area of the screen to plot.

The scale is calculated to fit the A3 paper size.


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12. Enter an interval of 100 for X and Y Grid Lines, select full lines for your Grid Type, then clickApply.

At this point the plot will be processed and the Navigator will be updated. In this case, the layername is soil1.strso the resultant plot file will be soil1_str.dwf.

Surpac starts the Plot Preview window with the file displayed as shown.


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Autoplot Three Dimensional Plotting

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13. Choose File > Close to close the Plot Preview window.

14. Click theReset graphics icon .

Three Dimensional Plotting

You can create a plot of any data, including solids, block models, etc in any three-dimensional orientationwith Autoplot.

Task: Create a Three Dimensional Plot

1. Open three_dimensional_view.swa .

2. Click theAutoplot icon .


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The plot is displayed in the Plot Preview window.

4. Choose File > Close to exit the Plot Preview window.

5. Click Reset graphics .

If you have difficulty with these steps, run_01a_autop lot_3d.tc l, and clickApply on each form that isdisplayed.


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Section Plotting

When a section has been created, and the data is in the section plane, two options are enabled inAutoplot:

Plan strips

Batch sections

You can create a plot with an XY (plan) view as well as a section view with thePlan strip option. You cancreate plots of multiple sections using the Batch sections option.

Task: Create a Simple Section Plot1. Open topo1.str.

1. Open ore_solid1.str.

2. Open surpac.ddb.

3. Choose Database > Display > Drillholes.



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The data in the two string files and the drillhole traces are displayed.

5. Choose Database > Sections > Define.


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7. Choose Database > Display > Drillholes.


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8. Enter the information as shown on the Geology patterns tab.

Enter the information as shown on the Labels tab, and then clickApply.

Note: Right click in the empty space below the first row and selectAdd to add a second row to the table.


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The data is displayed as shown.

Notice that the section number is displayed in the Status bar at the bottom of the window .

9. Choose Database > Sections > Next.

Notice that the Next section icon is displayed on the toolbar.


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10. Click theNext section icon until the 7320 section is displayed, as shown.

Note: If you have difficulty with these steps, click the Reset graphics icon , then open section_7320_north.swa.




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13. Press the F1 key.

14. Left click and drag in graphics to move the box as shown.




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The file section.dwfis created and displayed in the Plot Preview window as shown.



If you have difficulty with these steps, run_01b_autoplot_sect ion.tcl , and clickApply on each form thatis displayed.


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Task: Create a Section Plot wi th a Plan Strip

1. Drag and drop section_7320_north.swa to display the data as in the previous task.





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5. Left click and drag in graphics to move the box.




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The file section_with_plan.dwfis created and displayed in the Plot Preview window, as shown.



If you have difficulty with these steps, run_01c_autoplot_sect ion_plan_str ip.tc l, and clickApply oneach form that is displayed.

Task: Create Multiple Section Plots

2. Drag and drop section_7320_north.swa to display the data in section view.



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11. Enter the information as shown.

12. Click theBatch sections tab.



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15. Click and drag to move the box as shown:




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The following files will be created:

Northing Filename

7320 multi_section.dwf

7360 multi_section_01.dwf



18. Drag and drop multi_section.dwfto display the plot.

19. Drag and drop multi_section_01.dwfto display the plot.


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22. Choose File > Close to close the Plot Preview Window.

If you have difficulty with these steps, run_01d_autoplot_multiple_sections.tcl , and clickApply oneach form that is displayed.


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Task: Create a Title Block for Multip le Section Plots

1. Choose Plotting > Plotting Sheet setup window .

2. Choose Title Blocks > Copy.



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4. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom the title block,as shown.

5. Choose Title Blocks > Edit > Delete item.

6. Click the text Plan No. to delete it.

7. Choose Title Blocks > Create > Autoplot section details.

8. Click near the previous location of Plan No..


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Note: Insert a space after the last character of the Prefix, and before the first character of the Suffix.For example, the Northing Prefix is Section:.

The field name [Autoplot section] is displayed in the title block.

10. Choose Title Blocks>Save.11. Choose File > Close to close the Plot Preview window.

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Task: Create Multiple Section Plots

1. Drag and drop section_7320_north+solid.swa to display a section with a solid model.

2. Right click to the right of the menus, move the cursor to Toolbars, and then click Scale andtransparency .

3. Drag the transparency slider to set the transparency of triangles to 50%.


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Notice that when you select the Drawing area ofVA1B in Plot content, the only available option in theOptional content Drawing area is VA1T. The software only allows you to select drawing areas which areappropriate for the selected sheet size, and for one another.


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6. Click theBatch section tab.


8. Click theLegends tab.



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12. Click and drag to move the box as shown.




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The following files will be created:

Northing Filename

7320 multi_solid_section.dwf

7360 multi_ solid_section_01.dwf



15. Drag and drop multi_solid_section.dwfto display the plot in the Plot Preview window.


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16. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom in on the titleblock as shown:

Notice that the Section number has been automatically appended to the title block.

17. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom in on thelegend:


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18. Drag and drop each of the files that was created:

multi_solid_section_01.dwf



If you have difficulty with these steps, run_01e_autop lot_multiple_solid_sect ions.tc l.

Note: This macro will only run correctly if the title block MULTI_SEC has been created, as describedin the previous task.


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File-based plotting Workflow

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File-based plotting

Workflow


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Overview

File-based plotting allows you to produce more complex plots.

For File-based plotting, Surpac needs to know where to find the data, what to plot, and also how to plotthe data.

Before you produce a plot in Surpac you must first define a Map. The map definition details what is to beplotted.

Maps consist of Entities, which refer to the set of instructions that indicates to Surpac how to plot thedata.

Entity definitions consist of smaller groups of instructions called Attributes.

An Attribute provides information such as:

what is to be plotted (e.g. a line, symbol, text, point number etc.)

which fields of a string file to plot

where to plot data

how to plot text (e.g. height, angle)

which pen to use


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In this chapter you will learn how to create the following maps:

Example 1

Example 2

These maps contain the three types of entities in Surpac.

These are:

Sheet enti ties - presentation aspects e.g. grid, title block, border

String entities - physical features stored as strings

Note entities - tables printed from files containing text data

String and note entities are created and modified within Surpac.

Sheet entities are created and modified via the Sheet entities window interface and are stored in acollection of files called sheets.ssi, borders.ssi, drwareas.ssi, grids.ssi, ti tles.ssi that are in the\ssi\share\etc\plotting directory.


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File-based plotting Creating Plan View Maps

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Creating Plan View Maps

Task: Create an Ore Block Plan

You will generate a plot of some ore block strings kbb135.strusing an existing entity called OREBLOCK, within an existing map definition called ORE BLOCKS.

The entity is made up of two operations: a line operation which draws a line around the ore block and astring operation which plots a text description field at the centre of the ore block.

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Edit.2. Select ORE BLOCK from the list, then clickApply.

3. View the displayed Define a String Entity form which defines the ORE BLOCK entity.
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4. After reviewing the Define a String Entity form, click Cancel.5. Choose Plott ing > Map > Edit .6. Select theORE BLOCKS map definition, and then clickApply.

The form will now display the fields as shown:

7. Click Cancel.8. Choose Plotting > Process > Map.9. Select ORE BLOCKS in the displayed table, and then clickApply.


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Notice that the checkbox Display plot after processing has been ticked. This will open the mapin the Plot Preview window so you can view it before plotting.


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11. Enter the information as shown on the next two forms, and then clickApply.

A *.dwf file is created based on the name of the map definition.

i.e. in this case the first processed map will be called oreblocks.dwfwith subsequent maps calledoreblocks_01.dwf, then oreblocks_02.dwf, oreblocks_03 etc.

The map is displayed in the Plot Preview window.


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12. From the Plot Preview window menu, choose Create > Text.

13. Click a point for the text to be displayed in the plot, fill in the form as shown, and then clickApply.

14. Click ESC to terminate the input text mode.


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15. Choose File > Save, then clickApply to save the file.

Note: You can edit *.dwf files with a CAD package such as Autocad or Microstation.

Task: View Data for Plott ing

1. Open pit1.str.

2. Choose Display > Hide everything.

Note: The alias for Hide everything is CS ( for Clear Screen). In all following cases where you wish to hideeverything, type CS into the function chooser and then press ENTER.

3. Choose Display > Strings > With str ings numbers.

4. Fill in the form as shown, then clickApply.


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Notice that string 1 contains the crest and toe strings for the pit.

5. Type CS into the function chooser, then press ENTER.

6. Choose Display > Strings > With st rings numbers.

7. Fill in the form as shown, and then clickApply.

Notice that string 2 contains the pit boundary.


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9. Choose Display > Strings > With st rings numbers.


Notice that string 1000 contains the ramp.


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11. Type PS (for Plot Strings) into the function chooser, then press ENTER.


In this example, string 9999 will not be plotted.



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14. Open site1.str.



Notice that there are three segments for string 1 and a single segment for string 100.


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17. Type CS into the function chooser, and then press ENTER.18. Choose Display > Strings > As lines.19. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply.

20. Choose View > Window > In.21. Click and drag a box around the shape to window in.22. Press ESC to terminate the window in function.


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23. Choose Display > Point > Attributes.


Notice that the d1 attribute is displayed at the centroid of the shape.


26. Open bor1.str.


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Notice that the points are all in string 1.


30. Choose Display > Point > Markers.



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32. Choose Display > Points > Attributes.


Notice that the d1 field is plotted above the markers.


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34. Choose Display > Points > Attributes.


Notice that the d2 attribute is plotted below the marker.

36. Use a text editor such as Notepad or Context to open bor1.not.

You will see that it contains the following:


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Task: Create a bore hole location plan

Based on what you have seen in the previous task, your map will contain the following:

File String Number Drawn as

pit1.str 1,2;1000 Black line

site1.str 1 Green line

site1.str 100 D1 at centroid

bor1.str 1 Marker, D1 above, D2 below

bor1.not Text in top right corner

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > New.


3. Select theLine Operations tab and tick the checkbox for Use line operation.


5. Choose Plotting > Entity > New .


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8. Choose Plotting > Entity > New .9. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply.


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10. On the Point operations tab number 1, enter the information as shown.

11. Select Point operations tab number 2, and enter the information as shown.


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12. Select Point operations tab number 3.


The last entity that needs to be created is a note entity. Note entities allow files of text data to beincorporated into a plot. The text was created in a spreadsheet and saved as a text file called bor1.not.

14. Choose Plotting > Entity > New.



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16. Enter the information as shown below, and then clickApply.

The note may be positioned relative to any of the four corners of the plotting sheet. Once you havespecified the corner, you then need to nominate the X and Y offsets and the horizontal and verticaljustification.

Now that you have finished creating the entities for the map, you can create the map.

17. Choose Plott ing > Map > New.18. Enter the map name as BORE PLAN, and then clickApply.

19. Enter the details for the Solid Line entity frompit1.str.


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20. Press the TAB key while in the Segment range column to add a new row.

21. Add the remaining entities to complete your map definition.

Note: The second entity has been specified as SOLID LINE/PN3. The /PN3 means to use pen 3,instead of pen1 as specified in the original entity definition.

Other modifiers are:

text height /HTnn (nn =height in millimetres) text angle /ANnn (nn= angle in degrees) priority /PRnnn (nnn=priority 0 to 125)

22. Choose Plotting > Plotting co lours > Pen colour properties.


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Notice that Pen1 has been assigned to black, Pen 2 to blue and Pen 3 to green. This satisfies thecriteria we set earlier regarding the use of different colours for different strings.

23. Click Cancel.

24. Choose Plotting > Process > Map.25. Enter the map name as shown, and then clickApply.



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bore_plan.dwfis displayed.


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28. Choose File > Print plot f ile.

29. ClickApply to process the default map name.

30. ClickApply to send the map to the printer.


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Importing/Exporting Maps and Entities

Overview

In this section you will learn about:

Importing Map and Entity Definitions.

Exporting Map and Entity Definitions.

Listing Map and Entity Definitions.

Task: Importing Map and Entity Definitions

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Import.

1. Enter the filenameentity.txt as shown, and then clickApply.

Most of these entities are already loaded in the file which stores the map and entity definitions,\share\plotting\library.dec

where is the directory in which Surpac was installed.

If you try to add an entity that already exists in the library, Surpac will beep to indicate that it already hasthis entity definition.

A log file will also be generated to list the entities loaded.


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2. Choose Plotting > Map > Import.3. Enter the map name as shown, and then clickApply.

Task: Export Map and Entity Defini tions

We will now look at how to export Map and Entity definitions from Surpac. The entities will be unloadedto a file which can then be loaded onto another computer.

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Export.2. Enter the file name as shown.

Note: You can either choose which entities to unload by filling in the list, or unload all entities by using an asterisk (*).

The entities will be downloaded to a file which can be loaded onto another computer.

3. Choose Plotting > Map > Export.4. Enter the text file name as shown, and then clickApply.

Note: You can either choose which maps to unload by filling in the list, or unload all maps usingan asterisk (*).

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Task: Creating a list of Map and Entity Definit ions

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Report.

2. Enter the file name as shown, and then clickApply.

Note: You can either choose which entities to report by filling in the list, or report all entitiesusing an asterisk (*).

3. Choose Plott ing > Map > Report.

4. Enter the file name as shown, and then clickApply.

Note: You can either choose which maps to report by filling in the list, or report all maps using anasterisk (*).


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Plan View Map of Dril lhole Traces

Overview

In this section you will learn how to use previously created maps and entities to create plots in both Planand Section view.

Task: Create a Plan View Map of Dri ll Hole Data

In this exercise you will create a Plan view map using existing maps and entities.

1. Choose Plotting > Process > Map.

2. Select PLAN VIEW, then clickApply.


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3. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply on each form.


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The plot file will appear in the Plotting window as shown below:


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File-based plotting Section View Map of Drillhole Data

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Section View Map of Drillhole Data

Task: Create a Section View Map of Drill hole Data


2. Select Section View as shown below and clickApply.


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Note: The ZXA0 grid is used for a section view, as it plots the label mRL on the grids ascending thepage, and Eastings on the grids going to the left of the page.


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The plot is displayed as follows:


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Next you will use a different drawing area to plot the data, and lock the lower left coordinates of the plot.

4. Choose Plotting > Process > Last map.


Note: The VA1B drawing area is a view used with an A1 sheet that plots at the bottom of the page. Itencompasses about three quarters of the bottom area, but leaves a space at the top for a narrow planview strip.

The Landscape Fixed orientation locks down the lower left-hand corner of the map. As you saw, whenusing the Landscape Centred orientation, the centre of the data is placed at the centre of the map. Forplotting a series of section maps, this would be OK if all the data for all the sections had the exact sameminimum and maximum data extents in elevation and easting (or northing). However this is rarely the

case, and it is also necessary to align the upper (plan view) drawing area with the lower (section view)data. Therefore we must establish a common easting value for the left edge of the drawing. TheLandscape Fixed orientation is almost always used when plotting a section view with a plan view strip atthe top.


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Note: The orientation is listed as NF. This is equivalent to Landscape Fixed.

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The plot is displayed in the plotting window as shown:


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Creating Multi-Viewport Maps

Overview

In this section you will learn how to use more than one drawing area on a plot. This enables you to plot

both plan and section views of data on the same page.

You will learn about:

Creating a plot with two drawing areas.

Modifying an existing drawing area.

Adding a third drawing area.

Task: Create a Plot with Two Drawing Areas

You will now process the previous map again, combining the section view map with a plan view map atthe top of the page.


2. Select Section View.

3. Right click in the blank space below the Section View entry and selectAdd to add another row to

the table.

4. Select Plan View as shown, and then click Apply.


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5. Enter the data as shown, and then clickApply.


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Note: You generally will want to show the entire area of influence for the section. These sections werecreated using data 25m south and 25m north of the section line. Therefore when you enter the referencecorner for the plan view map for the 6800m N section, you will want to lock the lower left corner of themap at 25m south of the section line, or 6800m 25m =6775m. Note that this "Y" value is in plan viewcoordinates, not section coordinates (recall that 25m RL was used on the map section view to lock thelower left coordinate of the section drawing area).


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You will now see the map as shown, with the Plan view at the top (in drawing Area VA1T) and theSection view at the bottom (in drawing area VA1B).

Notice that both maps are locked at 2300m E so that they align properly.


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Task: Modifying an existing drawing area

Note that the section line of 6800m N in the plan view is not centred vertically in the drawing area. It is25m north of the lower left hand corner of the VA1T drawing area (as we specified), but it does not showthe full 25m extent of the section to the top edge of the drawing area.

You will now enlarge the drawing area VA1T so that it covers the extent of the section (25m north and25m south).

Enlarging the plan view drawing area also requires that the section view drawing area is reduced inheight.

1. Choose Plotting > Plotting sheet setup window .A new window appears.

2. Choose Drawing areas > Select.

3. Select VA1T for the first drawing area as shown.


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4. Right click in the blank space below theVA1T entry and selectAdd to add another row to thetable.

5. Select VA1B for the second drawing area as shown, and then clickApply.

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6. Choose Drawing areas > Properties.

This will display the dimensions of the drawing areas.

Refer to the above diagram to understand the construction of the drawing areas.

VA1B

Left =0.6 The distance in from the left edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Right =0.6 The distance in from the right edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Bottom =0.6 The distance in from the bottom edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Top =10 The distance in from the top edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

VA1T

Left =0.6 The distance in from the left edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Right =0.6 The distance in from the right edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Bottom =47 The distance in from the bottom edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.

Top =0.1 The distance in from the top edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing area.


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7. Enter a value of 10.6 for VA1B Top, and a value of 46.4 for VA1T Bottom.

Note: To rescale the drawing areas, you can either choose the properties function as shown above, oryou can move the boxes manually using the cursor.

8. Choose Drawing areas > Save to save the modifications.

9. Click Apply.

10. Choose Plotting > Process > Last map.

11. Enter the information on each form as shown previously in this section.

The resulting plot file will look like the image shown:


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Task: Adding a Third Drawing Area

Now you will add a third drawing area to the map. In doing this you will keep the existing drawing areasVA1T and VA1B, but copy them to new drawing areas, called Plan and Section and modify them. Thenyou will add a new drawing area called LEGN in the upper right hand corner of the sheet.

1. Choose Plotting > Plotting sheet setup window.

2. Choose Drawing area > Copy to copy the VA1T drawing area to a new drawing area calledPLAN.


Notice that the Right dimension for the sheet boundary has been changed to 17 cm to create roomfor the LEGN drawing area.


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4. The new PLAN drawing area appears on the screen as shown.

5. Choose Drawing areas > Save, to save the drawing area.

You will now repeat the above steps for the VA1B drawing area.

6. Choose Drawing areas > Copy, to copy the VA1B drawing area to a new drawing area calledSECTION



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Notice that the Right dimension from the sheet boundary has been changed to 17cm to create room forthe LEGN drawing area.

The Section drawing area appears on the screen as shown.

8. Choose Drawing areas > Save to save the drawing area.

9. Choose Drawing areas > Select and choose both of the drawing areas to display on the screen.


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The drawing areas appear as shown:

Now you will create a new Drawing area called LEGN.

10. Choose Drawing areas > New.

11. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.


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12. Choose Drawing areas > Save to save the drawing areas.

Now display all three drawing areas together on the screen.

13. Choose Drawing areas > Select and enter the information as shown

The drawing areas appear as shown:


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15. Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply on all forms.


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Note: Make sure that you change the drawing area to PLAN (a drawing area for the top of an A1 sheet) and the Titleblock is set to a "blank" for No title block.


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Enter the information as shown, and then clickApply.

After the map has finished processing, it will appear in the Plot preview window.


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You will see the map as shown, with drawing areas PLAN, SECTION, and LEGN.


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File-based plotting Title Block Definitions

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Title Block Definitions

Overview

In this section you will learn how to create a new title block, as shown:

Task: Create a New Title Block

1. Choose Plotting menu > Plotting sheet setup window.

2. Choose Title Blocks > Copy.

Note: You will make a copy of an existing title block as it will save setting up new lines, promptitems etc. In most cases this will be the easiest way to create a new title block as all items can bealtered using the property command.


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Note: The only items you will need to type in are the new title ID and title description.

4. ClickApply and the new title block will appear.

5. Choose Title block > Snap grid > Properties .

You will use this to help align items on the title block.

6. Fill in the form as shown, then clickApply to create a snapping grid on 0.2cm spacings.


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7. Choose Title Blocks > Edit > Delete item.

8. Click on the text Surpac Minex Group, and it will disappear.

9. Choose Title Blocks > Create > Text.


Next, you will add the company logo, stored in bluesky_logo.png, to the left of the text.

11. Choose Title Blocks > Create > Image.

12. Click and drag a roughly square-shaped area to the left of the text BLUE SKY MINING.


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14. Choose Title Blocks > Snap grid > Hide.

15. Choose Title Blocks > Save.

16. Choose File > Close to close the Plotting sheet setup window.

17. Choose Plott ing > Map > New.


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18. Enter the map name BLUESKY_TEST, and then clickApply.

19. Enter the following information, and then clickApply.



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The plot and title block are displayed in the Plot Previewwindow.


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File-based plotting Appendix 1: Plot Priorities

Appendix 1: Plot Priorities

When defining an entity, you are asked to nominate a priority for the entity. This is common to all entity

definitions and is a way of controlling overwriting on plots.

Overwriting is controlled in two ways:

lines can be made to 'break' around text and symbols on a plot

where text or symbols may overwrite on a plot, some may be clashed off

All lines, symbols and text in entity definitions are assigned priorities in the range 0 to 125.

Different rules apply for priorities less than or equal to 100 and for those over 100.

A line will break around a symbol if:

its priority is less than the symbol

its priority is equal to the symbol and the priority is less than or equal to 100

A line will overwrite a symbol if:

its priority is greater than the symbol

its priority is equal to the symbol and the priority is greater than 100

A line will never clash a symbol off the plot and all lines of any priority cross without effect.

A symbol will clash another symbol off the plot if:

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