STRUCTURAL SUITE for GEOVIA Surpac™ A new set of tools for visualizing, analysing and modelling orientation data.

Developed by a multinational team of rock engineers and geologists from WSP.

STRUCTURAL SUITE for GEOVIA Surpac™ A new set of tools for visualizing, analysing and modelling orientation data.

Developed by a multinational team of rock engineers and geologists from WSP.

The measured orientation of geological features is essential for constructing reliable 3D geological and engineering models. The rapid development of surveying methods has led to an increase in the amount of and accuracy of this type of data from drill holes and rock surfaces. However, this orientation data is often neglected due to a lack of well-tailored visualization and analysis tools for 3D modelling software. With Structural Suite for GEOVIA Surpac™, you can finally leverage the full potential of your oriented data directly inside the familiar Surpac user interface.

STRUCTURAL DATA VISUALIZATION Visualization tool creates graphically editable data from oriented data stored in Surpac database. Data is visualized by user defined structural symbols as native Surpac 3D string data, which can be saved, modified and analysed with standard Surpac tools. The structural symbols can then be colored, scaled, or constrained at the user’s whim using database field values and mathematical expressions to get the most out of your directional data.

STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONSIn addition, visualized data can be further analyzed using stereographic projection tool. Stereographic projections can easily be made from selected data right in the Surpac window. Mean planes can be calculated from interpreted joint sets with the software and exported into the 3D view. Selected data can also be exported or opened directly in Rocscience Dips software for more detailed stereographic analyses.

CREATE BEST-FIT PLANES The Structural Suite also include new tools for creating best fit planes from surfaces, solids, segments, strings and even individually selected points. These tools can also be used to map structures from 3D photographs and laser scanned surfaces.

Fracture plane mapping based on 3D photogrammetry of open pit faces.

The measured orientation of geological features is essential for constructing reliable 3D geological and engineering models. The rapid development of surveying methods has led to an increase in the amount of and accuracy of this type of data from drill holes and rock surfaces. However, this orientation data is often neglected due to a lack of well-tailored visualization and analysis tools for 3D modelling software. With Structural Suite for GEOVIA Surpac™, you can finally leverage the full potential of your oriented data directly inside the familiar Surpac user interface.

EDIT AND QUERY TOOLSVisualized data can be edited with a set of tools provided in Structural Suite package. Structural symbols can be expanded in 3D to, for instance, find drill hole intersections. Symbols can also be manually created, copied and re-oriented.

Fracture zone interpreted from mean planes of joint observations.

Estimating possible wedge failures based on interpreted joint sets in open pit mining.

1. Surface observations of fractures colored by different sets.

2D fracture symbols generated from surface observations.

2. Stereographic projection is processed for selected data.

3. Mean planes modelled interactively from stereographic projection.

3D symbols of foliation and a mean plane interpreted for specific zone from stereographic projection.

Flow vectors calculated and visualized from surface topography.

Structural Suite has been developed based on Surpac client requests and needs we have found in our own projects. Orientation data is a valuable guide for modelling and design. They are costly and they should be properly evaluated and analyzed to get the most out of them. Structural Suite provides interactive and quick tools for modelling with orientation data. - WSP’s Mine Planning and Rock Engineering unit

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Contact infoPetteri Somervuori petteri.somervuori@wspgroup.fi

Tuomas Rantanen tuomas.rantanen@wspgroup.fi www.wspgroup.com/fi

Calculated best fit plane of solid model.

Geological 3D modelling using oriented observations of specific zones.

Foliation of rock modelled with Surpac block modelling and results visualized with Structural Suite.

Plan section of foliation block model.

Quick Tools by WSPIn addition, the package now includes Quick Tools:

1. Quick change working directory to change working directory with just the press of a button.

2. Quick locate drill hole to pin point and zoom to a specified drill hole.

3. Quick hide/display strings to temporary change the look of string data for screenshots and visual analysis.

Furthermore, included copy tools can be used to copy data from one layer to a currently active layer with just one click. You can copy a single point, a segment, an entire string or even all the contents of the source layer with ease.

Quick Tools by WSPIn addition, the package now includes Quick Tools:

1. Quick change working directory to change working directory with just the press of a button.

2. Quick locate drill hole to pin point and zoom to a specified drill hole.

3. Quick hide/display strings to temporary change the look of string data for screenshots and visual analysis.

Furthermore, included copy tools can be used to copy data from one layer to a currently active layer with just one click. You can copy a single point, a segment, an entire string or even all the contents of the source layer with ease.