GEOVIA Surpac

Depth markers

You can use the options on this tab to specify the attributes of drillhole depth markers displayed for each hole.

Fields on the Depth markers tab

Field Description
Display depth markers
  • Selected: To display depth markers down each hole.
  • Cleared: The contents of this tab will be greyed out. No ticks are required.
Major tick distance The distance between each major (labelled) tick.
Major tick length The length of each major (labelled) tick.
Minor tick distance The distance between each minor (unlabelled) tick.
Minor tick length The length of each minor (unlabelled) tick.
Position The side of the hole trace on which to display the depth markers.
Alignment The alignment of the major tick labels.
Offset The offset of the major tick labels, as a distance from the hole trace.
Decimals The number of decimal places to display for the major tick labels.
Use Styles
  • Selected: The major tick labels will be drawn using the styles defined for the drillhole trace.
  • Cleared: Specify a single colour to use for depth markers.
Colour The colour to use for display of depth markers.
Font The font style to use for the depth markers.
Size Text sizes may be defined using a number of different methods. Each of the methods involves the use of a size and a units specifier eg. 0.03 sru.
Units

The unit type:

  • sru - subscreen relative units a percentage of the screen height. The text stays the same height as you zoom in. '0.02 sru' means 2 percent of the screen height.
  • oru - object relative units expressed in the same units as the data. The text becomes larger and smaller as you zoom in and out.