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GEOVIA Surpac

Introduction tutorial

Introduction

Overview

Requirements

Document conventions

Surpac concepts

Surpac data types

Function-centric vs data-centric operations

Setting up for this tutorial

Installing Surpac from a DVD

Task: Install Surpac

Starting Surpac

Task: Start Surpac

Licencing Surpac

Task: Licence Surpac

Setting the work directory

Set the work directory

Exiting Surpac

Task: Exit Surpac

Modifying the Surpac desktop icon

Task: Modify the Surpac icon so that the work directory is set automatically

The Surpac interface

Menus

Task: Open a file using the menu

Toolbars

Task: Use the Reset graphics Button from the toolbar

Navigator

Task: Open a file from the Navigator

Preview pane

Task: Display a string file in the Preview pane

Legend pane

Graphics

Task: Display and view data in Graphics

Properties pane

Layers pane

Status bar

Task: View changes to the Status bar

Message window

Task: Clear the message window

Getting help

Field help and form help

Task: Access field help and form help

Online help

Task: Access online help from a form

Task: Access help from the help menu

Task: Use the index to search for information

Task: Search the online help

Tutorials

Task: Access the tutorials profile

Support

Task: Find support office contact details

Strings

String data hierarchy

Types of strings

Description fields

Data numbering

Data ranges

String file names

String directions

Viewing string data

Task: View string data

String file structure

Task: View string data in a text editor

Planes

Task: Creating a temporary plane for graphical validation

Task: Saving a plane

Task: Pinning the Planes panel to Surpac

Task: Loading a plane from the Planes panel

Task: Identifying the active plane using the Status bar

Task: Creating planes using Quick planes

Task: Moving between planes

Task: Viewing and changing plane properties

Task: Changing the viewing corridor using the Planes panel

Viewing and saving data

Multiple viewports

Task: Work with multiple viewports

Attributes and styles files

Task: Change display style

Task: View point properties

Task: View segment properties

Task:  Determine bearing and distance between two points

Saving data

Task: Save a file

Editing data

Orbit mode

Task: Use orbit mode to rotate data

Selection modes

Task: Change selection modes

Task: Use point/triangle mode to delete points

Task: Use segment/trisolation mode to reverse segments

Task: Use select mode to break, join, and renumber segments

Task: Use string/object mode to delete and clean strings

The move tool

Task:  Move data along an axis

Task: Move data in a plane

Task: Move data in three dimensions

Creating data

Create a simple pit design

Task: Create a simple pit design

Managing data in layers

Layers and the Surpac work area

Creating Layers

Task: Create Layers

Appending data to a layer

Task: Append data to a layer with the Navigator

Task: Append Data to a layer with the open file command

Replacing data in a layer

Task: Replace data in a layer with the Navigator

Task: Replace data in a layer using the open file command

Saving workspace settings

Task: Save a workspace

Triangulated surfaces

Naming conventions

DTM conventions

Viewing a DTM surface

Task:  View a DTM in Graphics

Creating a DTM surface

Task:  Create a DTM — graphics-based method

Task: Create a DTM — file-based method

Creating a boundary string between two DTM surfaces

Task: Create a boundary string — file-based method

Task: Create a boundary string — graphics-based method

Calculating a cut and fill volume using DTM surfaces

Task:  Calculate cut and fill volumes between two DTMs

Viewing a solid model

Task: View a solid model

Creating and validating a solid model

Task: Create and validate a solid model

Calculating a volume using a solid model

Task: Calculate a volume for a solid model

File tools

String maths

Task: Convert geological ore zone interpretations

Task: Move a pit 200 metres north to correct survey station error

Task: Topcut high grade samples

Applying a boundary string

Task: Apply a boundary string to a soil sampling file

Classifying strings

Task: Display soil samples using string classification

2D transformations

Task: Transform a pit to a different coordinate system

Polygon intersection

Task: Intersect polygons to calculate the area of an ore body within a pit boundary

Task: Clip ore blocks inside a pit

Advanced interface operations

Menu bars, menus, and commands

Displaying and customising menu bars

Task: Create a customised menu bar

Customising toolbars and buttons

Task: Display toolbars and create a customised toolbar

Task: Creating a custom button to put on a toolbar

Using and creating profiles

Task: Select the geology_database profile

Task: Saving your customisations to a profile

Task: Restoring the default profile

Using the Function Chooser

Task: Run two functions from the Function Chooser

Working with forms

Configuring windows and panes in the interface

More Surpac functions

Drillhole database

Task: Open a database, display the drill holes, and create sections

Block models

Task: Display, constrain, and report a block model

Plotting with autoplot

Task: Produce a plot of a pit using autoplot

References