Introduction.lab Sofware Surpac

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INTRODUCTION

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OBJECTIVES• To become familiar with Surpac Vision and some of it’s fundamental functionality.

• To become familiar with Surpac Vision’s graphical interface.

• To learn to import/export data to and from AutoCA.

• To use Surpac Vision’s editing tools to manipulate string data.• To use Surpac Vision’s !iewing tools to manipulate !iews of data.

• To learn to create igital Terrain "odels #T"’s$ of surfaces.

FILES USED%iles used in this lab exercise are found in the following folder&

C:\INTRODUCTION.LAB\

DISCUSSIONSurpac Vision is the flagship product of Surpac Software 'nternational. 't is a ( "ineesign and )eology pac*age used in the mining industry for such tas*s as sur!eying+mine design #open pit , underground$+ blast design #open pit , underground$+exploration+ and tailings simulation.

Surpac Vision consists of se!eral modules+ which can be enabled on each licence.'n the coming wee*s you will be exposed to such modules as )eological atabase+ -loc*"odel+ pen it , 0nderground "ine esign+ pen it and 0nderground -last esign+and Solids. "any of the things you learn in this lab exercise will pro!ide a foundation ofs*ills to be used in later wee*s for other labs.

The following sections will briefly describe the !arious aspects of the program co!ered inlab exercise.

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GRAPHICAL INTERFACESurpac’s graphical user interface #)0'$ is comprised of se!eral areas as shown in thefigure below&

Menus& There are 11 different menus to choose from in Surpac Vision. The two defaultmenus are called Main Menu , Applications Menu. thers include Applets, BlastDesign, Block Model, Database, Mine Design, Ring Design, Solids, Surveying, ,Scheduling .

Toolbars& There are 12 different toolbars to choose from in Surpac. The two defaulttoolbars are called Status Items, , Main. thers include Edit, reate, Display!"ide,#ie$, In%uire, &ile 'ools, Block Model, Database, Mine Design, Blast Design, RingDesign, , Scheduling."enus or Toolbars may be displayed or remo!ed by right3hand clic*ing any region withno menu item and selecting or de3selecting the menus/toolbars from the subse4uentcontext menu. "enus are located abo!e the separator line in the context menu+ andtoolbars below.

Nav!a"or# 5xplorer3li*e !iew of all mapped dri!es. Three modes of opening files areaccomplished from the 6a!igator by clic*ing and dragging files into the !iewport.7eyboard modifiers are used to define the open mode to use&

Mo$e %e&boar$ Mo$'er Resul"pen 6one %ile is opened into it’s own layer. The name of the

layer is that of the file opened.

Append Crtl %ile is opened into the acti!e layer and is appendedto whate!er other data in that layer.

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8eplace Crtl3Shift %ile is opened into the acti!e layer and replaces allother data in that layer.

Simple file management is also accomplished within the 6a!igator from the context menu#right3hand clic*$.

S"a"us Bar# The status bar show !ital information such as cursor coordinates+ current!iew dip and a9imuth+ change of distance in axis when mo!ing or copying+ connecti!ity todatabases , bloc* models.

Messa!e (n$o)# All information relayed from Surpac to the user is displayed in themessage window. 't can be resi9ed+ minimi9ed , maximi9ed. 'ts position can also betoggled between floating and doc*ed. Text in the message window may be copied andpasted.

Ve)*or"# This is the ( graphical en!ironment in Surpac. All data types are !iewed inthe !iewport #string+ surfaces+ databases+ bloc* models+ etc:$. Three modes of dynamic!iew mo!ement in the !iewport are attained using the mouse&

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=hen opened+ each file+ whether String or T"+ are stored into different layers. ouha!e full control as to where each file is stored. "odifications to data or creation of newdata is performed a layer at a time+ and always on the acti!e layer. =hen sa!ing files thesame is also true. 5ach layer is sa!ed in its entirety into one file.

EDITING FUNCTIONSSurpac’s data editing capabilities are similar in most respects to those of CA systems.

5diting of String data is performed by String+ segment or point. All String editing tools arefound under the Edit menu. "odifications to String data can always be undone using the0ndo function. All editing functions are performed on data in the acti!e layer.

VIE(ING FUNCTIONS All !iewing functions are found in the #ie$ menu. Viewing functions do not modify data.They only change !iews and !iewing options.

IMPORTINGS08AC allows users to import , export data to , from external sources. The mostcommon formats for data exchange are ASC'' text and .B% files. All file import/exportfunctions are found in the &ile menu under Import or E(port .

PLOTTINGlotting in Surpac is accomplished easily with Autoplot #found in the )lotting menu$. All

String data can be plotted as drawn on the screen. Various parameters such as papersi9e+ scale+ and title bloc* can be chosen.

ASSIGNMENT

1. 'mport the AutoCA file topo1.dxf to a string file.. %rom the resulting string file create a simple plot.

a. lace your name , the course name in the selected title bloc*.(. %rom the resulting string file create a T".2. %ix the file le!1.str by editing all errors in the string data. The things you should loo*

for are&a. iscontinuous segments along the outside wall.b. irection or sense of all segments.c. Closure of all segments.

0se the String+ Segment+ , oint editing functions to modify all errors in the string file.

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USEFUL TOOLBAR ICONS

Change irectory

pen String/T" %ile

Sa!e String/T" %ile

Autoplot8eset )raphics

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PROCEDURE

1. I+*or" ",e Au"oCAD 'le "o*o/0$1' "o a s"rn! 'le0 "a*e sure your current wor*ing

directory is C&G'6T80CT'6.;A-G. ou can chec* this in the 6a!igator. The currentwor*ing directory appears in bold lettering and has a chec* mar* beside it. To ma*e thisyour current wor*ing directory simply right3hand clic* on the folder#C&G'6T80CT'6.;A-G$ and choose >Set as wor*ing directory? from the contextmenu.

a. %rom the &ile menu choose Import, D*& +ile to a string!D'M +ile.b. %ill the subse4uent form as follows&

c. Clic* Apply to run the function. =hen the function is finished it will open a logreport of the con!ersion. 't will also state the results of the function in the

message window.

20 Fro+ ",e resul"n! s"rn! 'le 3rea"e a s+*le *lo"0a0 pen the resulting file from the pre!ious step topo.str by clic*ing , dragging it

from the 6a!igator into the !iewport.b0 %rom the )lotting menu choose Autoplot .30 %ill the subse4uent forms as follows&

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$0 A new window #lot %ile Viewer$ should appear showing a blac*3and3whitepre!iew of the plot. lease close this !iewer.

e0 'n the message window it should state that the file has been created

#topo.sa.pf $.'0 To open the newly created plot file #@.pf$ clic* and drag it from the 6a!igator into

the !iewport. 't will be opened in it’s own plotting window.

40 Fro+ ",e resul"n! s"rn! 'le 3rea"e a DTM0a0 pen the resulting file from the pre!ious step topo.str by clic*ing , dragging it

from the 6a!igator into the !iewport.b0 %rom the Sur+aces menu choose reate D'M +rom a layer .30 Choose Apply on the subse4uent form&

d. The T" should then be created. 6ow sa!e this file.e. %rom the &ile menu choose Save, String!D'M +ile.f. %ill the following form as follows&

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50 F1 ",e 'le le!1.str b& e$"n! all errors n ",e s"rn! $a"a0a0 pen the file le!1.str by clic*ing and dragging it from the 6a!igator into the

!iewport.

b0 %rom the toolbar choose the button to display the point mar*ers+ and applythe subse4uent form.

30 %rom the Display menu choose Strings, ith string and segment numbers todisplay the numbers at the first point in each segment.

$0 At A #see diagram$ use Edit, Segment, -oin to Koin the end of segment 1.1 to thebeginning of segment 1.. Remember to check your dialogue prompts

e0 At B use Edit, Segment, lose to close this segment

'0 =indow 'n at C using the button.!0 0se Display, )oint, /umbers to !iew the numbers of each point.

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,0 0se Edit, Segment, Break a+ter point + and choose to brea* after point number 1.lease note that the point numbers will change when editing the points #deleting, inserting$. They point numbers referred to in this procedure pertain to thediagram abo!e.

0 0se Edit, )oint, Move to mo!e point I1 out of the drift+ close to point number 1. 60 0se Edit, Segment, -oin to Koin point 1 to I1.70 6ote the point numbers ha!e disappeared. This happens because we ha!e

changed the order of the point numbers by Koining segments.l0 0se Display, )oint, /umbers to re3display the numbers.

+0 %inally use Segment, -oin to close the last gap by Koining point JI to 1(.

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