Drillhole Planning
When one or more interactive drillhole planning tools are used to create planned holes and hole patterns in Vizex, generated holes are saved to a Planning layer.
The planned holes in underlying files can then be converted to a standard Collar file and Survey file and (optionally) associated with a Drillhole Database, when Finish Plan is selected on the Drillhole | Planning tab, in the Planning group.
The saved drillhole planning file (.mmdhplan) can subsequently be re-loaded as an input to further planning. See: Load Drillholes into Plan
You can also open an existing file for your Drillhole Plan using the Open Layer | Drillhole | Planning option on the Vizex tab, in the Layer group or create a new plan using New Layer | Drillhole | Planning.
To edit the Drillhole Planning Shape layer, right-click on the layer in the Vizex Layer Display pane and select Edit Form.
Input Data
File
Double-click (F3) to select the input File that contains the drillhole information you want to load into the plan.
Optionally, you can select or create a Filter to determine the information that is included.
To create a new file, right-click in the file input box and select New File from the right-click menu.
East and North and Z fields
Specify the names of the fields in which Easting, Northing, and Z coordinates are stored in the drillhole planning file.
Hole field
Double-click (F3) to select the name of the field in the points file containing the Hole information.
Azimuth field
Enter or select the name of the Azimuth field which contains information on drillhole azimuths. Azimuths are expressed in decimal degrees, with zero (0°) being grid North. Negative values and values greater than 360° are correctly evaluated.
Inclination field
Enter or select the Inclination field in the Points file. Inclinations are expressed in decimal degrees from -90 to 90, with negative values representing down holes.
Depth field
Enter or select the name of the Depth field in the drillhole planning file.
Total depth field
Double-click (or click on the Select icon) to select the name of the field that contains the total depth of each hole.
Desurvey
The Desurvey method determines how the drillhole trace is calculated.
Method
Use the Method drop down to select the required desurvey method for the drillhole planning layer.
For information on the available methods, see Desurvey Options.
Forms
Click the Forms button to select and open a saved form set, or if a form set has been loaded, save the current form set.
By design, the Forms button is not available for loaded Vizex layers (i.e. when opening the form set properties of a layer in the Vizex Layer Display pane). In Vizex, the Forms button is only available for new forms opened via the Home tab or the Vizex tab, in the Layer group (or by double-clicking on a form type node in the Vizex Layer Types pane).
Save and Save As
Click the Save button to save the changes you have made to the form set. Click Save As to save your changes as a new form set. Save As will default to the first available form set number.
Manage
Click Manage to open the Form Set Manager for the current form.
Reset
Click Reset to clear the form of all values and reset the form to its default state.
Reset Tab
For tabbed forms, select Reset Tab to clear the active tab of all values and reset the tab to its default state - without making any changes to other tabs in the dialog.
Undo and Redo
Click Undo (CTRL + Z) to undo recent changes in the form. After an Undo, click Redo (CTRL + Y) to restore the last change that was undone.
Collapse
Collapse (roll-up) the form to preview a chart, or preview the results of an operation in Vizex, or obtain input values from Vizex, the Property Window, the File Editor, or the Plot Editor.