Solid Trace
Options are provided for the colouring and the sizing of the cylinders, using text or numeric downhole data.
Drillholes really are cylinders. Displaying them as cylinders in the application makes them more tactile and easier for non-technicians to understand. Solid Traces are ideal for 3D displays; using assay values to adjust the radius and colour of the cylinders makes it easier to visualise the location of high grade samples within an orebody.
Database
Trace coordinates are generated automatically when you create a Drillhole Database. The database contains the collar and (optionally) the survey data needed to generate the trace.
Double-click (F3) to select
Optionally, select or create a filter to limit the data that is processed.
If you select the Filter check box, you can select an existing filter or create one using the Expression Editor by clicking the icon.
Interval file
Double-click (or click on the Select icon) to select the name of the Interval file that contains the data you want to use to set the radii of the intervals along the trace and colour-code them. You can also click the Pick from Vizex button to collapse the form and interactively select a layer containing the file to be inserted and return to the form.
Display
Select whether to configure the Solid Trace layer using Custom Display Options or Quick Display Options.
If you select Custom Display Options, the Display Options and Properties tabs are enabled for configuring the Solid Trace display.
If Quick Display Options is selected, the other tabs are disabled and the Quick Display grid options are activated to enable configuration of the display.
Default radius
Enter a default radius for the cylinders that will be drawn along the trace. The default value will be used when:
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No Radius field in an Interval file has been specified, or when Radius values do not exist in the Interval file.
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The Mode is NORMAL and values in the Radius field are negative, blank and/or zero.
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The Mode is LOG NORMAL and values in the Radius field are less than 1.
Display Grid
The fields in the Display grid are used to configure the Colour field and colours for the displayed solid trace, as well as set scale options.
Use the buttons on the local toolbar to Manage the rows in the list.
Colour field
Specify the name of a field which contains the values that will be used to colour-code the display.
You can choose to select colour values directly from the Colour field without selecting a Colour set. In this case, the values in the Colour field must be valid RGB, Hex, or Integer colour definitions.
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| R,G,B | 89,169,215 |
| HTML Hex | #59A9D7 |
| Hex | 0x59a9d7 |
| int | 5876183 |
Automatic palette
Double click in the Automatic palette field to select a palette and automatically apply colour ranges to the data.
Colour Set
To map values in the Colour field to the colour values in a Colour set, double click (F3) to select the set that will be used to control the display colour. Right-click (F4) to create or edit a Colour set.
Selecting a colour set will override any palette selected in the Automatic palette field.
Scale Radius
Select the Scale Radius option to scale the radius of the cylinders drawn along the trace for the colour field display on this row.
Log Scale
Select the Log Scale option to apply the size for the colour field solid trace display on a Log Scale
Minimum
With the Log Scale option selected, you can specify the Minimum grade value. The Minimum value is used to allow plotting of grades below 1 on a log scale. Grade values below 1 are very important for commodities such as gold.
Scale factor
When you have selected the Scale Radius option for a display, you can specify the Scale Factor value.
Enter a scaling factor - typically a value <1.0. The value to which it is applied is multiplied by this factor before being displayed. Use this option to prevent graphs from overwriting other holes.
Transparency
For 2D Slice, Auto and 3D Shell draw styles, the Transparency slider is available.
Use the Transparency slider to specify the visibility level of the
Default colour
Double-click (F3) to select the colour that will be used when a Colour field or a Colour set is not defined - or when a value in the Colour field is either not valid or is not mapped in the Colour set.
If you select a solid trace from the display, the details are displayed in the Display Properties pane:
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.