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MineSight®
Foundations

Part 1
Understanding MineSight 3D
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Subjects Covered
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1. What is MineSight 3D?
2. Installing MineSight 3D
3. Required Environment Variables (their relevance and their
importance)
4. Starting Minesight
5. Project Settings and File Project Settings (PCF’s)
6. The _msresources Folder
7. The MS3D Interface – explain windows, viewer properties,
menus and icons etc
8. MS3D Terminology
9. Hot Keys
10. Icons and their function
11. The Data Manager – Managing data in Folders. Create new
folders, cut & paste (using Explorer etc)
12. Organising your Project data
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13. Data Objects – types and their various functions
14. Data Object 115 Properties – the Object Properties dialog
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15. Geometry Objects, Elements, Materials and Attributes
16. Using data objects – Creating, selecting, rotate, zoom and pan
using mouse and icons
– Editing data objects
– Saving data objects
17. Navigating the MS3D Interface - viewers (rotating, panning,
zooming – mouse & icons) Gridsets (overview)
18. Geometry Objects, Elements, Materials and Attributes Edit Grids
(overview) The Query function
18.1 Attributing Materials at an Element level
18.2 Attribute Materials at the Geometry Object level
19. Gridsets (Overview)
20. Edit Grids (Overview)
21. The Query Function
22. Customising the MS3D interface
23. Exercises
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1. What is MineSight 3D?
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MineSight® is a comprehensive geologic modeling and mine

planning system.

MineSight® 3-D has sophisticated interpretation tools for

geologists, full 3-D design for open pit and underground
mine layout, CAD editing of strings and solids, full 3-D
solid/solid intersection logic, efficient triangulation functions,
visualization of all types of geological and mining data, plus
true WYSIWYG plotting.

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 2. Installing MineSight 3D
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• MineSight 3D Modeling Software is supplied as a user cd or

download and is used in conjunction with a user license (key).
This can be in the form of a dongle or a network based
license.

• As a registered user and as a part of the maintenance

agreement you are entitled to the very latest MineSight
versions and upgrades at no extra cost. These are available
for download from the Mintec website (www.Mintec.com).
Access to the website is via user name and password.

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 Minesight sets two main directories for MS
Compass.
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1) MEDEXE – where the MineSight executable files

exist

2) METLIB - where the MineSight procedure files

exist

These files can be located either on a network or

locally on the users pc.
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3. Environment Variables
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Four environment variables must be set on the computer prior to
running MS Compass; they are MEDEXE, METLIB, PATH and
DEFIL.
In a standalone installation these will usually be set to the following;
• MEDEXE - should be set to C:\medexe - or, the path to the
subdirectory where the MineSight executable files exist on the
system.

• METLIB should be set to C:\medexe\metlib\ - or, the path to the

subdirectory where the MineSight procedure files exist on the
system.

• PATH variable must include the path to the subdirectory where the
MineSight executable programs are located.

• DEFIL should be set to .\defil or just . (a single period). If the default

procedure responses are saved to ASCII, this environment variable
defines the directory where the responses will be saved to.
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4. Starting MineSight
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1. Create a Project Folder within Windows Explorer

2. Open MineSight® 3-D by clicking on the appropriate desktop shortcut.

The MineSight splash screen will be displayed. This window…
• Displays the current MineSight licensee's name and
their location
• Allows you to specify your project directory.
• Stores the 15 most recently accessed directories and
are displayed in the drop-down window
• Use the "X" button to delete recently accessed
directories from the list (Deletes the project link, not
the project)
3. Browse to and select the new
project folder > Ok
• This Notice window is only displayed when you
specify a directory that does not have a MineSight®
3-D project already started. The project resource
folder is a subdirectory of the main project directory
that contains all the MineSight® 3-D files. This
subdirectory is always called _msresources.
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5. Project Settings
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4. Set the Project Settings
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The Project Settings dialog displays the Minimum and Maximum coordinates
of the project, along with a project Cell Size and Project Units. They allow
confirmation of the project limits, the setting of various parameters used when
MineSight® performs volume calculations, and the setting of material properties
for the project. MineSight does allow you to work outside of your project limits.
• If this is a new MineSight 3-D
project, the first thing to do is set
the Project Limits. You can do this
by two ways. Either…
1) Set the limits manually, or
2) Use a pre-existing MineSight
PCF (Project Control File), click on
the 'Initialize from an existing PCF
...' and browse to the PCF file to
use.

Upon completion MineSight creates the various files that it requires to run the
project within the Project Folder. These files are located in a folder called
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_msresources, which is located as a subfolder of your MineSight project folder.
6. The _msresources Folder
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The _msresources folder is created when your
MineSight® 3-D project is initialized, and contains
the following default folders and files:
Items, Materials and Settings subfolders, are
created;
The Items folder is initially empty
The Materials folder contains 20 default materials
and should not be deleted, although if they do not
exist on MineSight® 3-D startup, they will be
created.
The Settings folder stores cursor and texture
settings

dialogs.ptf - this file contains user parameter entries from the various
MineSight® 3-D dialogs, as well as specific entries from the Pit Expansion Tool,
the Blast Pattern Editor, Model Coding Geometry sets, etc. Warning: the
dialogs.ptf file should never be deleted.
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prompted for new project limits on startup of
MineSight® 3-D. This can be useful if you need
to reset your project origin (used for internal
normalization of the project) to a more
reasonable value.

Viewer1.msr, and Viewer1.msr% - The

Viewer1.msr file is the default Viewer object,
and Viewer1.msr% is a backup copy of this
object. If the Viewer1 files are deleted, they will
be recreated the next time MineSight® 3-D is
launched.

msAudit.txt - The MineSight Audit file is created in the local project directory
(not in the \_msresources directory). This file records every entry in the
MineSight Messages window and every run of an MS Compass procedure.

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 7. The MS3D Interface
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The MineSight 3-D interface consists of four windows; the Desktop, the Data Manager, the
Messages window and the Query window. The Desktop contains the viewer, the icons for
display options, and a variety of drop-down menus. The Data Manager contains the
Projects file structure. The Messages window is displayed whenever there is a warning or
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9. Hot Keys
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Action Result Action Result

Ctrl+O Open Object/s Ctrl+X Cut Object/s
Ctrl+W Close Object/s Ctrl+C Copy Object/s
Ctrl+E Edit View (Drillhole Ctrl+V Paste Object/s
Objects, Grid Sets, Ctrl+P Show Member
Model View Objects Properties
Ctrl+D Delete Object/s Ctrl+A Select All
Ctrl+R Refresh
Ctrl+K Wildcard Selection

Ctrl+Shift+M Arrange Icons by Ctrl+Shift+N Arrange Icons by

Material Name
Ctrl+Shift+S Arrange Icons by Ctrl+Shift+T Arrange Icons by
Size Type
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10. Icons and their function
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Viewer Control
• The three Viewer Control Icons control the display of
the Data Manager and the cascading or tiling of the
MineSight® viewers. From left to right,

• The Data Manager icon toggles the data manager

visibility on and off.

• The Cascade Window icon arranges all open viewers

in a cascade.

• The Tile Windows icon arranges the open viewers in a

tile pattern.

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• Takes an object out of edit mode

• Query Mode

• Undo \ Redo or Keep a History

• Delete an Object

• Make new Selection

• Make new Multi-Object Selection

• Save Selection Edits

• Save Selection Edits and Continue

• Modify Selection

• Show Only Selection

• Show Selection Nodes

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Global Label Visibility
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• Suppresses the display of all object labels in the project.
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Clear Markers
• Used to clear markers which are displayed in the viewer

Linker Tool
• The Linker Tool connects polylines to create surfaces or
solids. The Linker function is also found on the Tools
Menu.

Point Editor
• The Point Editor is used to create points on a polyline or
move points or other geometry by an exact amount. The
Point Editor can also be found on the Tools Menu.
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Edit Grid
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• Select Edit Grids
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• Unselect Edit Grids

• Edit Grid Properties

• Snap Edit Grid to Plane

• Snap Edit Grid to 1 Point

• Snap Edit Grid to 2 Points

• Snap Vertical Edit Grid to 2 Points

• Snap Vertical Edit Grid Perpendicular to 2 Points

• Snap Edit Grid to 3 Points

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Visual Settings
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• Zoom Box
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• Zoom In / Zoom Out

• Reset Camera

• Plan View

• View Looking North

• View Looking East

• Camera Position / Camera Target

• View Normal to Edit Grid

• Camera Target on Marker

• Refresh View
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Visual Settings (cont.)
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• Hidden Surfaces • Viewer Grids

Attach Grid Set

• Attach a grid set to the screen.

Select Edit Grid

• Attach an edit grid to the current viewer.

Set Plane from Definition

• Attach an orthogonal plane to the current viewer.

Remove Planes from Viewer

• Unattaches all select planes (grid sets, edit grids or 20
plane sets) from the current viewer.
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following Viewer global display properties:

• View Options
• Lighting
• Rendering
• Clipping
• Camera (view point)
• Grids

Walkthrough Tool
• Provides the means to produce an animated tour
through your project.

2d Mode / 3D Mode
• The 2-D Mode icon switches the Mode of the active
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Using MineSight
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referred to below.
There are also five icons that are typically left on during a MineSight
session - understanding their use can save the user much stress.
Global Label Visibility
Query Global DH view Selectability
Select and Save Global Model view Selectability
(usually left on)

Camera to view Plan

Camera to view EW section Light Toggle
Camera to view NS section Hidden Surfaces
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The Data Manager is the main application window
that appears within the Viewer Control Window. The
Data Manager controls…

– The management, creation and deletion of

folders and Data Objects in a project
– Opening and closing folders and objects
– Importing and exporting data

The Data Manager utilizes a Windows Explorer style

interface where folders are used to organize Data
Objects.
Changes to the Projects file structure can made
within the Data Manager or in Windows Explorer. To
see the changes made to the Data Manager when
edited from Windows the <unnamed> folder must
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affect the data displayed in the viewer.

You can also save the Viewer setup and all of the
data open within the viewer as a .msn file. Upon re-
starting MineSight the saved setup can be opened
without the need to reopen all of the data objects
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12. Organising your Project data
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Blocks within the Data Manger. The Data Manager utilizes a Windows NT®
Explorer-style interface to create and edit folders.
Using numerical prefixes when structuring your
project will help to order your data and enable
more efficient data location and recovery.

Some ideas for structuring your project;

• Use numerical prefixes on folders and
subfolders
• Group similar type data
• Keep the directory structure simple
• In large projects eliminate the use of spaces
when naming files – use _, - or . instead.

This will facilitate quicker validation of data

objects upon project startup.
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5. Create the following folder structure in the Data Manager
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00.Excercises
01.Gridsets
02.DhViews
03.TopoSurfaces
04.WireFrames
05.Model Views
06.Gradeshells
07.PitShells
09.OpenPitStages

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13. Data Objects
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• DH View - is for displaying drillhole data and requires an assay file

( 11.dat) and survey file (12.dat)
• Geometry Object – is for displaying label, point, polyline, polygon,
surface or solid data (elements)
Geometry View Object – displays database data via an ODBC link

• Grid Set – displays orthogonal and non-orthogonal Gridsets

• Interactive Planner Object – create cuts and compute reserves for a

mine model or drill hole / composite file.
Data is stored to ODBC database.
• Legend – create interactive legends for plot layouts
• LGO View – creates a view for large gridded objects (2 billion x 2
billion nodes)
• Link – creates links to data located elsewhere in the project

• Link a Folder –

• Material – create material types for defining display attributes for

geometry object elements
• Model View – Creates view of the 3D Block Model. Allows the user to
interact directly with the Block Model File.
• Plot Layout – template to design a plot file

• Title Block – create Title Blocks for plot layouts

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• Viewer – the window by which you can view your project
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Each Data Object type has a distinctive Object Properties dialog that gives
you the ability to change the display characteristics of elements within each
Data Object independently. The dialog can be enabled by double-clicking on its
corresponding Data Object within the Data Manager.

The General tab contains options for the

general display of all points, polylines,
labels and surfaces contained within the
Geometry Object.

Options are also available to enable the

object to be selected, sliced or clipped

The Points, Polylines, Surfaces,

Labels, Node Labels and Line Labels
tabs contain display options for their
respective elements.
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Geometry Objects are used for the creation
and storage of all point, polyline, surface
and solid data (Elements).
A Geometry Object must be in Edit Mode in
order to receive new data. If no object is in
Edit Mode, MineSight® will open a
selection dialog and prompt the user to
select an edit object.

To avoid adding data to the wrong Geometry object, the edit object
can be Unset by using the Unset Edit Object icon

Elements need to be selected prior to editing, or for use in the creation

of new geometry objects when using the CAD functions.

Elements can be selected from the viewer using the Selection menu, the
Selection Icons or through the Data Manager
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16. Using Data Objects
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required for any new geometry creation.

To avoid adding data to the wrong object,
the edit object can be Unset when done.

• If no object is in Edit mode, MineSight®

will open a selection dialog and prompt
you for an edit object.

• A data object needs to be selected for

editing to change it, or to use it for
creating new geometry objects using
triangulate, extrude, link, attach template,
drape, etc. This is done through the
Selection menu or through the Selection
icons.

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• Creating – Gridsets, Geometry Objects, Model views, DH Views

etc
• Selecting - (3 methods) via
1. Menu

2. Data Manager

3. Icons

• Editing

• Saving
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Importing Topography
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Select the Topo folder, right-click and select Import. Select

the topo.dxf file. Highlight both of the elements and click
Load Selected Layers
Create a new geometry object in the
Topo folder and name it 02 Topo
Surface and make it the edit object.

Select all the topo contours, Surface >

Triangulate Surface > with Selection
in Plan.

Save the surface and open its Object

Properties and display as Faces only.

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17. Navigating the MS3D Interface
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Using a 3-button mouse

– Adjusting Zoom
• Hold both left and centre buttons and drag
– Up mouse movement zooms in smoothly
– Down mouse movement zooms out smoothly
– Panning
• Hold both right and centre buttons and drag
– Left and right movement pans left and right smoothly
– Up and down movement pans up and down smoothly
– Rotate
• Hold down central mouse button and drag

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18. Geometry Objects, Elements, Materials
and Attributes
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Geometry Objects are used for the creation, storage and edit of all point,
polyline, polygon, surface and solid data (Elements) and are commonly the
most used of all the Data Objects.

Materials govern how elements within a geometry object are displayed.

Upon creation Geometry objects have a default material type called
Geometry that defines how all elements within the Geometry object are
displayed .
You can attribute elements with unique Material types by one of two ways.
Materials can be attributed at either the;

13.1) Element level, - specific to individual elements (points, polylines or

solids), or at the,

13.2) Geometry Object level - applying a single Material to all elements

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etc) such as development levels within a single Geometry Object.
1. Create unique Material types in the Materials folder
2. Use Element > Attribute to assign the Materials to
the desired strings. Use the icon to browse to and
select the appropriate Material type. Make sure the
Match Name with Material Name option is selected.
3. The Unattribute option removes the assigned unique
Material type and reverts to displaying the element by
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(i.e. same colour, line-style, line-type etc)
1. Create a unique Material type in the Materials folder
2. Open the Geometry Objects Object Properties
dialog and using the icon browse to and select
the appropriate Material type.

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1. to provide planes to digitise on
2. provide planes of reference/orientation for viewing data in both 3d and 2d
(can then be clipped)
3. to slice data – to drop polygons from solids (Ring Design)
4. to define edit grids, which again have a number of functions
Creating a Gridset:
• First choose one of the 5 possible the plane
orientations; 3 orthogonal (Plan, EW, NS),
Non-orthogonal, and perpendicular to a
Polyline. Depending on which plane
orientation are selected, the different
sections of the dialog are activated.

Gridset Definition:
• Orthogonal plane orientations (Plan, EW,
NS) can optionally get their plane definition
from either a user-specified origin or from
the PCF. If the PCF is selected, the plane
orientation is based on the model orientation
within the PCF.
• Non-orthogonal plane orientation requires a
specific origin and cannot be based on a
PCF.
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20. Edit Grids (overview)
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• To define planes in the 3D space

• For snapping points to a plane
• As a reference for creating Gridsets
• With the Triangulator to define a surface
• To determine intersections with a 3D surface or
solid
• For a non-orthogonal model view
• To control the camera view
• To limit the visibility on either side of a plane
• To define the plotting plane

To modify the Edit Grid properties:

• Select the Edit Grid Properties icon and
change the position on the plane, the
grid length, cell interval and orientation if
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21. The Query Function
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The Query function provides you

with information about various
objects in the viewer

• Element - displays any attribute information about the elements in the viewer.
– Polyline or polygon Query --- this is a subset of Element query.
– Solids
– Drillholes
– Model blocks
• Center of Mass (polygons) - finds and displays the coordinates for the center of
mass for a polyline or polygon.
• Center of Mass (surfaces) - finds and displays the coordinates for the center of
mass for a surface or a solid.
• Distance Along Polyline - allows you to specify a starting point on a polyline, and
then drag along the polyline to obtain the length.
• Distance At Angle To Line - allows you to specify a line segment and angle, then
drag to find a distance.
• Minimum Distance Between Elements - allows you to specify two elements; the
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22. Customising the MS3D Interface
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The MineSight interface is able to be customized to suit various

projects and requirements. Some of the items that may be customized
include;

• Creating a custom scaleable Mouse Cursor (Tools > Cursor Tool)

• Retaining a record of frequently used functions via Viewer popup
menu properties (Tools > Viewer Popup Menu Properties)
• Changing the background Screen colour (Viewer Properties icon)
• Changing the String\selection colours (Tools > Preferences)
• Creating vertical exaggeration (Viewer Properties icon)
• Changing view projection (Viewer Properties icon)

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23. Exercises
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• Organising Data
• Create gridsets (manual and from PCF)
• Create a scaleable Custom Cursor
• Enable rotation in 2d view
• Changing vertical exaggeration
• Change to perspective view
• Setting volume Clipping
• Snap Edit Grid to Current Plane
• Colour Options – Selection, Highlight, Edit Grid
• Change Visualizer Background Color
• Modify and view Grids
• Viewer Popup Menu Properties
• Customizing Compass Dropdown Menu
• Project Space Settings
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Organising Data
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Folders are8 used
Tel:+61 to organize
9436 0700 Data
Fax:+61 8 9436 0777Objects, Viewers, Plot Layouts
E-mail: [email protected] and Title
Web: www.mintec.com

Blocks within the Data Manger. The Data Manager utilizes a Windows NT®
Explorer-style interface to create and edit folders. Folders can also be created
and added to Data Manager from within the Windows Explorer environment.
The Data Manager must be refreshed after each edit.
Create the following folder structure in the Data
Manager
• 00 Gridsets
• 01 Topo
• 02 DH View
• 03 Exercises
• 3.1 Points
• 3.2 Polylines
• 3.3 Polygons
• 3.4 Solids
• 04 Wireframes
• 4.1 NS Sections
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• 4.2 EW Sections
Create a Custom Cursor
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• Go to Tools
Tel:+61 > Cursor
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9436 0777 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mintec.com

• Tools > Cursor Tool

• Click on the + icon

• Assign your custom cursor a

name then design the cursor

• Click on the cursor image to

refresh and view your design.

• Select Ok

• Select you custom cursor by left-

clicking and pressing the letter C
in the visualiser window and
toggle between your custom
cursor and the default item.

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Enable Rotation in 2D View
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties>
8 9436 0700 View
Fax:+61 8 9436 0777 Options
E-mail: tab and uncheck
[email protected] 2D Mode
Web: www.mintec.com

option

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Changing Vertical Exaggeration
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties
8 9436 0700 Fax:+61 8 9436> Camera
0777 tab
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mintec.com

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Change to Perspective View
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties
8 9436 0700 Fax:+61 8 9436> View
0777 Options
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mintec.com

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Set Volume Clipping (2D and 3D)
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties
8 9436 0700 Fax:+61 8 9436> Clipping
0777 tab
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• Use the Viewer Volume Clipping icon to activate the clipping

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Snap Edit Grid to Current Plane (Viewer Properties)
- handy for editing or providing orientation with dual viewers
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• Go to Viewer Properties > Viewer Options tab

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Colour Options – Selection, Highlight, Edit Grid
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• Go to Tools
Tel:+61 > Preferences
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Visualizer Background Colour
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties
8 9436 0700 Fax:+61 8 9436>View Options
0777 E-mail: tab
[email protected] Web: www.mintec.com

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Modify and View Grids
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• Go to Viewer
Tel:+61 Properties
8 9436 0700 Fax:+61 8 9436> Grids
0777 tab
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mintec.com

• Adjust grid origin and step

increment.

• Modify display Style; choose

from Labels and Lines, Labels
Only, Lines Only, Labels and
Lines, Marks, Labels and
Marks.

• Label size, Precision and Font

style are also able to be
changed.

Use the icon to view the grids in the viewer

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Viewer Popup Menu Properties
• Go to Tools
Tel:+61 > 115
8 9436 0700
Newcastle Street / PO Box 8028, Perth BC WA 6000
Viewer Popup
Fax:+61 8 9436 Menu
0777 E-mail: Properties Web: www.mintec.com
[email protected]

• This will append your most

frequently used functions to
the right-click viewer popup
menu
• Select Tools> Viewer Popup
Menu Setup
• Select the functions you
require from the Available
Functions window and use the
arrow keys to move them
across into the Functions on
the Menu window.
• Apply
• OK
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Project Space Settings
• Go to File > Project Settings
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Project Limits tab

• Displays the current Project

Limits

• Can change cell size values

and metric / imperial Unit
setting

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Volumes tab

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• Displays options with relation

to volumes

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Properties tab

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• Displays options to Show

Bounding Box and Axes with
provision to alter their Properties

• Further options with regard to

dynamic slicing

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Status Bar tab

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• Provides options for the data to

display in the Status bar when
viewer objects are queried

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Backup tab

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• Provides options for Auto Saving

data as well as the option to
generate backup objects (.msr%
files)

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