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Exchange small numbers of form sets between Micromine 2013 and Micromine 2011
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Locking
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Scripting
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Record a script
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Edit a script
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Implicit Modelling
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Terminology
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Processing
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Exchange small numbers of form sets between Micromine 2013 and Micromine
2011
To exchange saved form sets between Micromine 2013 and Micromine 2011 (or earlier) after a
project has been opened in Micromine 2013:
1. Save the form set in the version of Micromine you are copying from.
2. On the Forms dialog, Export the saved form set to a Micromine Exported Set File
(*.setx).
3. Switch to the Micromine version you are copying to.
4. Select Tools | Form Sets | Import from the main menu and browse to the .setx file.
5. If appropriate, enable Import all sets in the SET file.
6. Click the Import button to import the form sets.
Exchange many form sets between Micromine 2013 and Micromine 2011
To exchange many saved form sets between Micromine 2013 and Micromine 2011:
1. Select Tools | Form Sets | Export from the main menu.
2. Choose from either the All forms or Used in macro export options.
3. Enter the name of a Formset file.
4. Switch to the Micromine version you are copying to.
5. Select Tools | Form Sets | Import from the main menu and browse to the exported
file.
6. If appropriate, enable Import all sets in the SET file.
7. Click the Import button to import the form sets.
TIP: Form sets introduced or significantly enhanced in Micromine 2013 may have no previous equivalent and cannot be shared with earlier versions.
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When you lock a form set, you can indicate why you want to dissuade other users from editing,
saving or deleting the form set.
Locking
To lock one or more form sets:
1. Select Tools | Form Sets | Manage.
In Vizex, you can also lock form sets in the View |Vizex FormSets Pane.
2. Select the form sets you want to lock. To select multiple form sets, use the CTRLor the
SHIFTkey with the mouse.
3. Select the right-click Lock Form Set menu option to open the Form Set Lock dialog:
4. When you lock a form set, you can indicate the reason why you want to dissuade other
users from editing, saving or deleting the form set.
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5. If theLock all referenced form sets check box option is selected, all referenced form
sets are also locked. Referenced form sets are form sets that can be referenced by different forms, such as colour sets, hatch sets, symbol sets etc.
Unlocking
If form sets have been locked, you can unlock them and optionally unlock all referenced form
sets (if they were also locked). If you are not the owner of the lock, you should contact the original author to discuss the changes you want to make before unlocking the form set.
If you are the owner of the lock, you may override the lock (save your changes to the corresponding form without unlocking the form set).
To unlock one or more form sets:
1. Select Tools | Form Sets | Manage.
In Vizex, you can also unlock form sets in the View |Vizex FormSets
Pane.
2. Select the form sets you want to unlock. To select multiple form sets, use the CTRLor the
SHIFTkey with the mouse.
3. Select the right-click Unlock Form Set menu option to open the Form Set Unlock
dialog:
4. If the Unlock all referenced form sets check box option is selected, referenced form
sets were also locked when the parent form set was locked. You have the option to unlock
them or keep them locked.
5. To save your changes and unlock the form set(s), click Unlock and Save.
If you are not the owner of the lock, you will be prompted: "Before you Unlock
and Save, please contact the original author to discuss the changes you want to
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make."
6. If you are the author of the lock, have made changes, and want to save your changes
without unlocking the form set, click Override Lock.
If you are not the author of the lock, you cannot override it.
Deleting
To delete an unlocked form set, select the form set and press the Delete key on the keyboard, or
selectthe Delete option from the right-click menu. You will be prompted to continue with, or cancel, the deletion.
If form sets have been locked, you can also delete them. However, if you are not the author of
the lock, you should contact the author to discuss the reason for the deletion.
To delete one or more form sets:
1. Select Tools | Form Sets | Manage.
2. Select the form sets you want to delete. To select multiple form sets, use the CTRLor the
SHIFTkey with the mouse.
3. Select the right-click Delete menu option to open the Form Set Unlock dialog:
4. After you have discussed the deletion with the author of the lock, press Delete to delete
the form set(s).
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Searching
When you enter a Search string in the Search box, the grid is updated dynamically. The list of
form sets is restricted to those form sets that match or partially match the Search string. Wildcards are not supported.
You can also use the following Search keywords:
Keyword
Example
date:today
date:yesterday
date:<7d
date:<1m
cDate:<DD/MM/YYYY>
cDate:01/08/2013
eDate:<DD/MM/YYYY>
eDate:01/08/2013
cAuthor:<username>
cAuthor:ngarel
eAuthor:<username>
eAuthor:ngarel
id:<n>
id:45
id:[min, max]
id:[45, 100]
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Example
notes:<text_string>
notes:test
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3. Choose whether to Include sub-forms in the displayed grid. Sub-forms comprise form
sets that are "nested" in a particular form and in that form only, as well as form sets that
can potentially be "referenced" in other forms, for example, colour, hatch, symbol, and
line sets etc.
If this option is not selected, only the parent forms are shown. Note however
that any sub-forms will still be imported with their parents.
4. Choose whether to Hide referenced form sets. Referenced form sets are form sets
that can be referenced by different forms, such as colour sets, hatch sets, symbol sets etc.
If a form set is referenced by other form sets its Title is shown in Italics.
5. Rules can be applied when a form set already exists in the target project, or when there is
a conflict between an imported form set and a form set in the project.
In the case of a Duplicate, the recommended approach is to Skip the import of
the form set, since an identical form set already exists.
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TIP: To create a folder within another Vizex form set folder, right-click the parent folder.
TIP: To create a folder within another form set folder, right-click the parent folder.
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6. Click OK on the Save Current Values... dialog to create the new folder and save the
form set within it.
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Scripting
Micromine comes bundled with a minimal version of Python which allows you to run basic Python
scripts.
The Python scripting language includes comprehensive mathematical tools and tools that allow
you to create custom user interfaces. Third-party packages and libraries are available that
provide geospatial, statistical, and graphing solutions.
To take advantage of these advanced features, you can install extra Python modules to increase
the power and the flexibility of the scripting environment.
Micromine Scripting is currently only compatible with Python version 3.3.1 (32 bit version
only).
The complete Python installer for Windows can be found on the Python website.
For more information about Micromine Scripting, click on the following link: http://extras.micromine.com.au/ProductMicromineService/PythonScripting.asp
Record a script
To record a script:
1. Click the Record Script button on the Scripting toolbar:
The Record button is shown as 'active'. From this point on, your actions in the
application workspace are recorded. You can run functions, load form sets into
Vizex, change the display orientation etc.
To stop recording a script:
1. Click the Record Script button again on the Scripting toolbar:
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Edit a script
When a script has been recorded you can edit the script in the Script Editor. You can also build a
script from scratch by entering Python commands in the Editor.
To open the Script Editor window:
1. Click the Script Editor button on the Scripting toolbar:
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Click the Show/Hide Script Output button to toggle the display of aScriptOutput Pane
on and off. When the button is on, output is displayed in the Output pane when you run a
script.
Click the Find button (CTRL+ F) to search for occurrences of a search string in a script. A
search can be case-sensitive and you can search in an Up or Down direction.
You can also press CTRL + H to run a Find and Replace operation. When using keyboard shortcuts make sure the Editor window has focus.
Click the Help button to display online help about the editor.
For help about a particular Python function, enable the Show/Hide Reference Panel button
(see above) and then select a function from the drop-down Function list.
Run a script
When you have recorded a script you can run the script to perform the actions you have recorded. You can also build a script from scratch in the editor and then run it.
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You can also use the Scripting toolbar and menu to run your favourite scripts
and macros using toolbar and menu shortcuts or 'slots'...
2. To create a script or macro shortcut, double-click in a row of the grid and navigate to the
name of the Python script (*.py) or Macro (*.MCR) you want to be able to run from the
Scripting toolbar or menu.
A maximum of 12 script shortcuts or slots can be setup in the Script Slots Manager (see below).
By default, 1 to 4 slots are available on the toolbar, but you can customise the toolbar to add
more:
1. Open the Scripting toolbar drop-down menu and select Add or Remove Buttons |
Customise.
2. On the Commands tab of the Customise dialog, select the Scripting category.
3. Use the mouse to click and drag the Run Script command onto the toolbar.
4. Open the Run Script drop-down menu and use the mouse to select a Slot and drag and
drop it onto the Scripting toolbar.
5. After adding additional slots, you can then right-click on the Run Script button and select
Delete to remove it from the toolbar.
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3. Select a slot on the Scripting toolbar to quickly run a script (or a macro) with a single click
of the mouse:
4. Alternatively, select a slot on the Scripting | Run Script menu. All 12 slots are available for selection.
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Implicit Modelling
The traditional method of explicitly defining 3D geological or grade boundaries relies heavily on
the time-consuming creation of surfaces or solids that are based on digitised strings or points.
Implicit modelling is an alternative to explicit modelling which relies on a volume function.
This volume function can be used to construct models to represent grade, lithology or a geological surface in 3D, and takes away the need for time-consuming string or point digitising. Thus,
the advantage of implicit modelling is that it is quicker and at times it may be better than trying to
digitise complex geology. Implicit modelling may also help geologists see trend in there geological data and pick up faults or folds etc.
Implicit modelling works on both closely drilled and sparsely drilled data, or a combination of
both. It will also work well on data that is not systematically drilled (which may be hard to model
using explicit modelling methods).
Micromine use a volume function called Radial Basis Function (RBF) to model grade,
volumes, and surfaces in 3D space.
Simple functions that can be used to generate surfaces and solids are available on the Modelling
| Implicit Modelling. A deep understanding of geostatistics, or of explicit modelling techniques, is not needed in order to use them.
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Modelling | Implicit Modelling | Grade is used to generate wireframes representing grade shells. The input data are typically composited drillhole assay values.
Modelling | Implicit Modelling | Lithology is used to generate a wireframe representing the extents of lithology units, based on downhole logging information.
Modelling | Implicit Modelling | Downsample Points is used to reduce the number of data points in an input dataset whilst retaining the integrity of the data.This is a preprocessing step for dense (e.g. LIDAR) data sets.
Modelling | Implicit Modelling | Attribute is used to create a solid from points that
are output (and then perhaps edited) from the Modelling | Implicit Modelling | Lithology
function. This function can be used to model any drillhole point data that contains positive
and negative values.
When doing any implicit modelling in Micromine, a surface or a solid is created. This open or solid
surface is created from a point cloud using the RBF function. The RBF is a continuous 3D function
which is positive on one side of the surface and negative on the other. The zero-set of the function defines a surface or that smoothly interpolates between the input surface points.
Terminology
For most Micromine users, the term surface is associated with an area (a DTM or a Grid), while
solids have a volume. In the strictest sense a solid can be considered as a closed surface. All
solids have an outer surface and any point (not exactly on that surface) lies either inside or outside that surface.
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In the context of Implicit Modelling, the term surface is used in the more generic sense
described above. Implicit Modelling is an indirect method of defining a surface. In simple terms,
all points outside the surface are given a positive value and those inside are given a negative
value. Within the spatial extents of the data, the surface of interest can be considered as the zero
contour. Effectively the definition of this surface is based on a mathematical equation. It is
smooth in the sense that the position of any point on the surface can be calculated exactly. Compare this to a gridded surface, where only the cell centres have a known value.
Processing
Each Implicit Modelling function is typically a two stage process. Firstly, a surface is generated
using indirect methods. Secondly, the implicit surface is converted to a wireframe. Both stages
require the user to define new and unfamiliar parameters. The main ones being:
1. Max points per partition
2. Max points per neighbourhood
3. Number of neighbours
4. Mesh size
There are no absolute rules regarding the values that should be assigned to these parameters.
This topic will try to explain these terms and, using some examples, suggest how to tweak the
values if your output does not meet your expectations.
In most cases it is impractical to create a single model using all the points in the data set. So the
data set is divided into overlapping regions (partitions), each modelled separately with overlaps
used to smooth out the transition from one partition to the next.
The first two parameters (above) define the maximum number of points per partition and are
used to build the surface model. While this is happening the following message is displayed:
When the surface is being converted to a wireframe the message then changes to:
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N umber of neighbours
This parameter is used to control local orientation of the modelled surface. In particular it is used
to define the direction perpendicular to the surface. In other words it determines what is the top
and bottom of the surface at any location. A minimum of 4 points are required for this calculation.
Try starting between 6 (sparse) and 20 (dense).
MeshSize
The Mesh Size value (in Grid units) will determine the size of the individual triangles created in
the model and will have an impact on the time it takes to build the wireframes. The smaller the
value the longer it takes. A suitable value will depend on the extents and the density of the data.
Although the underlying mesh is three dimensional, the easiest way to envisage the effect of
this parameter is to consider a square with sides equal to the mesh size length. Draw a diagonal
to convert the square into two triangles. These will be indicative of the triangle size in the final
wireframe.
Use a smaller value for smaller extents and dense data. Use a higher value for extensive
data that is not complex. Typically, start large and later reduce the value to smooth the output.
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PlotEditor
In Micromine 2013, it is now even easier to generate a Vizex plot of your 2D and 3D data. Vizex
plot frames are rendered directly from a live Vizex view or a saved Vizex view and (unlike regular 2D Plot frames) can be interactively rotated in 3D within a layout. Once the view is positioned
as desired it can be printed as normal.
When you generate a Vizex plot, you can now:
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Override the display limits and the vertical exaggeration of the live or saved
Vizex view
Clip the view of the plot frame to the section view of a Reference plot frame
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3. Select the X Scale value in the Properties window and change it to a suitable scale.
4. Select the Y Scale value and set it to the same scale.
Now that the scale is correct you can position the data.
TIP: You can enforce vertical exaggeration in a cross section by using the Maintain aspect
ratio option. To display this option double-click anywhere within the plot frame to display
the 2D Plot dialog.
2. Ensuring the plot frame is selected (its border should be highlighted in red), drag the data
until it is appropriately positioned within the frame.
3. If desired, dynamically re-scale the plot data by Ctrl+dragging the mouse vertically
within the frame. Once the scale is visually correct, re-enter the nearest sensible scale in
the Properties window.
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With the data configured its time to work on the marginalia. The steps below assume you used
the MICROMINE Bottom template.
C hange the title
1. Click anywhere in the Title frame at the bottom of the plot to select it. Youll see its outer
border highlighted in red.
2. Double-click the Plot Title frame to display the Text dialog. The frame border highlight
will also change to include just this frame.
3. Enter your own text in the Free Text edit area of the Source tab. Or, if youd prefer,
switch to the File Text option and choose an existing PED file from within your project.
U se a Plot Form to quickly change the title contents
Although its possible to use the templates as they are, numerous Plot Forms are provided to give
you a head start towards customising your layouts. In this example youll use a Plot Form to
change the title text.
1. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 above to redisplay the Text dialog for the Plot Title frame.
2. At the right of the dialog, click the Forms button and browse to the Title \ Auto [+projtitle+plotfile] form set.
3. Double-click the form set or click the Open button to load it into the dialog, and then click
OK to apply the change to the plot.
4. The plot title now contains text automatically constructed from the project title and plot filename.
.PEX file: contains the cosmetic settings of the layout, but does not contain any actual
plot data;
.PEL file: contains the plot data. PEL files are also used by Version 11.
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2. Drag a rectangle anywhere within the plot margins and release the mouse when the rectangle is about the right size and shape.
3. The Plot Editor will prompt you to Select Frame Type. Choose 2D Plot from the list.
4. On the 2D Plot dialog, click the Forms button and choose Master [scaling=RF] from the
list of form sets.
5. Optionally, double-click the Plot file response and choose the appropriate plot file.
TIP: It is not necessary to choose a plot file at this stage, and you can leave the Plot file
prompt blank if you are creating a generic layout to be later used as a template.
3. Drag the Black Border 1.5 pt [no fill] form set anywhere onto the layout and release the
mouse.
4. Click once on the frame to select it. Its border will be highlighted in red.
5. Drag the frame boundaries until it is located in the bottom right-hand corner of the plot
margins. You will not be able to drag it outside the margins.
A dd a frame as a child of another frame
Now that the basic title block frame is created we can add some content.
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1. Ensure the empty frame is selected (its borders should be highlighted in red). This frame
will be the parent of any frames contained within it.
2. Click the Create New Frame button in the Plot Editor toolbar.
3. Drag a rectangle across the top of the empty frame and release the mouse when it is
about the right size and shape. You will not be able to drag it outside the parent frame.
4. When prompted to Select Frame Type, choose Text from the list.
5. On the Text dialog, click the Forms button and choose Auto Cross Section [+plotfile] from
the list of form sets.
6. On the Options tab, pull down the Reference plot list and choose Master [scaling=RF]
from the list. This will associate the plot frame with the title text.
7. Click OK to create the text frame.
8. With the text frame selected (its border will be highlighted in red) drag the frame boundaries until it is located as desired. It will automatically snap to the borders of the parent
frame.
TIP: Because there is no plot file associated with the layout at this stage, the title still shows
the @plotfile substitution. The correct name will appear once you load a plot file into the layout.
In the workplace, you would complete the design of the title block by adding as many child
frames as needed.
TIP: You can alter the parent/child relationship of any frame using the Plot Frames tree.
To make a frame become a child, simply drag the frame onto its new parent. Alternatively,
you can make a child become a parent by dragging it out of its parent frame.
C onfigure a legend
Configuring a legend begins by loading the appropriate colour, hatch, or symbol sets. Once they
are loaded you can configure sub-titles, column breaks, and other cosmetic properties.
1. Double-click the Legend frame to display the Legend dialog.
2. Switch to the Legend tab, click the first legend entry, and then Shift+click the last
legend entry to select all entries.
3. Click the Delete button on the Legend Items toolbar (at the top of the list) to delete the
entries.
4. Click the Load legend items button to open the Load Legend dialog.
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5. Choose an appropriate COLOUR, HATCH, or SYMBOL set from your project, and click OK
to load it.
6. Repeat for any additional COLOUR, HATCH, or SYMBOL sets, ensuring you use the
Append option for each new set.
A dd a sub-title and column break to the legend
1. To add a sub-title, click the Insert New button on the Legend Items toolbar, set the
Type to Text, and the Colour to black.
2. Enter the sub-title text in the Description, for example, Gold Assays.
3. Set the Alignment to Patch to left-align the subtitle with the symbols, and click OK.
4. Use the Move Up or Move Down buttons to move the sub-title to the correct place.
5. To add a column break, click the New button on the Legend Items toolbar, set the
Type to Column Break, and click OK.
6. Use Move Up or Move Down to position it at the correct row.
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2. Click the [+] icon next to one of the parent frames to expand it. The frames underneath
the parent frame are children. These frames are said to be nested within the parent. Other
frames within the same parent are said to be siblings.
3. Depending on which parent frame you expanded you may see a third level of nested
frames. These frames are children of children.
4. To rename a frame, right-click it in the Plot Frames tree and choose Rename from the
pop-up menu. A slow double-click will also allow you to rename a frame.
5. To edit the properties of any frame from the Plot Frames tree, double-click it, or rightclick it and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
6. To change the drawing order of a frame, drag it up or down the tree.
TIP: The accessibility of a frame depends on its relationship to the currently selected frame.
To edit a sibling of the selected frame, just double-click the sibling. But, to edit a frame at a
different nesting level, or from a different parent, youll have to drill down from that
frames parent.
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2. Use the settings provided in the form to customise the characteristics of a fixed or scaleable font and set text properties such as the background colour and border colour.
3. If you are setting Text Properties, the option to specify a Fixed font size in Points is the
default. In some cases, you will have the option to make the font scaleable by specifying a
Scaled font size in Grid units.
Note that some functions are restricted to either a Fixed font size (for example,
in the Plot Editor) or aScaled font size (for example, in Display | Contours) and
you cannot change from one to the other.
When the units are set as Points, the actual size is shown in the Preview box. If
the size is large, you can right-click on the Preview box to see a clearer view of
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the text.
4. If you are setting Scaled Text Properties, the option to specify a Scaled font size in Grid
Units is the default and you cannot specify a Fixed font size.
When the units are set as Grid Units, the size shown in the Preview box is fixed.
However, you can right-click on the box to see the true size of the text.
Advanced options are available on the Advanced tab of the Text Properties form:
5. Select the Halo check box and double-click the Colour icon to apply a halo or glow effect
to the background of the text. You can also specify the Width of the halo around the text
as a percentage of the chosen font size.
The Halo colour and width are applied to the Sample text in the Text Properties
form.
6. Select the Border check box to apply a Fill colour and a Line colour to the border of
the text. You can also specify the Width of the line as a percentage of the chosen font
size.
The default background colour for a label is the NULL (transparent) colour.
7. Select the Anchor check box to also apply a Fill colour and a Line colour when an
anchor is shown as part of the properties of the label. You can also specify the Width of
the line as a percentage of the chosen font size.
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After
You can tile tabbed windows in the workspace by right-clicking the tab in the workspace and
selecting either New horizontal tab group or New vertical tab group.
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When you open more than one instance of Vizex, a numeric suffix n is used to make the name of
each subsequent instance unique. This makes it easier to differentiate between multiple Vizex
instances. If a second instance is opened, for example, the instances will be named: Vizex1 and
Vizex2.
Before
After
Thus, in a situation where you have multiple Vizex instances and multiple windows open in each
instance, it is easy to identify which windows belong to which instance: Vizex1:1, Vizex1:2,
Vizex2:1, Vizex2:2 etc.
In the Display pane you can also see which layers belong to which instance:
Renaming a Vizex instance has no effect on the default naming convention (and suffix) used to
make subsequent instances unique. So for example, if you have instances Vizex1 and Vizex2
and rename instance Vizex2 as (say) View_SE, when a subsequent instance is added it will still
be assigned the default name Vizex3.
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You can also use the File | Open menu option to open a file while you are working in Vizex. The
editor window will be opened as a new tabbed page in the workspace.
The same file can be edited concurrently in both the File Editor and in the Vizex display. Changes
to the files are updated in each view dynamically.
When the last editable view of a file is closed, you will be prompted to save your changes. Alternatively, you can use the Save button on the main toolbar (or File | Save) to save your changes at
any time.
Note that the layout of windows and toolbars that you have opened, resized and repositioned,
can be saved as a workspace configuration. You can also save multiple Vizex views as part of
a Vizex session.
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Snap Wireframes
In Micromine 2013, it is possible to perform a 'snap' operation interactively on the wireframes
you have selected in Vizex, or on the wireframes you have selected in the Wireframe | Utilities | Snap form. You can also select a Snap option when running Wireframe | Operations |
Boolean.
Note that the Snap process simply performs a fix to remove discrepancies. The wireframes
positions are not moved.
To perform an interactive snap:
1.
Select Wireframe | Tools | Snap (or the Interactive Snap tool on the Wireframe
Tools toolbar) to perform a Snap operation on one or more selected wireframes.
2. If you have not already selected the wireframes you will prompted to do so. Select the
wireframe objects to be snapped and click on the Accept Selection (Next) button (or
right-click). Note that you cannot load a wireframe or edit other objects while the process
is active.
3. Enter a Snap tolerance. Tolerance values greater than the minimum distance between
wireframe points, or the natural separation between the Input wireframes, may produce
undesirable results. The default is 0.00001.
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3. Either select the Overwrite check box to overwrite the Input wireframe or double-click
(or click on the Select icon) to select the Output Name of a new wireframe.
It is recommended that you write the results of a Snap operation to a new Output wireframe in
the first instance. If results are okay, you can then overwrite the Input wireframe.
4. Enter a Snap tolerance. Tolerance values greater than the minimum distance between
wireframe points, or the natural separation between the Input wireframes, may produce
undesirable results. The default is 0.00001.
To snap wireframes as part of a Boolean operation:
1. Select Wireframe | Operations | Boolean.
2. Select the Snap common triangles option to remove any discrepancies that result from
numerical precision problems on shared triangles.
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Optimised
Optimised draw styles all use OpenGL shaders to render the block model, and comprise:
Style
Description
3D Shaded
3D Lines
Displays the model by only drawing the block edges. Equivalent to the old 3D Lines draw style with the same
memory improvements as 3D Shaded.
3D Points
2D Slice
Displays the model by drawing only those blocks intersected by the screen plane (in an orthogonal view) or three
orthogonal planes that intersect at the camera viewpoint
(rotated view). Although this is roughly equivalent to the
old 2D Slice mode it has been extensively modernised and
is capable of handling the largest models. This is the fallback style for computers with inferior graphics cards.
Legacy
Legacy draw styles consist of:
Style
Description
3D Shell
3D Frame
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Hardware Requirements
The performance of the optimised draw styles depends very much on your graphics hardware
and drivers, and it is vital that your hardware is appropriate for the volume of data with which
you intend to work. We recommend that you use a high-end professional 3D graphics card for
working with large models.
Although we cannot predict exactly how your computer will perform, with the right hardware and
up-to-date graphics drivers it is possible to display very large block models (containing more than
100 million blocks) and still experience good real-time performance.
Note: For the default method to be applied for the Shaded style, your graphics card must support OpenGL 3.2 as a minimum. Also, the Disable Advanced OpenGL features option (Tools |
Options | Vizex) should not be selected.
To view the details of your graphics configuration, including the OpenGL version, select Tools |
Check Graphics Configuration.
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