MNGN312/512 - LAB 2

Task 1: Project initialization in MS3D

Task 2: Project Initialization in MSCompass
Task 3: Drillhole data preparation
Task 4: Importing drillhole data into MS3D
Task 5: Initializing file 11 and 12
Task 6: Loading drillhole data
Task 7: Displaying drillhole data in MS3D
Task 8: Drillhole View Properties Dialog

Homework
TASK 1: Project Initialization in MS3D
A. Create a folder called MNGN312\LABS\PROJECT in your home directory. Copy DH_DATA.ZIP
from blackboard into your folder and then unzip it. This compressed file contains the following files.

collar.txt
survey.txt
assay.txt
geology.txt

B. Start MS3D. Enter your project directory (by browsing) and then click “OK”

The start-up splash screen allows you to specify your project

directory. The 15 most recently accessed directories are stored and
displayed in the drop-down window on this screen.

Use the "X" button to select recently accessed directories from the
list.

This window also displays the current MineSight licensee's name

and their location. This information is read from the
minesightlicense file, which is unique for each licensed client site.
C. Create a new MineSigth project resource  OK

This window only comes up when you specify a directory

that does not have a MineSight® 3-D project already
started. The resource folder is a subdirectory of the main
project directory that contains all the MineSight® 3-D files.
This subdirectory is always called _MSRESOURCES.
Click YES.

D. Enter the project limits as follows in Metric Units and click OK in the MineSight Project Settings
window.

Since this is a new project, the first thing to do is initialize

it. The easiest way to do this is click on Initialize from an
Existing PCF. If you have a PCF (Project Control File)
select it and click OK.

In this case, you are not using a PCF for your MineSight
project. Enter the appropriate values for Minimum and
Maximum Easting, Northing and Elevation, along with the
desired cell size in each direction, as well as the type of
units.

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When a new MS3D project is initialized, two folders are created by default.

items folder: When a new MineSight® project is initialized, the Items folder is empty. As new color
cutoff items are added to the project, for example as primary display Items in a model view,
corresponding items are automatically added to the Items folder. The color cutoff dialog for any item
can be opened by double-clicking the name of the item in the Folder Contents View Window or
clicking right and selecting Properties from the popup menu.

materials folder: When a new MineSight® project is initialized, the Materials Folder contains a
number of default Materials: break code, Cutoff Bin, default, Geometry, Grid Set, Model View, and
Project Settings. As various data and objects are added to your projects, they will be assigned default
materials, depending on the type of data added to the project. The material properties can be viewed
and edited through the Object Properties text field, which is accessed by double-clicking the name of
the material in the Folder Contents View Window.

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TASK 2: Project Initialization in MSCompass
Project initialization in MSCompass consists of building a master file called Project Control File
(PCF) and Project History File that audits the computer runs.

PCF – Project Control File – smd10.dat

PHF – Project History File – smdhs.dat
Project Resource File - *.prj – Project Resource File – smd.prj

1. Initialize PCF
A. Select Mine Sight Compass  Open MS Compass from the main menu

B. Click OK to continue in the following window

C. In the Compass window, select File  New  PCF

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D. Select (Browse) your project directory and then click “OK”

E. Fill out the panel as shown below and then click Next .

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F. Enter project limits as follows and then click Next .

G. The project is being initialized in MSCompass.

Program used  M100TS.exe – This program

interactively sets up the project control file and the
project history file.
M101V1.exe – This program adds, updates and
lists various project parameters such as coordinate
limits, type of model, and block size to the project
control file.
Procedure used  p10002.dat
Run file  run100.a
Report file  rpt100.la
Run file  run101.a
Report file  rpt101.la

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2. Initialize project file (*.prj).
A. Select File  New  Project

B. Select the PCF file (smd10.dat) and then click Open.

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C. After the PCF and project file initialization, MSCompass will be activated as shown below. You
should be able to see the file “smd10.dat” in “10 Project Control” box under the “Setup” tab (as
shown bellow).

The Setup tab displays the name

of the currently selected Project
Control File (PCF), the names of
the currently pre-selected project
data files, and the current
operating Modes.

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D. Select File  Project Settings from the main menu. Click on “Project Limits” tab. This window
shows the project limits that we just created.

The Project Limits tab displays the Minimum

and maximum coordinates of the project, along
with the Block Model Cell Size and the Project
Units. Once the project has been initialized, the
minimum and maximum project coordinates
cannot be changed within the MineSight
session. However, if you shutdown MineSight,
erase the project settings.msr file from the
_msresources directory, and restart MineSight,
you can redefine these values.

MineSight® does allow you to work outside of

your project limits. The cell size can be changed
after the project has been initialized; the project
limits cell size is used to set an initial grid cell
size for cut/fill volumes by level.

To see the project limits on the screen, Click on “Properties” tab and check the boxes “Show
Bounding Box” and “Show Axes” as shown below.

The Properties tab allows the specification of several options. The Show Bounding Box checkbox toggles
the visibility of the project boundaries in the viewer and the Show Axes checkbox toggles the visibility of
the coordinate axes. The Properties button allows the user to set the visibility properties of the bounding
box and axes.

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TASK 3: Drillhole Data Preparation
The files you copied from Blackboard have the following format.

Collar data (collar.txt):

DH-ID XC YC ZC AZIM DIP TLEN

Drillhole Easting of Northing of Elevation of Azimuth of Dip of Total length
Identification the collar the collar the collar survey survey of the drillhole
81-01 3017.70 4740.90 2641.50 0.00 -90.00 245.00

Survey data (survey.txt):

DH-ID FROM TO AZIM DIP

Drillhole Depth at start of Depth at end of Azimuth of survey Dip of survey
identification survey survey
81-01 0 3 0 -90

Assay data (assay.txt):

DH-ID FROM TO AI LABEL LABEL

Drillhole Depth at start of Depth at end Interval Cu Moly
identification interval of interval Length Grade Grade
81-01 0 3 3 0 0

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Geology data (geology.txt):
DH-ID FROM TO LABEL
Drillhole Depth at start of Depth at end Rock
identification interval of interval Type
81-01 0 3 3

If you have separate ASCII files for collar coordinate information (collar.txt), down-the-hole survey
information (survey.txt), sampling interval information (assay.txt), and geology information
(geology.txt) you can use Procedure CONSCA to merge these four files into one ASCII file in the
required format for program M201V1 (the program used to load drillhole data into MineSight). Once
the drillhole ASCII file is created, you will use M201V1 to load it into MineSight. The following
figure illustrates the program flow chart.
Assay
File 11

collar.dat
ASCII
CONSCA Data File Program
survey.dat
Dat201.ia M201V1

assay.dat
Survey
File 12
Geology .dat

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TASK 4: Importing Drillhole Data into MS3D
We will merge the information from collar, assay and survey files into one file called “DAT201.IA”.
Make sure that data files “collar.txt”, “survey.txt”, “assay.txt”, and “geology.txt” are located in your
project directory.
A. Select Compass  Open MS Compass
B. Click on “Menu” tab in the Compass window
Select: Group  ASSAYS
Operation  Data Convert
Procedure  Convert Collar, Survey, Assay Files (consca.dat)

The Menu tab is where you

choose the menu you want to use
and how that menu is displayed.
The currently selected Menu
options are displayed in a window
at the bottom of the dialog in the
Menu window.

The Group and Operation filters

can be changed using the adjacent
dropdown lists. You can also
change the colors of the displayed
procedures, search, and filter the
displayed procedures.

You can choose to hide the list of

procedures or to only show those
procedures you have run
previously (ie, those that have a
response file in the project).
Clicking on "Hide procedures"
deactivates all of the available
options on the menu dialog.

You can sort the procedures by

description, name, or operation by
clicking on the appropriate title
bar. Clicking again will reverse
the sort.

Click right on a procedure for a

description.

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PANEL 1:

You enter line

number here if
there is a header in
the data file. So, the
program will skip
it.

Number of items in
collar.txt file

Column number refers to the order data occurs or is encountered in the data input file (collar.txt).

1. Drillhole ID
2. Easting (XC)
3. Nothing (YC)
4. Elevation (ZC)
5. Azimuth of the drillhole ( if you do not remember Azimuth definition go page 54)
6. Dip of the drillhole ( if you do not remember Azimuth definition go page 54)
7. Total Depth of the drillhole

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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PANEL 2:

You enter line

number here if
there is a header in
the data file. So, the
program will skip
it.

Number of items in
survey.dat file

Column number refers to the order data occurs or is encountered in the data input file (survey.txt).

1. Drillhole ID
2. From
3. To
4. Survey Interval
5. Azimuth of the drillhole ( if you do not remember Azimuth definition go page 54)
6. Dip of the drillhole ( if you do not remember Azimuth definition go page 54)

4 5

In this case, columns 4 and 5 in survey file are the same as columns 5 and 6 in collar file.

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PANEL 3:

You enter line

number here if
there is a header in
the data file. So, the
program will skip
it.

Number of items in
assay.txt file

Column number refers to the order data occurs or is encountered in the data input file (assay.txt).

1. Drillhole ID
2. From
3. To
4. Assay Interval

1 2 3 4 5 6

Columns 5 and 6 items are the assay values (Cu and Mo).

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PANEL 4:

Cu and Mo item names are the same as the item

names from file 11 (assay file).

“2” represents that they are numbers.

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PANEL 5:

PANEL 6:

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PANEL 7:

Program used  consca.exe

Procedure used  consca.dat
Run file  runcsa.a
Report file  rptcsa.la
Output file  dat201.ia
Item file  dat102.i11

File dat201.ia is the master input file for MS3D project.

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The order of drillhole data for the ASCII drillhole file should be:

1. Collar line: This is the standard information for the collar line.

DH-IDENT Drillhole identification (max. of 10 columns)

XC Easting of the collar
YC Northing of the collar
ZC Elevation of the collar
AZIM Azimuth of hole (from north)
DIP Dip of hole
TLEN Total length of the drillhole

2. Optional survey lines: There is no need to specify survey lines for drillholes that do not have down-
the-hole surveys. If a hole does have down-the-hole surveys, you can specify the survey lines with the
same format that was specified for the collar line.

DH-IDENT - Drillhole identification (max. of 10 columns)

FROM - Depth at start of survey
TO - Depth at end of survey
LENGTH - Length of survey interval
AZIM - Azimuth of survey (from north)
DIP - Dip of survey

The only difference between a survey and a collar line is that FROM, TO, and LENGTH are entered
instead of XC, YC and ZC. The exact same columns must be used for both the collar data and the
survey data lines. The successive survey intervals must be continuous down the drillhole. The entire
length of the drillhole should be covered by survey intervals, even if there is no assay data for a given
survey interval.

3. End of surveys line (DH-IDENT followed by blanks): Enter the DH-IDENT on this line. The
remainder of the line is blank.

4. Assay intervals (one per line): The data on the assay interval lines can be in any order and any
format as long as the DH-IDENT is first.
DH-IDENT Drillhole identification (max. of 10 columns)
FROM Depth at the start of interval
-TO- Depth at the end of interval
-AI- Interval length (for checking)
label Item such as 1st grade value
label Item such as 2nd grade value
.
.
label Last item
Item -AI- is optional. If it is not present in the ASCII file it will be calculated as the difference between
-TO- and FROM and stored in file 11. Items DH-IDENT, FROM, and -TO- must be entered. Other
items can be assay values, ratios, physical or engineering parameters, geologic codes, lease codes, etc.
5. End of assays line (blank): Enter a blank line to end input, followed by a new collar line for the
next drillhole.
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TASK 5: Initializing File 11 and 12
The first two files usually used in MS3D are File 11, which contains the drillhole assay data, and File
12, which contains the collar and Downhole survey data. Before these files can be used, they must be
initialized, or set up with the items they will contain information.

A. Run MSCompass from MineSight.

B. Click on “Menu” tab in the Compass window

Select: Group  ALL

Operations  Initialize
Procedure  Initialize Assay file 11 – p10211.dat

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PANEL 1:

The purpose of this is

to distinguish between
multiple assay and
survey files.

REF#, FROM, TO, AI are the default items in the assay file and they are
required.

Minimum values for these items are zero. Maximum values should be greater
than maximum values from the data files.

Precision is used to format the number display in the output files for these
items.

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PANEL 2:

This is the assay item that

we will load assay values
into.

PANEL 3: Leave blank

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PANEL 4:

Program used  M102TS.exe

Procedure used  p10211.dat (Initialize Assay file)
Run file  run102.b
Report file  rpt102.lb
Sample data  smd11.dat
Collar data  smd12.dat

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TASK 6: Loading Drillhole Data (Program M201V1):
A. Run MSCompass from MineSight

B. Click on “Menu” tab in the Compass window

Select: Group  ASSAYS

Operations  Data convert
Procedure  Load ASCII DH Data – p20101.dat

PANEL 1:

This is the input data file the was created

by using procedure concsa.dat

Use this option to tell the program that

how many of first columns are used for
drillhole name.

PANEL 2:

If you check this, the data will not be

stored. The program will check the data for
any errors without storing it.

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PANEL 3: Warning panel. Any existing drillhole data will be deleted.

PANEL 4:

These items are from assay file (file 11). The

program will load the data from file dat201.ia into
these items.

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PANEL 5:

Program used  M201V1.exe

Procedure  p20101.dat (Load DH Data)
Drillhole file  dat201.ia
Run file  run201.a
Report file  rpt201.la

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Task 7: 3-D Display of Drillhole Data in MS3D
A. Highlight the Data Manager window and then click on “<unnamed>”

B. Click right and select New  folder

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C. Name the folder as “DRILLHOLES” and then click OK. Highlight folder “DRILLHOLES”, click
right and select New  DH view Minesight.

Name the view Cu and click OK

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D. Click on “Select PCF”.

Choose “smd10.dat”. Click Open.

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Click smd11.dat and smd12.dat. And then click OK.

Click “Cancel” to include all the items in assay

file to be displayed

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E. Click on the “Selection” tab. Click “All “ and click “Load Selection”. The next step is to select a
display item. In the lower portion on the Selection tab dialog, select the "Cutoff Item" by clicking on

the item chooser icon. If not already selected, select item CU from the list.

Push that to select

all the drills ( step 1)

Push that to show in

the screen ( step 2)

Select CU

To step F, push this key

F. If this is the first DH View created in your project, and/or cutoffs have not been previously entered
for the particular Cutoff Item selected, then MineSight will prompt you for the cutoff values when
drillholes are loaded. In the “Cutoff line colors” window click on “Intervals” button to set the cutoffs.
Type min: 0 max: 3 and interval: 0.1, and then click OK and the cutoffs will appear.

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G. Highlight “<0” and “0” and click on “Properties” button to change the color of zero assays values.

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In the “Object Properties” window click on “Surfaces” tab and check “Show lines” on. Change the
color to white and then click “OK”.

H. In the “Cutoff line colors” window, highlight all the values between 0.1 and 3 to change the color
range and then click on “Properties” button.

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Click on “Set color by range” button. Adjust the color range (min: blue and max: red) and then click
“OK”.

I. Click on “Surfaces” tab to change the thickness of assay lines.

Push there

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Final View:

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TASK 8: Drillhole View Properties Dialog
The Drillhole View Properties Dialog is used for creating and editing Drillhole Views.

A. Click on Display tab to change the display options. The Display Tab allows you to control whether
the drillholes will be displayed in 3D or 2D, select the font to use for labels, and has several Options
for 2D viewing mode.

The Label Font selection

dropdown allows you to
specify the font, and three
main types are available,
HOOPS standard fonts, GDI
fonts, and True Type fonts.

Adjusting the Projection

Volume allows you to
increase or decrease the
amount of data in the
Viewer relative to the
current plane (in project
units) when you are viewing
in 2D Mode.

Inverting the view changes the azimuth from 0º to 180º or vice versa. This is to be used in conjunction with the
Rotate View 180º option under Viewer Properties  View Options.

The Orient Strips and Labels with hole option makes sure that strips are drawn left to right based on the up vector
defined by the last point to start point of the hole rather than based on the planar view. Normally the strips are drawn
left to right no matter which direction the hole is pointing (up and right, up and left, down and right, down and left).

Display Offsection Distances at Collar and End Point will display the distance of the drillhole from its collar or end
point to the 2D grid plane the hole is displayed on.

Alternate Label drawing will display the downhole assay values in the directory perpendicular to the drillhole trace. If
toggled Off, the values are displayed horizontally. The Alternate Label Drawing toggle should be used when viewing
vertical drillhole views with vertical exaggeration.

Drawing Histograms and Wiggle Traces in One Direction will cause histogram strips found on the left side of the
drillhole to be drawn as if it were on the right side

The Piercement angle is a 'threshold' angle, which determines the display style of strips for near-vertical drillholes in 2D
view. Drillholes which are within the piercement threshold will be displayed as 'piercement points', with size designated
in Piercement marker size, while drillholes outside the threshold will be displayed as strips (if Strips are on).
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B. In the Drillhole View Properties window, click on “Survey” tab to include drillhole label as shown
below. Click Apply to see the changes.

The Trace option allows the

specification of displaying
the Drillhole Trace in 2D
and/or 3D, Trace color, line
type, and line thickness.

The ID label option allows the choice of displaying the Drillhole ID in 2D and/or 3D, Label color, Label height,
orientation, and position. In addition, the drillhole ID contents can be displayed using the five ID Contents
windows. Windows 1, 3 and 5 allow you to enter any item from the survey file, and its value will be displayed. The
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Displaying drillhole ID labels (Final view after changes in Survey tab):

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C. Click on “Intervals” tab to include assay intervals as shown below. Click on the (+) sign to include
an item to be displayed. Select Cu as primary display item Click “Apply” to see the results.

The Interval Filtering option allows you to limit the display of your drillhole by a secondary
item. To use Interval Filtering, toggle on the checkbox and use the List icon to specify
the FilterItem. Now enter values in the text field; these values define the intervals of the
secondary Filter Item that will be displayed. Integer and floating point data can be entered as
single values separated by commas, as a range separated by a colon, or as a combination of the
two.

The Item label style area

permits the specification of the
type of label coloring (fixed
color or by cutoff), the label
colors, height, alignment, offset
factors and 3D Orientation.

This area gives the

proprieties at the label

Item label options allow the specification of the type of viewer mode in which the labels will be visible. 3D and 2D
view modes are selected in the Viewer Properties dialog.

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A typical view after changes in Selection, Display, Survey, and Intervals tabs.

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D. Select plan view by clicking icon .

E. Click on folder DRILLHOLES and then right click. Select New Grid Set. Name the grid set as
2Dgrid and then click OK.

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F. Select Based on PCF and then PCF (Model) NS as plane orientation. Click on Select PCF button
in the following window. Select file smd10.dat and then click OK.

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Click OK to create the grid set.

G. We will be using this grid set to create views in 2D mode.

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H. Click icon to bring up Viewer Properties Dialog window. Click icon to select the
grid set we just created. Click OK to accept the grid set and then click OK in Viewer Properties Dialog
window to finish the attachment of the grid set to the viewer.

Select the grid set 2Dgrid to be attached.

And then click OK

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I. Click on icon to activate volume clipping. Set the current plane to East 2520 as shown
below.

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J. Click icon to bring up Viewer Properties Dialog window. Click on “Clipping” tab. Fill out
the windows as shown below and then click Apply to the changes.

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K. Turn off the volume clipping and close the grid set 2Dgrid.

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L. Double click on the CU drillhole view to bring up the object properties window. Click on “Strips”
tab in “Drillhole View Properties” window. Click on “General Strips” icon and then click on the icon
shown below to set the strip definitions. Define the color item and click OK. And then click “Apply” in
Drillhole Properties Window.

General Strips

Downhole Tick

Dip Meter

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M. Click on “Display” tab. Change the 2D option as shown below and then click Apply. Click icon

to the see the results in 2D mode.

100

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N. Click on “Strips” tab in “Drillhole View Properties” window. Click on “General Strips” icon to
create another strip and then click on the icon shown below to set the strip definitions. Define the color
item click OK. And then click “Apply” in Drillhole Properties Window.

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O. Click on “Strips” tab in “Drillhole View Properties” window. Click on “General Strips” icon and
then click on the icon shown below to define strip definitions. Click “Apply” in Drillhole Properties
Window

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After all these steps you have to see something like this

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P. The Info tab displays information about the Drillhole View.

The first section displays the source files used to generate the Drillhole View. The second area displays
File information - Type, Location, Size, Date created, and Date last modified.

The System notes window displays information from the source files such as Total drillholes, number
of loaded drillholes, cutoff and geometry items, and Assay items, with minimum, maximum, and
precision.

The User notes area is available for users to enter notes

that will be saved with the object.

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EXTRA INFORMATION

Azimuth

Dip

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Mouse Chords
Mouse "chords" provide dynamic control over the display of your data in the Viewer. With the
following mouse button combinations, you can rotate, pan, or zoom in/out in the Viewer.

Rotate

Use the following mouse chords, and then drag the mouse in the Viewer left/right for the azimuth and
up/down for the dip:
Three-button mouse: middle click and drag
Two- or three-button mouse: click right + left and drag
Rotating the data can also be accomplished from the keyboard using the arrow keys; the left/right
arrow keys change the azimuth, while the up/down arrow keys change the dip.

Pan

Use the following mouse chords, then drag the mouse in the Viewer left/right or up/down:
Three-button mouse: shift + middle and drag
Two- or three-button mouse: shift + right + left and drag
Three-button mouse: middle + right and drag
Panning the data can also be accomplished from the keyboard using the arrow keys and the shift key;
shift + the left/right arrow keys pan left and right, while shift + the up/down arrow keys pan up and
down.

Zoom In/Out

Use the following mouse chords, then drag up for zoom in and drag down for zoom out:
Three-button mouse: alt + middle and drag
Two- or three-button mouse: alt + right + left and drag
Three-button mouse: middle + left and drag
Zoom in and out can also be accomplished from the keyboard using the 'i' (zoom in) and 'o' (zoom out)
keys.

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Viewer Control Icons
There are several icons at the top of the viewer that are very useful in adjusting the display.

Use this function to define a "zoom rectangle". Select the function, then click left and hold on a particular
position in the Viewer, drag the cursor to the desired rectangle size and release the mouse button. The view
will zoom in to this selected region. This function can also be activated by using the shortcut key "b" from
within the active Viewer.

Zoom In will step in a discrete amount. Zoom Out uses a "stacked" zoom concept. As you zoom in, with
either the zoom box or zoom in, the previous zoom windows are saved. As you zoom out, you will step
backwards through these saved zoom windows. These functions can also be activated by using the shortcut
keys "i" or "o" within the active Viewer. On the Viewer toolbar, if you press and hold these icons, the viewer
will continue to zoom in or out.

Use the Reset Camera icon to adjust the viewer to a default camera setup.

Use this function to quickly set the Viewer into a Plan view. The resultant view will be looking straight down
on the scene, with increasing Easting to the right and increasing Northing up the page (azimuth 0, dip -90).
Clicking the icon again yields the same view from below (azimuth 0, dip 90).

Use this function to quickly set the Viewer into an East-West sectional view. The resultant sectional view will
be looking North, with increasing Easting to the right and increasing elevation up the page (azimuth 0, dip 0).
Clicking the icon again yields the same view looking South (azimuth 180, dip 0).

Use this function to quickly set the Viewer into a North-South sectional view. The resultant sectional view
will be looking West, with increasing Northing to the right and increasing elevation up the page (azimuth 270,
dip 0). Clicking the icon again yields the same view looking East (azimuth 90, dip 0).

Use Camera Position to adjust the point on the screen where the camera is located; select the Camera
Position icon and click the desired point in the Viewer.

Use Camera Target to adjust the point on the screen where the zoom and rotate functions operate on. Select
this function, and then click on a target position in the Viewer. You can activate this function from an icon on
the Viewer toolbar, or by using the shortcut key "t" within the Viewer.

If there is an Edit Grid or Grid Set in the Viewer, you can quickly set the camera to be looking normal to a
grid. Select the function, and then click a point on the grid. If you select this function then Shift + left click in
the Viewer, you will invert the camera view, whether there is an Edit Grid in the Viewer or not.

Use Camera Target on Marker to adjust the target point to any uncleared Utility Markers. You can activate
this function only from the icon on the Viewer toolbar.

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Data Manager
The Data Manager icon toggles the data manager visibility on and off.

Global Label Visibility

The Global Label Visibility toggle suppresses the display of all object labels in the project. This
reduces the graphical overhead, and can result in a significant improvement in performance, especially
with large data sets. This function can also be accessed from the Global Label Visibility icon on the
MineSight icon bar.

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