A common question we often receive from users is regarding how to create plots with multiple drawing areas. Today I’ll go through how to create a plot with four drawing areas – one for plane view and three for sections, with the title block in the bottom left corner, using Autoplot functions.
As a Geologist updating an interpretation on a section, it is useful to see where the active plane is located in the graphics window. This assists with spatial visualization and 3D referencing of the viewing plane.
Today we’re talking about visual cutting planes.
What is a visual cutting plane?
It is a way to hide data in graphics that may be getting in the way of a task you are performing. The great benefit of visual cutting planes is that the user gets to select what portion of an object or string that they want to hide and you can cut the data as many times as you like until you achieve a desired view.
How do I use it?
What if you can bring in geographical solids into pdfs and display them in 3D?
Surpac provides users with this capability, which can be useful for various functions such as for presentation and reporting purposes.
Orientating text in graphics can be challenging, and for the most part, longtime Surpac users will just add text to the final plot or use file-based plotting instead of Autoplot.
However, there is a better way to orientate your text easily just by using a styles file.
The different point modes in Surpac and just a couple of examples of how they can be used.
There are 3 point modes in Surpac (Add, Insert and Change) and by default, Surpac generally works in Add point mode.
When visiting customer sites, I often meet geologists, mining engineers and surveyors with a wealth of industry and software experience.
Are you having difficulties moving an object in Surpac?
Are you tired of using the menus to move multiple trisolations?
Are you having a tough time replicating strings?
If so, the Move Tool can solve these problems.
It can be frustrating when your display is out of focus whenever the graphics is rotated in GEOVIA Surpac, particularly when adding layers.
Today I would like to share a tip with the GEOVIA community on combining data into a layer in Surpac, as it can…