Plotting

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview
Requirements
Workflow
Set Up For This Tutorial

Setting the Work Directory
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Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows XP)
Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows Vista)
Plotting with Autoplot
Workflow
Plan View Plotting
Task:Use Autoplot to Plot Data

Three Dimensional Plotting
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Task: Create a Three Dimensional Plot
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Task:Fix Quality of Images in Plot Preview window
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Section Plotting
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Task:Create a Simple Section Plot
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Task:Create a Section Plot with a Plan Strip
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Task:Create Multiple Section Plots
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Task:Create a Title Block for Multiple Section Plots
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File-Based Plotting
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Overview
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Workflow
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Creating Plan View Maps
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Task:Create an Ore Block Plan
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Task:View Data for Plotting
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Task:Create a Bore Hole Location Plan
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Importing/Exporting Maps and Entities
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Task:Import Map and Entity Definitions
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Task:Export Map and Entity Definitions
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Task:Create a list of Map and Entity Definitions
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Plan View Map of Drillhole Traces

Task:Create a Plan View Map of Drill Hole Data
Section View Map of Drillhole Data
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Task:Create a Section View Map of Drillhole Data
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Task: Create and Plot an Oblique Section of Drillhole Data
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Creating Multi-Viewport Maps
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Task: Create a Plot with Two Drawing Areas
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Task: Modify an Existing Drawing Area
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Task:Add a Third Drawing Area
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Title Block Definitions

Task:Create a New Title Block
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Introduction
Introduction
Overview
In Surpac you can create plots using:
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Autoplot
File-based plotting
Autoplot is essentially What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) plotting from the Surpac graphics
environment. It is simple and easy to use.
File-based plotting allows you to perform more complex plotting functions.
Requirements
This tutorial assumes that you have a basic knowledge of Surpac.
If you do not have this knowledge it is recommended that you work through the Introduction to
Surpac tutorial before attempting this tutorial.
You will also need to have:
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The data set accompanying this tutorial.
Workflow
Note: This workflow demonstrates the steps in this tutorial. There are other ways to achieve a
result.
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Setting the Work Directory
1. In the Navigator, right-click the plotting folder.
2. From the popup menu, select Set as work directory.
The name of the work directory is displayed in the title bar of the Surpac window.
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1. In the Navigator, right-click the plotting folder.
2. From the popup menu, select Set as work directory.
The name of the work directory is displayed in the title bar of the Surpac window.
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Workflow
There are two mandatory steps to create a plot file with Autoplot:
1. Display the data to be plotted.
String styles, colour, marker styles and text are all plotted as they are displayed in
graphics.
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2. Run Autoplot and specify parameters such as sheet size, scale, etc.
Plan View Plotting

1. Open the file soil1.str by dragging it into graphics.
2. Choose Display > Hide strings > By selection.
Click the strings that you do not want in the final plot. For example, string 1000
represents the soil sample locations and should not be plotted as a line.
3. Click ESC.
The contours are displayed.
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4. Choose Display > Point > Markers.

5. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.
6. Choose Display > Point > Attributes.

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The display is updated with the soil sample locations and grades displayed.
8. Choose Plotting > Autoplot.
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10. Click and drag to select a small area of the screen to plot.
The scale is calculated to fit the A3 paper size.
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At this point the plot will be processed and the Navigator will be updated. In this case, the
layer name is soil1.str so the resultant plot file will be soil1_str.dwf.
Surpac starts the Plot Preview window with the file displayed as shown.
13. Choose File > Close.

14. Click the Reset graphics icon
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Three Dimensional Plotting

1. Open three_dimensional_view.swa.
2. Click the Autoplot icon .
The plot is displayed.
Note: The image is of poor quality. This will be corrected in the next task.
4. Choose File > Close to exit the Plot Preview window.
5. Click Reset graphics
Note:To see all of the steps performed in this section, run _01a_autoplot_3d.tcl. You will need to
click Apply on any forms presented.
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1. Choose Customise > Default Preferences.
The Settings form is displayed.
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Click on the Plotting folder.

Click in the field for Plot preview image quality.
Set the Plot preview image quality to High, and then click Apply.
Open three_dimensional_view.swa.
Click the Autoplot icon .
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The plot is displayed in the Plot Preview window. Notice the improvement in the quality
of the image.

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Section Plotting
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Open topo1.str.
Open ore_solid1.str.
Open surpac.ddb.
Choose Database > Display > Drillholes.
Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.
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The data in the two string files and the drillhole traces is displayed.
7. Choose Database > Sections > Define.

9. Choose Database > Display > Drillholes.
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10. Enter the information as shown on the Geology patterns tab.
11. Enter the information as shown on the Labels tab, and then click Apply.
Note: Right click in the empty space below the first row and select Add to add a second
row to the table.
The data is displayed.
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Notice that the section number is displayed in the Status bar at the bottom of the
window
12. Choose Database > Sections > Next.
Notice that the Next section icon

13. Click the Next section icon
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is displayed on the toolbar.
until the 7320 section is displayed, as shown.
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Note: If you have difficulty with these steps, click the Reset graphics icon
open section_7320_north.swa.
, then

17. Press F1.
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18. Left click and drag in graphics to move the box as shown.
19. Press F2.

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The file section.dwf is created and displayed in the Plot Preview window as shown.
21. Choose File > Close to close the Plot Preview window.
Note: To see all of the steps performed in this section, run _01b_autoplot_section.tcl. You will
need to click Apply on any forms presented.
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1. Drag and drop section_7320_north.swa to display the data as in the previous task.
5. Press F1.
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6. Left click and drag in graphics to move the box.
7. Press F2.
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The file section_with_plan.dwf is created and displayed in the Plot Preview window.

Note: To see all of the steps performed in this section, run _01c_autoplot_section_plan_strip.tcl.
You will need to click Apply on any forms presented.
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1. Drag and drop section_7320_north.swa to display the data in section view.
3. Enter the information as shown.
4. Click the Batch sections tab.

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7. Press F1.
8. Click and drag to move the box as displayed.
9. Press F2.
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The following files are created.

Northing
Filename
7320
multi_section.dwf
7360
multi_section_01.dwf
7400
7440
11. Drag and drop multi_section.dwf to display the plot.
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12. Drag and drop multi_section_01.dwf to display the plot.
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Note: To see all of the steps performed in this section, run _01d_autoplot_multiple_sections.tcl.
You will need to click Apply on any forms presented.
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1. Choose Plotting > Plotting Sheet setup window.
2. Choose Title Blocks > Copy.
4. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom the
title block, as shown.
5. Choose Title Blocks > Edit > Delete item.
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6. Click the text Plan No. to delete it.
7. Choose Title Blocks > Create > Autoplot section details.

8. Click near the previous location of Plan No..
Note: Insert a space after the last character of the Prefix, and before the first character
of the Suffix. For example, the Northing Prefix is Section<space>:<space>.
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The field name [Autoplot section] is displayed in the title block.
10. Choose Title Blocks > Save.

The MULTI_SEC title block is now ready for use in Autoplot when plotting sections.

1. Drag and drop section_7320_north+solid.swa to display a section with a solid model.
2. Right click to the right of the menus, move the cursor to Toolbars, and then click Scale
and transparency.
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3. Drag the transparency slider to set the transparency of triangles to 50%.
4. Click the Autoplot icon
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Notice that when you select the Drawing area of VA1B in Plot content, the only available
option in the Optional content Drawing area is VA1T. The software only allows you to
select drawing areas which are appropriate for the selected sheet size, and for one
another.
6. Click the Batch section tab.
8. Click the Legends tab.
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11. Press F1.

12. Click and drag to move the box as displayed.
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13. Press F2.

The following files are created.

Northing
Filename
7320
multi_solid_section.dwf
7360
multi_ solid_section_01.dwf
7400
7440
15. Drag and drop multi_solid_section.dwf to display the plot in the Plot Preview window.
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16. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom in
on the title block as shown:
Notice that the Section number has been automatically appended to the title block.
17. Click and drag the right and left mouse buttons and/or use the mouse wheel to zoom in
on the legend:
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18. Click the tab on each of the files that was created:
multi_solid_section_01.dwf
Note:To see all of the steps performed in the section, run _01e_autoplot_multiple_solid_
sections.tcl. You will need to click Apply on any forms presented.
Note: This macro will only run correctly if the title block MULTI_SEC has been created.
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File-Based Plotting
File-Based Plotting
Overview
File-based plotting allows you to produce more complex plots.
For File-based plotting, Surpac needs to know where to find the data, what to plot, and also how to
plot the data. Before you produce a plot in Surpac you must first define a Map. The map definition
details what is to be plotted.
Maps consist of Entities, which refer to the set of instructions that indicates to Surpac how to plot
the data. Entity definitions consist of smaller groups of instructions called Attributes.
An Attribute provides information such as:
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what is to be plotted (e.g. a line, symbol, text, point number etc.)

which fields of a string file to plot
where to plot data
how to plot text (e.g. height, angle)
which pen to use
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Workflow
Note: This workflow demonstrates the steps in this tutorial. There are other ways to achieve a
result.
Creating Plan View Maps

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Edit.
2. Select ORE BLOCK from the list, and then click Apply.
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3. View the displayed Define a String Entity form which defines the ORE BLOCK entity.
4. After reviewing the Define a String Entity form, click Cancel.

5. Choose Plotting > Map > Edit.
6. Select the ORE BLOCKS map definition, and then click Apply.
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The form displays the fields as shown.
7. Click Cancel.
8. Choose Plotting > Process > Map.
9. Select ORE BLOCKS in the displayed table, and then click Apply.
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Notice that the check box Display plot after processing has been selected. This will open
the map in the Plot Preview window so you can view it before plotting.
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A *.dwf file is created based on the name of the map definition.

ie. in this case the first processed map will be called oreblocks.dwf with subsequent maps
called oreblocks_01.dwf, then oreblocks_02.dwf,oreblocks_03 etc.
The map is displayed in the Plot Preview window.
13. From the Plot Preview window menu, choose Create > Text.
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14. Click a point for the text to be displayed in the plot, fill in the form as shown, and then
click Apply.
15. Click ESC.
16. Choose File > Save, and then click Apply to save the file.
Note: You can edit *.dwf files with a CAD package such as Autocad or Microstation.
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File-Based Plotting

1. Open pit1.str.
2. Choose Display > Hide everything.

Note: The alias for Hide everything is CS (for Clear Screen). In all following cases where
you wish to hide everything, type CS into the function chooser and then press ENTER.
3. Choose Display > Strings > With strings numbers.
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Notice that string 1 contains the crest and toe strings for the pit.
5. Type CS into the function chooser, and then press ENTER.

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Notice that string 2 contains the pit boundary.
8. Type CS into the function chooser,and then press ENTER.

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Notice that string 1000 contains the ramp.
11. Type PS (for Plot Strings) into the function chooser, and then press ENTER.
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14. Open site1.str.

Notice that there are three segments for string 1 and a single segment for string 100.
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18. Choose Display > Strings > As lines.

20. Choose View > Window > In.

21. Click and drag a box around the shape to window in.
22. Press ESC.
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Notice that the d1 attribute is displayed at the centroid of the shape.
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26. Open bor1.str.

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Notice that the points are all in string 1.
30. Choose Display > Point > Markers.
32. Choose Display > Points > Attributes.
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Notice that the d1 field is plotted above the markers.
34. Choose Display > Points > Attributes.

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Notice that the d2 attribute is plotted below the marker.
36. Use a text editor such as Notepad or Context to open bor1.not.

The file bor1.not is displayed.
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File-Based Plotting

You will create a map from the information presented in the previous task. This map will contain:
File
String Number
Drawn as
pit1.str
1,2;1000
Black line
site1.str
Green line
site1.str
100
D1 at centroid
bor1.str
Marker, D1 above, D2 below
bor1.not
Text in top right corner
1. Choose Plotting > Entity > New.

3. Select the Line operations tab and select the check box for Use line operation.

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10. On the Point operations tab number 1, enter the information as shown.
11. Select Point operations tab number 2, and enter the information as shown.
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12. Select Point operations tab number 3.

The last entity that needs to be created is a note entity. Note entities allow files of text
data to be incorporated into a plot. The text was created in a spreadsheet and saved as a
text file called bor1.not.
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The note may be positioned relative to any of the four corners of the plotting sheet. Once
you have specified the corner, you then need to nominate the X and Y offsets and the
horizontal and vertical justification.
17. Choose Plotting > Map > New.
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20. Press the TAB key while in the Segment range column to add a new row.
21. Add the remaining entities to complete your map definition.
Note: The second entity has been specified as SOLID LINE/PN3. The /PN3 means to use
pen 3, instead of pen1 as specified in the original entity definition.
Other modifiers are:
text height /HTnn (nn = height in millimetres)
text angle /ANnn (nn= angle in degrees)
l priority /PRnnn (nnn=priority 0 to 125)
22. Choose Plotting > Plotter colours > Pen colour properties.
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Notice that Pen 1 has been assigned to black, Pen 2 to blue and Pen 3 to green. This
satisfies the criteria you set earlier regarding the use of different colours for different
strings.
23. Click Cancel.
25. Enter the map name as shown, and then click Apply.
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The file bore_plan.dwf is displayed.
29. Choose File > Print plotfile.

30. Click Apply.
31. Click Apply.
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Importing/Exporting Maps and Entities

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Import.
Most of these entities are already loaded in the file which stores the map and entity
definitions, <installation directory>\share\plotting\library.dec
where <installation directory> is the directory in which Surpac was installed.
If you try to add an entity that already exists in the library, Surpac will beep. A log file will
also be generated to list the entities loaded.
3. Choose Plotting > Map > Import.
Task:Export Map and Entity Definitions

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Export.
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Note: You can either choose which entities to unload by filling in the list, or unload all
entities by using an asterisk (*).
The entities will be downloaded to a file which can be loaded onto another computer.
3. Choose Plotting > Map > Export.
Note: You can either choose which maps to unload by filling in the list, or unload all maps using an
asterisk (*).
The maps will be unloaded to a file that can be loaded onto another computer.

1. Choose Plotting > Entity > Report.
Note: You can either choose which entities to report by filling in the list, or report all
entities using an asterisk (*).
3. Choose Plotting > Map > Report.
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Note: You can either choose which maps to report by filling in the list, or report all maps using an
asterisk (*).
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Plan View Map of Drillhole Traces

2. Select PLAN VIEW, and then click Apply.
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The plot file will appear in the Plotting window as displayed.
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Section View Map of Drillhole Data

2. Select Section View as shown below and click Apply.
Note: The ZXA0 grid is used for a section view, as it plots the label mRL on the grids
ascending the page, and Eastings on the grids going to the left of the page.
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6. Choose Plotting > Process > Last map.
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Note: The VA1B drawing area is a view used with an A1 sheet that plots at the bottom
of the page. It encompasses about three quarters of the bottom area, but leaves a space
at the top for a narrow plan view strip.
The Landscape Fixed orientation locks down the lower left-hand corner of the map. As
you saw, when using the Landscape Centred orientation, the centre of the data is placed
at the centre of the map. For plotting a series of section maps, this would be OK if all the
data for all the sections had the exact same minimum and maximum data extents in
elevation and easting (or northing). However this is rarely the case, and it is also
necessary to align the upper (plan view) drawing area with the lower (section view) data.
Therefore we must establish a common easting value for the left edge of the drawing.
The Landscape Fixed orientation is almost always used when plotting a section view with
a plan view strip at the top.
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Note: The orientation is listed as NF. This is equivalent to Landscape Fixed. Since we
are processing a section view map, "Y" on this form refers to elevation.
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11. Zoom in to see the details in the drill hole data.

12. Close the Plotting window.

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Reset Graphics.
Open oblique_section_line.swa.
Choose Display > Point > Attributes.
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7. Choose Database > Extract > Sections for plotting.

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The file oblique_section0.str is created in the working directory.

12. Reset Graphics.
13. Open oblique_section0.str.
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14. Choose Display > Strings > With string numbers.

String 33 000 is displayed.

16. Choose Inquire > Point properties.
17. Select string 33 000.
The point properties of string 33 00 are displayed in the message window.
Note: String 33000 is only created when an oblique section is defined. It consists of a
single point which contains the start and end coordinates of the oblique section in the
description fields of this point.
18. Choose Plotting > Map > Import.
The map_load.log file is displayed.
20. Choose Plotting > Map > Edit.
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22. Click Apply.

24. Select the OBLIQUE_DH_SECTIONmap definition, and click Apply.
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25. On the Plot Parameters tab, enter the information as shown, and then select the
Oblique Section Grid tab.
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26. On the Oblique Section Grid tab, enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.
Note: The fields of this tab only become active if the Grid selected on the Plot
Parameters tab is blank, NOGR, or one of the oblique grids.
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The Plotting window opens, and the .dwf file is displayed.
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29. Select View > Window in, or use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in on one edge of the
map as shown below.
The real world Nothings and Eastings are displayed.

30. Close the Plotting window.
Note: To see all of the steps performed in this section, run _02a_extract_oblique_section.tcl. You
will need to click Apply on any forms presented.
Creating Multi-Viewport Maps

2. Select Section View.
3. Right click in the blank space below the Section View entry and select Add to add
another row to the table.
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4. Select Plan View as shown, and then click Apply.
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Note: You generally will want to show the entire area of influence for the section. These
sections were created using data 25m south and 25m north of the section line. Therefore
when you enter the reference corner for the plan view map for the 6800m N section, you
will want to lock the lower left corner of the map at 25m south of the section line, or
6800m 25m = 6775m. Note that this "Y" value is in plan view coordinates, not section
coordinates (recall that 25m RL was used on the map section view to lock the lower left
coordinate of the section drawing area).
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You will now see the map as shown, with the Plan view at the top (in drawing Area VA1T)
and the Section view at the bottom (in drawing area VA1B).
Notice that both maps are locked at 2300m E so that they align properly.
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1. Choose Plotting > Plotting sheet setup window.
A new window appears.
2. From the Drawing areas menu, choose Select.

3. Select VA1T for the first drawing area as shown.
4. Right click in the blank space below the VA1T entry and select Add to add another row to
the table.
5. Select VA1B for the second drawing area as shown, and then click Apply.
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Notice that both drawing areas have been selected and so both drawing areas are
displayed on the screen.
6. From the Drawing areas menu, choose Properties.

The dimensions of the drawing areas are displayed
Refer to the above diagram to understand the construction of the drawing areas.
VA1B
Left = 0.6 The distance in from the left edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing
area.
Right = 0.6 The distance in from the right edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the
drawing area.
Bottom = 0.6 The distance in from the bottom edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the
drawing area.
Top = 10 The distance in from the top edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing
area.
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VA1T
Left = 0.6 The distance in from the left edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing
area.
Right = 0.6 The distance in from the right edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the
drawing area.
Bottom = 47 The distance in from the bottom edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the
drawing area.
Top = 0.1 The distance in from the top edge of the plotting sheet to extent of the drawing
area.
7. Enter a value of 10.6 for VA1B Top, and a value of 46.4 for VA1T Bottom.
Note: To rescale the drawing areas, you can either choose the properties function as
shown above, or you can move the boxes manually using the cursor.
8.
9.
10.
11.
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Choose Drawing areas > Save, to save the modifications.

Click Apply.
Choose Plotting > Process > Last map.2300
Enter the information on each form as shown previously in this section.
The resulting plot file is displayed.
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2. Choose Drawing area > Copy to copy the VA1T drawing area to a new drawing area
called PLAN.
Notice that the Right dimension for the sheet boundary has been changed to 17 cm to
create room for the LEGN drawing area.
The new PLAN drawing area is displayed.
4. Choose Drawing areas > Save, to save the drawing area.

5. Choose Drawing areas > Copy, to copy the VA1B drawing area to a new drawing area
called SECTION
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Notice that the Right dimension from the sheet boundary has been changed to 17cm to
create room for the LEGN drawing area.
The Section drawing area is displayed.
7. Choose Drawing areas > Save to save the drawing area.

8. Choose Drawing areas > Select and choose both of the drawing areas to display on the
screen, and then click Apply.
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The drawing areas are displayed.
9. Choose Drawing areas > New.
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11. Choose Drawing areas > Save, to save the drawing areas.
12. Choose Drawing areas > Select.
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The drawing areas are displayed.
14. Close the Plotter Sheet Setup window.

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Note: Make sure that you change the drawing area to PLAN (a drawing area for the top
of an A1 sheet) and the Title block is set to a "blank" for No title block.
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After the map has finished processing, it will appear in the Plot preview window.
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The map is displayed, showing drawing areas PLAN, SECTION, and LEGN.
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Title Block Definitions

2. Choose Title Blocks > Copy.
Note: You will make a copy of an existing title block as it will save setting up new lines,
prompt items etc. In most cases this will be the easiest way to create a new title block as
all items can be altered using the property command.
Note: The only items you will need to type in are the new title ID and title description.
4. Click Apply and the new title block will appear.
5. Choose Title block > Snap grid > Properties.
You will use this to help align items on the title block.
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7.
8.
9.
10.
Choose Title Blocks > Edit > Delete item.

Click on the text Surpac Minex Group, and it will disappear.
Choose Title Blocks > Create > Text.
Click in the top section of the title block where you want the text to appear.
Note: Leave some space on the left for the logo.
12. Choose Title Blocks > Create > Image.

13. Click and drag a roughly square-shaped area to the left of the text BLUE SKY MINING.
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15. Choose Title Blocks > Snap grid > Hide.
16.
17.
18.
19.
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Choose Title Blocks > Save.

Choose File > Close.
Choose Plotting > Map > New.
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The plot and title block are displayed.
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Set Up For This Tutorial

Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows XP)

Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows Vista)

Plotting with Autoplot

Plan View Plotting

Task:Use Autoplot to Plot Data

Task: Create a Three Dimensional Plot

Task:Fix Quality of Images in Plot Preview window

Task:Create a Simple Section Plot

Task:Create a Section Plot with a Plan Strip

Task:Create Multiple Section Plots

Task:Create a Title Block for Multiple Section Plots

Task:Create Multiple Section Plots

Creating Plan View Maps

Task:Create an Ore Block Plan

Task:View Data for Plotting

Task:Create a Bore Hole Location Plan

Importing/Exporting Maps and Entities

Task:Import Map and Entity Definitions

Task:Export Map and Entity Definitions

Task:Create a list of Map and Entity Definitions

Plan View Map of Drillhole Traces

Task:Create a Section View Map of Drillhole Data

Task: Create and Plot an Oblique Section of Drillhole Data

Creating Multi-Viewport Maps

Task: Create a Plot with Two Drawing Areas

Task: Modify an Existing Drawing Area

Task:Add a Third Drawing Area

Title Block Definitions

Surpac V6.1 installed, and

Set Up For This Tutorial

Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows XP)

Set Up For This Tutorial

Set Up For This Tutorial

Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows Vista)

Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows Vista)

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Task: Set the Work Directory (Windows Vista)

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Task:Use Autoplot to Plot Data

Plan View Plotting

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4. Choose Display > Point > Markers.

6. Choose Display > Point > Attributes.

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8. Choose Plotting > Autoplot.

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Task:Use Autoplot to Plot Data

9. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.

11. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.

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12. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.

13. Choose File > Close.

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Task: Create a Three Dimensional Plot

Three Dimensional Plotting

The plot is displayed.

Plotting with Autoplot

Task:Fix Quality of Images in Plot Preview window