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MineSight® in the Foreground
(The Display of Model Blocks in MineSight® 3-D continued from page 7) than zero are being displayed). As can be seen, the
resulting display may not be adequate to convey the
Model Block Display in 3-D Views desired information.
The control of model block display in 3-D views
is defined through two fields, the 3D display type
and the Style. There are four 3D display types, and
five Style options, as shown here. For the majority of
situations, the default display type (Standard View)
is appropriate. The remaining three types (Levels, ES
Sections, NS Sections) are used in conjunction with
the Filled Polygons Style option to orient the dis-
play of the model block faces—these options will be
discussed a bit further on in this article.
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MineSight® in the Foreground
(The Display of Model Blocks in MineSight® 3-D continued from page 8) Note that in areas where blocks with value 1 are
There are a couple of considerations to keep in adjacent to blocks with value 4, the contour display
mind when using the Contour or Smooth contour will generate narrow strips of color representing the
display styles. First, there is a contouring calculation contoured values of 2 and 3.
that is utilized with these style options; this means The Filled polygons display style is one of the
that these displays are excellent for the display of con- most flexible styles available in MineSight® 3-D, pro-
tinuous data, such as TOPO percent or grade values. viding a display of one face of each block defined for
Non-contiguous code values, however, will often viewing. In 3-D viewing mode, the specific face for
provide a contoured display that does not match the this display style can be changed using the 3-D dis-
values coded to the model, as the contouring algo- play type; horizontal faces, vertical North-South faces,
rithm inserts intermediate values to the display. This or vertical East-West faces can be specified.
results in the so-called ‘fringing’ of the codes being The appearance of the displayed face is a func-
displayed. This effect is illustrated below for clarity. tion of the properties of the Color Cutoff item being
The view shown is using an integer code item (ORE) displayed, and can be altered using the Cutoff face
with values of 1 – 5. colors dialog. To gain access to these visual settings,
select the desired cutoff bin(s) to be adjusted, and
then click the Properties button. If you select Proper-
ties for more than one color cutoff bin, the Properties
dialog will be applied to all of the selected bins.
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(The Display of Model Blocks in MineSight® 3-D continued from page 10)
labels are controlled through the Model View Editor
Labels tab. The size and default color of the labels are
controlled by the Labels tab of the Model Properties
dialog, which is opened on the Display tab as well.
To add labels to a Model View, use the Labels tab.
In MineSight® 3.50, the Labels tab offers the insertion
of up to five item labels per block. To add a label to
the Model View, choose the item to be displayed from
the list icon and check the box next to the item field. If
you wish to color the labels by cutoff, check the box to
the right of the Label item line.
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