Structural Suite for GEOVIA Surpac

Fe a t u r e s a n d C a p a b i l i t i e s
 Struc tura l S u i t e for G E O V I A S u r p a c at g l a n c e

— Visualization a n d analysis tools for any k i n d of oriented

d ata
— ~20 tools in current version
— Structural Suite finally enables to:
2 — i n c l u d e orientation d a t a to g e o lo g ica l m o d e l l i n g workflow, u s i n g
c o n t a c t orientations, foliation etc.
— structural m o d e l l i n g in S u r p a c u s i n g all a v a i l a b le data, s u c h a s
joint orientations f r o m co r e lo g g ing or televiewer data, m a p p e d
structure d a t a f r o m field m e a s u r e m e n t s or p h o t o g r a m m e t r y
models.
 S i m p l e installation w i t h w i z a r d

— S i m p l e three step installation wit h installation w i za rd

— Install Structural Suite toolbars to a n e w profile or a d d
t h e m to any existing S u r p a c profile

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 All tools available f r o m installed toolbars

— Three toolbars:
1. S t ru ct u ralSuit e t o o lb a r for visualizing a n d g e n e r a l tools
2. S t e reograph icTools t o o lb ar for w o r k i n g wit h s t e re o g ra ph ic
projections
3 . C o m p l e m e n t a r y C o p y T o ol s t o o lb a r for p o in t & c l i c k c o p y i n g of
4 string d a t a to a ct ive layer
 L ice n sin g

— License is l o c ke d to S u r p a c d o n g l e
— Network licensing option is also available for S u r p a c
network licenses

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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a – d a t a s o u r c e

— P O I N T or D I S C R E T E type d ata c a n b e visualized from

S u r p a c d ata b a s e
— Current version supports dip/dip direction a n d dip/strike
(R) orientation notation
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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a – d a t a c onstraints

— D ata c a n b e constrained by collar table (only P O I N T type)

— D ata c a n b e constrained by d ata table c o l u m n values

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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a – s y m b o l styles

— S i m p l e styling let user quickly select sy m b o l a n d sy m b o l

size
— 3 D a n d 2 D m o d e s to select whethe r to ignore d i p
— S y m b o l scale c a n also b e read from d ata b a s e field
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— S y m b o l s are string files,
user c a n create a n d use
o w n sy m b o l s in addition
to collection provided
 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a – s y m b o l styles

A d v a n c e d styling provides m o re options:

— Select sy m b o l by database field value
— S ca l e sy m b o l s u s i n g constant values or m a t h e m a t i c a l
expressions
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— Expressions c a n contain
references to d b fields
— Offset sy m b o l s
— S ca l e a n d offset c a n b e set
separately for X, Y a n d Z
axis
S h o w in Yo u t u b e
 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a – s y m b o l c olours

— Select sy m b o l colour by database field value

— S e ve n different preset colouring schemes: R ainbow,
ra inbow light, hot to cold, thermal, the rmal light a n d
distict colours
10 — Colours c a n b e selected
u s i n g expressions
 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a –E x a m p l e :
L o g g e d joints c ol ou r e d a n d s c a l e d b y R Q D value

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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a –E x a m p l e :
Geologic al m a p of o p e n pit structures

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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a –E x a m p l e :
S u r f a c e gr a d i e n t visualization

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 V i s u a l i z i n g structural d a t a –E x a m p l e :
Foliation visualization f r o m b l o c k m o d e l

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 General Tools – Create single s y m b o l

— Create structure sy m b o l s m a n u a l l y
— Select symbol, scale a n d string n u m b e r
— Enter orientation manually, or
m e a s u re from three points.
15 Orientation c a n also b e c o p i e d
from existing symbol.
— Enter location or select
graphically
— Graphical selection also allows
to select m i d b e t we e n t wo
points.
 General Tools –L o c a t e drillhole

— H e l ps to find right drillhole in S u r p a c g ra p h i c s

— Zo o m s , highlights a n d sets rotation pivot point to
selected drillhole
— Z o o m level 0 ke e ps view as it is
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 General Tools –Triangle info

— Reports dip/dip direction of selected triangle, a l o n g with

all ge ometrical information
— H i g h l i g ht s reported triangle
for co nf i d e n c e
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 General Tools – Dip/Dip direction f r o m three points

— Reports dip/dip direction of p l a n e defined by three

graphically selected points
— Tool leaves define d p l a n e to
g ra p h i c s for exa m i n at i o n
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 General Tools – Line of intersection

— Reports d i p a n d a z i m u t h for line of intersection of t wo

structures
— Graphically select t wo
structures
19 — D i p a n d a z i m u t h reported in
message window
— Line of intersection created
to g ra p h i c s as s e g m e n t
— Useful tool to evaluate
w e d g e failures in o p e n
pit m i n e s
 P l a n e fitting tools – D y n a m i c fitting tool

— D y n a m i ca l ly fit p l a n e to selected points

— Instant fe e d b a c k as fitted p l a n e is u p d a t e d in g ra p h i c s
after e a c h selected point
— Ex tremely powerful tool
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p h o to g ra m m e t r i c m o d e l s
— C a n also b e u s e d wi th laser
sca ns or digitized features
— O b e ys d e s i g n string for easy
classification of created plane s
S h o w in Yo u t u b e
 P l a n e fitting tools – Fit p l a n e to
segment/string/DTM

— Fit p l a n e to selected se gme nt, string or DTM/3DM

— Easily find m e a n orientation
of ore lens solid m o d e l

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 Misc tools – C a l c u l a t e surfac e g r a d i e n t g r i d

— Calculates gradient grid for DT M surface m o d e l

— H a n d y Preview b u tto n to s h o w grid in g ra p h i c s
— E x port ge ne rate d d ata as C S V or string file

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 Misc tools – Move to p l a n e

— Projects structure observations into selected p l a n e

— Many options to define projection p l a n e
— S h o w result as symbols, lines (apparent dip) and/or
co n n e c t i o n lines to original structure location
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 E d i t tools – E x p a n d s e g m e n t in 3 D

— C l i c k a n d d ra g s e g m e n t e d g e to expand/contract
s e g m e n t in 3 D
— Great for e xa m i n i n g continuities b e t we e n drillholes or
u n d e rg ro u n d o p e n i n g s
24 — H i g h l i g ht interesting features
by e x p a n d i n g t h e m
— Pivot point for ex pansion
fixed to s e g m e n t center point
 E d i t tools – C h a n g e d i p / C h a n g e d i p direction

— Two separate tools to graphically rotate s e g m e n t d i p O R

s e g m e n t direction
— C l i c k a n d d ra g interface, similar to s e g m e n t ex pa nsion
— First tool c h a n g e s dip, ke e p i n g direction constant
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— S e c o n d tool c h a n g e s direction, ke e p i n g d i p constant
— Manually adjust s e g m e n t d i p to m a t c h other features in
g ra p h i c s
— Modify “mathematical” p l a n e fit of ore b o d y to better
m a t c h geological constraints
 E d i t tools – Move b y m i d d l e point

— Re locate s e g m e n t by its m i d d l e point

— Graphically select s e g m e n t a n d point whe re m i d d l e
point of selected s e g m e n t s h o u l d b e relocated
— Tool allows to select m i d point of t wo selected points as
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structure sy m b o l to m i d d l e of drillhole interval
 S t e r e o g r a p h i c tools –Create projection

— Digitize p o l ygo n a ro u n d interesting d ata

— S te re ographic projection is created for all data inside
p o l ygo n
— Excellent tool for finding
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— Instantly digitize nex t
selection a n d u p d ate
projection; easy to see
c h a n g e s a l o n g drillhole

S h o w in Yo u t u b e
 S t e r e o g r a p h i c tools – Create m e a n p l a n e s

— Digitize p o l ygo n a ro u n d joint set in stereographic

projection
— J oint set m e a n p l a n e is created to 3 D g ra p h i c s
— Useful tool to interpret
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from large a m o u n t s of
l o g g e d drillhole d ata
 S t e r e o g r a p h i c tools – T o g g l e d a t a c olours

— To g g l e pole representation b e t we e n b l a c k ticks a n d

source d ata colours
— In e xa m p l e below, foliation d ata wa s coloured by rock
type. Colours give g o o d indication a b o u t differences:
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 S t e r e o g r a p h i c tools – H i d e b y selection

— This tool c a n b e u s e d s h o w only selected joint d ata

— Joint set is digitized in stereographic projection, a n d all
d ata not i n c l u d e d to that set is h i d d e n in 3 D view

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 S t e r e o g r a p h i c tools – E x p o r t to D I P S

— D ata c a n b e exported directly to Ro c s c i e n c e DIPS, o n e of

the m o s t widely u s e d stereographic projection tools
— Tools to export d ata within digitized p o l ygo n a n d inside
selected solid
31 — More detailed analysis c a n
b e pe rforme d wi th D I P S
 F u t u r e p l a n s –N e x t version

— Nex t version will i n c l u d e major overhaul to Visualizer tool

— N e w GUI, o p t i m i ze d algorithms to even faster d ata
generation
— Ex tremely powerful n e w constraining e n g i n e
— More orientation options, sy m b o l preview
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— Tool to d o R Q D calculations for drillhole data: user

selectable intervals a n d m o v i n g average option
— Tool to calculate fracture frequency: user selectable
intervals a n d m o v i n g average option
— Tool to create p l a n e fit for all trisolations in current layer
 F u t u r e p l a n s –N e x t version

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 E x a m p l e projects

— Joint m a p p i n g from p h o to g ra m m e t r y m o d e l s

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 E x a m p l e projects

— Structural Suite assisted m o d e l l i n g of major fracture zo n e

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 E x a m p l e projects

— Evaluation of pit d e s i g n stability with k n o w n fracture

zo n e s

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