3D Drillhole Traces – View and Modify Attributes

Use the Attributes tab to view and modify the properties of the 3D Drillhole Traces in your 3D View. For more information on clipping, refer to the Modify 3D Clipping topic. For more information on the colour legend, refer to the Modify 3D Legend topic.

Attributes Tab

To Specify the Transparency of the Drillhole Traces

The Transparency of traces can be adjusted interactively by moving the slider on the Transparency bar. To increase the transparency, slide the bar to the right and to decrease the transparency, slide the bar to the left.

To Determine the Source Drillhole Project

The source drillhole project name used for plotting the Traces is listed below the Transparency slider.

To Determine and Change the Traces Style

Click on the Edit Traces button to open the Edit Traces dialog.

The Trace style selection indicates if traces are plotted as Lines or 3D Tubes. Select a different Trace style to change.

To Access the Colour Options and Tools

Click on the Edit Traces button to open the Edit Traces dialog.

Click the Fixed or Classified radio button to change the style of colour applied to the traces.

For Fixed colour, click inside the Colour box under the Traces tab, to display the Colour dialog. Using this tool, you can select a colour from the basic colour table or by clicking the Define Custom Colours button you can specify a custom colour.

For Classified colours, select a channel from the collar table to use to assign trace colours and browse to locate a classification file that specifies the colours to use. A classification file can be created by using the Edit button (). Note that only collar table channels can be used to assign colours to traces.

To Change the Size of the Drillhole Traces

Click on the Edit Traces button to open the Edit Traces dialog.

Under the Traces tab, specify a different Size for plotting the traces, or use the Calculate button to revert to the default estimated value. Note that Trace size only applies to the Tubes style.

To Determine and Change the Hole ID and Depth Labels Options

Click on the Edit Traces button to open the Edit Traces dialog.

The Hole ID and depth display options as well as the font type, size and colour used for plotting the labels are displayed under the Labels section. Select/de-select any display options and use the drop-down list to select a different font type. Specify a different font size, or use the Calculate button to revert to the default estimated value. Use the Colour tool to specify a different colour for plotting the Hole ID labels.

Application Notes

  • Clicking the Edit Traces button will prompt to locate the source Drillhole Project (listed in the Attributes panel) if it is not currently open.

  • Editing the selected 3D Drillhole group and clicking OK, redraws the 3D Traces group in the 3D View, and updates the read-only parameters in the Attributes panel.

  • A legend tab will not automatically appear for any 3D Drillhole groups that were created prior to version 9.3. In order to create the legend, either replot all the 3D Drillholes by going to Add to 3D | Drillhole | 3D Drillholes… or select the group that you would like a legend for and click the Edit button on the Attributes tab. The 3D Drillhole Legend will appear as soon as the group has been refreshed.

  • 3D Drillholes groups generated prior to version 9.1 will continue to appear in the 3D Manager tree with vector icons and with limited information displayed in the Attributes panel (Transparency slider and Colour control button). 3D Traces that were generated post-9.1 will provide additional, more detailed information in the Attributes panel. The 3D Drillholes groups are backwards compatible; however, the information in the Attributes panel will be limited to that of the previous versions.

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