Split on X,Y Breaks

Use the Split on X,Y Breaks menu option (SPLITLINESONXY GX) to split lines into component lines based on tolerance of lateral distance. This will convert a neutral format line to Geosoft's XYZ format lines..

Split on X, Y Breaks dialog options

Line to break up	Select line to break up. Script Parameter: XYZLINE.LINE
X channel	Select X Channel name. Script Parameter: XYZLINE.XCH
Y channel	Select Y Channel name. Script Parameter: XYZLINE.YCH
Line direction	Select line direction, "Any_direction", "x_direction", "Y_direction". Script Parameter: XYZLINE.DIRCTN
Lateral distance tolerance	Specify the lateral distance tolerance. The lateral tolerance is a set distance from the given Line direction. Script Parameter: XYZLINE.TOLRNC
Down line distance tolerance	Specify the down line distance tolerance. The down line distance tolerance is the maximum allowable distance between two points before a new line is created. Script Parameter: XYZLINE.DOWNTOL
Line to break up	Select the line or lines break up. The options are the currently displayed line, the selected lines (the default) and all the lines. Script Parameter: XYZLINE - "A" : All lines, "S" : Selected lines (default), "D" : Displayed line

Application Notes

This GX is intended to be used to break up lines that are imported from ASCII archives, which have a neutral format.

In this situation, the normal IMPORT GX can be used to import the data with a neutral format. The XYZLINE GX can then be used to break up the line or lines into separate segments based on the tolerance of lateral distance.

After breaking up a line the line will be deleted. If there are existing lines with the same line number as the new line segment, the new line version will be incremented.