Traces Tab – Display 3D Drillholes
Use the Traces tab to plot 3D Traces in your 3D View. Traces can be created as lines, or as 3D tubes, and can be plotted as a single colour or variable colours.
Traces Tab Options
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Display traces
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Select this box to plot drillhole traces.
Disabled if the dialog is opened in edit mode.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS.DISPLAY_TRACES="1"
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Trace style
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By default, traces will be drawn as Lines. Select Tubes for a 3D representation of the Drillhole traces.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.STYLE="1"
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Colour
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The colour of the drillhole traces can be Fixed or Classified according to the selection here.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.COLOR_MODE="1" (0:Fixed Colour, 1:Classified Colour, default "0")
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Fixed Colour
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The colour of the drillhole traces to be used when Fixed colour is selected.
To select a different colour, click inside the colour box and the Colour selection dialog will open. Select a colour from the Basic colours table or by clicking the Define Custom Colours>> button, you can specify a custom colour.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.COLOUR="R105G105B105"
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Collar channel
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Available when Classified colour option is selected.
The drop-down list contains all channels from the active collar database. Select a relevant channel to be used to create the colour zones for plotting the drillhole traces. Categorical channels (with discrete values) work best, such as Drillhole status, year drilled or project name.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.CLASS_CHAN
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Classification file
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The colour classification file for drillhole traces.
Click the Browse button to open the Select colour classification file name dialog. Use this dialog to locate and select a previously defined colour file in (*.csv) format.
Click the Edit ( ) button to display the Edit Colour Codes dialog. Use this dialog to create a colour code file from the selected channel or edit an existing colour classification file.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.CLASS_FILE
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Size ()
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Specify the trace size in View units; this is the thickness of the tubes. Enabled for traces set to Tubes.
The Calculate button resets the field to the default estimated value.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.SIZE="4"
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Labels
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| Hole ID at top |
Select this option to display the Hole ID at the top of the hole.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.HOLE_ID_TOP="0"
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Hole ID at bottom
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Select this option to display the Hole ID at the bottom of the hole.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.HOLE_ID_BOTTOM="0"
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Final depth at bottom
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Select this option to plot the final depth at the bottom of the hole.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.DEPTH="0"
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Font
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Use the drop-down list to select the font type for the hole labels.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.FONT="Arial(TT)"
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Size ()
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Specify the font size of labels in View units.
Specify a different size or use the [Calculate] button to revert to the default estimated value.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.FONT_SIZE="4"
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Colour
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Select the colour of the hole labels.
To select a different colour, click inside the colour box and the Colour selection dialog will open. Select a colour from the Basic colours table or by clicking the [Define Custom Colours>>] button, you can specify a custom colour.
Script Parameter: DH_3DSYMBOLS_TRACES.FONT_COLOUR="R105G105B105"
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Application Notes
A 3D Traces group will take the name of the Drillhole Project with the suffix __Traces appended; the group name can be modified afterward.
3D Drillholes groups with the exception of collars will be re-scaled if Axes Scaling is modified (3D View Settings dialog).
Plotting 3D Drillholes in an empty 3D view will assign the coordinate system and units from the current Drillhole project database to the 3D View. Adding 3D Drillholes to a 3D View that has a different defined coordinate system (or units) from the current Drillhole project will first reproject the locations of the drillholes into the coordinate system (or units) of the 3D view.
