- SHOTPlus™ Variant:
- Surface
- Version:
- 6.8.1 and above
KBA Summary:
A step-by-step guide to creating grade, design, & dipped surfaces in SHOTPlus™
Grade Surface
The Grade surface is constructed from grade points of the design hole track. The grade points exclude subdrill or stand off.
To create a grade surface:
- Navigate to View > Visibility Manager > Auto-surfaces and select Grade
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A surface will be created at the Grade toe points for all holes & the surface will automatically be created under Surfaces > Grade Surface in the Layer Manager
Tip: After creating the Grade Surface filter the Visibility Manager to show only the Design Hole track and turn on Grade points.
Design Surface
The design surface is constructed from the toe points of the design hole track. The toe points include sub-drill or stand off.
- Navigate to View > Visibility Manager > Auto-surfaces and select Design toe
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A surface will be created at the Design toe points for all holes & the surface will automatically be created under Surfaces > Design Surface in the Layer Manager
Tip: After creating the Design toe surface filter the Visibility Manager to show only the Design Hole track.
Dipped Surface
The dipped surface is constructed from the toe points of the dipped hole track. All holes that have a dipped track (or length measured) are included in the surface.
- Navigate to View > Visibility Manager > Auto-surfaces and select Dipped toe
- A surface will be created at the dipped toe points for all holes & the surface will automatically be created under Surfaces > Dipped Surface in the Layer Manager
Tip: After creating the Dipped toe surface filter the Visibility Manager to show only the Dipped track.
Multiple surfaces can be turned on to enable a visual comparison between surfaces, for example Designed surface & Dipped Surface.
Deleting Surfaces
To delete a specific surface:
- Use the mouse pointer to select the surface to be deleted
- Press the delete key
- The selected surface will now be deleted
To delete all surfaces in a layer:
- Select the required layer
- Right click on the layer
- Select delete objects
- All objects or surfaces in that layer will now be deleted
Surface Rendering & Transparency
To change the surface transparency:
- Double click on the required surface or select and right click, then select edit
- Select Layer Properties
- Select the required transparency
- Click OK on the Edit layer dialogue box
- Click OK on the Edit surface dialogue box
To change the surface colour;
- Double click on the required surface or select and right click, then select edit
- Select Layer Properties
- Click on the Colour box and select the required colour
- Click OK on the Edit layer dialogue box
- Click OK on the Edit surface dialogue box
To turn off surface rendering;
- Double click on the required surface or select and right click, then select edit
- Click the drop down in display mode
- Choose the required option - Triangles, Boundary only, Contours or Elevation heatmap
- Click Apply and OK on the Edit surface dialogue box