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Surpac Release Notes

The document provides release notes for Surpac version 6.6.2. It includes enhancements to geology functions, updates to the licence manager to version 14.7, and fixes to various issues in previous versions related to block models, variogram modelling, drillhole databases, and other functions. Key updates include a new SCL command for retrieving block model values, rebranded licensing to reflect the GEOVIA name, and fixes to bugs involving block model colouring, pit number importing, and stability issues.

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Surpac Release Notes

The document provides release notes for Surpac version 6.6.2. It includes enhancements to geology functions, updates to the licence manager to version 14.7, and fixes to various issues in previous versions related to block models, variogram modelling, drillhole databases, and other functions. Key updates include a new SCL command for retrieving block model values, rebranded licensing to reflect the GEOVIA name, and fixes to bugs involving block model colouring, pit number importing, and stability issues.

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Surpac

ReleaseNotes
LastModified: Wednesday,1October2014

Surpac6.6.2
Enhancements
Geology
NewSCLcommandSclBlockModelGetValues
AnewSCLcommandSclBlockModelGetValueshasbeenimplementedwhichhelpsyoutoget
attributevaluesinablockidentifiedbyavalidindexnumberinablockmodel.Itretrievesvalues
eitherattheexistingblocks'sizesusingSclBlockModelIterateStartor
SclBlockModelColumnIterateStart,orbythesmallestblocksizeusing
SclBlockModelLevelIterateStart.

Configuration
LicenceManager14.7
LicenceManager14.7isprovidedwithSurpac6.6.2.ThisversionofLicenceManager(LM)includes
thefollowingfeatures:
SupportforMineSched9.0.IfyourunMineSched9.0,youmustuseLM14.7,insteadofan
earlierversion,tosuccessfullyreceiveMineSched9.0licences.
RebrandedforGEOVIAratherthanGemcom.Aspartoftherebranding,theinstallation
directoryhaschangedfromC:\Users\Public\Gemcom\LicenceManager to
C:\Users\Public\GEOVIA\LicenceManager.
ThenameoftheLicenceManagerserviceisnowGEOVIALicenceManagerService.
BeawarethatLicenceManagerisnolongersupportedonWindowsXP.
Note:AfterinstallingLM14.7,useFile > Open toopenthe.udtfilethatcontainsyourlicences,click
theSaveicon,andthenstarttheservice.

IssuesFixed
Geology
BMGRAPHICSATTRIBUTECOLOURcoloursblocksincorrectlyforboundaryvalues
Previously,aroundingissuecausedSurpactointerpretsomedecimalvaluesincorrectly.For
example,whencolouringablockmodelbyattribute,ifyouwerecolouringbygrade>=0.7anda
blockhadavalueof0.7,theblockwasnotcoloured.Theproblemcouldalsooccurwhenthevalue
wasusedinacalculatedattribute.NowthefunctionBMGRAPHICSATTRIBUTECOLOURrounds
thevaluescorrectly,colourstheblockscorrectly,andcalculatesattributevaluescorrectly.

PitnumbersnotimportedfromaWhittlemodel
Previously,whenyouimportedaWhittleblockmodelintoSurpacusingtheBMIMPORTWHITTLE
function,insomecircumstancesthepitnumberwasnotimported.Nowthepitnumberisimported
correctly.Thepitnumberisstoredinthepit_numattribute.

Whittleexport-incorrectresultforIndicatorKrigedmodels
CorrectedabugwhereexportingtoanIndicatorKrigedWhittleblockmodelcouldincorrectlyassign
agradetoanundefinedoreparcel.

3DM/DTMintersectionfunctionsnotworking
Correctedastabilityissuewhenintersectinga3DMwithaninvalidDTM.IfTRISOLATION
3DM/DTMBELOWorTRISOLATION3DM/DTMABOVEfailbecauseofaninvalidDTM,a
meaningfulerrorisdisplayedintheMessagewindow.
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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
Mixedcase,uppercase,andlowercasevaluesinthehole_pathfieldinthecollartable
Inthedrillholedatabase,inthecollartable,thehole_pathfieldnowsupportsmixedcase,upper
case,andlowercasevalues.Previously,ifhole_pathstoredvaluesotherthanlowercasevalues,
youcouldexperienceerrorswhenusingAUDITDATABASEorotherdatabasefunctions.

EXTRACTDISCRETESAMPLESreturnsoldestrecordwhenmultiplerecordsexistwith
thesamesampleid
Therearesomesituationsinwhichthediscretesampletableinthedatabasemightholdmultiple
recordsforthesamesampleid,forexampleinwaterboremonitoringorprismmonitoring.
Previously,whenyourantheEXTRACTDISCRETESAMPLESfunction,andtherewasmorethan
onerecordwiththesamesampleid,theoldest recordcouldbereturned.Thiscouldoccurwhen
usinganOLEDBdatabasedriver.Now,therecordwiththemostrecentsampledateisreturned.

CENTRELINESLICEdoesnotextractslicescorrectly
Previously,thefunctionCENTRELINESLICEproducedincorrectsliceswhenthesliceplanewas
exactlyonablockface.Thisproblemhasnowbeenfixed.

SurpaccrashesifaninvalidVulcanblockmodelisloaded
InSurpac6.6,ifyoutriedtoloadaninvalidVulcanblockmodel,Surpacwouldcrashratherthan
displayanappropriateerrormessage.Nowanappropriateerrormessageisdisplayed,andnocrash
occurs.

Surpacfailedtoconnecttoapassword-protectedAccessdatabase
Previously,ifyouusedDBMAPPERtoconnectto,andmap,apassword-protectedMicrosoft
Accessdatabase,theconnectionfailedandSurpacdisplayedthemessage"Cannotconnectto
databaseoftypeaccess".Now,Surpacsuccessfullyconnectstoapassword-protectedAccess
database.

VARIOGRAMVALIDATIONautofillisnotworkingforNugget,SillandRange
Previously,whenyouusedtheVARIOGRAMVALIDATION(orBMFILLOK,BMFILLSK,BMIK
MAKECFF,DIRECTKRIGING,orGRIDKRIGING)functions,andselecteda.vgmfile,theNugget,
Sill,andRangefieldswerefilledwith"0"values.Now,Nugget,Sill,andRangearecorrectlyloaded
intothefieldsoftheform.

BMEXTRACTSECTIONSattributeoutputorderisincorrect
InSurpac6.4andlaterversions,BMEXTRACTSECTIONS(incorrectly)orderedattributes
alphabeticallyinsteadofintheorderinwhichyouselectedthemintheSections from block model
form.Now,theattributesareexportedintheorderinwhichyouselectedthem.Also,theattribute
sortorderdefinedwithBMREORDERATTRIBUTESisnowusedwhenyouextractall
attributeswithBMEXTRACTSECTIONS.

Blockmodel,multiplepercentreporterrors
Previously,BMVOLTONREPORTfailedtoread.bmrfilescorrectlyforsomemultiplepercentage
reports.Specifically,youcannowsetthenumberofdecimalplacesforReportvolumeandtonnes
successfully.Also,youcannowsettheSpecificGravitycolumntoavalueratherthananattribute,
andsuccessfullysaveandloadthe.bmrfile.

BlockModelReportfunction,formulanotworking
Thisfixrelatestothesituationwhereyouranablockmodelreport,andwantedtoreportona
calculatedattributebutnottoreportthebaseattributeusedinthecalculation,forexampletoreport
onthe(calculated)containedmetal,butnotgrade.Previously,ifyouclearedtheDisplaycheckbox
forthe(base)attributeyouwantedtohideinthereport,thevalueofthebaseattributewasdisplayed
inthereportanyway,aswellasthecalculatedattribute.Now,inthatsituation,thevalueofthebase
attributeisnotdisplayed.

BMSAVEMODELinstabilitysavingblockmodelafterreblocking
Previously,whenusing64-bitSurpactoreblockamodelandsavethemodel,insome
circumstancesSurpacwouldcrashanddisplayerror1000.Now,youcansuccessfullysavethe
reblockedblockmodel(eitherinamacroormanuallyinSurpac),regardlessofwhetheryouare
usingSurpac32-bitor64-bit.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
CLASSIFYSTRINGScrashesSurpacwhenusingaverylongfilepath
Previously,whenyouusedCLASSIFYSTRINGSwithanoutputfilethathadaverylongfilepath
(approximatelymorethan256characters),Surpacwouldcrash.CLASSIFYSTRINGSnow
successfullysavestheresultfileevenwhenthereisaverylongfilepath.

SimpleReblockinginSurpac6.6(32-bit)notworkingproperly
Simplereblockingnowcompletessuccessfully.

Blockmodelreportcreatesanextraattributecalled0.000
CorrectedanissueinBMVOLTONREPORTwherea.bmrfilecontainingavalueforitsdensity
attributecreatedanewattributeforwhichthenamewasthevalueofthedensityattribute.

BMEDITCONSTRAINTcrashonDatamineandfreeblockmodels
FixedanissuewhereitwaspossibletorunBMEDITCONSTRAINTonanincompatibleblockmodel
format(Datamineorfreeblockmodel),whichcouldcauseacrash.Itisnotvalidtoenteraconstraint
forthoseformatsofblockmodel.

Invariogrammodelling,movingthelagsliderwhilethevariogrammodeland
variogrammappanesareunpinnedinavariogrammapcausescrash
Movingthelagsliderwhilethevariogrammodelandthevariogrammappanesareunpinnedina
variogrammapnolongercausesacrash.

BMIJKCONSTRAINcrasheswhenconstraintnotcleared
Previously,whenyouranBMIJKCONSTRAINtwicewiththeClearconstraintscheckboxnot
selected,Surpaccouldcrash.Now,SurpacnolongercrashesregardlessofwhethertheClear
constraintscheckboxisselected.

VGCOMPOSITEDOWNHOLEnolongercrasheswhengivenincorrectgeologyzones
FixesabugwhereVGCOMPOSITEDOWNHOLEwouldcrashwhennodatamatchingthegiven
geologyzoneswasfoundinthedatabase.Now,awarningisdisplayedifagivenzoneisnotfound
atallinthedatabase.Iftheconstraintorzonesresultinnodata,amessageisdisplayedthatthere
arenotenoughsamplestocontinue.

COLLARSUMMARYcrasheswhenconstraintdoesnotreturnanydata
Previously,whenyouranCOLLARSUMMARYwithaconstraintthatdoesnotreturnanydata(such
asy=[novalue]),Surpaccouldcrash.Now,whennoneofthedrillholessatisfythegivenconstraints,
COLLARSUMMARYshowsausefulmessageandthereisnocrash.

Datamineblockmodels-constraintsnotworkingcorrectly
Previously,itwaspossibletoincorrectlygettheindexofasuperblockinDataminemodelsusing
SclBlockModelIndexFromXYZ.Thisisincorrectbehaviourandhasnowbeenfixed.

STRINGOVERDTMdoesnotproduceacorrectresult
FixedanissueinSTRINGOVERDTMwhereapointthatliesontheboundarystringoftheDTM
couldcausethefunctiontoproduceanincorrectresult.Now,theMessagewindowdisplaysan
appropriatemessagewhentheselectedstringhastrianglesthatareconnectedwiththeDTM.

DDBEDITORfunctioncrasheswhennosurveytableispresent
CorrectedapotentialcrashwhenusingDDBEDITORtomapadatabasethatismissingthesurvey
table.

TRISOLATION3DM/DTMBELOW-Clippingsolidbelowsurfaceisnotworkingasa
graphicalfunction
FixedanissuewheregraphicallyclippingasolidusingTRISOLATION3DM/DTMBELOWcould
produceincorrectresults.Theproblemcouldoccurwhensomeofthetrisolationswerevoidinstead
ofsolid.

TRISOLATIONSPLITCONNECTEDFILEfunctionvalidationerror
FixedseveralissuesinTRISOLATIONSPLITCONNECTEDFILE.TrisolationandTriobjectfields
arenowfilledcorrectly,andincorrectmacrosnolongercausestabilityissues.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
SclBlockModelIterateNext-valuesretrievedfromblockmodelsareincorrect
SclBlockModelIterateNextnownolongerreturnsincorrectvaluesoutofblockmodels.

SolidsrepaircrashwhenlanguageisRussian
Previously,ifyouusedtheSolidsRepairPaneltorepairasolidwithSurpacsettotheRussian
language,andthenyouclosedSurpac,reopenedit,andperformedthesolidsrepairagain,Surpac
couldcrashorfreeze.Thishasbeenfixed.

BlockModel-SclBlockModelAddBlockToConstraintcrasheswhenaddingblock
indexes[Incorrectresult][Crash]
BeingGroomed

CorrectedvariousissueswhensavingimagesfromtheVariogramwindow
CorrectedseveralissueswhensavingimagesfromtheVariogramwindow(manuallyorusinga
macro).Itisnolongerpossibletoincludeacoloncharacterinanimagefilename.Incorrectfile
pathsnolongercauserandomplacementofoutputfiles-errorsarecorrectlyreportedinstead.

BMVOLTONREPORTcrasheswhenadensityadjustmentattributeisnotselected
IntheBlock model reportform,whenDensityadjustmentwassettoattribute,butnoattributewas
specified,Surpacwouldcrash.Thisproblemhasbeenfixed,andanappropriateerrormessageis
nowdisplayedwhenadensityadjustmentattributeisnotselected.

Imageinthetitleblockdoesnotappearwhencreatingadrillholegraphicallog
WhenusingthefunctionDBDRILLHOLELOG,animagethatwasaddedinatitleblockwouldfailto
appearwhenthedrillholegraphicallogwascreated.Thisproblemhasnowbeenfixed.

Repetitionoflongdescriptionsindrillholegraphicallogs
Longdescriptionsinthegeologydescriptionfieldarenolongerrepeatedseveraltimeswhen
producingdrillholegraphicallogs.

Incorrectfilepathforadatabaseinaworkspacefile
Previously,savingtheworkspacefile(.swa)wouldrecordanincorrectpathforadatabasethatwas
loadedfromadifferentdrive.Thisproblemhasbeenfixednow.Theworkspacefilerecordsthe
correctpathinformationregardlessofthedriveorthecurrentworkdirectory.

Tools
Clippingandtrimmingdonotworkinsectionview
Thefollowingfunctionsallnowfunctionrelative to the active plane.Thecommandnameisin
parentheses.

DELETEBYBOX(Trimbywindowbox)
DELETEBYSEGMENT(Trimbyselectedsegment)
DELETEBYTEMPSEGMENT(Trimbydigitisedsegment)
CLIPBYBOX(Clipbywindowbox)
CLIPBYSEGMENT(Clipbyselectedsegment)
CLIPBYTEMPSEGMENT(Clipbydigitisedsegment)

Drillholespositionedexactlyononeofthesectionplanesarenotplotted
Previously,Surpacfailedtoplotdrillholesthatlayexactlyononeofthesectionplanes.Thisproblem
hasnowbeenfixed.

SHEETVIEWPORTCLOSEcrashesSurpacifexecutedwhenSheetentitieswindowis
notopen
FixedacrashtriggeredbycallingSHEETVIEWPORTCLOSEwhenthesheetentitieswindowis
notopen.

SclSetValueByNameandSclGetValueByNamedonotworkwithtriobjectsand
trisolations
Previously,theSCLcommandsSclSetValueByNameandSclGetValueByNamefailedtoworkwith
triobjectsandtrisolations.Thisproblemhasnowbeenfixed.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
SUBDIVIDESTRINGfunctionisbroken-doesnotsubdividebyx,y,z
SUBDIVIDESTRINGnowworkscorrectlywhenDistancetypeisX-axis,Y-axis,orZ-axis.

PROCESSMAPhasbeenmodifiedtoprocessanimageentitydifferently
Thefollowingchangeshavebeendoneforprocessinganimageentity:
TheClashingfieldisrenamedtoForeground.WhenForegroundisselected,andyou
processamapthatincludestheimageentity,theimageappearsontopoftheotherplotted
objects,andunderneathanytitleblock.Databehindtheimageisnotremoved.When
Foregroundisnotselected,theimageappearsunderneaththeotherplotteddata.
ThePriorityfieldisremovedfromtheDefine image entity attributesform.

GRAPHICALLYCLIPDTMnotclippingcorrectlyorformingDTMproperly
Previously,whenusingGRAPHICALLYCLIPDTM,andtheboundarystringwasexactlyonthe
trisolationboundary,thefunctiondidnotalwayscliptheDTMcorrectly.Now,whenthestartpointof
theclippingsegmentisexactlyonthetrisolationboundary,GRAPHICALLYCLIPDTMclipstheDTM
correctly.

2DPLANESMODEand3DPLANESMODEunwantedchangeofview
Wheninplanesmode,switchingbetween2Dand3Dnolongermovesthecameraposition.

SAVEALLLAYERSAScrasheswhenoutputisGEMStriangulation
SAVEALLLAYERSASnowworkscorrectlywhentheoutputisGEMStriangulations.

SclBlockModelBlockIndexFromXYZfailstogetavalidindexinmanysituations
SclBlockModelBlockIndexFromXYZnolongerfailstogetavalidblockindexinablockmodel.

CrashwhencallingEXPANDDTMonaninvalidDTM
Previously,whenyouranEXPANDDTMonaninvalidDTM,Surpaccouldcrashanddisplayerror
5000.Now,EXPANDDTMsuccessfullyexpandstheinvalidDTM.Regardlessofthefix,itisa
recommendedsteptovalidateaninvalidDTMbeforedoinganyfurtherprocessingontheDTM.

SECTIONSTHROUGHLAYERScrashesinamacro
Previously,ifyouranSECTIONSTHROUGHLAYERSwithmanysectionsinamacro,Surpaccould
runoutofmemory.Now,thememorymanagementproblemhasbeencorrected,andSECTIONS
THROUGHLAYERScompletestheoperationsuccessfully.

GROUPPLOTSELECTIONcauseserror5000
FixedacrashtriggeredbycallingGROUPPLOTSELECTIONfromthemainSurpacwindow.You
cannowrunGROUPPLOTSELECTIONsuccessfully.

TRIANGULATIONSASPOLYLINESdoesnotrenderthetriangleinterceptlinecorrectly
Previously,thepolylines(onsomeplanes)whichrepresentedtheinterceptlinegeneratedbythe
TRIANGULATIONSASPOLYLINESfunction,appearedasbrokenlines.Thisproblemhasbeen
fixedandthepolylinesnolongerappearbroken.

CrashwhenrunningTCLscripttoplottingsectionswhenplottingentitydoesnotexist
InSurpac6.6,whenyouranaTCLmacroforplotting,andaplottingentityusedbythemacrodidnot
exist,Surpaccouldcrash.InSurpac6.3.2,themacrodidnotcrash.InSurpac6.6.2,Surpacdoes
notcrashinthatsituation,butdisplaysanappropriateerrormessage.

Markersmaynotbecorrectlydrawnwhenmultiplestringsaredisplayedinthesame
layer
Markersarenowcorrectlydisplayedwhenmultiplestringsaredisplayedinthesamelayer.

Surpaccrasheswhenanentityreferencedinamapdoesnotexistwhileprocessing
themap
Correctedastabilityissuewhenprocessingamapthatwasmissingentities.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
NohelpavailableforPlotsheetsizesform
ThePlot sheet sizes formisnowlinkedwithanappropriatehelppage.

CorrectedvariousSCLmemoryleaks
FoundandfixedvariousmemoryleakstriggeredbySclDestroy.

InputdelaywhenrunningcutandbetweenDTMs
DTMCUTANDFILLVOLUMESnolongerreadsDTMfilesautomaticallywhenyouhavechosena
DTMintheLocationfieldorfields.InsteadyoucanclickRefreshtofilltheLocationfieldortypea
valuemanually.Thischangepreventsunwanteddelayswhenusingthisfunction,especiallywith
largeDTMs.

UnabletoloadthesymbolsfromblockreferencesinsertedinaDWGfile
Previously,thesoftwarewasunabletoloadthedipanddirectionsymbolsfromblockreferences
insertedinaDWGfile.Thishasbeenfixednow.

Indata-centricmode,aselectedtriangleisnothighlightedifgraphicsdriverisDX9or
OpenGL2
Previously,thetrianglewasnothighlightedwhenyouselecteditindata-centricmodeandthe
graphicsdriverwaseitherDX9orOpenGL2.Thisproblemhasbeenfixednow.

DTMinputdelayforvariousfunctions
IfyouloadedsomelargeDTMs,SurpaccouldtakealongtimetofilltheObjectIDandTrisolation
IDboxeswhilevalidatingtheDTMs.Now,thefollowingfunctionsnolongerautomaticallyreadDTM
fileswhenyouhavechosenoneinthelocationfieldorfields:
DTMVOLUMES
INTERSECTDTMS
SECTIONDTM
DTMCLIP
BMVOLTONREPORT
DRILLHOLEINTERSECTDTM
EXPANDDTM
STRINGSOVERDTM
YoucanclickthenewRefreshbuttontofilltheObjectIDandTrisolationIDcomboboxes,orenter
thesevaluesmanually.
Thismodificationpreventsunwanteddelayswhenusingthesefunctions,especiallywithlargeDTMs.

NewSCLcommandSclDestroyHandle
AddedanewSCLcommandSclDestroyHandle.Thepurposeofthiscommandistodestroya
handletoaSurpacobject,whilenotdestroyingtheunderlyingdata.Anexampleofthisisdestroying
apointhandle,withoutdestroyingtheactualpointinthesegmentinwhichitwascreated.

StringdrapingfunctionsfailtodrapestringsoveraDTM
Variousstringdrapingfunctions(SEGMENTOVERDTM,STRINGOVERDTM,STRINGSOVER
DTMandSTRINGRANGEOVERDTM)nownolongerdisplaythespuriouserrormessage
"Warning:Nointersectionwithtriangle"andtheycompletesuccessfully.

Applications
AUDcannowloadDTMs
FixesaproblemwhereAdvancedUndergroundDesign(AUD)didnotshowthebuttonforselectinga
DTM.ThebuttonisnowdisplayedandyoucanuseittoloadaDTMfromSurpactoAUD.

Configuration
FORMPREVIEWwithform00226causesSurpactocrash
FixedacrashtriggeredbyrunningFORMPREVIEWonform00226-thePlot presentation
parametersform.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
Stringstylesdoesnotacceptthe'polygon'drawingmethod
Previously,intheSTYLESSTRINGfunctionortheSTRINGPROPERTIESfunction,ifyouselected
thepolygondrawingmethodforastringrange,andappliedtheform,Surpacdisplayedthe
message:"Validationoffieldmethod(x)failed".Now,youcansuccessfullyapplythepolygon
drawingmethod.

Context-menumethodofpromotingordemotingtheselectionoftrianglesnotworking
Previously,thecontext-menumethodofpromotingordemotingtheselectionoftriangleswasnot
workingcorrectly.Thishasnowbeenfixed.

Surpaclimitedto4GBfilesize
Surpacisnowabletoopenandprocessfilesgreaterthan4GBinsize.

Miscellaneous
Graphicaldisplayoptimization
Interactivedisplayoflargenumbersofsegments,trisolations,anddrillholesisnowsignificantly
fasterthanitwaspreviously.InDefaultpreferences,underGraphics>Hardwaresettings,you
mustselecttheDisplaylistssettingtotakefulladvantageofthisoptimization.

Fastertransparency
InDefaultpreferences,underGraphics>Displayoptions,thedefaultTransparencymethod
(whichisPerformance)hasbeenchangedtouseatechniquecalleddepthpeeling.Thedepth
peelingmethodrendersatransparentobjectinpassesthat'peelaway'transparentlayerstoshow
theobjectsunderneath.YoucanspecifythenumberofpeelinglayersusingtheDepthlayers
setting.Foreachlayer,Surpacusesonelayeroftransparency.Youcanenablethelegacymethod
oftransparencybysettingTransparencymethodtoQuality.UsingtheQualitysetting,allthe
trianglesaresortedfrombacktofrontbeforeupdatingthecanvas,whichrequiressignificant
memoryandtimeinallbutthesimplestscenes.

DocumentationChanges
Configuration
Blockmodel
AddedhelptopicwithdiagramsforMineblocksgraphicallycommand.
ForValidateforExporttoWhittle,addeddiagram,plusabetteroverview,explanationofthe
previously-unexplainedfields,andanOutputparagraph.

Customisetopics
InDefaultpreferencestopic,explainedTransparencymethodandDepthlayerssettingswhich
cangreatlyboostgraphicalperformancewhenyouaredisplayingmanytransparentobjects.
Upgradefromoldinstallation.Addedhelptoexplainwhichcustomisedfilesarecopiedfromthe
olderversionofSurpactothenewversion.
AddedhelptopictoexplainthethreepossiblechoicesintheWindowappearancesubmenu.

Surfaces
ForDTMcutandfillvolumes,addeddiagramandwordstobetterexplaincutandfill.
AddedhelpforConvertgridsurfacetoDTMwhichconvertsMinexgridstoDTMs.

SCL
AddedhelpforthenewSclBlockModelGetValuescommandthatgetsthevaluesofblockmodel
attributes.
AddedhelpforthenewSclDestroyHandlecommandwhichreleasesmemoryusedbyhandles.
Thiscommandislikelytobemostusefulforscriptsthatinvolvemanipulatingmanypointsorobjects,
whenthescriptfailsorrunsslowlybecauseitrunsoutofmemory.
ForSclSystemOption,addednotestatingtheextralinethatyouneedtoaddtoascripttocommit
anSclSystemOptionchangethatrelatestoGraphics.

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Surpac

Surpac6.6.2
Plotting
AddedhelptoexplainimageentitiesandthenewForegroundoption.Alsoaddedatasktothe
Plottingtutorial:Creatingaplotshowinganimageofalegend.
Copytitleblock.Explainedthefieldsforplacementofthetitleblock,forthesizeoftheprotected
area,andotherfieldsthatlackedhelp.
AddedhelpforCreateentitylegend.
ReorganisedthehelpforthePlottingSheetSetupWindowcommandssotheyareallinthetable
ofcontents.
Plotdrawarea.Addeddiagramtoexplainwherethedrawareaisinrelationtotheborder.

Other
EditedthehelpforthenumerousStringmathsfunctionsfortechnicalcorrectness,easeoffinding,
andeaseofmaintaining.
Madeitsotherearehyperlinksonthebreadcrumbsatthetopofthehelptopicssoyoucannavigate
aroundthetableofcontents.Createdminitablesofcontentswhereneededtoenablethis.

Geologicaldatabaseandcompositing
ReorganisedandeditedtheGeologicaldatabasehelptopic.Removedoutdatedinformation,
explainedstylestable,highlightedimportanceofAUDITDATABASE,clarifiednamingrestrictions
andmemofieldlimitations.
AddedhelpforLabeltickmarksselectableandGeologypatternsselectable,andaddedmore
detailandadiagramtoDrillholetracesselectable.
AddedDatabaseformatandcompatibilityconcepttopicexplainingthedatabasecompatibility
issueswithAccess.
InCompositedownholetopic,explainedDeterminecompositelengthby:bestfit,andadded
DownholeCompositingExample#3plusimageasanexampleofit.
MadesubstantialchangestothehelptopicfortheGraphicaldrillholelogfunctionincludingadding
anexamplewithanimage,andstatinghowyoucancontrolthecolouroflinesandbargraphs.

Drillandblast
Addedhelpfor18commandsontheDatabasesubmenu.Addedhelpfor7Editcommands.Added
helpfor9Displaycommands.Addedhelpfor8Sectionscommands.
AddedhelpforDeletesinglehole.

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