Geoscience ANALYST 4.

User Guide
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 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
1.1 About Geoscience ANALYST 2
1.2 Scope 2
1.3 How to use this guide 2
1.4 System requirements 2
CONTENTS
1.5 Activating your licence 3
1.5.1 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST licence 3
1.5.2 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST Pro/Pro Geophysics licence 6

CHAPTER 2 User interface 8

2.1 Overview 10
2.1.1 Menu bar 11
2.1.2 Coordinate display area 11
2.1.3 Information and data area 11
2.1.4 Visual Parameters panel 15
2.1.5 ioGAS panel 16
2.1.6 Objects panel 18
2.1.7 Viewport 22
2.1.8 Controls panel 29
2.1.9 Console panel 30
2.1.10 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel 30
2.1.11 Data Colours panel 30
2.1.12 2D Cross Plot panel 40
2.1.13 2D Profile Viewer 41
2.1.14 Decay Curves panel 47
2.1.15 Drillhole Monitoring panel 49
2.1.16 Survey Designer panel 51
2.2 Preferences 54
2.2.1 Core 55
2.2.2 Pro 57
2.2.3 Pro Geophysics 58
2.2.4 Graphics 59
2.3 Saving workspaces 60
2.3.1 Workspace file lock 60
2.3.2 About .geoh5 format 60
CHAPTER 3 Object types 62
3.1 Information from the information and data area 63
3.2 Objects 64
3.2.1 Points 65
3.2.2 Curves 69
3.2.3 Surfaces 75
3.2.4 Drillholes 78
3.2.5 2D grids 86
3.2.6 Block models 91
3.2.7 GeoImages 97
3.2.8 Maxwell plates 99
3.2.9 OcTree grids 102
3.2.10 VP models 106
3.2.11 Draped models 108
3.3 Special objects 111
3.3.1 Slicers 111
3.3.2 Labels 114

CHAPTER 4 Importing and exporting 116

4.1 Importing files into Geoscience ANALYST 117
4.1.1 Importing files via the File menu 117
4.1.2 Importing files by dragging and dropping 118
4.1.3 Importing files and workspaces from a monitored folder 150
4.1.4 Importing Geoscience ANALYST workspaces on disk 151
4.2 Exporting objects from Geoscience ANALYST 151
4.2.1 Exporting points, curves and surfaces to GOCAD ASCII 152
4.2.2 Exporting surfaces to Datamine format 153
4.2.3 Saving selected objects to a new .geoh5 workspace file 154
4.2.4 Exporting drillholes to .csv 155
4.2.5 Exporting objects to .csv 156
4.2.6 Exporting Viewport content as a .geoh5 workspace file 156
4.2.7 Saving files from within a workspace to disk 158

CHAPTER 5 Integration with Geoscience INTEGRATOR 159

5.1 Integration with Geoscience INTEGRATOR 160
5.2 Connecting from Geoscience ANALYST 160
5.3 Concepts from Geoscience INTEGRATOR 164
 5.4 Overview of the UI 164
5.4.1 Project tab 164
5.4.2 Objects panel 165
5.4.3 Data set summary 167
5.4.4 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel 168
5.5 Configuring the query parameters 172
5.5.1 Bounding Box 172
5.5.2 Date 174
5.5.3 Neighbourhoods, Shifts, Properties, Tags, Groups 175
5.5.4 Property Filters 176
5.5.5 Object-specific options 176
5.6 Viewing the query results 177
5.7 Saving the query results 181
5.8 Viewing project files, maps, and documents 182
5.8.1 Previewing layer names for Maps/plans/sections items 184

CHAPTER 6 Tools and tips 186

6.1 Contextual menus 187
6.1.1 Slicers 194
6.1.2 Tape measure 195
6.1.3 Snapshots 196
6.1.4 Comments and attachments 197
6.2 Data types 198
6.2.1 Listing data types 200
6.2.2 Reassigning data types 201
6.3 Group Data 202
6.4 Preserving and saving views 204
6.4.1 Saving the active viewport as a view 204
6.4.2 Copying views to the clipboard 205

CHAPTER 7 Geoscience ANALYST Pro 206

7.1 Geoscience ANALYST Pro 210
7.2 Creating and editing objects 211
7.2.1 Object creation: Use cases 212
7.2.2 Snapping objects 215
7.2.3 Editing objects 216
7.2.4 Editing the Data Table 217
7.3 Utilities menu 218
7.3.1 2D Grid Designer 218
7.3.2 Block Model Designer 220
7.3.3 Surface Designer 223
7.3.4 VP Model Designer 224
7.3.5 Manage Metadata 226
7.3.6 K-Means Clustering 228
7.3.7 Minimum Curvature Gridding 230
7.3.8 Script 232
7.3.9 Transfer Data 234
7.3.10 Coordinate System Transformation 236
7.3.11 Drape On 238
7.3.12 Translate/Rotate/Scale Objects 238
7.4 Drillholes menu 240
7.4.1 Calculate Distance to Drillholes 240
7.4.2 Copy Drillhole in Grid Pattern 243
7.4.3 Desurvey Drillholes 245
7.4.4 Drillhole Designer 246
7.4.5 Drillhole Statistics 257
7.4.6 Drillhole Target 260
7.4.7 Manual Drillhole Designer 261
7.5 Geophysics menu 263
7.5.1 Compute Forward Model 263
7.5.2 Compute Unconstrained Inversion 264
7.5.3 Create EM Dataset 266
7.5.4 Electromagnetic Field Modelling 269
7.5.5 Fourier Filters on 2D Grids 271
7.5.6 Gravity Corrections 274
7.5.7 Remove Trend from Data 275
7.6 Python menu 276
7.6.1 Open scripts directory 276
7.6.2 Open working directory 276
7.7 ioGAS Link 276
7.7.1 Connecting to ioGAS Link 277
7.7.2 Viewing points objects in ioGAS 277
7.7.3 Renaming and reassigning data 278
7.8 Maxwell Link 279
7.8.1 Connecting to Maxwell Link 279
7.8.2 Broadcasting plates from Maxwell to Geoscience ANALYST 279
7.8.3 Viewing Maxwell plate objects in Geoscience ANALYST 279
7.8.4 Disconnecting from Maxwell 281
7.8.5 Editing Maxwell plates in the Viewport 281
7.8.6 Creating a Surfaces object from Maxwell plate(s) 282
7.9 Contextual commands 283
7.9.1 New Surface from Nodes 283
7.9.2 Transfer Data To Drillholes 284
7.9.3 Connecting to Imago (Beta) 285
7.9.4 Transfer to 285
7.9.5 Create Masking Property 285
7.9.6 Apply Mask Property 286
7.9.7 New Boundary Curve from Nodes 286
7.9.8 Downsample 287
7.9.9 Geo-Reference to Landmarks 289
7.9.10 Composite Drillhole Interval Logs 290
7.9.11 Distance calculations 292
 Introduction
This chapter provides an introduction and overview to Geoscience ANALYST,
and provides download and installation instructions.
CHAPTER 1
1.1 About Geoscience ANALYST 2

1.2 Scope 2

1.3 How to use this guide 2

1.4 System requirements 2

1.5 Activating your licence 3

1.5.1 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST licence 3

1.5.2 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST Pro/Pro Geophysics

licence 6
1.1 About Geoscience ANALYST
Geoscience ANALYST is Mira Geoscience's 3D visualization and communication software for integrated, multi-
disciplinary earth models and data sets.

Geoscience ANALYST is a unique standalone application allowing you to import 3D geoscientific data and models from
standard industry formats, and to change visual parameters to perform contextual queries of data attached to any
object.

1.2 Scope
This content contained here covers Geoscience ANALYST's entire user interface, including procedures designed to
help you develop a working understanding of how to use the software.

By using a practical, task-based approach, the goal of this guide is to get you feeling comfortable using the numerous
features of Geoscience ANALYST as quickly as possible so you can effectively incorporate it into your mining and
exploration projects.

1.3 How to use this guide

The following conventions are used throughout this guide:
l Bold denotes text that appears in the software interface, as well as mouse and keyboard commands.
l Italic denotes parameters and variables.
l Monospace font denotes file names and folders.

1.4 System requirements

Operating system
l Microsoft® Windows® OS (7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10) x64-bit.

Required hardware
l Processor: x64 architecture required.
l Graphics adaptor: 3D graphics adaptor supporting OpenGL® 3.2.

Recommended hardware
l Processor: Intel® Core i3, i5, i7, i9, Xeon® or better. AMD Ryzen™, Opteron™, Phenom™, A-series, E-series or
better.
l Memory: 4 GB RAM or more.
l Hard Drive: 2 GB of free disk space.

Note: Large data sets will require more memory, hard drive space, and processing power.

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Windows virtual machines are unlikely to work properly due to their limited graphics capabilities.

Geoscience ANALYST is untested with Boot Camp installs of Windows on Mac computers. Although some users have
reported success with it, we do not provide support for it.

1.5 Activating your licence

The first time you open Geoscience ANALYST, the licence wizard will launch and guide you through the licence
activation process.

1.5.1 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST licence

1. Launch Geoscience ANALYST.
2. In the Geoscience ANALYST Activation window, click Get your free license to open the form to request your
free licence.

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 3. Fill out the form and click Subscribe. You will receive your licence key within minutes. Be sure to check your
Spam or Junk folder.

4. In the Geoscience ANALYST Activation window, click Activate your free license to open the Geoscience
ANALYST activation wizard.

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 5. Depending on whether your device has an internet connection, follow the appropriate activation instructions
below:
l If connected to the internet: Click Activate Online. Once you have read and consented to the privacy

policy, enter your activation key and click Activate Online.

l If not connected to the internet: Click Activate Offline. Once you have contacted
[email protected] as instructed, enter your activation key and computer key and click
Activate Offline.

6. Once you see the yellow check mark that indicates that the activation was successful, click Finish.

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1.5.2 Activating your Geoscience ANALYST Pro/Pro Geophysics licence
1. Launch Geoscience ANALYST.
2. Click File > License Management.
3. In the License Management window, click Activate in the Geoscience ANALYST Pro section to open the
Geoscience ANALYST Pro activation wizard.

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 4. Depending on whether your device has an internet connection, follow the appropriate activation instructions
below:
l If connected to the internet: Click Activate Online. Once you have read and consented to the privacy

policy, enter your activation key and click Activate Online.

l If not connected to the internet: Click Activate Offline. Once you have contacted
[email protected] as instructed, enter your activation key and computer key and click
Activate Offline.

5. Once you see the yellow check mark that indicates that the activation was successful, click Finish.

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 User interface
This chapter describes the elements that make up the Geoscience ANALYST
user interface.
CHAPTER 2
2.1 Overview 10

2.1.1 Menu bar 11

2.1.2 Coordinate display area 11

2.1.3 Information and data area 11

2.1.4 Visual Parameters panel 15

2.1.5 ioGAS panel 16

2.1.6 Objects panel 18

2.1.7 Viewport 22

2.1.8 Controls panel 29

2.1.9 Console panel 30

2.1.10 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel 30

2.1.11 Data Colours panel 30

2.1.12 2D Cross Plot panel 40

2.1.13 2D Profile Viewer 41

2.1.14 Decay Curves panel 47

2.1.15 Drillhole Monitoring panel 49

2.1.16 Survey Designer panel 51

2.2 Preferences 54

2.2.1 Core 55
 2.2.2 Pro 57

2.2.3 Pro Geophysics 58

2.2.4 Graphics 59

2.3 Saving workspaces 60

2.3.1 Workspace file lock 60

2.3.2 About .geoh5 format 60

2.1 Overview
An arrangement of panels makes up the Geoscience ANALYST user interface, each playing a specific role helping to
both manipulate and interpret data related to the project. You can rearrange these panels side by side, stack them, or
place them on top of each other by clicking and dragging them to your desired locations. You can close them by
clicking the X at the top right, and then open them back into view through the Panels menu. Floating panels can be
docked again by selecting Dock All Panels, which is present only when panels have been detached from the user
interface.

The panels are as follows:

1. "Menu bar" on the next page

2. "Coordinate display area" on the next page
3. "Information and data area" on the next page
4. "Visual Parameters panel" on page 15
5. "ioGAS panel" on page 16
6. "Objects panel" on page 18
7. "Viewport" on page 22
8. "Controls panel" on page 29
9. "Console panel" on page 30
10. "Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel" on page 30
11. "Data Colours panel" on page 30
12. "2D Cross Plot panel" on page 40
13. "2D Profile Viewer" on page 41
14. "Decay Curves panel" on page 47
15. "Survey Designer panel" on page 51

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2.1.1 Menu bar
Contains the top level drop-down menus.

2.1.2 Coordinate display area

This panel provides real-time feedback on the x, y, z coordinates corresponding to the mouse movements and the
Viewport’s camera dip and dip direction parameters, as well as drillhole name and wireline depth. Saves and reports
coordinates of the last pick at the beginning of the display area.

2.1.3 Information and data area

This panel displays various levels of information related to the selected object’s internal and folder structure.
Selecting an object either in the Objects panel or directly in the Viewport performs one or all of the following
functions:
l Highlights the data that corresponds to the object in the Data Table
l Displays the tab level and the object's immediate parent folder containing metadata (summary information)

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 l Displays user comments and attached files

The information presented in the information and data area depends on the active object type and tab level
(workspace, folder, object, or data). You can add, view, and delete comments and files associated with the
workspace, folders, and objects (depending on the active tab).

Tab Components

Workspace Metadata associated with workspace such as name, contributors, relevant dates,
units, and axis ranges.

Folder Metadata related to the parent folder associated with the selected object.

Object Metadata associated with the selected object, such as its type, number of nodes and
triangles, and axis ranges.

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The information and data area contains tabs that correspond to the sub-levels of an object, such as nodes, triangles,
cells, and logs. The active tab controls the highlight display on objects. For example, a surface with the object tab
active will highlight every triangle, whereas the node tab will highlight the selected nodes as yellow cubes.

Data level tabs

Data level tabs consist of columns containing numeric (float, integer), time, text, and reference type data. For the
selected object, all mandatory fields such as XYZ are frozen on the left of the table.

Selecting rows in the Data Table

Clicking on a row will:

l Highlight it in yellow
l Highlight the corresponding data point on the object in the Viewport

Holding Ctrl and clicking on multiple rows will:

l Multi-select subsequently clicked rows and highlight them
l Multi-select the corresponding data points on the object in the Viewport

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Holding Shift and clicking on a row followed by another row will:
l Multi-select the two rows and any rows between them, and highlight them
l Multi-select the corresponding data points on the object in the Viewport
Sorting data in the Data Table

To sort the data between ascending and descending order, click a column header to toggle between ascending order
(˄), descending order (˅) and no order.

Button Function

Clicking this tool at the top of the column toggles on and off the painting of the object in the
Viewport by its data according to the Data Colours panel settings, as seen in the rainbow
image below. In the data table, the column that is currently painted is highlighted in blue.

Clicking this disk button in a column header loads the data for that column only. (Clicking
anywhere else in the column header is a request to order the table so it will also load its data
and order it right away.)

Clicking this disk button in the left side of the table loads all the data for that table. This
functionality is also available from the contextual menus of all object levels to load all the data
of that level and its sub-levels (see "Contextual menus" on page 187).

Clicking this disk button in the left side of the table exports the table to a .csv file. Only the
loaded data will be exported.

Pro functionality. Clicking this button allows you to edit the cell values in the Data Table by
double-clicking in a cell. Clicking elsewhere or pressing Enter will end editing. Editing cannot be
undone.

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 Note: To export a subset of data from the Data Table, you can select or multi-select rows and use Ctrl
+ C to copy to the clipboard and Ctrl + V to paste them in other applications like Notepad or Excel.

Replacing values in the Data Table

In the Data Table, you can replace values with no-data and vice versa by right-clicking on a column header.

To replace values with no-data, enter the value(s) separated by spaces that you want to replace:

To replace no-data with a value, enter the value that will replace the no-data for the selected object and property:

Pin column next to mandatory fields

You can select a field to be moved to the immediate right of the mandatory fields by right-clicking on a column
header. Subsequent pinned fields are placed to the right of the previously pinned field. Pinned fields can be unpinned
and will return to their previous location.

2.1.4 Visual Parameters panel

In this panel you can modify and adjust the appearance of selected objects in the Viewport. The list of parameters is
specific to the object type, but some are available across multiple objects such as the colour and the level of
transparency.

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See "Objects" on page 64 for more information regarding object types and their parameters.

2.1.5 ioGAS panel

The ioGAS panel presents various graphical settings available on ioGAS Points objects. Click Connect to establish a live
link with ioGAS (requires the ioGAS Link module and Geoscience ANALYST Pro) or click Import file to import an ioGAS
.gas file.

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 Tip: You can import .gas files through the File > Import menu as well as simply dragging and dropping
the file into the Viewport or Objects panel.

Selecting an ioGAS Points object will trigger the panel to update and will display the available colour, shape, size, and
filter settings (similar to ioGAS Attribute Manager). When you activate the ioGAS graphics Visual Parameters settings,
the nodes will be displayed using these symbols, otherwise they will be displayed using Geoscience ANALYST’s normal
attribute settings.

To display only the nodes that have specific attributes, click the desired colour, shape, size or filter rows (hold Ctrl or
left-click and drag to multi-select), then click .

Only the nodes that have the selected attributes will be displayed, indicated by the eye in the Visible column.

The nodes that are not included in a visible row will be invisible. Click to turn on all of the nodes that have an
attribute applied to them. The Count column indicates how many nodes are included under that attribute setting.

See "ioGAS Link" on page 276 in the Geoscience ANALYST Pro chapter for detailed information about ioGAS Link.

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2.1.6 Objects panel
This panel lists all the objects, tools, and data available in your workspace.

The Name column categorizes each element in the workspace at the folder level, while the Type column indicates the
file and data types.

To show and hide objects in the Viewport from the Objects panel:

1. In the Name column, locate the item corresponding to the object you wish to show or hide in the Viewport.
2. Check the box to show the object, or uncheck the box to hide it.

Note: Highlighting an item in the Name column of the Objects panel will select the corresponding
object in the Viewport, and vice versa (both will be highlighted in yellow).

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You can customize and organize your workspace by creating generic container folders within the existing folders that
contain data related to your project. To do this, right-click a parent folder and select Add group. You can then name
the new folder and drag and drop it to the appropriate location within the object tree.

The Objects panel's hierarchy is folder > object > data. The image above demonstrates this structure and includes
some of the icons associated with each level.

Click the arrow in the Name and Type columns to alphabetically sort the entire list of items.

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Searching in the object tree

The search box at the top of the Objects panel allows you to quickly find group, objects or data from their name. For
quick access, press Ctrl + F and directly type the name you want to search for. Results of the search query are
highlighted in blue.

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Objects search buttons

Button Tooltip Description

(none) Cancels the search, effectively removing all blue highlights.

Show search Shows only the objects returned by the search query in the current
results ONLY active viewport, and hide all the other ones.

Show bounding Displays / hides in the Viewport the names of the blue bounding box
boxes names (es) for objects returned by the search query.

Show bounding Displays / hides in the Viewport's blue bounding box(es) for objects
boxes of results returned by the search query. The bounding box(es) will show in all
viewports, even if the objects themselves are not displayed in the
Viewport.

Filter search Filters out from the tree the objects that are not matching the search
query. Toggle it off to see again all the objects in the tree.

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2.1.7 Viewport
The Viewport panel is the 3D space where you view, select, and manipulate objects and models. The vertical toolbar
located at the right of the panel provides numerous options and tools to control how you view objects in your
workspace.

Selecting objects

Left-clicking an object in the Viewport performs two functions:

l Selection of the object
l Updates selections on corresponding panels

Ctrl + left-click allows you to select multiple objects in the Viewport.

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Left-clicking the Viewport background will select the Workspace tab in the Data Table panel and the workspace
folder in the Objects panel.

Viewing objects

There are several ways to manipulate the Viewport camera to visualize objects:

Rotate on x, y, z axes (left mouse button)

Pan (middle mouse button), Zoom (mouse wheel)

Zoom (right mouse button)

Viewport toolbar buttons

Button Tooltip Description

Global view Adjusts limits to display all visible objects.

Look west Displays the view from the east.

Look north Displays the view from the south.

View from top Displays the view from the top.

Look east Displays the view from the west.

Look south Displays the view from the north.

Link viewports Links all visible viewports (only appears when multiple viewports
have been added).

Link cursors Links cursor tracking on all visible 2D and 3D viewports (only
appears when multiple viewports have been added).

Look orthogonal to Adjusts the view to look straight at the active or most recently
slicer created slicer.

Perspective view Widens the perspective of the Viewport's lens so that objects
further from the centre appear smaller. Parallel lines will converge
at a distance.

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 Button Tooltip Description

Parallel view Objects display isometrically with no size distortions regardless of

distance from the lens. Parallel lines will always appear parallel
without converging.

Scale bar Available when in parallel view; activate to add a scale bar in the
lower left area of the Viewport.

Show grid lines Displays dynamically coloured, annotated grid lines. Available when
in preset views (looking down, north, south, east or west) and in
parallel mode. y coordinates are green, x are red, and z are blue to
match the x, y, z axis arrows.

x, y, z axis Toggles on and off the x, y, z coordinate axis icon.

Background colour Allows you to customize the background colour.

Colour bar Toggles on and off the colour map that displays the active or most
recently selected painted data.

Vertical Visually stretches the z dimension of objects. Useful for enhancing

exaggeration flat or regional features.

Snapshot Takes a snapshot of the Viewport contents and creates an image

file.

Show selection Outlines selections in magenta.

bounding box

Snap to nearest Functions requiring digitizing in the Viewport (including tape

node or interval measure and labels) will snap to the nearest object node or closest
top / bottom interval top or bottom when digitizing on painted drillholes.

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Multiple viewports

Geoscience ANALYST allows you to open additional viewports within a single workspace, and organize them as you
would any other panels: either side by side, or stacked. You can also drag them to a second monitor outside of the
main Geoscience ANALYST software window.

Showing and hiding objects or data from the Objects panel updates the view on the current active viewport. Having
multiple viewports allows you to view side by side different sets of objects, or the same objects with different painted
data. To do so, go to Panels > Add Viewport (max 8).

This will create a new 3D viewport. To create a viewport for a 2D map view instead, click Add Map View Viewport
(max 8).

You will see the new viewport(s) as tabs at the bottom of the Viewport panel. You can drag and drop them to view
two or more concurrently. The header bar of the selected viewport will appear a dark teal colour to indicate it is
active.

When you select a viewport, all surrounding panels will instantly update to reflect the data of the selected viewport.

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Viewports are not deleted when closed; they are hidden. You can restore them from the Panels menu by clicking the
viewport you want to display. Click Delete Viewport to permanently delete a viewport. You can display and hide
viewports by toggling on and off the check mark next to the respective viewport in the contextual menu.

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You can hide viewports by clicking the button at the top right.

Map view viewports

Map views are useful for displaying 2D map data (for which X and Y but not Z are defined), such as data originating
from mine level plans or topographic maps. 3D objects may also be displayed in the Geoscience ANALYST 2D map
view viewport, in which they appear projected onto the map view.

Note: Any geometric operation on a 3D object displayed in map view will use the true Z value. When
moving the mouse over, the cursor information shows the actual Z coordinate.

In a map view, objects are displayed in a specific order, according to a priority based on their type: block meshes and
surfaces have the lowest priority, then drillholes and lines, and finally points have the highest priority.

Objects of the same type are displayed in the order they were toggled on, from the object tree: the object toggled on
last is displayed on top other objects of the same display priority.

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 Tip: To bring a surface on top of others, simply hide it and show it again.

In a map view, rotations are locked. You can use either the left or the middle mouse button to pan the view. The
rotation angle around the vertical axis is fixed and defined through a settings dialogue, accessible from the Viewport
toolbar.

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2.1.8 Controls panel
Located at the lower left of the interface, the Controls panel is a master list of:
l Navigation key commands and mouse buttons with corresponding actions
l The commands to create and manage labels, slicers, views, and tape measures

Actions performed in the Viewport will highlight the command in yellow simultaneously in the Controls panel.

With a Geoscience ANALYST Pro licence activated, all of the available object creation and editing functions will display
here for reference.

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2.1.9 Console panel
This panel contains the following:
l General program and command related-information during a Geoscience ANALYST session.
l Warning messages in yellow, error messages in red. Messages will automatically open the Console panel if it is
hidden.

Tip: Consult the console for information if commands and imports do not execute as expected.

2.1.10 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel

This panel allows you to connect to your Geoscience INTEGRATOR server. Geoscience ANALYST is the 3D front end to
query and visualize data from Geoscience INTEGRATOR, the software solution by Mira Geoscience for 4D multi-
disciplinary exploration and geotechnical data management. See "Integration with Geoscience INTEGRATOR" on
page 160 for details about how to connect and query data.

2.1.11 Data Colours panel

This panel provides options to associate an object's data with specific colour settings, defined via a mapping function
or set manually.

The display and available options in the Data Colours panel correspond to the selected and painted data in the
Viewport and Data Table.

The Data Colours table consists of two interfaces. The histogram view and graph view display when the painted data
is float or integer data:

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The reference data view displays when the painted data is reference data:

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Histogram view: Float and integer data

To display the histogram view in the Data Colours panel, select one or both of the following:
l An object in the Viewport (or its corresponding list entry in the Objects panel)
l A column of float and integer data in the Data Table.

The basic features and functionality of the histogram view are detailed in the images below:

i. Toggle folder menu

This drop-down menu changes the folder level of the selected data. This feature is particularly useful for examining
statistics on an individual drillhole versus an entire drillhole group. You can analyze all the drillholes that are in the
parent group of the selected drillhole or all the drillholes in the workspace.

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ii. Statistics

This section displays the statistics of the selected data. The number of samples displays to the right of the theme
name along the bottom of the x-axis.

iii. Display precision

This section controls the precision of the data in the Data Table and has a check box to set the display to scientific
notation.

iv. Histogram and graph

This section displays the histogram data on the x and y axes. The x-axis represents the data range. There are two y-
axes:
l The left side represents the user-defined colour bar.
l The right side represents the count.

The yellow right angle line indicates the point of intersection of the selected data value and the corresponding colour.

The red line represents the colour mapping function.

By default, the histogram contains 50 bins.

v. Data filter slider

This slider controls the low and high clipping values of the data displayed. When objects are painted by data, the
values within the limits of the slider will be coloured. On the values below (left) and above (right) the slider bars will
appear either grey or transparent, depending on the Hide nodata/filtered values setting.

You can set the exact clipping values by entering them in the value boxes at the left and right sides of the data filter
bar.

Button Tooltip Function

Reset clip values Click this button to remove the filtering and reset the data filter bar.

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vi. Colour table menu

This drop-down menu contains a selection of preset colour tables that allow you to paint objects.

Button Tooltip Function

Invert colour Switches to the complementary colours of the selected colour table.
table

Flip colour Reverses the colour table, switching the low and high colours.
table

Inside / Displays data outside the defined range. When toggled on, the range is
Outside range inverted, from displaying results inside the cursors, to outside the
cursors.

Tip: You can design custom colour tables by creating ASCII files with three columns, a fixed header,
and the RGB values normalized to 256. Save the file in the directory where you have installed
Geoscience ANALYST (by default, C:\Program Files\Mira Geoscience\Geoscience
ANALYST\tbl).

vii. Bin selection

This value box allows you to specify the number of bins (up to a maximum of 500) displayed in the histogram.

viii. Colour mapping transformations

This section contains:

l Four colour mapping transformation functions that determine how colours map to data values
l Two options to load and save custom colour settings
l Hide no-data / filtered values option
l Revert colour settings option
l Toggle scale option

These features allow optimization of data visualization in the Viewport by customizing the colour stretching.

See the table below for a description of each.

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 Button Tooltip Function

Linear transform Divides the range of data values linearly into even increments.

Logarithmic transform Divides the range of data values according to a ln(x) scale
(logarithmic normal), and assigns values linearly, and uses the
inverse of the log of those values on the colour mapping curve.

Equal area transform Statistically determines the colour mapping curve so that each
colour is evenly distributed across the nodes, cells, triangles,
intervals or segments on the painted object.

Cumulative Assumes that the selected data are normally distributed and
distribution function calculates the colour zoning based on a user-defined normal
transform (CDF) distribution.

Load colour settings Click to load a custom colour settings (.clr) or zone (.zon) file,
which maps specific data ranges to a defined colour. The format
is: start / end value; R, G, B values normalized to 1. If the values
range from 0 to 255, add the string int to the header line. The
values in the table below will create the Cu-percent colour
setting.

Start Red Green Blue

0 0 0 1
1 0 1 0
2 1 .5 0
5 1 0 0
20 1 0 0

Geoscience ANALYST supports {Start Red Green Blue} or {blk cyn

mag yel} columns. The file needs a .tbl extension.

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 Button Tooltip Function

Save colour settings Saves a .clr file (colour settings file) to your system.

Hide nodata/filtered Renders no data and filtered data transparent. Toggled on, the
values background is blue. Toggled off, the background is grey.

Revert colour settings Restores the original colour mapping scheme. Functions like an
undo.

Toggle scale type Switches the histogram x-axis (data) scale (and binning) from
linear to logarithmic.

Tip: To view the colour range in the Viewport, click in the Viewport toolbar.

When you click a colour mapping transformation button, the appropriate dialog box will appear, such as the Linear
transformation box. By default, the Min and Max entries for linear, logarithmic, and equal area transformation
options will display the low and high values of the data filter slider.

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 Tip: Toggle the button on and off to compute the transformation from values outside of the
selected range.

Reference data view

Selecting reference data through the Objects panel, Viewport, or Data Table will open the reference data view in the
Data Colours panel. The icon represents reference data in the Objects panel.

All fields in the table can be sorted by clicking on the column title.

Reference data selected on an object, either directly in the Viewport or via the Data Table, will be highlighted in
yellow on the colour table entries.

i. Toggle folder menu

This drop-down menu changes the folder level of the selected data. This feature is particularly useful for examining
statistics on an individual drillhole versus an entire drillhole group. You can analyze all the drillholes that are in the
parent group of the selected drillhole or all the drillholes in the workspace.

ii. Colour table entries

This table displays the following:

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 Column Contents

[value] Integer key values mapped internally to each colour classification.

Colour Colour class (user-defined). Edit by clicking a colour and navigating the Select colour
window.

Class Class names. Edit by renaming directly in the table.

Count The number of samples or occurrences of each class within the selected data population.

Toggle on and off the eye to view the class on the object in the Viewport.

Reference data selected on an object, either directly in the Viewport or via the Data Table, will be highlighted in
yellow on the colour table entries.

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iii. Colour settings and view options

Button Tooltip Description

Load colour settings Loads a classification .csv file. This will update the colours and
class names and will rename and re-colour the matching key
values according to the entries found in the file. The format is:
key values; “class name”; R, G, B values normalized to 1. A
sample file that will produce the above reference data scheme is:

1 "1_Air" ,0,1,1
"2_Missi_Group_
2 ,0.462745,0.772549,0.945098
Fluvial_sediments"
3 "3_Louis_formation" ,0,0.533333,0.666667
4 "4_Hidden_formation" ,0,0.392157,0
5 "5_Orebody" ,1,0,0
6 "6_Millrock_member" ,1,1,0
"7_Blue_Lagoon_
7 ,0.2,0.4,0.733333
member"
z8 "8_Club_member" ,0.8,0.8,0.8

Note: This setting can only load and save

classification-type .csv files.

Save colour settings Saves a .clr file (colour settings file) to your system.

Show selected Displays a class or classes in the Viewport. To multi-select

classes, hold Ctrl while clicking on the rows, or click and drag,
then click this button.

View all Displays all classes.

Hide nodata/filtered Renders no data and filtered data transparent. When activated,
values the button background displays in blue. Otherwise, no data and
hidden classes for reference data display in grey.

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 Button Tooltip Description

Revert colour settings Restores the original colour mapping scheme.

Add a column Pro functionality – Adds a column to the colour table entries,
which can be a new float property that is dynamically linked to
user-entered values for each class. The name is user-defined.

Remove extra column Pro functionality – Removes a nominated data column from the
colour table entries.

2.1.12 2D Cross Plot panel

This panel displays cross plots between two properties, if the X axis property is reference data, a box and whisker
style plot is displayed. Nodes selected in the Viewport or Data Table are selected in this panel and vice versa.

Box and whisker plots divide the ordered values into 4 equal parts, by finding the median and then the 25th and 75th
percentiles, the range between which forms the box containing approximately 50% of the data. The median is defined
by a horizontal line within the central box.

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 Function Description

Object The object containing the properties to be plotted

Statistics Appears when two numeric properties are selected. Displays the number of samples
plotted, the correlation coefficient as well as the regression slopes and intercepts for
Y on X/X on Y/RMA.

X Axis/Y Axis

Property Select the property to be displayed on the axes

Automatic range Select to set the axis to the data range

Fixed range Select to define the range of the axes. resets the range.

Toggle between displaying the X or Y axis values on a linear and logarithmic scale.
Enter a value to specify where the transition between linear scale (lower than the
value) switches to logarithmic scale (higher than the value). Setting a scale affects the
linear part of the axis.

2.1.13 2D Profile Viewer

The 2D Profile Viewer allows easy visualization of multiple graphs of single or multi-channel (groups) numerical data
(integer and floats) stored on Curves objects.

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This panel allows you to:
l Display 2D sections from a block model along the profile lines, which is ideal for comparison of geophysical
inversions with line data.
l View selections made in the viewer simultaneously in the Viewport and vice versa with dynamic linking.
l Implement various scaling and graph settings options to create custom views.

Tip: To maximize the profile viewing area, you can hide the settings section (left side of viewer) by
sliding the vertical separator all the way to the left.

Setting up the viewer

Use the drop-down menu or the selection arrow to select the Curves object that contains data to show as profiles.

You can navigate from line to line (curve part index) by moving the horizontal slider located at the top of the graph
area left and right using the following methods:

l Clicking and dragging the handlebar.

l Using the keyboard up and down arrows.
l Manually changing the value on the Curve part index selector by typing in a new value or pressing the up and
down arrows.

allows you to pick the line from the Viewport.

will show and hide the start and end of line indicators in the Viewport.

takes a snapshot of the graph and section with the ability to change the X and Y resolution and maintain the
aspect ratio. You can also copy the Profile panel contents to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C.

allows Pro users to create target points on the current line by selecting an X-axis value. The points are created
when the button is deselected. Left-clicking creates a point, and right-clicking opens the Pick Data dialog so that you
can add information to the points.

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 Function Description

Dip Spin box to define the dip.

Dip direction Spin box to define the dip direction.

defines the direction as right to left on the graph.

defines the direction as left to right on the graph.

Rank Integer spin box to define the rank of the point.

Comment Text field to enter a comment about the point.

With a Curves object selected, you can toggle on the Section view to activate the Block Model and Data selectors. A
vertical projection of the section of data associated with the location of the line will display under the graphs view.
(The Data Colours panel controls the colour distribution.) The Y axis settings include automatic or specified vertical
exaggeration or a fixed range.

The X axis range can be fixed or automatic to the length of the selected curve part.

You can add as many graphs as you need by clicking the Add graph tab. Double-click on a tab name to rename it.

The X axis of the graphs represents the distance along the selected curve line. You have a few graph settings options:

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 Function Description

Easting/Northing grid Click each icon to toggle on and off Easting lines in red and Northing lines in
lines green on the selected graph. You can control the spacing between grid lines
with the numerical spin boxes next to them.

Legend Toggle on and off to display a graph's legend. Right-click on legends in the
graph area to access various placement options.

Y axis settings: Fixed Check this option to manually specify the minimum and maximum values for
range the Y axis scale. This locks the range for all of the lines. Uncheck it to
recalculate the range on a line to line basis.

Log scale Toggle between displaying the Y axis values on a linear and logarithmic scale.
Enter a value to specify where the transition between linear scale (lower than
the value) switches to logarithmic scale (higher than the value). Setting a scale
affects the linear part of the axis.

Y axis name The name of the data selected first becomes the name of the Y axis. Click in
the <enter Y axis name> box to overwrite the default with a custom name.
Clicking X will reset the Y axis name to the default.

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 Function Description

Add data Creates a new data selection row. Select Single or Group data (see "Group
Data" on page 202) to display them as profiles on the current graph. The drop-
down menu lists grouped data first under the Multi heading, then float and
integer data lists alphabetically.

Choose the symbol to plot at sample locations on the graph; use the numerical
spin boxes to modify the size of the symbol and the colour boxes to modify the
profile colour.

removes the selected data from displaying as profiles on a graph.

Near Add data: Show all/hide all profiles. For each data: show/hide
profile for this data.

With grouped data, the colours in between will be interpolated based on your
defined first and last colours. You can define a subset of grouped data to
display by modifying the slider and/or numerical spin boxes. This will
redistribute the first and last Data Colours across the data subset.

Tip: You can copy the profile panel contents to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C.

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2.1.14 Decay Curves panel
This panel displays multi-component data with respect to node locations. For Curves objects, the multi-component
data is viewed as a function of channel number. For EM dataset objects, it is viewed as a function of time or
frequency.

Function Description

Object The Curves or EM dataset object.

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 Function Description

Data Groups Select the data groups or multi-component data to view. Each group will have a
different symbol. Each location has a different colour.

Change the decay to the object’s previous (left) or next (right) node.

Links (or unlinks) from the selection in the Viewport. For EM data, choosing the
decays requires the Receivers tab to be active.

Button to highlight the decay location(s) in the Viewport.

Colours The colour map used to denote multiple node locations.

Button to reset the axis scale(s) based on data.

Min The minimum value for the axis.

Max The maximum value for the axis.

Button to toggle between linear and log scale. Available on the Y axis (time or
frequency) when EM datasets are selected.

Transition The integer value at which the log scale goes linear across zero (i.e. -2 has a log scale
everywhere, except for -0.01 to 0.01). Dotted red lines appear, denoting the
transition.

Scale The scale of the linearized zone of a log axis. A scale set to 1 will have equal length
along the axis to that of a single order of magnitude.

Nullify data Button to nullify the components that have been selected using the Ctrl key to select
multiple or Shift + left-click and dragging. Clicking Delete data will change the data to
no-data values.

Important: Once this is done, it cannot be undone!

Auto scale Y axis This check box allows the Y axis to scale automatically to the selected data.

Show legend This check box shows the legend with the node value, group type, and linear
transition, if applicable.

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2.1.15 Drillhole Monitoring panel
The Drillhole Monitoring panel is available with Geoscience ANALYST Pro and presents predefined views to monitor
the progress of drillholes during drilling. Ongoing drillholes can be directly compared with planned drillholes and
targets.

Function Description

Drillhole Select the main drillhole for the Drillhole Monitoring panel. Can also be populated by
right-clicking on a drillhole in the Viewport or Object List.

Button to pick the drillhole from the Viewport.

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 Function Description

Button to customize the background colour.

Button to show grid lines when a view is orthogonal.

Button to toggle on and off the x, y, z coordinate axis icon.

Vertical exaggeration to stretch the z dimension of the views.

Button to toggle on and off the scale bar.

Button to show objects currently displayed in the Viewport.

Button to show linked drillhole without status.

Button to show linked planned drillhole.

Button to show linked ongoing drillhole.

Button to show linked completed drillhole.

Button to show active target.

Button to show target surface.

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2.1.16 Survey Designer panel
The Survey Designer panel is available with Geoscience ANALYST Pro and provides options to preview and create
curve objects that represent various types of geophysical survey objects with unique metadata. These curves can be
used as observation locations for the forward modelling of potential fields. Total survey line length is reported.

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To set up the Survey Designer:

1. Select the type of survey observations to create. The resulting Curves objects are not restricted to use in
forward modelling.

2. For survey types other than DC/IP, specify whether an existing curve, surface (Seismic only), or new survey
object will be used to define the survey stations.

Function Description

Origin (X/Y/Z) The origin of the new survey (to automatically define this value, click and

left-click and drag to draw an initial survey line).

Azimuth The angle clockwise from north (to automatically define this value, click and

left-click and drag to draw an initial survey line).

Length The length of the survey line (to automatically define this value, click and

left-click and drag to draw an initial survey line).

Number of lines Specify the number of lines in the survey.

Alignment Specify the line location relative to the initial survey line.

Tie line spacing Specify the distance between tie lines (magnetic surveys only).

Tie line offset Specify how far from the end of the survey lines to start the tie lines (magnetic
surveys only).

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 Function Description

Line spacing Specify the distance between survey lines.

Station spacing Specify the distance between survey stations.

Line ID Specify the integer value at which to start the line ID values. Lines will be
prefixed by L and tie lines by T. Values increment by line spacing.

Transmitters Select the transmitter configuration (DC/IP surveys only).

Receivers Select the receiver configuration (DC/IP surveys only).

N The number of receiver electrodes. You can control this with the spin box (DC/IP
surveys only).

Up-line and down- Check this box to specify that measurements are ahead and behind the current
line measurements electrodes (DC/IP surveys only).

Drape new survey on Select to drape the survey object on nominated topography (seismic reflection
topography only).

Dip/Normal Specify the minimum source angle, or normal angle when a surface is used to
tolerance (°) define the survey, for raypath generation (seismic reflection only).

Create 2D grid Select to create a heat map of seismic arrivals and then define X and Y cell sizes
(seismic reflection only).

Reflection surfaces Nominate surfaces to use as reflectors (seismic reflection only).

Terrain clearance Specify the height above the nominated topography surface at which to drape
the curve (airborne surveys only).

Topography Nominate a topography surface.

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2.2 Preferences
By going to Edit > Preferences, you can open the dialog box to control the following elements of the workspace. Four
tabs set preferences for the free viewer, Pro, and Pro Geophysics licences, as well as the graphics settings. Tab
visibility is licence-dependent.

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2.2.1 Core

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 Parameter Description

General

User name Text field where you can enter and modify your user name.

Camera rotation Drop-down menu to toggle between the default or free-form use
of the camera in the Viewport.

Default view projection Drop-down menu to toggle between Perspective and Parallel.

Maximum data table rows Use the spin box or enter the maximum number of rows to load in
the data table to limit memory usage.

GEOH5 dataset compression level Use the spin box or slider to adjust the .geoh5 file compression on
saving. Higher compression can affect save and load times.

Lazy load workspace files larger Use the spin box or enter the workspace size, below which all
than data are loaded.

Viewport direction labels

X/Y/Z Enter or modify the axis labels in the 3D and 2D viewports.

Drillholes

Planned/Ongoing/Completed status A list of optional labels in ASCII drillhole column files to set the
drillhole status when importing or updating ASCII drillholes.

ODBC settings

Configuration file location Browse to the .ini file location for the ODBC connection.

Default data colour settings

Colour table The default colour map.

Colour mapping The default colour mapping transform.

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2.2.2 Pro

Parameter Description

Export settings

UBC no-data value Pro Geophysics functionality. Enter the default no data value to be used when
exporting UBC data.

Python settings*

Path to python.exe Pro functionality. If not in the PATH, browse to the location of python.exe.

Path to Conda batch Pro functionality. If not in the PATH, browse to the location of conda.bat.
file

Add directory to Pro functionality. Browse to the location of your custom Python scripts.
Python path

* Use these settings to configure how Python will be executed from .ui.json files, accessed from the Python menu
(see "Python menu" on page 276). A ui.json file describes a user interface and a Python command to run, with the
input entered through the user interface.

The ui.json file also specifies whether the command runs with a plain Python interpreter or within a Conda
environment. The former requires python.exe, and the latter conda.bat.

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Leave the settings empty, and Geoscience ANALYST will try to use the python.exe or conda.bat that is already
configured for your user or system (known from the PATH environment variable).

If that does not work, Geoscience ANALYST will output an error. Fix it by entering the location of python.exe and/or
conda.bat in the settings.

The last setting, Add directory to Python path, is handy if you write custom ui.json files that rely on a collection of
custom Python modules. Use it to point to the location of the folder that contains the custom Python files so that
they are discovered when you execute the Python command (regardless of whether it is running within a Conda
environment or not). This is not necessary if the custom Python files are placed in the same folder as the ui.json file.

2.2.3 Pro Geophysics

Parameter Description

Geophysics

OpenMP threads Pro functionality. Use the spin box or slider to adjust the number of processors to
use for forward modelling or unconstrained inversion.

CPU free memory Pro functionality. Use the spin box or slider to adjust the amount of CPU memory to
usage (%) use for forward modelling or unconstrained inversion.

HPC settings Pro Geophysics functionality.

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 Parameter Description

UBC executable Pro Geophysics functionality. Browse to the location of the UBC-GIF executables.
path

Include UBC Pro Geophysics functionality. Toggle on to include subfolders from the UBC
subfolders executable path.

2.2.4 Graphics

Parameter Description

Shininess settings

Enable Check box to toggle on and off the radiance/shine of objects in the
Viewport.

Surface/Point/Drillhole Use the spin box or slider to adjust the shine and intensity of the
shininess/intensity corresponding object in the Viewport.

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2.3 Saving workspaces
When you save a workspace in Geoscience ANALYST, it creates, or updates, a .geoh5 file on disk. All configurations
and files in the workspace are saved, except for the Preferences. Any settings made in the Preferences are saved on
the local machine for the current user, and will apply globally to all workspaces you open (see "Preferences" on
page 54).

When you close Geoscience ANALYST, the panel configuration will be saved on the local machine for the current user,
and restored the next time you open the software. However, multiple viewports arranged to view simultaneously will
not appear side-by-side after saving, closing and re-opening; they will be presented in tab form where you can
rearrange them to view simultaneously if needed.

2.3.1 Workspace file lock

When an instance of the application opens a workspace file (.geoh5), a lock file is created on disk that prevents
another instance from opening the same file for editing. The file will open in other instances of the application as
read-only. You can see that a workspace is in read-only mode when indicated in the title bar of Geoscience ANALYST.
When a workspace is open in read-only mode, you can still use editing tools and modify the workspace, but you will
have to perform a Save Workspace As... to a new location. When opening a workspace file that is already locked, the
Console panel will display a message telling you that the file is read-only.

This lock mechanism works for both local drive and shared drives.

It is possible that a remote instance of Geoscience ANALYST terminates unexpectedly and leaves a lock file in a shared
drive. In this event, you can manually delete the lock file, listed next to the .geoh5 file, and suffixed with .geoh5.lock,
as long as you have administrative rights on the server or folder.

Before doing so, it is recommended to find the user of the machine that created the lock and confirm that it is safe to
remove the lock.

Note: A file also appears locked if you only have read permissions on the folder it is stored in. There is
no .geoh5.lock file in this case, since it could not be created.

2.3.2 About .geoh5 format

A Geoscience ANALYST project (.geoh5 file) is referred to as a workspace, which is saved on disk using the HDF5 file
format. The widely used HDF5 technology provides high-performance, dynamic read / write access to data, while
offering the following advantages:
l Open-specification, cross-platform format guarantees that the data within remains accessible in the future
l Easily extensible for future needs

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 l Single file output is ideal for sharing data
l Benefits from many existing tools and libraries in several languages (including Python and MATLAB for data
analysis)
l Flexible hierarchical structure is ideal for Geoscience ANALYST’s object-oriented data structures, allowing for
fast development

Note: Workspaces saved in .geoh5 format with the current version cannot be opened with versions
earlier than 4.0.

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 Object types
This chapter describes the object types you will work with in Geoscience
ANALYST.
CHAPTER 3
3.1 Information from the information and data area 63

3.2 Objects 64

3.2.1 Points 65

3.2.2 Curves 69

3.2.3 Surfaces 75

3.2.4 Drillholes 78

3.2.5 2D grids 86

3.2.6 Block models 91

3.2.7 GeoImages 97

3.2.8 Maxwell plates 99

3.2.9 OcTree grids 102

3.2.10 VP models 106

3.2.11 Draped models 108

3.3 Special objects 111

3.3.1 Slicers 111

3.3.2 Labels 114

3.1 Information from the information and data area
The information and data area contains tabs with information related to the selected object. The presented
information is specific to each object type, as detailed further in this chapter.

The information and data area also presents a Folder tab, exposing information tied to a container folder, and a
Workspace tab with information related to the current open workspace.

Workspace tab

The Workspace tab is always available in the information and data area, regardless of the object selected, and
presents a variety of information relevant to the entire workspace.

Function Description

Project Name of current workspace.

Contributors List of users who have contributed in the workspace.

Created Creation date of the workspace.

Last modified Date of the last saved version.

# Objects Total number of objects (including tools) in the workspace.

Distance unit Select between metres or feet.

Project extents x, y, and z limits of all objects.

Range Total x, y, and z distance range of all objects.

Folder tab

The Folder tab presents metadata about the parent folder containing the selected object. Geoscience ANALYST uses a
special folder type for grouping drillholes. The table below demonstrates an example of the summary information
available for a generic container folder. As with the Data Table tab for the active workspace, the Folder tab for the
selected object can be attributed with user-defined comments and files, which you can attach for additional
information.

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 Function Description

Type Selected container.

# Objects Total number of objects contained in the folder.

Limits x, y, and z limits of all objects.

Range Total x, y, and z distance range of all objects contained in the folder.

3.2 Objects
This section presents each object in detail, focusing on Visual Parameters, auto-generated, and user-defined
metadata, and lists the type of import filters for each.

Geoscience ANALYST supports the following objects:

l
"Points" on the next page
l
"Curves" on page 69
l
"Surfaces" on page 75
l
"Drillholes" on page 78
l
"2D grids" on page 86
l
"Block models" on page 91
l
"GeoImages" on page 97
l
"Maxwell plates" on page 99
l
"OcTree grids" on page 102
l
"VP models" on page 106
l
"Draped models" on page 108

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3.2.1 Points

Points are the simplest object type among all the data structures, representing a collection of nodes defined by
their x, y, z coordinates.

Points can store information and data of all types at the object and node levels. The Visual Parameters panel contains
the graphical settings designed to allow you to specify how points look in the Viewport as presented in the table
below.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Points

Colour Corresponds to the colour of unpainted nodes.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level also applies to painted points.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Node size For 2D symbols: Size in pixels of the entire node.

For 3D symbols: True distance in pixels between the centre and edge of the
symbol.

Node symbol A collection of 2D and 3D shapes you can select to modify the appearance of the
nodes.

Scale nodes by data Allows you to make the node size proportional to the selected data value. Check
the box to scale the nodes by data. Once checked, the data selector box will
activate, where you can choose which data you want to scale by. The amplitude is
proportional to the colour mapping transformation in the Data Colours table.
See"Data Colours panel" on page 30 for more details.

Interpolate size If checked on, node sizes are scaled by value across colour bins. If checked off, all
nodes in one colour bin will be the same size.

Data The float or integer data used for scaling the size of the nodes.

Scale The scaling factor used to re-size the nodes.

Scale by absolute This button takes the absolute value of the nominated data and creates a new
value property called property name (abs). This new property is used to scale the
nodes.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds or recomputes a column in your data table with the vector amplitude
values and paints the symbols by that column (this button is available when there
is a valid orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

Create surface from Pro functionality available when the orientation symbol is set to Tablet.
tablets

Graphics

ioGAS graphics This is an extra option available only for ioGAS Points objects. When toggled on,
the ioGAS visual parameter and data colour settings supersede those of
Geoscience ANALYST. The nodes inherit the colour, size, shape, and filter attribute
settings saved from ioGAS. You cannot edit these settings without the ioGAS Link
module, but you can turn them on and off through the ioGAS panel described in
"ioGAS panel" on page 16. Toggle off to revert back to the Geoscience ANALYST
graphic settings.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected Points object via its associated tab in the information and data
area. For example, if the selected points were named geochem, the tab with that title would contain the associated
metadata, as demonstrated in the metadata summary in the Data Table.

You can create points with the following importers:

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 l AutoCAD (.dxf, .dwg)
l GOCAD PointsSet (.vs)
l ASCII Column CSV (.csv)
l UBC-GIF Observation (.obs)
l ESRI Shapefile (.shp)
l Datamine binary points (.dm)
l ioGAS (.gas): creates a special ioGAS Points object with an extra ioGAS graphics option.
l VP models (.den, .sus, .con) when observations exist in the file

3.2.2 Curves

Curves are an object type defined by nodes and the segments linking them. You can associate data of any type to
nodes and segments. When you select a curve, the information and data area displays tabs for the object, segment,
and nodes of the curve.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Curve

Colour Corresponds to the colour of unpainted curves.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level also applies to painted curves.

Show nodes Toggles on and off the display of nodes.

Node size Modifies the size of the nodes.

Show segments Toggles on and off the display of segments.

Segment thickness Modifies the thickness of the segments.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Profiles

Line selector This parameter is only available on single curve selections. Selects which lines to
display profiles on in the Viewport. If there is no Line ID property set on the curve,
the selection is based on the part number referred to as the line ID.

Toggle the / button to quickly include all or none of the lines in the
selection.

Clicking and a line in the Viewport switches between displaying and hiding
the profiles on that line.

Add data Creates a new data selection row. Select grouped or non-grouped data to display
them as profiles on the curves in the Viewport. The drop-down menu lists
grouped data first under the Multi heading, then float and integer data lists
alphabetically.

Scale in camera Enters a mode allowing you to adjust profile scales interactively in the Viewport.
l Left-click on a profile: Rescale all data in a group.
l Right-click on a profile: Rescale only the selected data profile.

The selected data will be unselected from the group and a new data row will be
added.

Tip: To revert back to the group settings, delete the new row or
hide the profile and reselect it in the data group selector. Press Esc
to exit edit mode.

Show/hide profile Clicking this check box allows you to visualize the profile in the Viewport. To the
right, select the profile colour (single data only), and width, using the spin box.

Toggle between linear and pseudo log scaling of the profiles (pseudo log uses a
arcsinh function and accepts negative values).

Displays nodes on the profiles where the data samples are.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Removes the profile row.

Name of multi- Lists all of the data contained in the multi-element data group. Select which ones
element data group to display in the Viewport by adding a check-mark in the box beside the data
name.

/ Allows you to quickly select or unselect all data in the multi-element data group.
You can create, modify, and delete data groups through Utilities > Group Data.

Colour table Selects a colour table to colour the profiles. The colours will be linearly
interpolated across each data in the order they are listed in the multi-element
data group.

Scale Maximum distance the profiles will extend from the curve. The scaling depends on
the absolute minimum and maximum values in the data type as well as the
crossover value.

Crossover The data value plotted at the curve line (axis datum).

: Automatically readjusts the crossover to be the absolute minimum value of

the selected data type. Note that this will include all data in the workspace that is
assigned the same data type as the selected data.

Angle The orientation of the profiles with respect to the curve's general direction.

You can view metadata that corresponds to selected curves via the tab associated with that surface in the
information and data area. For example, if the selected curve was Loop_83, the tab with that title would contain the
metadata associated with that curve.

You can create curves with the following importers:

l AutoCAD (.dxf, .dwg)
l Geosoft databases and x, y, z files (.gdb, .xyz)
l GOCAD Curve (.pl)
l ESRI shapefile (.shp)
l Datamine binary string (.dm)
l AMIRA TEM (.tem)
l ASCII Column CSV (.csv)

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3.2.3 Surfaces

Surfaces are an object type defined by triangles and nodes. You can associate data of any type to the nodes and
triangles of a surface. When you select a surface, the information and data area displays tabs for the object, triangles,
and nodes.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Surface

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the unpainted surface.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level also applies to painted surfaces
and draped GeoImages.

Lighting Toggle to turn on/off lighting to shade the object.

Shading There are two options to modify the appearance of the surface:
l Smooth: Interpolates colour changes across triangles to minimize the
appearance of the triangle's edges.
l Flat: Uses one colour for each triangle to make edges appear more
pronounced.

Show mesh When shown, the mesh shows how the nodes are connected to create triangles.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Mesh colour The mesh colour is independent of the surface colour.

Paint GeoImage / Selecting a GeoImage or 2D grid from the drop-down menu will drape the image
2D grid or painted 2D grid data vertically onto the surface. The draped image takes
precedence over the painted status of the surface.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

You can view metadata that corresponds to selected surfaces via the tab associated with that surface in the
information and data area. For example, if the selected surface was 5_Orebody, the tab with that title would contain
the metadata associated with that surface.

You can create surfaces using the following importers:

l AutoCAD (.dxf, .dwg)
l GOCAD Surface (.ts)
l UBC-GIF Topography (.topo)
l Datamine binary wire-frame (.dm)

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3.2.4 Drillholes

Drillholes are an object type that hosts a variety of information expressed as logs of data collected along their 3D
paths. In Geoscience ANALYST, drillhole objects can store three types of logs:
l Discrete interval logs used to store reference type data (such as rock type) over a depth interval.
l Numerical interval logs used to store numerical data measured over a depth interval (such as assay data).
l Point logs hosting numeric values at specific measured depths (such as wireline data).

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The Visual Parameters panel contains the options to allow you to set the graphical settings to determine the way
drillholes look in the Viewport, as presented in the table below.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Drillhole

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the drillhole trace, name, and collar.

Show collar Displays the location of the top of the drillhole with a symbol.

Collar size Displays the collar symbol size expressed in pixels.

Collar symbol A collection of shapes you can select to modify the appearance of a drillhole
collar.

Show path Shows the 3D trajectory of the drillhole.

Path thickness Path thickness expressed in pixels.

Show name Displays individual drillhole names in the Viewport.

Font Allows you to modify the font and font size of the drillhole names.

Name location Allows you to display the drillhole name either at the top or bottom of the path.

Logs

Log style Allows you to select whether you want to display the log as a line or a cylinder.
Only lines are available for 2D map view viewports. When there are several
drillholes, displaying as lines improves the performance of 3D rendering.

Log radius Allows you to modify the drillhole cylinder radius. Drillhole logs only display as
cylinders around the drillhole path (not used for Line style).

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the painted property: 0 is
opaque and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the
drillhole path, name, and collar.

Scale log As with Points objects, the painted log cylinder radius can be proportional to float
or integer data. For float data, the amplitude is proportional to the colour
mapping transformation in the data colour table.

Scale by Float or integer data to scale the painted log by.

Scale factor The scaling factor used to re-size the painted drillhole log.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Hide if no data Hides the cylinder where there is no data to scale by. Without this check, the
cylinder is scaled to the minimum value in order to still see a cylinder. This is
useful to see the painted cylinder even where there are blanks in the property it is
scaled by.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

Profiles

Add data Creates a new data selection row. Select grouped or non-grouped data to display
them as profiles on the curves in the Viewport. The drop-down menu lists
grouped data first under the Multi heading, then float and integer data lists
alphabetically.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Scale in camera Enters a mode allowing you to adjust profile scales interactively in the Viewport.
l Left-click on a profile: Rescale all data in a group.
l Right-click on a profile: Rescale only the selected data profile.

The selected data will be unselected from the group and a new data row will be
added.

Tip: To revert back to the group settings, delete the new row or
hide the profile and reselect it in the data group selector. Press Esc
to exit edit mode.

Show/hide profile Clicking this check box allows you to visualize the profile in the Viewport. To the
right, select the profile colour (single data only), and width, using the spin box.

Toggle between linear and pseudo log scaling of the profiles (pseudo log uses a
arcsinh function and accepts negative values).

Displays nodes on the profiles where the data samples are.

Removes the profile row.

Name of multi- Lists all of the data contained in the multi-element data group. Select which ones
element data group to display in the Viewport by adding a check-mark in the box beside the data
name.

/ Allows you to quickly select or unselect all data in the multi-element data group.
You can create, modify, and delete data groups through Utilities > Group Data.

Colour table Selects a colour table to colour the profiles. The colours will be linearly
interpolated across each data in the order they are listed in the multi-element
data group.

Scale Maximum distance the profiles will extend from the curve. The scaling depends on
the absolute minimum and maximum values in the data type as well as the
crossover value.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Crossover The data value plotted at the curve line (axis datum).

: Automatically readjusts the crossover to be the absolute minimum value of

the selected data type. Note that this will include all data in the workspace that is
assigned the same data type as the selected data.

Angle The orientation of the profiles with respect to the curve's general direction.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected drillhole via the tab associated with that drillhole in the
information and data area. For example, if the selected drillhole was FFS008, the tab with that title would contain the
metadata associated with that drillhole.

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You can create drillholes using the following importers:
l GOCAD Well (.wl)
l ASCII drillholes (.csv)
l Datamine binary drillhole (.dm)
l ODBC connection for drillhole paths only

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3.2.5 2D grids

2D Grid objects support regularly gridded data, such as geophysical data sets. Cell centres store the data and can
hold data of any type. You can deform the grids by data and adjust the elevation of the origin through the Visual
Parameters panel options.

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 Visual Parameter Description

2D grid

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the cage, grid, and unpainted section.

Transparency Transparency setting (0 to 1) of the sections and grid lines: 0 is opaque and 1 is
fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the cage and labels.

Lighting Apply lighting to enhance features.

Show cage Outline of the 2D grid.

Show grid Outline of every cell displayed.

Show axis Coordinates of the U (red) / V (green) axis are labelled.

Smooth When painted, option to smooth the colours along the cell edges.

Origin elevation Z location of the 2D grid origin.

Deform by data Check the box to deform the 2D grid by data. Once checked, the data selector box
will activate.

Distance from plane Controls the extent of deformation measured orthogonal to the axis plane. The
amplitude scaling (distance the cell plots away from the plane) is proportional to
the colour mapping transformation in the Data Colours table. See"Data Colours
panel" on page 30 for more details.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

Contours

Data Select the data to be contoured.

Anchor Enter the minimum contour value. Defaults to data minimum.

Interval Specify the contour interval. Defaults to equal intervals defined by Maximum
Contours.

Maximum Contours Specify the maximum number of contours. Defaults to 20.

Suggest Contours Click to reset the Anchor, Interval and Maximum Contours for the selected data.

Create Curve Pro functionality. Click to create a curve object from the defined contours. The
resulting curve will contain the iso-values of the contour settings.

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the contours.

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The corresponding tab in the information and data area provides the following information when a 2D grid is
selected:
l Object type
l U and V cell sizes
l Number of cells (U x V)
l Total number of cells, currently painted data if any
l Object limits
l x, y, z ranges

2D Grid objects are created when importing the following files:

l Geosoft Grid files (.grd)
l Non-image 2D GOCAD Voxet files (.vo)
l Raster files (.ers, .tiff, .grd)

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3.2.6 Block models

Block models represent an important data structure, as they are the 3D rectilinear grids used to host resource
models, geologic models, and inversion / imaging results. Block model cells can hold data of any type.

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When you select a block model, the following parameters become available in the Visual Parameters panel:

Visual Parameter Description

Block Model

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the cage, grid, unpainted sections, volumes, and
isovalues.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the cage or
labels.

Show cage Displays the outline of the block model.

Show grid Displays a grid on the entire block model, outlining each cell on sections and
volumes.

Show axis Displays the coordinates of the block model.

Smooth Allows you to smooth edges on painted sections and volumes of a block model by
interpolating coloured contours.

Property Blending

Property The property to blend with the displayed property.

Contribution (%) Left-right slider that sets the percentage of each property in the blend.

Sections

Check box Toggle on and off to display and hide the section of the block model.

Number box Enter precise values to arrange the linear positioning of the block model section
on its axis.

Sliders Slide left and right to adjust the linear positioning of the block model section on its
axis.

Arbitrary Section

Move along normal Slide left and right to move the arbitrary section, which is not oriented parallel to
the grid axes, perpendicular to the section.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Dip/Strike Number boxes to orient the section using strike and dip values.

: Click to draw the line of the arbitrary section, updates the strike and dip
values.

: Click to flip the strike of the arbitrary section.

Always face camera Toggle on to unfreeze the slicer so that it remains parallel to the screen as the
Viewport is rotated. Toggle off to freeze the slicer’s orientation.

Volume

Show volume Toggles on and off a cuboidal 3D sub-volume of the block model with the option
to view the complement of the defined volume.

Complement Reverses the displayed volume.

volume

Clip sections This check box clips any displayed sections by the defined volume extents.

Clip isovalues Displays only the isovalues that fit in this volume.

Clip isosurface Displays only the isosurface that fit in this volume.

Save core volume Saves the defined core volume.

settings

Load core volume Loads the defined core volume.

settings

Load full volume Loads the full volume.

settings

Isovalues

Data Checking this section toggles on a 3D sub-volume of a block model that represents
the cells corresponding to the shell of a numeric data range for floats and integers
and a selected list of classes for reference data.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Range You can modify the shell value range with sliders, as well as by entering values in
the number boxes.

Isosurface

Data Checking this section toggles on an isosurface within a block model that
represents the surface from the constant-value points of nominated float data.

Level value You can modify the isosurface by entering a value or using the spinbox.

Create Surface Pro functionality. Creates a surface from the displayed isosurface.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected block model via the tab associated with that block model in the
information and data area.

You can create block models by importing the following file types:
l 3D GOCAD Voxet (.vo)
l 3D SEG-Y (.sgy)

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 l UBC-GIF Mesh (.msh)
l Datamine binary block model (.dm)
l ASCII Block Model (.csv.txt)

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3.2.7 GeoImages

GeoImages are a simple object type used to house georeferenced images. It is possible to import images that are
either horizontal or arbitrarily oriented, such as geological maps and air photos.

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 Visual Parameter Description

GeoImage

Transparency Slider to render GeoImages transparent, where 0 is opaque and 1 is fully

transparent and texture draped on surfaces via the surface's visual parameter
options.

Lighting Toggle to turn on/off lighting to shade the object.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected GeoImage via the tab associated with that GeoImage in the
information and data area, as demonstrated in the metadata summary in the Data Table.

You can create GeoImages by importing the following file types:

l Image files (.jpg, .png, etc.)
l GOCAD 2D image Voxets (.vo)

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3.2.8 Maxwell plates

Maxwell plates are a simple object type that represent conductors as modelled in EMIT's Maxwell
electromagnetic modelling software. The Plates objects can contain conductivity, conductivity thickness, cole-cole
parameters, and be rendered as thick plates.

Maxwell Plate objects are created when importing Maxwell plate (.pte) files, as well as from Maxwell broadcasts with
"Maxwell Link" on page 279.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Plate

Colour Colour of the plate.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent.

Ribbons

Colour Colour of the internal lines drawn on the plates representing the eddy current
flow in the plates.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Number Number of ribbons.

Skew The skew of the ribbons.

Geometry

X The X location of the top centre of the plate.

Y The Y location of the top centre of the plate.

Z The Z location of the top centre of the plate.

XYZ increment Increases / decreases step value of the x, y, z changes when using the up / down
arrows.

Dip Dip of the plate (0-90 degrees where 0 = horizontal).

Dip direction Azimuth at which the plate is dipping (0-360 degrees).

Rotation Plunge of the plate (-180 to 180 degrees).

Strike length Length of the top and bottom edge of the plate.

Depth extent Dip extent or width of the plate edges.

Thickness Toggle this option to display the plate with thickness.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Size Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Scale by length Available on 3D vector data groups only, click to scale the orientation symbols by
length.

Max size Sets the maximum size of the orientation symbols.

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 Note: To modify plate geometry and data, you must have Geoscience ANALYST Pro, which includes the
Maxwell Link module (see "Maxwell Link" on page 279).

You can view metadata corresponding to a Maxwell plate via the tab in the information and data area that is
associated with that object.

3.2.9 OcTree grids

OcTree grids represent a specific type 3D rectilinear grid where individual cells can be divided recursively into
eight octants. In Geoscience ANALYST, ocTree grids are imported from UBC-GIF mesh and model files.

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When you select an ocTree grid, the following parameters become available in the Visual Parameters panel:

Visual Parameter Description

OcTree Grid

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the cage, grid, unpainted sections, volumes, and
isovalues.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the cage and
labels.

Show cage Displays the outline of the ocTree grid.

Show grid Displays a grid on the entire ocTree grid, outlining each cell on sections and
volumes.

Show axis Displays the coordinates of the ocTree grid.

Smooth Allows you to smooth edges on painted sections and volumes of an ocTree grid by
interpolating coloured contours.

Sections

Check box Toggle on and off to display and hide the section of the ocTree grid.

Number box Enter precise values to arrange the linear positioning of the ocTree grid section on
its axis.

Sliders Slide left and right to adjust the linear positioning of the ocTree grid section on its
axis.

Volume

Show volume Toggles on and off a cuboidal 3D sub-volume of the ocTree grid.

Complement Reverses the displayed volume.

volume

Clip sections This check box clips any displayed sections by the defined volume extents.

Clip isovalues Displays only the isovalues that fit in this volume.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Clip isosurface Displays only the isosurface that fit in this volume.

Save core volume Saves the defined core volume.

settings

Load core volume Loads the defined core volume.

settings

Load full volume Loads the full volume.

settings

Isovalues

Data Checking this section toggles on a 3D sub-volume of an ocTree grid that represents
the cells corresponding to the shell of a numeric data range for floats and integers
and a selected list of classes for reference data.

Range You can modify the shell value range with sliders, as well as by entering values in
the number boxes.

Isosurface

Data Checking this section toggles on an isosurface within a block model that
represents the surface from the constant-value points of nominated float data.

Level value You can modify the isosurface by entering a value or using the spinbox.

Create Surface Pro functionality. Creates a surface from the displayed isosurface.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected ocTree grid via the tab in the information and data area that is
associated with that object, as demonstrated in the metadata summary in the Data Table.

You can create ocTree grids by importing the following file type:
l UBC-GIF Mesh (.msh)

3.2.10 VP models

VP models are block models that represent the results of VPmg/VPem inversion results and models. In VP
models, the sub-surface is discretised into close-packed vertical rectangular prisms. Each prism is divided into cells by
a succession of geological contacts. The vertical dimension of each cell is arbitrary. Each cell is assigned to a geological
unit.

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 Visual Parameter Description

VP Model

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the cage, grid, unpainted sections, volumes, and
isovalues.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the cage and
labels.

Show cage Displays the outline of the VP model.

Show grid Displays a grid on the entire VP model, outlining each cell on sections and
volumes.

Show axis Displays the coordinates of the VP model.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Filter basement This checkbox limits the visual extent of the VP model in the viewport to a user-
thickness defined value.

Sections

Check box Toggle on and off to display and hide the section of the VP model.

U/V number box Enter precise values to arrange the linear positioning of the VP model section on
its axis.

U/V sliders Slide left and right to adjust the linear positioning of the VP model section on its
axis.

Z number box Enter precise elevation values to position the Z section.

Isovalues

Update viewport Appears when the block model has more than 10 million cells. The sub-volume of
the block model will not update until the button is pressed.

Reset values Appears when the block model has more than 10 million cells. Resets the range.

Data Checking this section toggles on a 3D sub-volume of a VP model that represents

the cells corresponding to the shell of a numeric data range for floats and integers
and a selected list of classes for reference data.

Range You can modify the shell value range with sliders, as well as by entering values in
the number boxes.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected VP model via the tab associated with that model in the
information and data area.

You can create VP models by importing the following file type:

l VPmodel (.den, .sus, .con)

3.2.11 Draped models

Draped models represent sections that can be draped both laterally and vertically. They are used to represent
SEG-Y 2D data and 1D electromagnetic soundings and inversion results.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Draped model

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the cage and grid.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the object: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent. The transparency level does not affect the cage and
labels.

Show grid Displays a grid on the entire draped model, outlining each cell on the object.

Lighting Toggle to turn on/off lighting to shade the object.

Property Blending

Property The property to blend with the displayed property.

Contribution (%) Left-right slider that sets the percentage of each property in the blend.

Area Clipping

Number box Enter the precise values to arrange the limits of the area to clip.

Slider Slide left and right to adjust the position of the area along the Draped Model.

Orientation

Data group Selects an orientation data group (3D vector, Dip direction, and Dip or Strike and
dip). You can create, modify, and delete data groups through the Utilities > Group
Data tool, as explained in "Group Data" on page 202.

: Adds a column in your data table (if none already) with the vector values and
paints the symbols by that column (button available when there is a valid
orientation data group only).

Symbol Selects the orientation node symbol (2D arrow, 3D arrow or Tablet).

Length Modifies the size of the orientation symbols.

Width If checked on, sets a fixed width for the orientation symbols instead of using a
ratio of the length.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Scale by amplitude If checked on, scales the orientation symbols by amplitude of the data values,
using the set length for the highest data value.

: Toggles between linear and logarithmic scaling of the orientation symbols.

You can view metadata that corresponds to a selected draped model via the tab associated with that object in the
information and data area.

You can create draped models by importing the following file types:
l ASCII Column CSV (.csv)
l SEG-Y 2D (.sgy)

3.3 Special objects

Located in the Objects panel within the tools folder upon creation, special objects perform specific functions. The
tools available are:
l "Slicers" below
l "Labels" on page 114

3.3.1 Slicers
The slicer tool allows you to crop objects in the Viewport relative to an arbitrary plane. It is possible to apply one or
more slicers to one object, a selected set of objects, or all objects in a workspace.

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 Tip: See "Tools and tips" on page 186 to learn how to create and work with slicers.

The Slicer section of the Visual Parameters panel contains the components designed to allow you to modify the slicer
tool, as presented in the table below:

Visual Parameter Description

Slicer

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the slicer plane: 0 is
opaque and 1 is fully transparent.

Colour Corresponds to the colour of the slicer outline cage, and represents the Slicer
object in of the Objects panel.

Show outline Displays the outline of the slicer's perimeter.

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 Visual Parameter Description

Position

X The X position of the slicer (and the 3D manipulator, when toggled on in the
Viewport).

Y The Y position of the slicer (and the 3D manipulator, when toggled on in the
Viewport).

Z The Z position of the slicer (and the 3D manipulator, when toggled on in the
Viewport).

XYZ increment Allows you to adjust the increment value in the x, y, z positioning. For example, if
you set the x, y, z increment to 200, clicking the up or down arrows on the
number boxes of any axis (x, y, or z) will increase or decrease the value by 200.

Move along normal Allows you to move the slicer in opposing directions along the plane of its axis.

Move distance Allows you to adjust the increment value that the Move along normal arrows
perform.

Orientation

Dip Allows you to adjust the dip of the slicer from 0° to 90°.

Dip direction Allows you to adjust the dip direction of the slicer from 0° to 360°.

Plane flip Inverts the plane and displays the perspective from the opposing side of the
slicer.

Align with camera Modifies the geometry of the slicer to be aligned with the camera.

Type

Slice Toggles the slicer type between a cropping plane and a slice.

Thickness Allows you to adjust the thickness of the slicer.

You can view metadata that corresponds to selected slicers via the tab associated with those slicers in the
information and data area, as illustrated in the following table:

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 Metadata Description

Type The selected object type, e.g., Slicer.

Dip The slicer dip (0 to 90 degrees.)

Dip direction The dip direction of the slicer.

Slicer type Describes the type of slicer, either slice, front or back.

3.3.2 Labels
The labels tool allows you to attach text annotations to objects within the Viewport. This can help you to more easily
differentiate between objects and simplify the workspace.

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You can modify the graphical and text settings of labels through the Visual Parameters panel as presented in the
table below:

Visual Parameter Description

Label

Colour Corresponds to the colour of a label's text, outline box, and line.

Transparency Allows you to modify the transparency setting (0 to 1) of the label: 0 is opaque
and 1 is fully transparent.

Text Allows you to edit the label text.

Font Allows you to select fonts and adjust the font size.

You can view metadata that corresponds to selected labels via the tab associated with those labels in the information
and data area. For example, with the label Ore Zone selected, the tab with that title will contain the metadata
associated with that label, as demonstrated in the metadata summary in the information and data area, and as
illustrated in the following table:

Metadata Description

Type The selected object type, e.g., Label.

Origin The x, y, z origin of the label.

Object origin If digitized on an object, the object's name will be listed here.

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 Importing and exporting
This chapter describes how to import files and export objects in Geoscience
ANALYST.
CHAPTER 4
4.1 Importing files into Geoscience ANALYST 117

4.1.1 Importing files via the File menu 117

4.1.2 Importing files by dragging and dropping 118

4.1.3 Importing files and workspaces from a monitored folder 150

4.1.4 Importing Geoscience ANALYST workspaces on disk 151

4.2 Exporting objects from Geoscience ANALYST 151

4.2.1 Exporting points, curves and surfaces to GOCAD ASCII 152

4.2.2 Exporting surfaces to Datamine format 153

4.2.3 Saving selected objects to a new .geoh5 workspace file 154

4.2.4 Exporting drillholes to .csv 155

4.2.5 Exporting objects to .csv 156

4.2.6 Exporting Viewport content as a .geoh5 workspace file 156

4.2.7 Saving files from within a workspace to disk 158

4.1 Importing files into Geoscience ANALYST
There are two ways to import files into Geoscience ANALYST: through the File menu, and by dragging and dropping.

4.1.1 Importing files via the File menu

1. Go to File > Import.
2. Select the file type and object, if applicable.

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4.1.2 Importing files by dragging and dropping
1. Locate your file using the file browser.
2. Drag and drop it onto the Viewport or Objects panel so Geoscience ANALYST can auto-detect the file type
extension and launch the appropriate import filter.

If you drag and drop a .geoh5, you will be asked whether you want to import or open and replace the workspace. The
latter will replace your current workspace with the one from the file, as opposed to simply opening the file in a
separate Geoscience ANALYST window.

Note: Drillhole data cannot be imported by dragging and dropping.

Note: If you are using the Viewport in a secondary monitor, you will have to drag and drop to the
Objects panel instead of directly onto the Viewport.

The list below indicates the data and file types that you can import. Each section contains more information about
that file type.
l "acQuire GIM Suite" on the next page
l "AMIRA TEM" on page 120
l "ASCII" on page 121
l "AutoCAD" on page 134
l "Datamine" on page 134
l "ESRI" on page 135
l "GeoImage" on page 135
l "Geosoft" on page 137
l "GOCAD Objects" on page 139
l "ioGAS" on page 140
l "Maxwell Plate" on page 141
l "ODBC drillholes" on page 141
l "Raster" on page 147
l "SEG-Y" on page 147
l "UBC-GIF" on page 149
l "VP models" on page 106

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acQuire GIM Suite

This command connects to acQuire GIM Suite databases and creates, updates and/or deletes Drillhole and Points
objects based on selection criteria defined through the acQuire GIM Suite user interface (UI). Drillholes are placed in a
drillhole group of the same name as the selection.

Selections are stored in template files in the user’s Geoscience ANALYST under the acQuire Import Selections
directory. This is typically “C:\Users\username\Geoscience ANALYST\acQuire Import Selections”, which allows them
to be available in any of the user’s Geoscience ANALYST workspaces, not just the one from which it was created.

Button Tooltip Function

New drillhole Click to launch the acQuire GIM Suite UI to specify the import
selection parameters such as filters and transforms. Once defined, a selection
will be saved and the import will start.

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 Button Tooltip Function

New sample Similar to the drillhole selection, click to create and import point
selection samples.

Edit selection Click to launch the acQuire GIM Suite UI to make modifications to the
chosen selection parameters. This will not initialize an import.

Delete selection Click to remove the chosen selection from the list and delete the
associated template file from disk.

Import selection Click to import the drillholes or samples in the acQuire GIM Suite
database according to the chosen selection criteria. Once it is done,
the Last updated column will show a date/time to indicate when this
selection was last imported.

Update selection Click to import only those drillholes or samples within the chosen
selection that have been updated since the last import/update as
reported by the timestamp.

List associated Click to show a list of drillholes or points in the current workspace that
objects were imported using the chosen selection.

AMIRA TEM

When importing AMIRA TEM files, curves are created in a folder called TEM import. The importer automatically
assigns the line ID property as well as multi-element and orientation data groups for quick profile and orientation
visualization. A drillhole or line configuration can be defined, along with the number of header lines to ignore on
import. If loop information is available, curves representing the geometry will be created in the same folder.

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ASCII

Geoscience ANALYST has the following types of ASCII .csv import utilities:
l "Block model files" on the next page: Creates Block Model objects.
l "Column-based files" on page 124: Creates Points, Curves and Targets objects.
l "DC/IP files" on page 126: Creates Points objects representing pseudosections, as well as transmitters and
receivers.
l "Draped mesh files" on page 127: Creates a Draped Model object.
l "Drillhole files" on page 129: Creates drillholes from a series of column-type files, including collar and optional
survey and data files.

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Block model files

Imports a block model from a .csv file with a text header via File > Import > ASCII or the drag-and-drop method. The
file must have a .csv.txt extension for drag-and-drop importing. The header and column portions of the file must have
specific formats, as described in the table below:

Required Header Information Description

# mesh.csv.txt Name of file.

# Optional comment line.

# encoding: ASCII File encoding.

# azimuth: 0 degrees (rotate Azimuth in degrees clockwise from north.

clockwise when looking down)

# block size: 130 130 25 Cell sizes in the U, V and W directions, respectively.

# size in blocks: 85 105 32 Number of cells in the U, V and W directions, respectively.

# minimum centroid: minx Minimum centroid location.

miny minz

# maximum centroid: maxx Maximum centroid location.

maxy maxz

# minimum corner: minx miny Minimum block model corner location.

minz

# maximum corner: maxx Maximum block model corner location.

maxy maxz

ID,X,Y,Z,P1,P2,…Pn-1,Pn .csv header line. Point ID, X centroid, Y centroid, Z centroid, property
name1, property name 2,…property name n-1, property name n.

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Column-based files

When importing either via the file menu or the drag and drop method, the Import points window will appear,
allowing you to set the parameters of the data so that Geoscience ANALYST can accurately represent it.

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 Option Description

Name Name of the Points object created within a new or existing folder called ASCII
Importers.

Output type Points, Curves or Targets. When Curves is selected, a Line ID selector is presented in
the Expected fields section. When Targets is selected, selectors for Target Name, Dip
Direction, Dip, Buffer and Extension are presented in the Expected fields section.

Delimiter The column delimiter, namely comma, space, semicolon, or multiple space.

Ignore lines Enter the number of lines at the start of the file to ignore before reading the header
line.

Expected fields Allows you to choose the x, y, z coordinates (easting, northing, and elevation
columns). The importer will try to auto-detect appropriate fields according to the
header name (e.g., x, y, z, easting, northing, elevation). If the utility does not detect
any fields from the .csv file, it will consider the first three columns as x, y, and z.

When Output type is set to Curves, an additional Line ID selector will be made
available.

When Output type is set to Targets, additional selectors for Target name, Dip
Direction, Dip, Buffer, and Extension will be made available.

Additional fields Allows you to select the NDV (no-data value) and theme (referenced or float) for each
column in the imported .csv file. The utility predicts the theme based on the
previewed values of the first 256 entries of the .csv file. For text entries, it suggests
referenced data. For numerical entries, it suggests float data. If it does not auto-
select the optimal type, you can choose the correct one using the drop down menu.

Global NDV Allows you to enter custom no-data values for individual columns. When entering the
setting values in the global NDV setting, separate them by commas and click Apply. This will
add the values to every column at once. You must enter the entire value as shown in
the data preview, e.g., 0.01 must be entered rather than .01.

Data preview Displays a preview of the first 256 entries in the ASCII file.

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DC/IP files

When importing 3D DC/IP, you must do so via the file import method, as multiple data parameter settings are
required.

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Before loading, the Import DC/IP files dialog box presents you with the following options, as indicated in the table
below:

Option Description

Name Name of the objects created within a new or existing folder called ASCII Importers.
Objects will be created for current electrodes and measurements.

Output type Is fixed as DC/IP data.

Delimiter The column delimiter, namely comma, space, semicolon, or multiple space.

Ignore lines Enter the number of lines at the start of the file to ignore before reading the header
line.

Expected Fields Allows you to choose the X, Y, Z coordinates of the transmitter and receiver
electrodes. Dipole-dipole, pole-dipole, dipole-pole and pole-pole configurations are
supported. If no Z coordinate is provided, the transmitter electrodes are placed at 0 m.

Data types Allows you to select the NDV (no-data value) and theme (referenced or float) for each
column in the imported file. The utility predicts the theme based on the previewed
values of the first 256 entries of the .csv file. For text entries, it suggests referenced
data. For numerical entries, it suggests float data. If it does not auto-select the optimal
type, you can choose the correct one using the drop-down.

Global NDV Allows you to enter custom no-data values for individual columns. When entering the
setting values in the global NDV setting, separate them by commas and click Apply. This will
add the values to every column at once. You must enter the entire value as shown in
the data preview (i.e., 0.01 must be entered, rather than .01).

Data preview Displays a preview of the first 256 entries in the ASCII file.

Draped mesh files

When importing a Draped Model, you must do so via the file import method.

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 Option Description

Name The name of the object to be created.

Output type Is fixed as Draped Mesh.

Delimiter The column delimiter, namely comma, space, semicolon or multiple space.

Ignore lines Enter the number of lines at the start of the file to ignore before reading the header
line.

Expected fields Allows you to choose the X, Y, Z coordinates of the cell centres.

All fields Allows you to select the NDV (no-data value) and theme (referenced or float) for each
column in the imported .csv file. The utility predicts the theme based on the
previewed values of the first 256 entries of the .csv file. For text entries, it suggests
referenced data. For numerical entries, it suggests float data. If it does not auto-select
the optimal type, you can choose the correct one using the drop-down menu.

Global NDV Allows you to enter custom no-data values for individual columns. When entering the
setting values in the global NDV setting, separate them by commas and click Apply. This will
add the values to every column at once. You must enter the value as shown in the
data preview, e.g., 0.01 must be entered rather than .01.

Data preview Displays a preview of the first 256 entries in the ASCII file.

Drillhole files

When importing ASCII drillhole files, you must do so via the file import method, as multiple files and data parameter
settings are required.

Before loading, the Import drillhole files dialog box presents you with the following options, as indicated in the table
below:

Option Description

Update existing Select this option to update drillholes in an existing group, selected from the drop-
drillhole group down menu. Only drillholes with matching drillhole IDs will be updated; new drillholes
are not created.

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 Option Description

Drillhole geometry

Collar file Allows you to browse locally to select the desired drillhole collar file.

Mandatory fields: drillhole id, x, y, z, length

Optional fields: azimuth, dip, status

Fields other than these are imported as metadata on each drillhole.

Survey file Allows you to browse locally to select the desired survey file. If this is left blank, the
(optional) importer will assume that the holes are vertical unless the azimuth and dip fields in
the collar file are nominated.

Mandatory fields: drillhole id, depth, azimuth, dip

Positive dip Toggle on if positive dip values are down (e.g., 90 is vertical down); otherwise,
points down negative values are down.

Drillhole data

Interval log files Allows you to select one or more data files related to drillhole intervals. All files must
(optional) be in the same directory.

Name: The name of the table that will be created. By default, the file name is used.
When an existing group is updated, the name must be identical to the data table
name.

Mandatory fields: drillhole id, from, to

Data types for all fields other than the mandatory ones are guessed, but can be
changed by the user.

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 Option Description

Point log files Allows you to select one or more data files related to drillhole points. All files must be
(optional) in the same directory.

Name: The name of the table that will be created. By default, the file name is used.
When an existing group is updated, the name must be identical to the data table
name.

Mandatory fields: drillhole id, depth

Data types for all fields other than the mandatory ones are guessed, but can be
changed by the user.

To import ASCII drillhole files:

1. In the Import Drillhole Files window, click to select the collar, survey, and data files on your local drive. If
you are updating an existing drillhole group, the drillholes must already exist in the nominated group and have
identical drillhole IDs.

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 2. Click OK.

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 3. In the Collar window, determine if you need to re-map required or optional fields with different columns than
the import auto-detection utility suggests using the drop-down column selectors. The data types can be
adjusted at the same time.

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 4. Repeat step 3 with each of the file types, as they appear in sequence.
AutoCAD

You can create points, curves, and surfaces by importing AutoCAD .dwg and .dxf files, from a wide variety of
AutoCAD-related applications. In the Objects panel, Geoscience ANALYST stores imported files in a folder called
AutoCAD imports. AutoCAD objects are organized in a sub-folder for each layer.

denotes an AutoCAD text file, which the system imports as a text type specific to this file type in the Objects
panel.

Datamine

You can import and convert binary Datamine point, string, wire-frame, block model, and drillhole assay type
files.Geoscience ANALYST stores imported files in a folder created upon import called Datamine imports within the
Objects panel.

The original Datamine colours are preserved on the created Points, Curves, and Surfaces objects through an integer
data value called COLOUR, which automatically maps to a custom built-in Datamine colour table and colour mapping
curve, according to the following legend:

Additional Datamine properties and themes

Property and/or Theme Conversion Type in Geoscience ANALYST

Non-discrete Float or integer.

numerical

Discrete Reference data.

alphanumeric

Block model Block models. If the cell distribution is irregular, the importer creates an
additional Points object at the centroids, preserving all data. The block model
derives its dimensions and cell sizes from parameters in the Datamine binary
header (e.g., largest XINC, YINC, ZINC). The data held on the Points object is
transferred to the block model cells.

Wire-frame Surfaces. The data is stored at the node or triangle level.

Drillhole type Paths (drillhole traces) and properties (imported as interval and point logs).

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ESRI

Geoscience ANALYST can import ESRI shape files (.shp), which is a format for GIS software that describes vector
features such as points, curves, and polygons.

Note: Ensure that the .dbf and .shx files associated with the .shp file are available and located in the
same directory as the .shp file. You will not be able to import the .shp without them.

The import utility allows you to either drag and drop the .shp into the Viewport, or use the file import method on
your local directory. Point files will import as points, and polyline and polygon-type files will import as curves.

Data from the ESRI shape file converts in Geoscience ANALYST as follows:

Shapefile Theme Geoscience ANALYST Generic Theme

FTString Reference. (May import as text in some cases. Class colours are randomly generated).

FTInteger Integer.

FTDouble Float.

GeoImage

Geoscience ANALYST is compatible with several image file types, each of which create GeoImage objects when
imported. They are:
l .jpg/.jpeg
l .gif
l .bmp
l .tif/.tiff

Note: In case of a GeoTIFF file, X and Y locations are taken from the file, and since each pixel can hold
a different Z value, the importer defaults to a suggested Z value half-way between their minimum and
maximum values.

Additionally, Geoscience ANALYST supports two types of georeferenced ASCII files:

l World files: horizontally oriented images (plan maps)
l Location .csv files: horizontally and vertically oriented images (plan maps and sections)

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Geo-referencing with the world file format

Line Coordinates

1 X component of the pixel width (x-scale)

2 Y component of the pixel width (y-skew)

3 X component of the pixel height (x-skew)

4 Y component of the pixel height (y-scale)

5 X-coordinate of the centre of the upper left

pixel

6 Y-coordinate of the centre of the upper left

pixel

For example, the world file required to import and georeference an non-rotated plan map with 3.5 x 3.5m cells
originating at 1900E, 55000N would look like:

3.5
0.00
0.00
-3.5
1900
55000

Geo-referencing with the location .csv file format

The location .csv file consists of three lines identifying the coordinates of the top left, top right, and bottom left
corners of the image, delimited by commas.

Line Coordinates

1 top left corner x, y, z coordinates

2 top right corner x, y, z coordinates

3 bottom left corner x, y, z coordinates

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For example, the location file required to import and georeference a NE trending vertical section that goes from 3,100
m to 2,500 m elevation would look like:

6600,16400,3100
6800,17010,3100
6600,16400,2500

To automatically georeference the image upon import, an associated world or location file must exist in the image
folder and be named the same as the image file. The world file should also have the same extension suffix with a “w”
(e.g., .jpgw), while the location file must be comma-delimited with a .csv extension.

Note: If both world and location files are present in the folder, the importer will use the world file by
default. If neither a world nor location file is detected, the image will import as a horizontal GeoImage
originating at 0, 0, 0 and each pixel will be 1x1 units in size.

Geosoft

Geoscience ANALYST imports the following Geosoft file types:

l "Database files" below
l "Grid files" on the next page
l "XYZ files" on page 139

Note: To import Geosoft .grd and .gdb files, a Seequent ID is required. A Seequent ID can be obtained
directly from the Seequent website at my.seequent.com. If you have any Seequent or Geosoft
products, you likely already have a Seequent ID. If you have a Geosoft ID but no Seequent ID, you will
be directed to make the change. If you have an old version of Geosoft Connect that requests your
Geosoft ID, you will need to update it and sign with your Seequent ID. Download the latest Geosoft
Connect here.

Database files

Geoscience ANALYST imports Geosoft .gdb files as curves with associated data, representing geophysical survey lines.
When importing either via the file menu or the drag and drop method, the Geosoft database file import window
presents you with a series of options and information associated with the file, as illustrated in the image below:

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 Note: The type column lists Geosoft data formatting, and maps it to appropriate themes (e.g., float,
integer, date). Unknown types will import as float data, so text entries may not import as expected.

Option Description

Import lines as Selecting the check box allows you to import each line as a separate curve, each of
separate objects which is named according to the Line ID. Leaving the check box unchecked will
import the geophysical survey lines as one curve.

Use constant Z Assign a constant z value to all curves if the data is 2D.
value

x, y, z coordinate Allows you to assign different fields to the x, y, and z axes.

channel

Grid files

Geoscience ANALYST imports Geosoft .grd files as 2D grids.

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The data will import as floats. If the importer detects an associated .gi file in the folder where the .grd file resides, it
will use the information to properly georeference the 2D Grid object (required to register vertical .grd files.)
Otherwise, it will be horizontal, and the Geosoft grid file import dialog box will pop up to allow you to enter the
elevation.

Elevation: Select the z coordinate to assign to the 2D grid origin.

XYZ files

Geosoft .xyz files import as Curves objects along with their associated data, representing geophysical survey lines.
When importing either via the file menu or the drag and drop method, the Geosoft XYZ file import window allows
you to set the elevation, as illustrated in the image below:

Note: Geoscience ANALYST will attempt to correctly assign types. For example, data values with the
format 13:12:36.00 that have an accompanying comment date field //Date 2003/11/04 will be tagged
as a DateTime property. If the data assignment is unsuccessful, it will be assumed to be text.

GOCAD Objects

You can import supported GOCAD files either via the file menu or the drag and drop method.

All properties import as float data, with the exception of discrete properties associated with a classification such as
geology codes, which will import as reference data.

The following table illustrates the GOCAD objects and their behaviour once imported into Geoscience ANALYST:

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 GOCAD Object GOCAD File Geoscience ANALYST Object Preserved Attributes
Extension

PointsSets .vs Points Colour, node, symbol, size

and shape, painted status

Curves .pl Curves Colour, node size and status,

segment thickness and
status, painted status

Surfaces .ts Surfaces Colour, mesh and painted

status

Wells .wl Drillholes N/A

Voxets .vo Block models, 2D grids, or Displayed sections and

GeoImage painted status

Drillhole groups .gp Drillholes within a N/A

drillholes group

Miscellaneous .gp Miscellaneous objects N/A

groups within a folder named
according to the group

Mixed .mx Miscellaneous objects N/A

Tip: If the headers of the imported GOCAD files do not include the class entries, the numerical key
values will be imported rather than the classification names. To update the class names and colours,
export the classification from GOCAD as a .csv file, navigate to the Data Colours panel of the reference
data in question, and load it via the Load colours settings button.

ioGAS

When imported, ioGAS (.gas) files will create a unique ioGAS Points object. The new object appears in a folder called
ioGAS imports that is created upon import if does not already exist in your workspace. With an ioGAS file imported,
you will see the ioGAS graphics check box in the Points section of the Visual Parameters setting allowing you to view
(but not edit) the ioGAS points. This feature permits the advanced visualization settings from ioGAS to be compatible
with Geoscience ANALYST’s 3D environment and viewed alongside other model components.

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Maxwell Plate

When importing a plate file (.pte), a Plates object is created, with its thickness status and cole-cole parameters. The
"Maxwell Link" on page 279 module must be activated in order to modify the geometry of imported plates.

ODBC drillholes

When importing drillholes via ODBC, the connection string, collar, survey, and property tables and fields are specified
in an .ini file (see below). Filters can be applied to select drillholes to import. Each tab in the Import ODBC Drillholes
window is described in the following sections, along with the .ini file specifications.

General tab

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 Option Description

Configuration Select the .ini file from the configuration file location specified in the Geoscience
ANALYST preferences. Click Browse to select an .ini file from a different location.

Data source Read from the .ini file.

Import

Import Select to import new Drillhole objects.

Drillhole object Optionally, enter a prefix that will be applied to all drillhole names.
name prefix

Grouped import Select to specify the name of the drillhole group the drillholes will be placed in.
name

Update

Update Select to update drillholes.

Drillhole group Select the drillhole group in which to update the drillholes.

Properties

Table Drop-down containing all the database tables specified in the .ini file.

Attributes Lists all the attribute fields in the selected table. All attributes are selected unless
specified in the .ini file. Select/Unselect all buttons are available.

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Filtering tab

Option Description

Collar location Check to filter the selection to collar locations inside or outside nominated curves.
l Inside/Outside closed parts: Select to filter collar locations inside or outside
closed curve parts.
l Curves: Select one or more closed Curves objects. Select/Unselect all buttons
are available.

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 Option Description

Table Select the database table to use for the filter.

Attribute Select the table attribute to use to for the filter.

Filter expression Enter the filter expression for the selected attribute.

l
: Click to enable case-sensitive filtering.
l
: Click to enable regular filter expressions; glob filtering is enabled by
default.

Drillholes Reports the number of drillholes returned by the filter.

selected

Results Previews the drillholes that will be imported. Before a filter is applied, all drillholes in
the database are listed.

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Options tab

Option Description

No-data value Specify the no-data value for the database.

Reference count The number of unique values, below which an alphanumeric field will be used to
threshold create reference data.

Text size threshold The length of any one alphanumeric field, below which reference data will be
created.

Dip convention Choose between positive dip values down or up.

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.ini file specifications

The .ini specification file is a simple text file that specifies tables and fields to be used to import drillholes. A generic
version of the .ini file is below, with an example of a sample .ini file for a MSaccess database that will import specific
properties from the specified tables. If an ODBC DSN has been set up, that can be used in place of the full connection
string. Comment lines are prefixed with a semicolon.

[General]
ConnectionString="Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb,
*.accdb)};Dbq=C:\\mydatabase.accdb;Uid= ;Pwd= ;"
;ConnectionString=”ODBC_UserDSN_name”

[Collar]
Table=”table name containing collar information”
HoleID=”hole id field name”
X=”collar”easting field name”
Y=”collar”northing field name”
Z=”collar”elevation field name”
Length=“drillhole length field name”
Azimuth=“collar azimuth”, used if no survey table is preset (optional)
Dip=”collar dip”, used if no survey table is present (optional)

[Deviation]
Table=”table name containing collar information”
HoleID=”hole id field name”
Distance=”depth down hole of measurement”
Azimuth=”azimuth”
Dip=”dip”

[Property]
TableName_1/HoleID= “table name / hole id field” names
TableName_1/From= “table name / from” for interval logs
TableName_1/To= “table name / to” for interval logs
TableName_1/Default= “Property1;property2; …”, optional line to specify fields
to be autoselected, if not present all fields are selected
TableName_2/HoleID= “table name / hole id field” names
TableName_2/Distance=“table name / meaurement depth” for interval logs
TableName_2/Default=“Property1;property2; …”, optional line to specify fields to
be autoselected, if not present all fields are selected

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…
TableName_n/… for additional tables

A resource for database connection strings can be found at connectionstrings.com.

Raster

Geoscience ANALYST is compatible with several raster file formats as 2D Grid objects with properties for each band of
data within them. They are:
l GeoTIFF (.tif/.tiff)
l ER Mapper (.ers)
l Surfer (.grd)

The Gdal grid import dialog box will pop up, allowing you to enter the elevation.

If possible, a corresponding GeoImage will also be created for GeoTIFF files.

SEG-Y

3D seismic data imports to a block model, and 2D seismic data imports to a draped model, with both object types
containing amplitude data.

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 Option Desccription

SEG-Y type Radio buttons to define the SEG-Y geometry; they will be auto-selected based on
the selected file.

will guess the SEG-Y type and byte locations.

Line and trace byte Drop-down to select from three options:

locations l 3D Poststack data (189 & 193)
l Landmark / Geoquest (9 & 21)
l CGG (189 & 21)

Location byte Drop-down to select from three options:

locations l Source (73 & 77)
l Group (81 & 85)
l Common depth point (181 & 185)

Z-axis direction Select Depth, Elevation, or Time(ms). When Time is selected, enter the average
velocity for time-depth conversion.

Set elevation Set the elevation of the top of the SEG-Y.

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 Option Desccription

Mesh/Draped model Details of the object that will be created:

dimensions l 3D model: Origin, Grid size, Core cell size, Azimuth and # of cells.
l 2D section: Origin, Last station and # of cells.

UBC-GIF

Geoscience ANALYST can import UBC-GIF files (University of British Columbia Geophysical Inversion Facility) of
different types, as illustrated in the following table:

File Type Description

3D mesh and 3D mesh files create block models or ocTree meshes upon import and associated
model model files as data stored on their cells in a folder called UBC imports. You can
modify the suggested default no-data value field.

3D Topography Imports as a Surfaces object.

Observation Imports as a Points object.

Below is the import dialog box for 3D mesh and model files:

Note: If you import the model file via the drag and drop method, the importer will not launch the
interim dialogue, thus using the default no-data values.

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VP models

When importing a VP model (.sus, .den, .con, .vp), a VP model object is created with its model properties and unit ID.
If included in the VP model file, points representing the observations are imported.

Import Workspace as a Group

This utility imports a Geoscience ANALYST Workspace into a folder in the current Workspace.

4.1.3 Importing files and workspaces from a monitored folder

When a folder is selected to be monitored, Geoscience ANALYST workspaces saved to this folder are automatically
imported into the current Geoscience ANALYST workspace. This functionality is particularly useful when used in
conjunction with our Python API and application repository, geoapps, to automatically import results that are written
to .geoh5.

Specify the folder to be monitored by going to File > Enable monitoring folder. Two folders are created: .processing
to contain the files that are being imported, and processed to contain files that have been processed.

Field Description

Monitored Click to navigate to the folder to be monitored.

directory

Options

Process existing Select to import .geoh5 workspaces that are in the monitored directory.
files

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 Field Description

Delete files after Select to delete .geoh5 workspaces once they are imported. When this option is
processing unchecked, the processed file is placed in a processed folder in the monitored
directory. Each processed file is given a suffix so that its name is unique.

4.1.4 Importing Geoscience ANALYST workspaces on disk

1. In the Geoscience ANALYST File menu, click Import, then in the contextual menu, click Import Workspace as a
Group.
2. In the finder window, locate and open the .geoh5 file you want to view.

The information exchange between projects is facilitated by exporting parts of workspace files or importing existing
workspaces as group containers within your ongoing sessions.

4.2 Exporting objects from Geoscience ANALYST

Geoscience ANALYST Pro and Pro Geophysics allow you to export certain objects, depending on their type. Exporters
are available when you right-click on the appropriate object.
l Points, curves and surfaces to GOCAD ASCII files (.mx)
l Drillholes to .csv: collar, survey, interval and point log .csv files
l Any objects to a Geoscience ANALYST workspace file (.geoh5)
l Surfaces to Datamine format
l Curves to Geosoft database (.gdb)
l Curves to ESRI shape file (.shp)
l Block model to UBC mesh (.msh/.mesh)
l Block model to ASCII block model (.csv.txt)
l VP model to VP model file (.den/.sus/.con)
l GeoImages to raster files (.ers/.GeoTIFF)

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4.2.1 Exporting points, curves and surfaces to GOCAD ASCII
To export a selection of one or several objects to a .mx file:

1. In the Objects panel, right-click the object or folder you wish to export (hold Ctrl to select multiple).
2. In the contextual menu, click Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, name the file and keep the *.mx extension.
4. Click Save.

GOCAD .mx files support generic data types (float, integer, and reference) stored on nodes and basic object attributes
(colour, node size, etc.).

Note: Data on surface triangles and curve segments is NOT supported by the GOCAD .mx file format.

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4.2.2 Exporting surfaces to Datamine format
To export a selection of one or several objects to *_pt.dm and *_tr.dm files:

1. In the Objects panel, right-click on the surface object or folder you wish to export (hold Ctrl to select multiple).
2. In the contextual menu, click Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, enter a file name and select the *.dm extension.
4. Click Save.

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4.2.3 Saving selected objects to a new .geoh5 workspace file
To save a selection of one or several folders and objects to a new .geoh5 file:

1. In the Objects panel, right-click the object or folder you wish to save (hold Ctrl to select multiple).
2. In the contextual menu, click Save To geoh5....

3. In the dialog box, name the file and click Save.

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4.2.4 Exporting drillholes to .csv
When exporting a selection of one or several drillholes to .csv, several .csv files get created:
l one for collars (suffixed with collar)
l one for surveys (suffixed with survey)
l one for interval logs (suffixed with interval logs)
l one for point logs (suffixed with point logs)

To export drillholes to .csv:

1. In the Objects panel, right-click the object or folder you wish to export (hold Ctrl to select multiple).
2. In the contextual menu, click Export.
3. In the Export dialog box, navigate to the desired output folder, type a file name and click Save.

If typing long_holes as a file name, you should then find four files on disk:

Note: If you select any other object type with the drillhole(s), you will receive an error message, and
be forced to deselect the unsupported objects before exporting the drillholes again.

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4.2.5 Exporting objects to .csv

An object's Data Table can be exported to .csv either by clicking on the left of the "Information and data area" on
page 11 or by right-clicking the object and clicking Export. In the Export dialog box, name the file and select the .csv
extension prior to clicking Save.

The entire object, not just the data loaded into the Data Table, will be exported.

4.2.6 Exporting Viewport content as a .geoh5 workspace file

Any configuration you create in the Viewport, you can save as a new workspace:

1. In the menu bar, click File > Export Viewport As...

2. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the desired output folder, enter a file name and click Save.

The new workspace file contains:

l all the objects visible in the current viewport, and their visual parameters
l the settings of the current viewport
l the saved views of the current viewport

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 Note: A folder is not saved if its check box in the Objects panel is not checked, or if no other items
within the folder are checked. Geoscience INTEGRATOR query folders are always exported, whether
they are checked or not so that query results are available in the exported workspace.

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4.2.7 Saving files from within a workspace to disk
If you have files such as maps, PDFs, and images, you can save them directly to disk by clicking the Save As button at
the right of the window that contains the file. This allows you to avoid having to open and save the file in the file's
native software.

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 Integration with Geoscience
INTEGRATOR
This chapter describes how to connect to Geoscience INTEGRATOR to query,
CHAPTER 5
retrieve and use your data in Geoscience ANALYST.

5.1 Integration with Geoscience INTEGRATOR 160

5.2 Connecting from Geoscience ANALYST 160

5.3 Concepts from Geoscience INTEGRATOR 164

5.4 Overview of the UI 164

5.4.1 Project tab 164

5.4.2 Objects panel 165

5.4.3 Data set summary 167

5.4.4 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel 168

5.5 Configuring the query parameters 172

5.5.1 Bounding Box 172

5.5.2 Date 174

5.5.3 Neighbourhoods, Shifts, Properties, Tags, Groups 175

5.5.4 Property Filters 176

5.5.5 Object-specific options 176

5.6 Viewing the query results 177

5.7 Saving the query results 181

5.8 Viewing project files, maps, and documents 182

5.8.1 Previewing layer names for Maps/plans/sections items 184

5.1 Integration with Geoscience INTEGRATOR
Geoscience ANALYST offers a powerful 3D visualization environment that can be used to query and analyze data and
files from Geoscience INTEGRATOR, which is a 4D multi-disciplinary exploration and geotechnical data management
software solution from Mira Geoscience.

Once installed, Geoscience ANALYST can connect to Geoscience INTEGRATOR over a private network or the Internet.

Note: The current Geoscience INTEGRATOR version (v3.8) is compatible with Geoscience ANALYST
v4.0 or later. You can download the most recent version from our website.

Note: This version of Geoscience ANALYST is fully compatible with Geoscience INTEGRATOR servers
running v3.7 and up.

5.2 Connecting from Geoscience ANALYST

To connect to the Geoscience INTEGRATOR server:

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 1. From the File menu, click Connect to Geoscience INTEGRATOR, or in the Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel, click
Connect now. The latter method allows you to connect to a different project without exiting and re-entering
the application.

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 2. In the Geoscience INTEGRATOR credentials dialogue box, enter your email, password, and the URL of a
Geoscience INTEGRATOR server. Click OK.

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 3. In the drop-down menu of the Projects section of the credentials dialogue box, select the desired Geoscience
INTEGRATOR project and click LOAD.

Note: It is only possible to connect to one Geoscience INTEGRATOR project at a time.

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5.3 Concepts from Geoscience INTEGRATOR
If you are unfamiliar with Geoscience INTEGRATOR, here are a few key terms that can help you understand some of
the major concepts of the software.

Attribute Description

Bounding max/min The X, Y, and Z extents of the data set.

Count The number of elements in the data set.

Date max/min The earliest and latest dates in the data set (only for time-related themes).

Neighbourhoods Volumes of space that you want to refer to by name rather than by
coordinates. They correspond to actual volumes that can be defined in
Geoscience INTEGRATOR.

Tags Text identifiers that can be assigned to data in Geoscience INTEGRATOR.

Shifts Time intervals within a 24-hour period that are configured in Geoscience
INTEGRATOR.

Documents Files available at the system level.

Files Files of various types available within a project.

Maps/plans/sections Drawing files available within a project; allows you to preview the layer
names to help select the best drawing to import, typically from AutoCAD
(.dxf, .dwg) files.

Properties The data properties available for the data set.

Metadata User-created custom metadata fields that enable users to further

document high-level parameters of data sets.

5.4 Overview of the UI

Once you are connected to a Geoscience INTEGRATOR project, various panels in the interface will display information
about that project.

5.4.1 Project tab

Summary information about the project will be displayed on a new tab with the project's name, next to the
Workspace tab. The tab contains the project's name and description, the X, Y, and Z extents of the data, and a
searchable table of all files, maps/plans/sections and documents in that Geoscience INTEGRATOR project.

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5.4.2 Objects panel
In Geoscience INTEGRATOR, data sets are grouped into themes, which are designed to organize data based on their
nature or subject and make them easier to locate intuitively. Some themes will be grouped together under a more
general folder name. For example, the Airborne geophysics, Borehole geophysics, Ground geophysics and Inversions
themes are grouped under the Geophysics folder.

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The Objects panel will list the themes for which data sets exist in the project. Each theme can be expanded to display
its data sets.

Note: Data sets that are in italics have no queryable records, but may have unstructured data as data
files associated with them, which can be opened in their dedicated applications or imported into the
current workspace. See "Importing files into Geoscience ANALYST" on page 117 for a list and
description of the supported file formats.

At this point, you have not loaded records from Geoscience INTEGRATOR yet. Geoscience ANALYST only loaded the
list of data sets with a quick summary of what they contain, as well as the list of files of all types to inform you about
what is available for import.

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In the Viewport, you can also visualize the neighbourhood volumes, and a few visualization parameters are available.

5.4.3 Data set summary

Clicking on a data set name in the Objects panel will display summary information about that data set in a tab beside
the Project tab. This is the same information that you would see in the Data set explorer in Geoscience INTEGRATOR.

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5.4.4 Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel
The Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel contains a Data set search tool to identify data sets that match specific search
parameters. It does not return actual data from the data sets, but merely identifies data sets from the project to
which you are currently connected and displays their bounding boxes in the Viewport.

This tool will appear in the Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel when you select the Project group folder or any Theme
group folder in the Objects panel.

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The available search parameters are as follows:

Parameter Description

Name Returns any data set that contains the specified character string in its name.

Description Returns any data set that contains the specified character string in its
description.

Bounding box Returns any data set with a bounding box that intersects the specified volume
of interest.

The default From and To parameters are set to the extents of the entire data
set. To modify the bounding box extents, which are shown in red in the
Viewport, you have several options:

l
Click and enter new values, or use the up and down arrows.
l Click X extent, Y extent, or Z extent, and then drag a line in the
Viewport to define the corresponding extent. We recommend using a
top view to draw the X and Y extents, and a side view to draw the Z
extent.
l Click 2 standard deviations to generate a bounding box that covers the
area where most of the data is concentrated.
l Click Reset to max to revert to the extents of the entire data set.

Tags Returns data sets associated with any of the tags that you select from the list.

Neighbourhoods Returns data sets containing data that intersect any of the neighbourhoods you
select from the list.

Metadata Returns any data set with metadata that matches the specified rule.

You can choose a metadata field from the drop-down menu and add an
operator. Since the metadata are different for each data set in Geoscience
INTEGRATOR, Is present and Is absent are used to determine whether the
metadata are present in the data set, whereas Is and Is not search the
metadata values.

You can click to add metadata fields and combine them with previously
created fields.

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After you click Find, the Objects panel collapses the folders that return zero results, expands the folders that return
results, and displays only the resulting data sets and highlights them in blue.

In the Viewport, each data set that matches the search criteria will have a blue bounding box. This is helpful for
locating data sets in 2D or 3D viewports, relative to each other and to other objects in the workspace.

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You can click these buttons at the top of the Objects panel to:

Button Action

Hide/show the data set names in the Viewport.

Hide/show the bounding boxes of each data set in the Viewport.

Expand the complete object list/collapse the object list down to only the search results.

Cancel the search.

Note: At this point, you have not downloaded records from Geoscience INTEGRATOR yet. You have
just identified pertinent data sets.

5.5 Configuring the query parameters

When you select a data set from the Objects panel, you will have access to the Query Parameters tool in the
Geoscience INTEGRATOR panel. This tool allows you to configure filters for querying data from the selected data set
in Geoscience INTEGRATOR, after which the corresponding results will be imported into Geoscience ANALYST.

By default, all the sections are unchecked. This means that all the data will be included, because no filters have been
applied to exclude any data. You can enable and disable each section by checking the box on or off. After selecting
the desired properties, click Run at the bottom of the panel to import the records that match your filters.

5.5.1 Bounding Box

The Bounding Box option will restrict the data based on X, Y, and Z limits. By default, the From and To parameters are
set to the extents of the entire data set. You will see the red search bounding box in the Viewport. This option is
available for all data themes that have X, Y, and Z coordinates.

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To modify the bounding box extents, you have several options:
l Enter new values, or use the up and down arrows.
l
Click to set top-left and bottom-right positions by clicking in the Viewport.
l Click X extent, Y extent, or Z extent, and then drag a line in the Viewport to define the corresponding extent.
We recommend using a top view to draw the X and Y extents, and a side view to draw the Z extent.
l Click 2 standard deviations to generate a bounding box that covers the area where most of the data is
concentrated. Click to preview it.
l Click Reset to max to revert to the extents of the entire data set.

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5.5.2 Date
The Date option filters time-based data. For event-type themes, the default option allows you to query events that
happened between two timestamps. You can select dates from the calendar in the drop-down and adjust the times
manually by typing directly in the text box. Alternatively, you can also filter by the last N number of complete days,
with a day being all timestamps between 00:00:00 and 23:59:59.99 on the same date.

Example: “Last 2 complete days” will return the events from yesterday and the day before, but
nothing from today because today is not yet complete.

Another version of this filter is available to query themes containing objects with time-related data. Since these
themes can hold many instant data for each object, and Geoscience ANALYST can only show one property value at a
time per object, you need to provide a datetime value and so instant and interval properties can be retrieved as of a
specific datetime. The system will return the values of the closest instant record before that date.

Note: This filter on the Fusion model theme returns the compiled values, like the Model compilation
does in Geoscience INTEGRATOR. The closest record in time is evaluated per property, then, for each
property, the corresponding timestamp is used to retrieve values on all the points. As a result, the
timestamp that is actually used may differ from one property to another. You can think of it as a
snapshot of the data that shows the most recent state for any property at the given date.

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5.5.3 Neighbourhoods, Shifts, Properties, Tags, Groups
The Neighbourhoods, Shifts, Tags, and Groups sections contain optional filters. Check the boxes to toggle the filters
on and select available items to apply when you run the query. These options only appear if values are defined for the
selected data set, so the same options may not be available for all data sets.

The Properties section lists all available properties in a data set. Select the ones you wish to load.

If the lists are long, you can use the search boxes to filter the lists and quickly find items, and you can check and
uncheck items individually or all at once.

Note: Time interval data is not supported and will appear greyed out in the Geoscience
INTEGRATOR Query Properties panel.

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5.5.4 Property Filters

The Property Filters option filters by property values. Click to add another property filter. You can add as many
as you wish.

The data type of a property will determine the options available in the property filter.
l Text: The = and ≠ operators allow you to filter by an exact string. The contains and does not contain operators
allow you to search with a partial string.
l Classification and binary: = and ≠ are the available operators. Use the drop-down list to select one or more
classes to import.
l Float, integer, and date: Select one of the available operators and enter a value in the box.

5.5.5 Object-specific options

This option refers to objects that may differ from theme to theme. For example, in the Drillholes & wells theme, it
refers to Drillholes. In the Ground deformation theme, it refers to Stations, in the Geochemistry and mineralogy
theme it refers to Samples, etc.

For all three samples-related themes, you have a Samples filter to select specific samples, and a Drillholes filter to
find all the samples located in your selected drillholes. Note that if you use both filters in the same query, you will
only get the samples that fit both criteria ("samples that have these names and that are in these drillholes").

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Like the other optional filters in the Neighbourhoods, Shifts, Properties, Tags, and Groups sections, you can use the
search boxes to filter the lists and quickly find items, and you can check and uncheck items individually or all at once.

Tip: Since these object lists can easily have thousands of items, the search feature can help you restrict
the list to specific series that you can batch select by clicking Check all. You can then run a different
search to restrict the list to another series of items and click Check all again to add that sub-selection
to the previous selection, and so on.

5.6 Viewing the query results

Once you have clicked Run at the bottom of the panel to send the query to the Geoscience INTEGRATOR server,
Geoscience ANALYST will load the records that match all the filters into the Objects panel, either into a single
timestamped object, or into a timestamped folder when the query outputs multiple objects. These objects and
folders can be renamed as needed.

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 Note: Unless the Save queries from current project box is checked, switching to another Geoscience
INTEGRATOR project will remove any data from the workspace that was imported from data sets.

Geoscience ANALYST stores the query results in special object types, depending on the theme in the Objects panel.
For example, microseismic events are a special Points object that stores the data on nodes referred to as Events.

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 Note: If multiple records have files and maps associated with them in the data table, you can multi-
select rows and click at the left side of the data table.

Drillholes & wells come in under a timestamped drillhole group. You will find the drillhole static data in the Metadata
section of the Drillhole tab. Any user-created properties imported to the path table can be found in the Static-Survey
tab along with the mandatory path data (azimuth and dip).

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The Viewport displays the retrieved data in 3D. The Data Table will contain a Query tab that summarizes the query
results, and an Object tab that contains the detailed records.

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You can click on the Files/maps and Tags items in the data table to display a pop-up list of all such items associated
with that record (at the bottom of the drillhole tab for drillholes & wells).

Note: Any change you make to the rows and values in the Objects tab with Geoscience ANALYST Pro
will not be saved to Geoscience INTEGRATOR, because data can only be pulled from it, not written to
it. However, changes will be saved when the workspace is saved as a .geoh5 file or exported to other
formats (see "Exporting objects from Geoscience ANALYST" on page 151).

5.7 Saving the query results

Before exiting Geoscience ANALYST, you can save the imported data using the File menu option. Doing so will create
a Geoscience ANALYST workspace file with a .geoh5 extension on your computer. The workspace only saves the
themes and data sets that have query results as objects, as well as the neighbourhoods surfaces and the retrieved
files. Opening that workspace file again will show you the saved query results. When you reconnect to the project,

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the full list of themes and data sets will be available again and will be updated if anything has changed since the last
save.

5.8 Viewing project files, maps, and documents

Geoscience INTEGRATOR has three file repositories for different types of files: the File manager,
Maps/plans/sections, and the Document library. This is why files are split into Files, Maps/plans/sections, and
Documents tables.

You can find all the project files, maps/plans/sections, and documents in the Project tab, as well as in the Data set tab
for the ones specifically associated with data sets.

You can use the search bar above to filter the lists by searching all fields for the entered string. You can load a file by
clicking its name. You can also select multiple files by holding Ctrl or Shift and load them all at once by clicking to
the right of their section.

You can find the same Files/maps tables associated with specific records by clicking the number of items in the Data
Table (or at the bottom of the individual drillhole tab for drillholes).

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You will get a selection of options for loading your files:

l Import: Imports the file into the Objects panel under the project or data set name. The file format must be
supported by Geoscience ANALYST, such as a GOCAD surface file (.ts), AutoCAD file (.dwg), or a .csv file. If not,
the button will not be available. See "Importing files into Geoscience ANALYST" on page 117 for a list of
supported file formats.
l Open: The system will try to open the file using the program associated with that file type on the computer.
For example, a photo file saved as a .jpg will open in an image viewer application.
l Save as: Downloads the file to your computer.
l Pull: Downloads the file to the Geoscience ANALYST workspace and makes it available offline in the Files
section at the bottom of the Workspace tab, next to the Comments section, where it will be saved inside the
.geoh5.
l Cancel: Cancels the file selection.

Note: Some file types must be accompanied by other files to be usable. For example, a .shp file needs
.shx and .dbf files to be usable. As long as they share the name and are all present in the same
repository, the .shp file will import directly. We currently support .shp files and .jpg files with world
files (.jpg + .jgw), as well as .grd files with .grd.gi and .grd.xml files.

5.8.1 Previewing layer names for Maps/plans/sections items

In the Objects panel, the icon flags elements that match files uploaded to the Maps/plans/sections page in
Geoscience INTEGRATOR. AutoCAD (.dxf or .dwg) files will have a sub-folder for each layer under each file, which you
can use as a preview to select the best drawing to import. These folders will be empty until the file is imported to
Geoscience ANALYST.

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To import the file, either:
l In the Data Table, click on a file link and click Import as explained above
l In the Objects panel, right-click the Maps/plans/sections item and select Import from the menu

Note: Similar to data imported from data sets, switching to another Geoscience INTEGRATOR project
will remove any loaded maps/plans/sections from the workspace unless the Save queries box is
checked.

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 Tools and tips
CHAPTER 6 Tools and tips to make the most of your data.

6.1 Contextual menus 187

6.1.1 Slicers 194

6.1.2 Tape measure 195

6.1.3 Snapshots 196

6.1.4 Comments and attachments 197

6.2 Data types 198

6.2.1 Listing data types 200

6.2.2 Reassigning data types 201

6.3 Group Data 202

6.4 Preserving and saving views 204

6.4.1 Saving the active viewport as a view 204

6.4.2 Copying views to the clipboard 205

6.1 Contextual menus
You can use the contextual menu to apply functions by right-clicking folders, objects, and data in the Objects panel.
Depending on what you right-click on, different options will appear in the menu; all of the possible commands are
detailed in the table below.

Function Description

View (Objects) Makes the selected object visible in the Viewport.

View All Makes the selected objects visible in the active viewport (including all objects
under the selected folders or sub-folders).

View Only Makes the selected objects visible in the active viewport (including all objects
under the selected folders) and hides everything else.

Hide (Objects) Hides the selected object in the Viewport.

Hide All (Folders) Hides the selected objects from the active viewport (including all objects
under the selected folders or sub-folders).

Expand All (Folders) Expands the list of all objects and their data in the selected folder, including
any sub-folders.

Collapse All (Folders) Hides the list of objects and sub-folders under the selected folder.

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 Function Description

Unpaint Unpaints selected object or all objects under the selected folder, including any
sub-folders.

Rename (F2) Allows you to edit the selected object or folder name.

Copy (Ctrl + C) Allows you to copy the selected objects or folders.

Paste (Ctrl+V) Allows you to paste the copied objects or folders.

Tip: Copied content can be pasted in a different workspace.

Delete (Del) Allows you to delete the selected objects or folders.

Export Exports the object and/or folder contents to a supported file format.
l Export points, curves, and surfaces to a GOCAD ASCII .mx file
l Export drillholes to collar, survey, interval and point log .csv files
l Export block models to either ASCII .csv.txt or UBC .msh files

Unsupported objects in the selected folder will not export, and an error will
display. Modify the selection to only include exportable objects.

Add Group (Folders) Creates a new empty container group folder in the selected folder.

Save to geoh5... Saves the selected objects to a Geoscience ANALYST workspace.

Slicer Allows you to apply existing or add new slicers to the selection.

If created, a new slicer will appear in the middle of the selection limits
bounding box. By default, it will span east-west and clip everything to the
south of the plane.

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 Function Description

Create Presents all options to create objects and data depending on what is selected.
l Boundary curve from nodes
l Drillhole target
l Masking property
l Points from nodes
l Surface from nodes
l Ongoing drillhole from Planned drillhole

Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
on page 210).

Automatic data loading Creates a template to automatically load data for very large objects into the
settings workspace. This is particularly useful for loading the same data on many
drillholes at the same time.

Calculate distance to Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
drillholes (Points, Curves on page 210).
and Surfaces objects)

Coordinate System Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
Transformation on page 210).
(Objects)

Group data Opens the Group Data dialog box (see "Group Data" on page 202).

Drape on... (Objects) The Drape function is for draping any vector object (points, curves, and
surfaces) onto a Surfaces or 2D Grid object. The dialog box is detailed in
"Drape On" on page 238).

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 Function Description

Load All Properties Loads all data values for the selected objects (including all objects under the
selected folders or sub-folders).

Because a workspace file (.geoh5) can hold a lot of data, when you open one,
only the data needed to render in the viewport is loaded (to paint or scale
objects by). This reduces the memory footprint of the application.

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 Function Description

Reassign data type Launches the Reassign Data Type dialog box allowing you to reassign data
types to an existing data type or to a new one you can create. Data Colours
settings (e.g., colour table, low and high clip values) and statistical information
are shared among data that have the same type. Enter text in the Filter by
name... field to display only the data types that contain the string.

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 Function Description

Offload All Unused Offloads all the data values except the ones needed to render in the Viewport
Properties (Workspace) (to paint or scale objects by).

Because a workspace file (.geoh5) can hold a lot of data, this allows the
application to run much lighter.

If this is a new workspace, you will be prompted to save it first.

Script Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
on page 210).

Translate / Rotate / Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
Scale Objects (Objects) on page 210).

Change status For Drillhole objects only – change the status of a drillhole between
completed, ongoing, or planned.

Link Selected Pair of Links two selected drillholes.

Drillholes

Unlink Drillholes Unlinks one or more drillholes from the selected drillhole.

Desurvey Drillholes Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
(Drillhole objects) on page 210).

Transfer Data To Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
Drillholes (Points on page 210).
objects)

New Surface From Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
Nodes (Points and on page 210).
Curves objects)

Edit (Objects) Available with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro" on
page 210), selecting this option will initiate edit mode allowing the selected
object to be edited using the various key based functions, as detailed in the
Controls panel.

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 Function Description

Paint on (Object data) A method of painting that allows you to automatically paint one or more
objects with a single click. You can show the data on an object or across
multiple objects by painting on the property (via the Objects panel and Data
Table). In the case of multiple objects, they need to share same properties.
The paint action can be applied:
l At the object level: Paints only the selected object by the data (e.g.,
distance to drillholes). Alternatively, click to add a check-mark in the
box to the left of the data name. The painted data column will
automatically scroll to become visible in the Data Table.
l At a folder or workspace level: Paints all objects by the selected data if
it exists (e.g., distance_to_drillholes) in the chosen folder, or in the
entire workspace. Only the parent folder of the selected object, and its
ancestors, are available for painting.

Create Amplitude from Automatically creates new amplitude properties on the selected objects that
3D Vector Groups contain the 3D vector data groups. One new property per data group will be
(folders that contain at named according to the data group and suffixed by amplitude.
least one object with at
least one 3D vector data
group, or object that
contains at least one 3D
vector data group)

Assign as line ID (float, Accompanying utility to the Profiles in Visual Parameters. This utility assigns
integer and reference a data as the Line ID which are presented in the Profile section of the Visual
data on Curves objects) Parameters panel, allowing you to select a subset of lines to display profiles
on in the Viewport.

Transfer to Float (object Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
data) on page 210).

Create Masking Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
Property (Points, Curves on page 210).
and Surfaces objects)

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 Function Description

Apply Mask Property Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
(Points, Curves and on page 210).
Surfaces objects data)

New Boundary Curve Available only with Geoscience ANALYST Pro (see "Geoscience ANALYST Pro"
from Nodes (Points and on page 210).
Curves objects)

6.1.1 Slicers
Slicers are an effective way to create restricted 3D views of objects in the Viewport. You can apply slicers to one or
more objects.

To create a slicer:

1. Select a folder or object you wish to apply a slicer to and right-click to open the contextual menu.
2. Select Slicer > New slicer. The slicer will appear (rectangle with dashed perimeter).

To manage the slicer tool in the Viewport:

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 1. Hold X to activate the slicer navigation tool. With it, you can perform a number of functions:
l Click and drag sphere: With the yellow sphere, sweep slicer and move it to new positions.

l Click and drag arrow: Move the green arrow in a circular motion to adjust the dip and dip direction of

the slicer.
l Incremental arrow: With the magenta dual-direction arrow, click either side of the arrow to move slicer

incrementally in opposing directions.

l Left and right arrow keys: Move slicer incrementally in opposing directions.

l Mouse wheel: Move slicer incrementally in opposing directions.

l Plus and minus keys (number pad only): move slicer incrementally in opposing directions.

The portion of the sliced object opposite the direction of slice movement becomes transparent when sliced.

Tip: Deactivate a slicer by turning it off in the Viewport. Objects will no longer be clipped. You can turn
on / off multiple slicers on an object with no need to re-open contextual menu for each slicer.

Tip: To learn more about using slicers in Geoscience ANALYST, watch our short video tutorial on
YouTube.

6.1.2 Tape measure

The tape measuring tool allows interactive measuring of 2D and 3D distances in the Viewport panel.

To use the tape measure, hold T and click and drag to create a line between two end points. At each end point, you
will see a box containing information about the points and the line:
l The x, y, z coordinates of the start and end points
l Cumulative 2D distances

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 l Total length, dip, and dip directions of the line

The end points snap to an object in the forefront of the viewing area. To hide the measuring tape from view, press T.

6.1.3 Snapshots

You can take a snapshot of the state of your workspace in the Viewport by clicking in the toolbar on the right
side of the Viewport.

Specify the resolution of your snapshot in the X / Y text boxes and click Refresh to see the changes. When you are
satisfied with the image, click Save to save it to your hard drive. Pro users have the option to include the Geoscience
ANALYST logo or not prior to refreshing and saving the image.

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Additionally, you can use Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to copy and paste scenes from both the Viewport and the 2D Profile
Viewer. Once copied, you can paste the copies to image and text editors.

6.1.4 Comments and attachments

You may want to attach comments and files to your workspace to use as reference and to share with colleagues. This
is done in the Data Table at the folder and object level.

To make comments and attach files, in the Data Table, click the tab of the desired folder or object.

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 l Click Add comment to make a comment.
l Click Add file to attach a file.

Saving the project preserves the state of the comments and files.

6.2 Data types

Data types are useful when two properties need to be compared directly. Properties in the same data type share the
same styles for displaying the property. The most commonly used display styles are colour map, high clip, low clip and
no-data value.

Example: The figure below shows an example of sharing a data type. (1) shows Points that contain two
properties (gravity and gravity with a regional trend removed) that do not belong to the same data
type, but should be compared directly. The low and high clip of the colour maps are set to the
minimum and maximum of each property individually. (2) is the same image after setting the data
type to grav.

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The data type for a displayed property is shown in the Data Colours panel:

When properties are created, they placed in a data type that is the same as the name of the property. Properties with
the same name will automatically have the same data type.

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6.2.1 Listing data types
Data types within a workspace can be listed and created from the Utilities menu using the Data Type List window.

Option Description

Name filter Filters the list with letter combinations.

Data Type Name A drop-down to select which component of the data type to filter the list by: Data
Type Name, Units, Description, or Primitive Type.

Reset Resets the filter.

contains/starts Radio buttons to constrain the filter.

with

Create New Data Type

Data Type Name Enter the name of the new data type.
(mandatory)

Units (optional) Enter the units of the property type.

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 Option Description

Description Enter a description of the property type.

(optional)

Primitive Type Select one of the available property types: Integer, Float, Text, Referenced,
(mandatory) Filename, Blob, Vector, DateTime, or Boolean.

Precision For float data, the display precision of the data, set in the Data Colours panel.

Scientific For float data, a check box to display the data in scientific notation.

Create Select to create the new data type.

6.2.2 Reassigning data types

Data Types can be edited in the Reassign Data Type dialog box, available by right-clicking on the property to be
reassigned.

Option Description

Objects Use the drop-down to select the object(s) that contain the property you want to
reassign.

Data Use the drop-down to multi-select the properties to be reassigned.

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 Option Description

Use existing Select the radio button to filter by name to select an existing data type.

Create new Select the radio button to create a new data type to use by defining a name, units and
description. There is a check box to create separate data types for each selected
property.

6.3 Group Data

This utility, available in the Utilities menu, allows manual creation of multi-element and orientation (3D vector, dip
direction and dip, and strike and dip) data groups from user-selected properties. This is a companion tool to use in
conjunction with the Profiles and Orientation sections of the Visual Parameters, allowing you to define and view
several single element data together such as EM time channels simultaneously. It allows you to take advantage of
data groups to visualize special symbols like arrows and tablets in Visual Parameters such as Profiles and
Orientations.

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 Function Description

Object Use the drop-down menu to select the object that contains numerical data you want
to group.

New data group Determines whether you are creating a new data group (type name in text box) or
name / Existing selecting an existing group (choose from drop-down menu).
data groups

Nodes / Use the drop-down menu to select at which level the data resides on the selected
segments / object. The selected object type will determine the choices available.
triangles / cells

Group type Use the drop-down menu to select a multi-element group type or one of three
available orientation type data groups (3D vector, Dip direction and dip, or Strike and
dip). 3D vector type requires you to select 3 properties (typically x, y and z direction
components), whereas the dip direction / dip and strike / dip options requires two
properties ordered accordingly when moved to the right panel.

Data selection In the left window, select the data to add to the group in the right window by using
the green arrows.

To multi-select data, click and hold the left mouse button while dragging.

Use the check boxes to select and deselect all.

To re-order data, use the up and down arrows. Ordering matters when using the 2D
Profile Viewer, as the data is listed and viewed in the order the group is created.

Note: If you click OK but the Group Data dialog box remains open, an error message will display in the
Console panel to explain why the operation could not be performed.

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6.4 Preserving and saving views
Geoscience ANALYST allows you to capture and preserve several points of view of configurations in the Viewport,
along with the list of visible objects and their visual parameters. You can then revisit the view on command.

6.4.1 Saving the active viewport as a view

To create a view:

1. Arrange objects in the Viewport in a configuration you want to be able to preserve and recall for future
reference.
2. Press Ctrl + F1 (or F2 through F10).
3. In the dialog box, give the view a name (optional), and either leave the Save object and data visibility box
checked, or uncheck it.

4. Click OK.

Note: When you check the box in the Save object and data visibility dialog box, Geoscience ANALYST
preserves everything currently visible such as painted data and Visual Parameters settings.
Unchecking the box preserves only the point of view.

You can now proceed with the manipulation of your object(s), and the configuration captured by the view can be
recalled by pressing the corresponding F-key (F1 through F10), or from the Views menu in the menu bar.

Note: Saving / restoring views does not apply to 2D viewports.

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6.4.2 Copying views to the clipboard
Geoscience ANALYST allows you to take quick snapshots of views in the Viewport and the 2D Profile Viewer that you
would like to save as an image in the clipboard and paste in other applications. To do so, select a view and type Ctrl +
C followed by Ctrl + V in separate editing software.

Tip: The current viewport can also be exported as a .geoh5 workspace file, with all the visible objects
and saved views (see "Exporting objects from Geoscience ANALYST" on page 151).

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 Geoscience ANALYST Pro
Geoscience ANALYST Pro enhances the functionality of the viewer and
provides significant added value.
CHAPTER 7
7.1 Geoscience ANALYST Pro 210

7.2 Creating and editing objects 211

7.2.1 Object creation: Use cases 212

7.2.2 Snapping objects 215

7.2.3 Editing objects 216

7.2.4 Editing the Data Table 217

7.3 Utilities menu 218

7.3.1 2D Grid Designer 218

7.3.2 Block Model Designer 220

7.3.3 Surface Designer 223

7.3.4 VP Model Designer 224

7.3.5 Manage Metadata 226

7.3.6 K-Means Clustering 228

7.3.7 Minimum Curvature Gridding 230

7.3.8 Script 232

7.3.9 Transfer Data 234

7.3.10 Coordinate System Transformation 236

7.3.11 Drape On 238

7.3.12 Translate/Rotate/Scale Objects 238

7.4 Drillholes menu 240

7.4.1 Calculate Distance to Drillholes 240

7.4.2 Copy Drillhole in Grid Pattern 243

7.4.3 Desurvey Drillholes 245

7.4.4 Drillhole Designer 246

7.4.5 Drillhole Statistics 257

7.4.6 Drillhole Target 260

7.4.7 Manual Drillhole Designer 261

7.5 Geophysics menu 263

7.5.1 Compute Forward Model 263

7.5.2 Compute Unconstrained Inversion 264

7.5.3 Create EM Dataset 266

7.5.4 Electromagnetic Field Modelling 269

7.5.5 Fourier Filters on 2D Grids 271

7.5.6 Gravity Corrections 274

7.5.7 Remove Trend from Data 275

7.6 Python menu 276

7.6.1 Open scripts directory 276

 7.6.2 Open working directory 276

7.7 ioGAS Link 276

7.7.1 Connecting to ioGAS Link 277

7.7.2 Viewing points objects in ioGAS 277

7.7.3 Renaming and reassigning data 278

7.8 Maxwell Link 279

7.8.1 Connecting to Maxwell Link 279

7.8.2 Broadcasting plates from Maxwell to Geoscience ANALYST 279

7.8.3 Viewing Maxwell plate objects in Geoscience ANALYST 279

7.8.4 Disconnecting from Maxwell 281

7.8.5 Editing Maxwell plates in the Viewport 281

7.8.6 Creating a Surfaces object from Maxwell plate(s) 282

7.9 Contextual commands 283

7.9.1 New Surface from Nodes 283

7.9.2 Transfer Data To Drillholes 284

7.9.3 Connecting to Imago (Beta) 285

7.9.4 Transfer to 285

7.9.5 Create Masking Property 285

7.9.6 Apply Mask Property 286

7.9.7 New Boundary Curve from Nodes 286

7.9.8 Downsample 287

7.9.9 Geo-Reference to Landmarks 289

7.9.10 Composite Drillhole Interval Logs 290

7.9.11 Distance calculations 292

7.1 Geoscience ANALYST Pro
To complement the viewer, Geoscience ANALYST Pro is available as a paid add-on module. It offers basic object and
data editing and creation functionalities, among other useful data analysis tools and utilities. It includes ioGAS Link,
Drillhole Designer, and Maxwell Link, as well as basic geophysical tools to perform forward and inversion modelling.

To activate a Geoscience ANALYST Pro licence:

1. In the menu bar, click File > Learn more about Pro Upgrade. You will be directed to the Mira Geoscience
website to obtain an activation key.

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 2. Retrieve the licence key that we emailed to you and click License Management to open the License
Management dialog box.

3. In the License Management dialog box, click Activate to launch the registration wizard. Follow the same
procedure as the free viewer licence activation steps described in "Activating your licence" on page 3.
4. Restart Geoscience ANALYST to access the upgraded functionalities of Geoscience ANALYST Pro.

7.2 Creating and editing objects

Having a Geoscience ANALYST Pro licence allows you to create Points, Curves, and Surfaces objects in your workspace
through the following digitizing commands found at the bottom of the Controls panel:

To create objects in Geoscience ANALYST Pro:

l Points: Hold P and left-click in the Viewport to digitize a node. Subsequent clicks will generate more nodes.
l Curves: Hold O and left-click twice in the Viewport to digitize a segment. Subsequent clicks will generate more
segment nodes.
l Surfaces: Hold S and left-click three times in the Viewport to digitize a triangle. Subsequent clicks will generate
more triangle nodes.
l Press Esc to exit the edit mode. The Object dialog box will display where you can name the newly created
object.

The root Workspace folder in the Objects panel will contain the entries for all newly created objects. You can drag
and drop them under other folders if desired.

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7.2.1 Object creation: Use cases
This section illustrates three practical applications for object creation as it relates to "Points" on page 65, "Curves" on
page 69, and "Surfaces" on page 75.

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Use case: Points

Application: Plotting surface expression of mineral deposits on a GeoImage.

Method: On the topographic GeoImage object pictured above, the three blue spheres are Points objects digitized
onto plots designed to indicate where certain mineral deposits were found.

Clicking on the GeoImage opens the Visual Parameters panel, where you can make the GeoImage semi-transparent
with the slider to help create visual contrast between the digitized objects and the GeoImage.

Holding down P while left-clicking the location of the mineral deposits places a node on the location. The points tools
available in the Visual Parameters panel help to customize the appearance of the nodes, allowing them to stand out.

Use case: Curves

Application: Plotting a geological expression of a fault line.

Method: On the topographic GeoImage object pictured above, the two red lines are curves built from connected
nodes, designed to outline and make more prominent two fault lines that join each other.

Clicking on the GeoImage opens the Visual Parameters panel, where you can make the GeoImage semi-transparent
with the slider to help create visual contrast between the digitized objects and the GeoImage.

Holding down O while creating nodes by clicking along the original fault line in the GeoImage creates a curve. The
curves tools available in the Visual Parameters panel help to customize the appearance of the curves, allowing them
to stand out.

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Use case: Surfaces

Application: Showing mineralization trends by Isolating and linking high-grade mineral samples in a set of three
drillholes.

Method: In the image of the Viewport above, the triangular surface object links isolated high-grade mineral
occurrences (purple discs) found in three drillholes within proximity of each other.

1. Choose a set of drillholes.

2. In the Data Table, click the Interval log tab.

3. Choose a mineral, i.e., ZN_percent and paint it by clicking .

4. In the Data Colours panel, use the slider to isolate the Zn occurrence with a value greater than a given
percentage. In this case, 10%.
5. Locate the isolated occurrences on the drillhole paths.
6. While holding down S, click on one of the occurrences to digitize a node and segment between the two closest
occurrences.
7. Continue to hold S and click on a third occurrence to digitize the surface.

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7.2.2 Snapping objects
By default, a digitized node will snap to the object in the forefront of the Viewport, or onto the centre plane of the
camera when clicking on the background.

Click to enable object snapping, located at the bottom of the toolbar in the Viewport.

The following describes how snapping functions across commonly used objects in the Viewport:

Drillholes:
l Snap enabled: Nodes snap to lithological contacts.
l Snap disabled: Nodes digitize to location where clicked.

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Surfaces:
l Snap enabled: Nodes snap to nodes on mesh.
l Snap disabled: Nodes digitize to point where clicked.

Block models:
l Snap enabled: Nodes snap to centre of cell.
l Snap disabled: Nodes digitize to location where clicked.

Note: If one of multiple viewports has snap mode activated, it will be activated across all viewports.

7.2.3 Editing objects

Having a Geoscience ANALYST Pro licence allows you to edit Points, Curves, and Surfaces objects in your workspace.
There are four ways to enter edit mode:

1. Press E and click an object in the Viewport.

2. Right-click an object in the Viewport and select Edit from the contextual menu.

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 3. Click on the object's name in the Objects panel and select Edit from the contextual menu.
4. Click on an object in the Objects panel and press Ctrl + E.

When in edit mode, the Geoscience ANALYST user interface functions as follows:
l The name of an object being edited displays at the top of the Controls panel, along with the editing tools
directly underneath the object (Curves edit menu shown in the image below).
l The cursor becomes a cross-hair.
l The border of the Viewport turns red.
l The name of the object being edited and the fact that it is in edit mode displays at the top left of the Viewport.

To exit edit mode, press Esc.

7.2.4 Editing the Data Table

In Geoscience ANALYST Pro, you can edit most Data Table entries, with the exception of some geometrical fields
including drillhole FROM and TO, BlockModel I/J/K, and linked ioGAS Points x, y, z values (applicable with ioGAS
Link).

To edit a value in the Data Table, click to allow editing, then double-click in a cell:

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In the case of reference data, double-click in the cell to activate the drop-down menu and select the desired class:

7.3 Utilities menu

7.3.1 2D Grid Designer
This utility allows you to quickly design and create new horizontal 2D Grid objects. Some of its key features are as
follows:
l A suggestion component that recommends appropriate grid specifications including origin, dimensions, and
cell sizes based on the X / Y geometry and data distribution of a selected object.
l A rectangle digitizing tool allowing you to draw a non-rotated (with respect to the X and Y directions) outline
directly in the Viewport.
l User control of all values including rotation angle.
l Manual locking of the grid and cell sizes to ensure the U and V entries are identical.

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 l A preview of the grid and origin axis will display along with the number of cells that the suggested grid
contains.

Function Description

Object

Drop-down Optionally, select the point, curve, surface or 2D grid to base the 2D grid suggestion
menu on.

Use to click directly on the object in the Viewport.

Use to autofill the origin, grid, and cell size entries with appropriate values based on
the selected object for a grid oriented parallel to the X and Y axis orientations.

Grid dimensions

Origin The Cartesian coordinates of the 2D grid origin. You can enter the values manually,
digitize them in the Viewport using the arrow tool, or have them suggested.

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 Function Description

Grid size The length of each of the axes of the grid.

Click to activate the locking feature. This ensures that any modifications are
proportional on both axes.

Click to draw a grid manually in the Viewport.

Cell size The length of the sides of each cell of the grid.

Click to activate the locking feature. This ensures that any modifications are
proportional on both axes.

# of cells Displays the number of U and V cells as well as the total number of cells. When
modified, the totals update in real-time.

Azimuth Enter a azimuth angle to apply to the 2D grid, relative to 0 degree to the north.

Dip Enter a dip angle to apply to the 2D grid, relative to 0 degree to the horizontal.

Name Enter a name for the new 2D Grid object.

Click to generate the new 2D Grid object.

Click to close the dialogue and hide the preview of the 2D grid.

7.3.2 Block Model Designer

This utility allows you to quickly design and create a new 3D block mesh, which is ideal for unconstrained geophysical
inversions. Some of its key features are as follows:
l Recommendations about appropriate grid specifications, including origin, dimensions, and cell sizes based on
the X-Y geometry of a selected object
l A rectangle digitizing tool allowing you to draw a non-rotated (with respect to the X and Y directions) outline in
the Viewport
l User control of all values, including rotation angle
l Manual locking of the grid size to ensure that the U and V entries are identical (W is not linked and defaults to
50% of the shortest side)
l Slider control for the proportion of vertical cells that define the core (defaults to 30% of the vertical extent,
expanding at a rate of 1.2)

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 l Manual locking of cell sizes to ensure the U, V, and W entries are identical
l A preview of the grid and axes, along with the number of cells that the suggested grid will contain. The colour
of the cell number text will change to indicate that the size of the inversion problem is approaching the
suggested limit (750K–1.5M cells: yellow; >1.5M cells: red)

Function Description

Object

Drop-down menu The point, curve, surface, or 3D grid on which to base the 3D grid suggestion
(optional).

Use to click directly on the object in the Viewport.

Autofill the Origin, Grid size, and Cell size entries with appropriate values based on
the selected object.

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 Function Description

Grid dimensions

Origin The Cartesian coordinates of the 2D grid origin. You can enter the values manually,
digitize them in the Viewport using the arrow tool, or have them suggested.

Grid size The length of each of the axes of the grid.

Click to activate the locking feature. This ensures that any modifications are
proportional on both axes.

Click to draw a grid manually in the Viewport.

Core cell size The length of the sides of each cell of the grid.

Click to activate the locking feature. This ensures that any modifications are
proportional on both axes.

Azimuth (°) The azimuth angle to apply to the 2D grid, relative to 0 degrees to the north.

Core proportion Slider that defines the vertical proportion of core cells, below which cell sizes expand
(%) by a factor of 1.2.

# of cells The number of U and V cells, as well as the total number of cells. When modified, the
totals update in real time.

UBC model padding

West / South / The padding length in each direction for a UBC-GIF model.
East / North / Top

Expansion Slider that defines the expansion factor for the padding cells.

Name The name for the new 3D block model.

Click to generate the new 3D Grid object.

Click to close the dialogue and hide the preview of the 3D grid.

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7.3.3 Surface Designer
This utility allows you to create a new surface from a perimeter (a closed Curves object), control points, and
optionally other Curves objects for holes. You can find it in the Utilities menu.

: Select an object by picking it directly in the Viewport.

Function Description

Perimeter curve Select a Curves object to create the surface in. It is mandatory.

Hole curves Select one or more Curves objects to delimit holes in the surface by vertical
projection. These are optional.

Control points Select one or more Points objects by which the surface must pass. These are optional.

Triangle size A default best-fit triangle size is determined when you select a perimeter curve. You
can change it afterwards but need to click Apply to actually use it.

resets the Triangle size value to the best fit (need to click Apply).

Surface name Name for the new Surfaces object that will be created.

Create surface Triggers the creation on the surface as per settings.

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 Function Description

Auto update When checked, the surface is automatically updated every time the objects are
modified. In case of failure to compute, the dialogue pops up for the user to see the
error message.

Tip: Accessing the Surface Designer from the Utilities menu will bring up the settings of the last
generated surface. To modify an earlier surface, access the tool by right-clicking on the pertinent
surface.

7.3.4 VP Model Designer

This utility allows you to quickly design and create a new VP Model object to be used with VPmg or VPem inversions.
Key features include:
l Recommendations about appropriate grid specifications, including origin, dimensions, and prism sizes based on
the X-Y geometry of a selected object
l A rectangle digitizing tool for drawing a non-rotated (with respect to the X and Y directions) outline in the
Viewport
l User control of all values, including rotation angle
l Ability to drape the model to a nominated topography surface
l Ability to set prism interfaces with one or more surfaces

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 Function Description

Use to click directly in the Viewport.

Model dimensions

Origin The Cartesian coordinates of the model origin.

Model size The length of each of the axes of the grid.

Click to select an object in the Viewport and autofill the Origin, Model
size, and Cell size entries with appropriate values.

Click to draw a model manually in the Viewport.

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 Function Description

Prism size The length of the sides of each prism of the model.

Azimuth (°) The azimuth angle to apply to the model, relative to 0 degrees to the north.

Topography Select a surface representing the top of the model.

Model base Specify the depth of the model basement.

# of prisms The total number of prisms, which updates in real time.

Surfaces

Multi-select Select surfaces to define prism interfaces.

Options

Interpolate any surface Select to fill any holes in nominated topography and horizon surfaces.
holes

Extrapolate surfaces to Select to extend nominated topography and horizon surfaces to the edge of the
edge of model model.

Keep zero-thickness Select to preserve model units where nominated horizon surfaces are
cells coincident.

Name The name for the new VP Model object.

Click to generate the new VP Model object.

Click to close the dialogue and hide the preview of the VP Model.

7.3.5 Manage Metadata

This utility enables you to anonymize parts of your workspace. Working with Geoscience ANALYST keeps some
information about the workspace and the objects it contains, namely the contributors to the creation of the
workspace, the import and update time of objects, as well as the coordinate reference systems of objects if applied.

The Manage Metadata dialogue can also be accessed by right-clicking on an object.

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 Section Description

Objects Drop-down menu to select the object(s) from which to remove metadata. Use to
click directly on an object in the Viewport.

Remove Check boxes to select the type of metadata to remove.

metadata

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7.3.6 K-Means Clustering
This utility allows you to quickly partition your data based on the K-means algorithm.

Function Description

Object Drop-down menu to select a point, curve, surface or 3D grid on which to compute
the clustering.

Use to click directly on an object in the Viewport.

Properties Select one or more properties.

Number of clusters Specify the number of clusters.

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 Function Description

Click to generate the inertia curve for the selected properties to help determine
how well the selected properties are clustered by K-means. The elbow point of
the curve indicates a reasonable number of clusters to use.

Cluster initialization Select how to initialize the cluster: Random or Maximum distance (K++).

Normalization Specify how to perform normalization: Linear, Log or Use colour stretch.

Output name Specify the name of the reference data that is created.

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7.3.7 Minimum Curvature Gridding
This utility allows you to interpolate data stored on points, curves, or surfaces in the X / Y plane onto 2D Grid objects.
The minimum curvature gridding algorithm generates a smooth interpolation while trying to honour the input data
set as closely as possible. Several parameters are available to fine-tune the end results, including adjusting the
extents of the smoothing, and the extrapolation distance.

Function Description

2D grid Select the 2D Grid object to store the results of the interpolation.

Source object Select the Points, Curves or Surfaces object that has the numerical data to
interpolate.

Property Select the data to interpolate.

Max # of iterations Enter the maximum number of iterations to interpolate to reach the
convergence limit.

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 Function Description

Convergence limit The level of precision that the algorithm is trying to achieve. If the change in the
cell's average value between iterations is less than the convergence limit then
convergence occurs. The algorithm then stops and the new 2D grid property is
created.

Maximum If the distance from the centre of a grid cell to the closest data point is greater
extrapolation than the distance entered, the cell's data value is assigned a no data value.
distance

Advanced

Internal tension Move the slider bar to adjust the Internal tension from 0 to 1. The right / left / up
/ down keyboard arrow buttons will increase or decrease the value by .01. Left
clicking on the slider bar will increase or decrease the value by 0.1. Gridding
results may have large oscillations and extraneous inflection points, which you
can minimize by relaxing the global minimum curvature constraint by adjusting
the tension settings. The minimum curvature solution is perturbed locally near
constraining data which is beneficial in situations where there are large
variations over short distances in the property being interpolated.

Boundary tension Set to Zero to turn off, or to One to turn on, which allows you to control
singularities in the minimum curvature equations (i.e., when boundary tension =
π/4). The minimum curvature solution near grid edges are flattened which is
beneficial in situations where the regional field decays as the distance from the
source region increases.

Use overrelaxation Toggle on to apply an over relaxation value, which accelerates the convergence
rate. Generally, as the number of grid cells increase, the over relaxation
parameter should also be increased.

Value Allows you to enter the value when Use overrelaxation is on.

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7.3.8 Script
This utility enables you to apply scripts to data on all object types. Features include:
l Support for float, integer, binary, reference and data groups
l Standard, string and complex functions (logical if/then statements are also included)
l Automatic detection of existing data in script that is highlighted as a preview
l Errors are reported in the dialog box

Function Description

Object Drop-down menu to select a point, curve, surface or 3D grid on which to compute
the clustering.

Use to click directly on an object in the Viewport.

Association A drop-down to select how the data is associated with the object. Available options
are object dependent: Nodes, Segments, Triangle, Faces, Cells, or Depth.

Masking A check box to select a mask to apply the script to a specific association.

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 Function Description

Output name The name of the created data.

If the data name already exists, the Overwrite existing property check box will
become active. If it is left unchecked, new data with an incremented name will be
created.

Load A drop-down to select a previously saved script.

Script Enter your script here, typing data names as needed.

Click to open script syntax examples.

Click to save a script as a .JSON to C:\Users\<user>\.Geoscience

ANALYST\Scripts

<output name> = Preview of the script with data names emphasized.

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7.3.9 Transfer Data
This command transfers properties from one object to another within a defined radius of the source object and can
be applied to points, curves and surfaces nodes, as well as block model, VP model and draped model cells. Available
options are nearest neighbour and inverse distance weighting.

Transferred properties can be float, integer or referenced data.

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 Function Description

Merge into existing Select to merge the transferred property in to an existing property on the
property destination object. Allows only a single property to be transferred.

Source

Object Select the source object from which the properties will be transferred.

Properties Select one or more data to transfer.

Destination

Object Select the destination object to which the data will be added.

Association Nodes for points, curves or surfaces. Cells for block models, VP models or draped
models.

Output property Enabled when Merge into existing property is selected.

Transfer method

Nearest neighbour Select to activate the Nearest neighbour options.

Inverse distance Select to activate the Inverse distance weighting options.

weighting or mode

Nearest neighbour options

Search radius Select to specify the radius within which to search for the nearest neighbour value
to transfer.

Horizontal radius Select to search laterally without considering Z values.

only

Inverse distance weighting options

Search radius Select to specify the radius to compute the inverse distance value. All nodes within
the input radius will be included.

Horizontal radius Select to search laterally without considering Z values.

only

Closest neighbours Select this option to use the specified number of neighbour nodes to compute the
inverse distance value.

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7.3.10 Coordinate System Transformation
This utility allows you to transpose objects from one coordinate system to another. Two options are available:
Geodetic and Custom, which is an alternative to Translate/rotate/scale objects (see "Translate/Rotate/Scale
Objects" on page 238).

It is available from the Utilities menu. You can also use it from the contextual menus of all object types. Doing so
prepopulates the dialog box with the selection.

Section Description

Objects

Drop-down Select the objects to transpose from the drop-down menu or use the quick options for
menu selecting. Drillholes are currently not available for geodetic transformations.

/ To select or deselect all objects.

To select by picking the object directly in the Viewport.

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 Section Description

Coordinate systems

Geodetic Tabs to control the type of transformation.

/Custom

Current Lists the current geodetic projection or allows you to select the current custom system
from the drop-down list.

Target When performing a Geodetic transformation, select the target EPSG from the drop-
down, or type the EPSG code to filter the list in the drop-down.

For a custom coordinate system transformation, select the target coordinate system
from the drop-down list.

Select the current coordinate system from the drop-down list.

The transformation parameters need to be listed in a .csv file containing 8 columns:

l 1 alphanumeric for the name
l 7 numeric (origin O on each axis, rotation angle, scaling factor F along each axis)

Geodetic transformation – Open to select the folder containing your grid shift files.

Custom transformation – To open the selected folder in your File Explorer to make
sure it contains a .csv file with the necessary parameters.

To choose a folder.

Click OK to apply and exit, Cancel to exit, or Apply to keep the dialog box open after transformation. After a
transformation, the Viewport will be moved to the new location and zoomed on the moved objects. The target
geodetic projection will be added to the metadata of the transformed objects.

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7.3.11 Drape On
The Drape On command, also accessible via a right-click contextual menu, is for draping any vector object (points,
curves, and surfaces) onto a Surface or 2D Grid object. This is used mainly to drape objects on topography.

Function Description

Drape objects Select one or more objects to drape. When accessed from the contextual menu, those
objects will be selected.

Onto target Select the Surface or 2D Grid on which to drape.

Vertical offset The offset, positive or negative, to drape the nominated objects above or below the
target object.

If the object being draped is larger than the target surface, the part of the object being draped that falls outside the X-
Y bounds will be given Z values equal to the Z value of the closest points of the target surface.

7.3.12 Translate/Rotate/Scale Objects

The Translate/Rotate/Scale Objects utility allows you to manually set the parameters to move, rotate and scale your
objects.

It is available from the Utilities menu. You can also use it from the contextual menus of all object types. Doing so
prepopulates the dialog box with the selection.

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Objects

Drop-down menu Select the objects to apply the transformation to from the drop-down menu.

/ To select all or clear selection.

To select by picking directly the object in the Viewport.

Transformation parameters

Current origin / To determine a translation vector, you can enter a current and a target set of
Target origin coordinates. Notice that the relative difference on each axis is automatically
reflected in the Translation parameters right below.

: Pick target location to pick directly in the Viewport.

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 Function Description

Translation You can enter an operator (positive or negative value) to apply to each axis value.
Notice that it will reflect automatically in the Target origin values: Current origin +
Translation = Target origin

: Reset translation to zero

Rotation You can enter a rotation angle.

Scaling You can enter a scaling factor for each axis.

: Transform feet to meters or Transform meters to feet to auto-populate

the factors accordingly, because unit transformation is a frequent use case.

: Reset scaling values

To undo/redo actions on the nominated objects. Applicable only when the dialog
box is open.

Click OK to apply and exit, Cancel to exit, or Apply to keep the dialog box open after an operation.

After applying any operation, the Viewport remains in its current position.

7.4 Drillholes menu

7.4.1 Calculate Distance to Drillholes
This utility is available from the Drillholes menu. It creates a new property on the nodes of the selected objects,
accessible from the Nodes data table, and populates it with the distance of each node to the closest drillhole
selected.

You can also find the function in the contextual menus of Points, Curves and Surfaces objects and Drillholes. Doing so
pre-populates the dialog box with the selection.

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Objects The objects on which to calculate distance. You can select one or more objects of
various types.

Drillholes The drillholes to consider when searching for the closest one. You can select one or
more drillholes.

Property name The name to use for the property. The default name is distance_to_drillholes.

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You can refer to the metadata in the Object tab to see which drillholes were considered when the property was last
calculated.

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7.4.2 Copy Drillhole in Grid Pattern
This utility creates a specified number of copies of a nominated drillhole and generates a grid-like pattern of the
duplicates based on the user-specified angle and spacing. The new drillholes will be named the same as the original,
but will have suffixes with incrementing numbers. A preview of the grid collars is shown in the Viewport.

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Reference drillhole

Drop-down menu The drillhole to be copied.

Use to click directly on the reference drillhole in the Viewport.

Drape collars on surface

Drop-down menu The surface on which the drillhole collars of the copied holes should be draped,
usually the topography.

Use to click directly on the surface in the Viewport.

Reach or clip to surface

Drop-down menu The surface to which the copied drillholes should be extended. Drillholes will
extend up to 2,000 m below the bottom of the copied drillhole.

Use to click directly on the surface in the Viewport.

Create drillholes that Select this option to create drillholes that do not reach the nominated surface.
do not reach surface These drillholes will be copies of the input drillhole.

Grid parameters

Azimuth The azimuth angle to apply to the grid of drillholes, relative to 0 degrees to the
north.

# of copies The number of drillholes in the U and V directions from the input drillhole.

Spacing The distance between the copied drillholes in the U and V directions.

Mirror Check U and/or V to duplicate the number of drillhole copies about the V/U
axes, respectively.

Total copies The number of drillholes that will be created.

Output group name Enter a name for the drillhole group to contain the drillhole copies.

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7.4.3 Desurvey Drillholes
In Geoscience ANALYST Pro, you can desurvey drillhole logs to create a points object.

To desurvey one or several drillholes:

1. In the Drillholes menu, select Desurvey Drillholes.

2. In the Desurvey Drillhole Logs dialog box, select the drillholes you wish to desurvey.
3. From the Master log drop-down menu, select a value.
4. For Location, select Middle, Top, or Bottom to determine the x, y, z position of the desurveyed points.
5. Click Apply to run the command and keep the dialog box open, or OK to run the command and close the dialog
box.

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7.4.4 Drillhole Designer
To access Drillhole Designer, you must have Geoscience ANALYST Pro, which includes the Drillhole Designer module.
It offers a dynamic, user-friendly environment, allowing you to quickly design new drillholes, whether they are simple
straight holes from a collar location with specific lengths or complex drillholes that lift and swing along the path.

To open the Drillhole Designer, go to the Drillholes menu in Geoscience ANALYST Pro and click Drillhole Designer.

In the Drillhole Designer application, you will see the following drillhole design options:

1. "Target to surface" below

2. "Collar to target" on page 249
3. "Collar to targeted surface" on page 251
4. "From collar down" on page 253
5. "Wedge/directional" on page 255
6. "Copy existing" on page 257

Path previews are presented, and once created, the "Drillhole Designer" above launches for making further edits and
refinements.

Target to surface

Designs a drillhole from a Target object to a nominated surface, e.g., topography.

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Collar

Surface Drop-down and pick tool to select the surface on which to place the collar.

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Path

Maximum path The maximum length of a potential drillhole. If the nominated surface is not reached
length within the input length, no drillhole will be proposed.

Casing length Optional. Select a casing length to generate a survey station at the specified depth.

Station interval Specifies the interval between calculated survey stations.

Lift The amount of positive or negative lift to be applied to the drillhole path.

Swing The amount of positive or negative swing to be applied to the drillhole path.

Opens the Drillhole Statistics dialogue to assist in assigning lift/swing values.

Target

Target Drop-down to select an existing target. Click to open the Drillhole Target
dialogue to design a new target.

Drillhole Specify the azimuth and dip of the drillhole at the target intersection. By default, it is
orientation at set to be perpendicular to the target plane. Including tolerances for Azimuth and Dip
target allows the dialogue to suggest multiple possible collars at a user-specified sampling
that can then be selected.

Drillhole-Target Reports the angle between the drillhole path and target plane.
plane angle

Extension past Specify the length to extend the drillhole past the nominated Target object.
target

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Collar to target

Designs a straight hole between a collar location and Target object.

Function Description

Collar

Location Specify the XYZ location of the collar.

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Path

Casing length Optional. Select a casing length to generate a survey station at the specified depth.

Station interval Specifies the interval between calculated survey stations.

Target

Target Drop-down to select an existing target. Click to open the Drillhole Target
dialogue to design a new target.

Extension past Specify the length to extend the drillhole past the nominated Target object.
target

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Collar to targeted surface

Designs drillholes from a collar location to intersect a surface. Including tolerances for the collar orientation proposes
several drillholes that can be selected.

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 Function Description

Collar

Location Specify the XYZ location of the collar.

Orientation Specify the azimuth and dip of the drillhole collar. Including tolerances for azimuth
and dip allows the dialog to suggest multiple possible paths at a user-specified
sampling that can then be selected.

Path

Maximum path The maximum length of a potential drillhole. If the nominated surface is not reached
length within the input length, no drillhole will be proposed.

Casing length Optional. Select a casing length to generate a survey station at the specified depth.

Station interval Specifies the interval between calculated survey stations.

Lift The amount of positive or negative lift to be applied to the drillhole path.

Swing The amount of positive or negative swing to be applied to the drillhole path.

Opens the Drillhole Statistics dialogue to assist in assigning lift/swing values.

Target

Target Drop-down to select the targeted surface.

Drillhole-Target Reports the angle between the drillhole path and target plane.
plane angle

Extension past Specify the length to extend the drillhole past the nominated Target object.
target

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From collar down

Designs a drillhole from a collar location to a user-defined length.

Function Description

Collar

Location Specify the XYZ location of the collar.

Orientation Specify the azimuth and dip of the drillhole collar.

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Path

Length/True Vertical Depth Specify how the length of the drillhole is defined.
(TVD)

Length The maximum length of the designed drillhole. Active when Length is
selected.

TVD The true vertical depth of the designed drillhole. Active when TVD is
selected.

Casing length Optional. Select a casing length to generate a survey station at the
specified depth.

Station interval Specifies the interval between calculated survey stations.

Lift The amount of positive or negative lift to be applied to the drillhole path.

Swing The amount of positive or negative swing to be applied to the drillhole

path.

Opens the Drillhole Statistics dialogue to assist in assigning lift/swing

values.

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Wedge/directional

Inserts wedges at a user-defined depth.

Function Description

Collar

Parent hole Select or pick the drillhole on which to insert the wedge.

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Location Specify the wireline depth on the parent hole. This can be done manually or via the
pick tool on the parent hole in the Viewport.

The azimuth, dip and XYZ location of the parent hole at the wedge location is
reported.

Orientation Specify the wedge angle, defaulted to 1.5 degrees.

Specify the rotation angle, or roll of the wedge relative to the initial azimuth and dip
of the wedge location.

Path

Length below The length of the drillhole below the wedge. Auto-computed from the length of the
wedge parent hole and the depth of the wedge. Can be edited by the user.

Total hole length The total length of the wedge drillhole.

Station interval Specifies the interval between calculated survey stations.

Lift The amount of positive or negative lift to be applied to the drillhole path.

Swing The amount of positive or negative swing to be applied to the drillhole path.

Opens the Drillhole Statistics dialogue to assist in assigning lift/swing values.

Correction wedge Creates a continuation of the parent hole with the wedge inserted at the measured
depth.

Branch wedge Creates a new drillhole collared on the parent hole at the measured depth.

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Copy existing

Copies the selected drillhole and opens the Manual Drillhole Designer for editing the location/path of the new
drillhole.

7.4.5 Drillhole Statistics

This utility returns lift and swing statistics from selected drillholes to aid in drillhole analysis and design. Filter options
for location and collar orientation are available to refine the selection of holes; filters are intersectional.

The minimum, maximum, mean, median and standard deviation of lift, swing, and the initial dip and azimuth of the
selected holes are reported and can be copy-pasted externally.

It can also be accessed directly from the Drillhole Designer and by right-clicking on a drillhole group.

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 Function Description

Drillholes Use the drop-down to view and select drillholes to be used in the statistics
calculations. Only drillholes that satisfy the filter parameters are listed.

Get statistics Click to calculate the statistics of the selected drillholes. When the filters or selected
holes have been updated, this button is active to allow you to recalculate the
statistics.

Filter drillholes around location

Filter drillholes Click to activate a spatial filter for drillhole collar locations.
around location

2D/3D Select the 2D circular or 3D spherical filter.

Radius Set the radius of the location filter.

Location Select the location of the centre of the filter in the Viewport.

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 Function Description

Filter drillholes by initial orientation

Filter drillholes by Click to filter drillholes by the collar azimuth and/or dip.
initial orientation

Initial dip Specify the initial dip of the drillholes in degrees with tolerance.

Initial azimuth Specify the initial azimuth of the drillholes in degrees with tolerance.

Compute statistics below nominated depth

Compute statistics Click to filter the results to below a depth downhole.

below nominated
depth

True Vertical Select how the depth filter will be applied to the drillholes, as well as the depth.
Depth/Measured
Depth

Copy statistics to clipboard. Active when statistics have been calculated. The applied
filters and drillhole IDs are included.

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7.4.6 Drillhole Target
This tool creates drillhole targets outside the Drillhole Designer that can then be selected for use in the Drillhole
Designer. Targets are listed in the Objects panel, defined by the icon. To open the Create Target dialog box, go
to Drillholes > Create Target.

Targets also be created by right-clicking on a surface or Maxwell plate object in the Viewport or Objects panel.

Function Description

Location Select the target location in the Viewport where you want to place the drillhole target
(or enter the X, Y, Z coordinates manually).

Buffer size Set a buffer size (optional).

Target Enter the Azimuth and Dip values of the target. When a horizon is selected and the
location subsequently picked, the azimuth and dip are updated to the averages within
the buffer.

Name Name the target.

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7.4.7 Manual Drillhole Designer

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The purpose of the Manual Drillhole Designer is to refine an existing drillhole's attributes.

The Manual Drillhole Designer allows you to:

l Edit a drillhole's location and collar orientation
l Add notes to the drillhole metadata
l Manually insert new deviation stations and wedges at specific locations
l Delete stations
l Add stations at defined surface intersections
l Modify the strike and dip and/or lift and swing across certain lithological domains or structures
l Automatically propagate angle changes down a drillhole in real time when dip and azimuth changes are made
l Preview a newly created drillhole
l Extend a drillhole past a target
l Define the drillhole type

When you create a drillhole with the Manual Drillhole Designer, it will be located under the root Workspace folder
named according to the name defined in the dialog box.

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7.5 Geophysics menu
7.5.1 Compute Forward Model
This utility is accessed from the Geophysics menu and computes the response of a density contrast (gravity or gravity
gradiometry) or susceptibility model on to a point, curve, or 2D Grid object using our unique VP geophysical
technology.

Function Description

Type Gravity, Magnetic, or Gravity gradiometry.

Observation points The Points object representing the survey location points. Observation points
should be considered above ground.

Observation data The data on the Points object representing the measured response.

Field strength For magnetic modelling – the magnetic field strength.

Inclination For magnetic modelling – the inclination of the magnetic field.

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 Function Description

Declination For magnetic modelling – the declination of the magnetic field.

Topography A surface representing topography (optional).

Block model The 3D Grid object containing the model.

Property The property representing the property to be modelled.

Output name The name of the computed property to be added to the observation points.

7.5.2 Compute Unconstrained Inversion

This utility is accessed from the Geophysics menu and inverts three different types of data: gravity (mGal), gravity
gradiometry (Eotvos), or total-field magnetic data (nT). The inversion uses our unique VP geophysical technology. The
output is the predicted data and residual on the observation object, and a property on the block model. The log file
and console provide details on how well the inversion re-produced the data. No results will be produced if the
inversion is prematurely cancelled.

In general, the inversion will compute weighting functions, compute derivatives, and then perform forward modelling
and inversion iterations. For magnetic data, derivatives are updated every 10 iterations. The most iterations the
inversion will perform is set to 40 and cannot be changed. The inversion will stop earlier if the RMS data misfit is less
than or equal to the uncertainty level. A DC shift of the data is optimized during inversion. Density contrast (g/cc) is
the physical property recovered for gravity and gravity gradiometry data. Susceptibility (SI) is the physical property
recovered inverting magnetic data. The magnetic data is assumed to be purely induced.

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 Function Description

Type Gravity, Magnetic, or Gravity gradiometry.

Observation points The Points object representing the survey location points. Observation points
should be considered above ground.

Data The property representing observed data in mGal (gravity) or nT (total-field

magnetics).

Uncertainty level The data error (uncertainty) in mgals (gravity), Eotvos (gravity gradient), or nT
(magnetics).

Field strength For magnetic data – the inducing magnetic field strength.

Inclination For magnetic data – the inclination of the inducing magnetic field.

Declination For magnetic data – the declination of the inducing magnetic field.

Topography The surface representing topography (optional; no topography will assume the top
of the block model).

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 Function Description

Gradiometry type Falcon or Bell. Choose the components to invert following this selection. At least
one component must be chosen. The uncertainty level is applied to all
components. Each component is considered to be in Eotvos.

Block model The 3D Grid object containing the model.

Output name The name of the computed property to be added to the observation points and
block model. A residual property of observed minus predicted is also added to the
Observation Points object.

7.5.3 Create EM Dataset

This utility is available from the Geophysics menu. It creates an EM dataset that can then be used with the Decay
Curves panel and is recognized in the GIFtools group (Pro Geophysics). The receivers and transmitters (if applicable)
are built as new objects so the survey geometry can be viewed in the Viewport. Times or frequencies are assigned to
the multi-component data and are then recognized in the Decay Curves panel.

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 Function Description

Survey Type The type of survey.

Input The input object(s) for the selected survey type. All the following inputs are also
updated based on this choice.

Receivers The receivers object (required if Tx and Rx Objects or Rx Object is selected).

Transmitters The transmitters object (required if Tx and Rx Objects or Tx Object is selected).

Loop Radius The radius of the transmitter loop in metres.

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 Function Description

Bearing Data This box must be checked and a property selected if bearing is given in degrees.
This bearing will be used to create the following offset values. If no bearing is
given, one is computed from the curve part.

Inline Offset The offset in metres along the line where the newly created object will be placed
relative to the chosen object. Negative values put the object not chosen from Input
behind the object.

Cross Line Offset The offset in metres perpendicular to the line and following a right-hand rule,
where the newly created object will be placed relative to the chosen object.

Vertical Offset The elevation difference from the input object to the object being created in
metres.

Pitch The pitch in degrees of the selected object. This information will be placed in
metadata.

Roll The roll in degrees of the selected object. This information will be placed in
metadata.

Yaw The yaw in degrees of the selected object. This information will be placed in
metadata.

Relative to bearing Must be checked if the pitch, roll, and yaw are degrees with respect to the bearing.

Data groups Drop-down to select the multi-component groups denoting the EM channel data.
Click if groups need to be refined or built.

Load system To create an EM dataset with no data, select the system for the dataset to be
created.

Data Table To the left, match up times and frequencies with grouped channel(s). The
times/frequencies column is editable.

Unit The unit of time or frequency.

System type A list of EM systems to help fill in channel values.

This button saves a template with all the parameters given. Times and frequencies
will be saved and will be valid if the number of components are the same.

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 Function Description

This button loads a saved template.

7.5.4 Electromagnetic Field Modelling

This utility allows you to compute the primary magnetic (H) fields given a loop and a set of receivers. The loop must
be a closed curve. You can find it in the Geophysics menu.

Function Description

Loops Closed curve(s) representing the current loop. Multiple Curves objects may be
selected.

Current (amps) The amount of current (amps) to simulate running through the loop.

Clockwise / The direction in which the current will be run around the loop.
Counter-clockwise

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Receivers Any Points, Curves or 2D Grid objects on which the magnetic fields are to be
computed.

: Design a parametric grid on which to calculate EM fields.

Output name A prefix for the output field properties. The following properties will be written to
the chosen receiver object(s) with [pre] representing the text in the output name
textbox:
l [pre] HField Dip – The dip (degrees) of the H field.
l [pre] HField DipDir – The dip direction (degrees) of the H field.
l [pre] HField Total – Total amplitude of the H field.
l [pre] HField U – X component of the H field.
l [pre] HField V – Y component of the H field.
l [pre] HField W – Vertical component of the H field (positive up).

Compute Computes the field and its components onto the receiver object(s).

Recalculate When checked, the fields will recompute on the fly every time the receiver or
transmitter objects are changed (i.e., moved, or edited).

Tip: Accessing Electromagnetic Field Modelling from the Utilities menu will bring up the settings of
the last generated model. To modify an earlier model, access the tool by right-clicking on the pertinent
Points object.

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7.5.5 Fourier Filters on 2D Grids
To access the Fourier Filters utility, right-click on a 2D Grid object and click Fourier Filters. Alternatively, go to
Geophysics > Fourier Filters on 2D Grids. This tool creates a new property on the selected object named <property
name> <filter name>. Parameters specific to the selected filter are presented as needed.

Function Description

Filter The filter to be applied; input options and parameters will be presented for the
selected filter type.

2D Grid The 2D grid to which the filter should be applied.

Properties The property to which the filter should be applied.

For information for each filter type, see the table below:

Filter Type Description and Parameters

Low Pass Suppresses wavelengths shorter than the specified cutoff after filtering. The
wavelength cutoff is specified in metres.

High Pass Suppresses wavelengths longer than the specified cutoff. The wavelength cutoff is
specified in metres.

Reduction to Pole Implements reduction to pole filtering on magnetic data.

(RTP) l Inclination – Ambient magnetic field inclination
l Declination – Ambient magnetic field declination

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 Filter Type Description and Parameters

Apparent Implements apparent susceptibility filtering on a 2D grid (voxet) of magnetic data.

Susceptibility l Observation height – Sensor height (m)
l Inducting Field Strength – Ambient magnetic field strength (nT)
l Inclination – Ambient magnetic field inclination
l Declination – Ambient magnetic field declination
l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data
l Convert from µcgs to SI – Converts the result to SI

Apparent Density Implements apparent density filtering of gravity data.

l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data

Pseudo-gravity Implements pseudo-gravity filtering of magnetic data.

l Inducting Field Strength – Ambient magnetic field strength (nT)
l Inclination – Ambient magnetic field inclination
l Declination – Ambient magnetic field declination

1st Vertical Implements vertical derivative computation of data and can be repeated for a
Derivative second vertical derivative map.

1st Horizontal Implements horizontal derivative computation of data.

Derivative l THD/EW/NS – Compute total horizontal derivative (THD), the derivative in
the X direction (EW), or the derivative in the Y direction (NS)
l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data

Continuation Implements upward or downward continuation filtering

l Continuation distance – Specify the distance in metres to continue the
data upward or downward; +ve is upward
l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data

Strike Applies low pass filtering for a specific strike orientation to data.
l Strike – Specify the strike direction for features to be filtered (e.g. to
suppress EW features, specify a strike of 90)
l Strike tolerance – Defines a tolerance on either side of the strike
l Low Pass Wavelength – Defines a low pass wavelength cut-off for the
specified strike. Features not oriented in the strike direction are not
affected by the low pass filter

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 Filter Type Description and Parameters

Analytic Signal Computes the 3D analytic signal by computing the horizontal and vertical
derivatives of the selected data, then adding the individual derivatives in
quadrature
l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data

Tilt Angle Filter Implements tilt angle filtering

l Attenuate high frequencies – Suppresses high-frequency noise in the data
l Keep interim thd/1vd properties – Toggle on to keep calculated Total
Horizontal Derivative and 1st Vertical Derivative properties used to
compute the tilt angle

Frequency domain filter design is based on Gaussian bell curves:

For high pass filtering, the specified wavelength cutoff represents the shoulder of the bell curve (1/fS), and the head
(1/fH) is defined as the wavelength cutoff divided by 1.5.

For low pass filtering, the specified wavelength cutoff represents the shoulder of the bell curve (1/fS), and the head
(1/fH) is defined as the wavelength cutoff multiplied by 1.5.

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7.5.6 Gravity Corrections
To apply gravity corrections, go to Geophysics > Gravity Corrections. This tool creates new properties on the selected
object named "<property name> corrected <(correction type)>" and "<property name> correction value <(correction
type)>". Parameters specific to the selected correction are presented as needed.

Function Description

Correction The correction to be applied; input options and parameters will be presented for the
selected correction type.

Object The object to which the correction should be applied.

Property The property to which the correction will be applied.

For information for each correction type, see the table below:

Correction Type Description and Parameters

Free Air Correct for the height of the survey above sea level.

Free air = 0.3086*h, where h = elevation in metres.

Bouguer Correct for the gravitational attraction of a flat, infinite plane of rock between the
measuring point and sea level.
l Density: Background density (g/cc).

Bouguer = 0.04191*rho*h, where rho = density; h = elevation in metres.

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 Correction Type Description and Parameters

Latitude Correct for the latitude of the survey.

l Latitude: Latitude property (decimal degrees).

Latitude = 0.8108sine(2*phi), where phi = degrees of latitude (subtract).

Eotvos (knots) Correct for a moving gravity meter in knots.

l Speed (knots): Speed property.
l Azimuth (°): Azimuth property.
l Latitude (°): Latitude property (decimal degrees).

Eotvos = 7.503*V*sin(alpha)*cos(phi) + 0.004154*V^2, where alpha = azimuth in

degrees, phi is latitude (deg), and V is speed in knots.

Eotvos (km/h) Correct for a moving gravity meter in km/h.

l Speed (km/h): Speed property.
l Azimuth (°): Azimuth property.
l Latitude (°): Latitude property (decimal degrees).

Eotvos = 4.040V*sin(alpha)*cos(phi) + 0.001211*V^2 where V = km/hr.

7.5.7 Remove Trend from Data

This utility is accessed from the Geophysics menu and computes a best-fit (least squares) trend through a nominated
property of a 2D Grid or Points object. Two new properties are added to the object, the computed trend, and the
nominated property with the trend subtracted.

The computed trend is polynomial-based. Options for fitting the data include 1st-, 2nd- or 3rd-order 2D polynomial
trends. All lesser order terms are included in the trend fitting process (e.g. if a 2nd-order, all 1st- and 0th-order terms
are also included). The equation for the trend is returned to the Console panel.

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 Function Description

Object The object containing the data for trend removal.

Property The property representing the data for trend removal.

Trend order The trend order.

Mask Select a mask to apply the trend removal to a specific set of nodes.

7.6 Python menu

This menu allows Python scripts to be run directly within Geoscience ANALYST from a dialog box that is auto-
generated from a .ui.json file. For further details on running custom Python scripts in Geoscience ANALYST, see
Preferences.

A document describing the format and parameters of a custom .ui.json can be found here.

All custom scripts will be listed in this menu.

7.6.1 Open scripts directory

Opens the folder containing the .ui.json files. They should be placed in C:\Users\username\.Geoscience
ANALYST\Python. Alternatively, they can be run by dragging and dropping them in the Viewport.

7.6.2 Open working directory

Each Geoscience ANALYST session will create a working directory to monitor for workspaces generated by Python
scripts. These workspaces are imported automatically.

7.7 ioGAS Link

To access ioGAS Link, you must have Geoscience ANALYST Pro, which includes the ioGAS module. It dynamically links
ioGAS and Geoscience ANALYST, allowing you to share features from both. Once linked, you can open any Points
object residing in Geoscience ANALYST Pro in ioGAS, and vice versa.

You can view ioGAS's powerful attribute settings in Geoscience ANALYST, and changes will be broadcast and updated
in real time to dynamically display the data in 3D using Geoscience ANALYST’s versatile viewing capabilities.

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 Note: The ioGAS module does not include the ioGAS application developed by the REFLEX
GEOCHEMISTRY team. To buy or download a free trial version of ioGAS, or for information on ioGAS
features, licence and compatibility with Geoscience ANALYST Pro, see the REFLEX website. If you
already own an ioGAS licence, contact your REFLEX representative to activate the licensing feature
required to enable the ioGAS - Geoscience ANALYST live link.

7.7.1 Connecting to ioGAS Link

1. Launch ioGAS.
2. In Geoscience ANALYST, go to the File menu and click Connect to ioGAS to establish the live link connection.

You will see the message Connected to ioGAS, as well as the name of the ioGAS project in parentheses centred at the
top of the Geoscience ANALYST Viewport.

When connected, an open file in ioGAS will automatically be broadcast to Geoscience ANALYST as a new ioGAS Points
object, which you will see under a folder called ioGAS link in the Objects panel.

7.7.2 Viewing points objects in ioGAS

1. In ioGAS, click File > Open Link Data.
2. In the Choose view from... dialog box, select an object from the drop-down menu.
3. Click OK.

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By doing this, you will be able to view the linked points using ioGAS’s powerful visualization and versatile attribute
capabilities in the 3D Viewport, along with any other model components residing in the workspace.

Note: If you edit points attributes in ioGAS, Geoscience ANALYST will reflect the changes. However, if
you create, delete, or edit ioGAS points objects in Geoscience ANALYST, the green Synched with
ioGAS icon on the ioGAS panel will change to a red Synchronize button indicating that the two data
sets are no longer matching. Click this button to re-sync the data between the two applications.

You can disconnect from ioGAS by closing either of the programs, or by clicking File > Disconnect from ioGAS in
Geoscience ANALYST.

7.7.3 Renaming and reassigning data

To avoid possible conflicts with reserved names for geometrical fields, Geoscience ANALYST will automatically rename
certain ioGAS points data names by adding a GAS_ prefix. This includes x, y, z, i, j, k, from, to and depth.

Geoscience ANALYST assigns the following as floats:

l Numeric data (e.g., float and integer).
l Data tagged as special such as reserved names and aliases for 3D coordinates (e.g., north, east, lat, long,
elevation).

All other data such as text becomes reference data.

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7.8 Maxwell Link
To access Maxwell Link, you must have Geoscience ANALYST Pro, which includes the Maxwell Link module. It
dynamically links Maxwell EMIT and Geoscience ANALYST, allowing you to harness the power of both. Once linked,
you can broadcast plates within Maxwell to Geoscience ANALYST, adjust the geometry and parameters in Geoscience
ANALYST, and broadcast the updated linked plate to Maxwell via a right-click contextual command on the linked plate
or in the Objects panel called Broadcast to Maxwell.

7.8.1 Connecting to Maxwell Link

l either launch a new instance of Maxwell,
l or click Connect in the Data/Preference/Manage Partners dialog box in Maxwell.

You will see Connected to Maxwell, centred at the top of the Geoscience ANALYST Viewport.

7.8.2 Broadcasting plates from Maxwell to Geoscience ANALYST

l Right-click in Maxwell's model viewer and select Broadcast All Plates to Partners or Broadcast the Selected
Plate to Partners.

7.8.3 Viewing Maxwell plate objects in Geoscience ANALYST

1. Open or create a new model project in Maxwell EMIT.
2. Right-click the Model project in Maxwell and in the contextual menu, click Broadcast All Plates to Partners.
3. In Geoscience ANALYST, click on the plate to display the object in the tree in the Objects panel.

When you are broadcasting plates to Geoscience ANALYST from Maxwell, a new folder will be created nominated by a
green linked icon to indicate the project is linked and named according to the Maxwell instance.

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When connecting to Maxwell, any existing Maxwell folder in the workspace will refresh its content if its name
matches a project name in Maxwell:
l if a plate broadcast from Maxwell does not have a plate with the same name in the folder, a new plate is
created in the folder.
l if a plate broadcast from Maxwell has the same name as a plate in the folder, the plate in the folder is
replaced.
l if a plate in the folder does not have the same name as a plate broadcast from Maxwell, the plate remains in
the folder unaffected.

The plate icon has a green background if it is connected to an exiting place in Maxwell.

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 Note: Some manual plate changes in Maxwell will be automatically broadcast to Geoscience ANALYST.
Other modifications using the interactive editor in Maxwell, for example, will require you to select
Broadcast changes to partners from Maxwell in order for them to update in Geoscience ANALYST.

7.8.4 Disconnecting from Maxwell

Click File > Disconnect from Maxwell. The folder and imported plates will remain in Geoscience ANALYST, but the
folder will no longer be green with a link icon. Instead, you will see a blue folder with a white Maxwell plate from
each model project, within subfolders named according to the index number (e.g., model project 0, model project 1).

You can manually edit the cole-cole parameters and conductivity thickness data values through the Data Tables. You
can modify the plate geometry and graphical settings through the visual parameter panel as well as interactively in
the Viewport through gizmos attached to the plate as described here and presented in the Controls panel.

7.8.5 Editing Maxwell plates in the Viewport

l Right-click on a plate's name in the object panel or on the Plates object in the Viewport and select Edit, or
press E and click on the plate in the Viewport.

You will see a red outline around the Viewport camera, indicating it is in edit mode.

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You can click on the yellow joystick handle to lock or unlock dip and dip direction. A red band below the yellow ball of
the joystick indicates it is locked on that side.

The Controls panel contains details several actions available when editing Maxwell plates.

To exit edit mode, press Esc.

7.8.6 Creating a Surfaces object from Maxwell plate(s)

Right click on a plate, in the Objects panel, or from the Viewport, to open the contextual menu, and click Create
Surface from Selected Plates.

This will result in a new triangulated surface of the same name as the plate, and with the same geometry. The values
for the plate geometry, conductivity, and cole-cole parameters are copied to the resulting surface. If the plate is
painted with the distance to boreholes, the distance values are also copied to the surface.

When several plates are selected, the action results into a single surface with multiple parts.

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7.9 Contextual commands
7.9.1 New Surface from Nodes
This utility lets you quickly create a surface from the nodes of a Points or Curves object. You can find it by right-
clicking any such object.

This tool brings all the nodes on a plane defined by its normal vector to perform a 2D Delaunay triangulation and then
bring each node in its original 3D position.

Creating a new surface from the nodes of an object

1. Select a Points or Curves object in the tree or in the viewer.
2. Right-click on the object to access its contextual menu.
3. Click Create > New Surface from Nodes.

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 4. Define the normal of the plane to use. The default is horizontal (0,0,1) and can be manually edited. You have
two tools to help you determine the best plane:
l
Will calculate and suggest the normal from the medium plane of the nodes.
l
Will suggest the current camera plane from the Viewport.

5. Click OK.

7.9.2 Transfer Data To Drillholes

To complement the Desurvey Drillholes and ioGAS Link functionalities, the ability to transfer data residing on points
to drillholes is available in Geoscience ANALYST Pro. This is particularly useful to re-sample geology logs based on
assay data sampling, and allows you to paint by one theme and scale the log cylinders by another. You can use it by
right-clicking on Points objects.

Note: A text or reference field named HOLE_ID must be present on the points that make up the
drillhole as it is necessary to find matching drillholes in the workspace. There must also be FROM and
TO float fields to transfer the data as interval logs, or a DEPTH float field to transfer the data as point
logs, according to the table below:

Source Example Log Type FROM Data TO Data HOLE_ID Data

Drillhole Interval logs FROM (float) TO float HOLE_ID (text)

Desurvey

Drillhole Point logs DEPTH (float) n/a HOLE_ID (text)

Desurvey

ioGAS live link Interval logs GAS_FROM GAS_TO HOLE_ID

(float) (float) (reference)

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To transfer data to drillholes:

1. Right-click on a Points object that has the required fields, as illustrated in the table above.
2. In the contextual menu, select Transfer Data To Drillholes.

All of the data residing on the points will be transferred to drillholes that have the same name as the required HOLE_
ID field.

7.9.3 Connecting to Imago (Beta)

Geoscience ANALYST Pro allows you to connect to the Imago platform for geoscientific imagery. To do so, type I +
left-click on a drillhole to open the Imago portal in your web browser and display data related to the selected drillhole
and depth, as long as the data exists in Imago for the selected drillhole name and depth. If not, the Imago web page
will report that the data was not found.

Note: You will need an Imago account to view the drillhole data.

7.9.4 Transfer to
This utility lets you convert data types, such as dynamic data created in the Data Colours panel (see "Data Colours
panel" on page 30) to standard float, integer, referenced, or text data. Only the relevant data types are presented and
consist of Float, Integer, Referenced, and Text.

7.9.5 Create Masking Property

A masking property is a special case of referenced data where there are only two classes (true or false) created from
selected nodes. Nodes can be selected in the Viewport using Shift + Left click (+ Ctrl for multi-select) when the Cells
tab is selected for the object.

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 Function Description

Object The name of the object selected in the Objects panel.

Creation method Select how nodes are to be selected:

l Visible association: Use nodes or cells that are visible in the Viewport.
l Non-Visible association: Use nodes that are not visible in the Viewport.
l Selected indices: Use nodes selected in the Viewport.
l Non-Selected indices: Use the nodes that are not selected in the Viewport.

Association Select the component of the object defining the masking property.

Output name Enter the name of the masking property to be created.

7.9.6 Apply Mask Property

Creates a new property from an existing property where values classified as true are preserved, while nodes classified
as false are nullified. The new property name is suggested as "<property name> <mask property name>", but can be
changed by the user.

7.9.7 New Boundary Curve from Nodes

Creates a curve around the convex hull of a Points or Curve object. The resulting curve can be used as the Perimeter
curve in the Surface Designer utility. The created curve is automatically named "Boundary Curve (<selected object
name>), <input scaling> scaling".

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 Function Description

Normal The normal of the plane on which to project the boundary curve.

: Set normal to the median plane of the input object.

: Set normal from the Viewport plane.

Scaling Sets the scaling of the curve to where 100% is the exact outline. Less than 100% is
smaller, and more than 100% is larger.

7.9.8 Downsample
This utility lets you downsample points or curves to the resolution of a designed 2D Grid. The node nearest the cell
centre will be kept. You can find it by right-clicking on any such object in the Create menu.

Function Description

Object Point or Curve object to be downsampled.

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 Function Description

2D Grid Grid cell size (U and V) and azimuth of the grid to resample the data. When an object is
first selected, a grid preview is proposed that has the same extents and orientation as
the selected data.

draws the extents of a new 2D Grid to be used with the input azimuth.

resets the 2D Grid extents, cell size and azimuth to an object selected in the
Viewport.

Discard Select to keep only the nodes that are contained within the previewed grid.
locations
outside of 2D
grid

Keep lines Only for curves. If selected, curves with spacing less than the nominated grid size will
intact be preserved. Otherwise, there will be one curve per cell.

Name The name of the new, downsampled object.

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7.9.9 Geo-Reference to Landmarks
This utility registers GeoImages by moving, rotating and stretching them from one Cartesian coordinate system to
another. Images can be registered from horizontal to vertical.

Function Description

GeoImage The GeoImage to be registered.

Reference object The (optional) object to be used to select the referenced points.
(optional)

Move existing Radio buttons to specify whether the input GeoImage will be moved, or a new
geoimage/Create new one created.
geoimage

GeoImage Points Click to define the XYZ in the GeoImage. A minimum of 3 points must be

selected.

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 Function Description

Referenced Points Click to define the reference XYZ location for the corresponding
GeoImage point on the same line. If a reference object is nominated, only
points on that object can be selected.

Click to add/remove additional reference points.

Click to link the GeoImage and Referenced Points selections.

7.9.10 Composite Drillhole Interval Logs

This utility creates composite logs on drillholes and is accessed by right-clicking on a single drillhole or a drillhole
group. Two options are available: Top-down equal intervals and Single composite.

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 Function Description

Composition mode Top-down equal intervals – creates a new drillhole data group on the selected
drillholes with equal sampling from the top of the drillholes.

Single composite – an exploratory tool that reports the composite over a user-
defined interval for a single drillhole.

Click to select drillholes from the Viewport.

Drillhole(s) The drillhole group, selection of drillholes or single drillhole on which to compute
the composites.

Properties The properties to be composited.

Interval For Top-down equal intervals, the resampling interval

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 Function Description

Minimum length For Top-down equal intervals, the minimum composite length for the end of the
drillhole which defines the final composite behaviour:
l Less than minimum length – include with previous composite to make a long
composite
l Greater than minimum length – make a new, short composite

From/To For Single composite, defines the measured depth in the nominated

Click to select the from and to values on the nominated drillholes in the
Viewport

Interval For Single composite, uneditable value detailing the length of the interval defined
by From/To values above.

Reference Radio buttons to define how reference data is composited.

Properties

Missing Values Radio buttons to define how missing values are treated:
l Treat as zero
l Exclude from composite

Create data For Top-down equal intervals. Specify the suffixes to be added to the composited
properties and the name of the data group to be created.

7.9.11 Distance calculations

There are several distance calculations available by right-clicking on objects in the object tree. These include:
l Calculate Distance to Drillholes – page 240
l Calculate Distance to Nearest Node – page 292
l Calculate Distances Between Objects – page 293
l Compute Nearest Distance – page 294

Calculate Distance to Nearest Node is a feature in Geoscience ANALYST Pro used to compute the distance to the
nearest node within an object.

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 Function Description

Objects The objects on which to calculate the distance property.

Distance property name The name of the distance property.

Store direction vector Select to create a vector property indicating the nearest node.

Ignore points with the same Select to ignore points sharing the same reference data value, e.g.
class drillhole name.

Calculate Distances Between Objects is a feature in Geoscience ANALYST Pro used to compute the distance between
nodes or cell centres of nominated objects.

Function Description

Source objects The objects from which to calculate the distance property.

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 Function Description

Destination The objects on which to calculate the distance property, you can select one or
objects objects of various types.

Property name The prefix of the distance property to be created.

prefix

Compute Nearest Distance is a feature in Geoscience ANALYST Pro that is available when two objects are selected in
the object tree. The shortest distance between the two objects is reported in a fading popup and the Console.

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