Creating Limiting Surfaces For

A Block Model
2007 Dr. B.C. Paul
{Note The Name MineSight and the Program described are property of
Mintec Inc Tucson, Arizona}
Where We Are At

At this point we have our assay data in

MineSight
We have composited our samples into
intervals that correspond to our chosen
bench height
We now want to get ready to interpolate
this data into a block model
MineSight Needs to Know
MineSight needs to know what area to
block
Our Project control file covers the
east/west north/south but we need up and
down limits
This is where our surface comes in
We have no ore blocks above the surface
Program wants us to tell it how far down to
go (it really doesnt want to try for China)
How We Are Going to Do This

We will create a boundary geometry

element
We will copy our surface into it
Then we will make a copy of our surface
down 1000 meters
We will use this as our up and down limits
and feed that to the block model routines
 We Will Create A New Geometry Object
to Put Our Surface In
In Data Manager

Go to File

Click New from the

Drop down menu

Select Geometry
Object from the side
Pop-up menu
 Name the Object and Click Ok

Im naming mine
Top and Bottom
 I Need to Put My Object Into Edit Mode
so I can add stuff to it.
Highlight the object

Right Click On it to
Bring up the menu

Pick Edit from the

Pop up menu
 Note That Top and Bottom is now the
Open Edit Object

See its the

Pretty yellow
Open box now
Pan down so you can select your surface
to copy

Remember Panning is done by holding the center wheel and right button down
While dragging
 Now I Select What I Want to Copy

Highlight where
My object is stored
(the surface is in
Topography)

Right click the

Object to pull up
The menu

Go to Select

Pick Select All from

The side menu
(since Im copying
The entire object)
Note the Color Change Indicating the
Surface has Been Selected
Go to MineSights Element Menu and
Select Copy to Object
 Tell it Where to Copy the Results To

Highlight the
destination

Click Ok
Click the Odd Looking Save Changes
Icon to Complete the Process
 Now I Need A Copy of the Surface at a
Lower Level to form a lower bound

I am going I changed my
To click on View by
Tools to Zooming
Bring down Out by
A menu Pushing the
Center scroll
And left key
And dragging

I panned
Pushing the
Scroll and
Right key on
My mouse
And dragging

I plan on using the point editor tool to offset this surface 1000 meters down
 Now I Select What I Want to Copy
Highlight the location
Of my surface

Right Click to bring up

The menu

Highlight Select to
Pop out the side
Menu

Highlight and click

Surfaces to pick
My surface
The Color Change Proclaims My Success
in making the selection
On the Tools Pull-Down Menu Select
Point Editor
The Editor Comes Up But Wont Let You
Do Anything (note everything is grayed out)

Its on strike until you tell it what you want to do.

Go to Element Copy to Tell It What To Do
 Element Copy Menu Comes On

Can Control # of
Copies and what to
Copy (but we already
Have picked a surface)

The real action is down

Here in the message
Window where it wants
Us to pick a reference point on the surface. Actually any point on the surface will do.
The Cute Yellow Box Shows Me What I
am About to Copy
 My Point Editor Has Come To Life!

I can now offset

My reference point
Anyway I want

Im going to go for
-1000 meters in a
Relative sense.
Click Apply and Let Dry
Oh Cool Now I have My Bottom Limiting
Surface!!
 We Will Now Merge Our Surfaces to
Create the Limits on the Ore Blocks
Right Click on any point
On any of the two
Red surfaces This
Brings up a menu

Pick Merge Selected

Surfaces
Save Your Edits to Exit This Mode