The following are some examples on how to use the Solids Lab tab functionality.
Many of these operations can be included in one Operations set to achieve a final outcome.
Example, the following operations can be performed in one Operation Set to achieve a final phase solid for Pit1 Stage 2.
Steps:
Add operation Clip Surface By Polygons (Exclude Outside).
In Surfaces dropdown import topo required from layers or files.
Draw one closed polygon and press play button to run results.
Add operation Create Solid Below All Surfaces.
Import surfaces “pit1_s1” and “Output From Operation #1”.
Add operation Create Solid Below All Surfaces.
Import surfaces “pit1_s2”.
Intersect the results of Steps 2 and 3 (#2, #3).
Reduce the Complexity for the result of step 4 (#4) as shown below.
Clipping a Surface
Reduce the size of a surface file. Load smaller files into memory excluding data not required.
Surface file imported. Can be imported from a file or from the Layers panel
Can Drag & Drop files from the layers to the operation, click on the icon and drag
Using the Polygon tool draw a polygon around the area required
Run the operation by selecting the blue triangle
Click on Result to see the outcome in the graphics screen
Click on the green arrow icon to save the result to the layers pane
Clip a Surface
Creating a Solid for a Pit Stage
For a pit containing 2 phases, to create a solid phase of Stage 2 excluding Stage 1.The following Surface files are required,
Upper surface topography
Pit1_Stage1 design Surface file
Pit1_Stage2 design Surface file
Required Stage 2 solid excluding stage 1
Create a solid above the Pit1_Stage2 design
Create a solid below the Pit1_Stage1 design and the natural surface file
Intersect the 2 solids
All material above Stage 2 design Excluding all material below Stage 1 and the natural Surface
Order of operations in Solids Lab with the final result displayed in Graphics
Clean Remnant Solids
Reduce Complexity Operation. Alows small remnant solids to be removed from a larger solid layer
Input a solid
Specify the minimum volume accepted. All solids with a volume below this value will be removed.
Reduce Complexity Operation