entering your traverse data in minesight ©feb 2009 dr. b. c. paul note – the following...
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Entering Your Traverse Data In MineSight
©Feb 2009 Dr. B. C. Paul
Note – the following presentation includes screen shots an operating suggestions for the program MineSight developed by Mintec Inc. The program
was developed by Mintec.
Start Up MineSight and Set the Directory Where You Want to Work
You will be usingThis directoryFor all yourMapping theRest of theSemester.
Create a Folder for Engineering Building Traverse
Name the Folder and Click Ok
Create a Geometry Object to Hold the Corners of the Engineering Building
You determinedThese on yourSide shots
Put Your New Geometry Object into Edit Mode (so you can put your data points in
it)
You Have the Handy Dandy Excel Spreadsheet that has converted your survey
data to point coordinates
We Will Need to Set Up A Work Area (we need to identify the state plane coordinate
area we will be working with)
ActivateMineSightCompass
It Tells Us It Could Not Find the Boundary Files Saying Where to Work
Dah – that’s whatWe are doing thisFor – at least weKnow the programIs on the samePage as us.
Click Ok
When Compass Opens Create a New PCF (Project Control File)
You May Have to Tell it to Put the File in the Directory You Are Working In
Fill Out the Program’s Questionnaire
Your working inFeet
It’s a 3D project
Give it a 4 letterName (preferablyProfessionalSounding) – IPicked Trav
I picked other forMy mineral typeBut it really doesNot matter
Enter a project
Description – should be professional – it will show up on all your reports
Enter the Anticipated Coordinate Range
My guess isreasonable
The Initialization Runs
Make Sure We Get A Project File
We Will Tell It Where the Project Control File Is
We Are Done – We Will Close Compass and Get On With Data Entry
Under the Utilities Menu Pick the Point Editor
The Point Editor Comes On But is Inactive
Go to Point Create
The Point Editor Turns On and the Operations Line Shows What We Are
Doing
Check the Boxes to Indicate That We Will Be Inputting Coordinates
Enter the Coordinates of the First Corner using Data from the
Spreadsheet
Click Apply and Our First Point Appears
Type in the Next Point
When I Click Apply the Next Point Appears
After I Enter My First Set of A Team Points I Click Right to Finish the Operation
I will then clickThe weird lookingSave box toSave my work.
The Saved Points Turn Blue
Now I’m Going to Close That Set of Building Corner Points and Put in
Some OthersI left click theGolden box to takeBuilding CornersOut of edit mode
As You Can See One Click Does the Job
I Will Close My Building Corner Points Because I Want to Put in My
Traverse Stations
I Created Geometry Objects for My A and B Teams to Put in instrument
Stations
I Create My A Team Stations
Create My B Team Stations
I’m Going To Put in My Traverse Directions With Polylines
I’ll set my snapMode to pointSnap so I canLock my polylinesOnto my points
I’ll Give the Instruction to Create a Polyline
I Digitize my A Team Movement
I will right clickThe mouse toComplete theTraverse lines
I Digitize and Right Click My Mouse to Complete the First Part of My Line
Note after rightClicking once myFirst pline turnsRed indicating itIs complete
Also note that IAm still in polylineCreate mode soI can start onAnother polyline(useful in this caseBecause the BTeam took a shortDead end trip)
(A second rightClick would endThe pline function)
I Digitize in the rest of the B team travel (to this point)
I will now rightClick twice –Once to end theAddition of pointsTo the currentPolyline and aSecond time toEnd the polylineCreate function
I’ll then click save
I Want to Do A Little Color differentiation of my teams
I will left click onMy A TeamTraverse
And then rightClick to bring upThe menu
Then I will leftClick on properties
The Object Properties Window Opens
Left click on theColor pallet
I Think I Will Turn the A Team Purple
I Also Think I Will Put Some Direction in the movement
I’ll check off toPut arrow headsOn the plines
I will choose myArrow head style
And I will chooseMy size
Pick the polylinetab
Why I’m So Impressed I’ll Do it For the B team too!
There – But There Is Something I’d Like to Take a Better Look At
I Can Use My Mouse Keys for Zooming Functions
Hold down theLeft mouse keyAnd center buttonOr scroll andMove up or downTo zoom out orin
In This Case Zooming in Took What I Was Interested In Out of the Picture
Hold theCenter and rightKeys down toPan
I Knew You Were Going to Ask
What happens ifYou hold down theLeft and right keys
The picture rotates(this is usually notGood for usBecause we wantA plane with northUp)
To Restore Things
Click the northAnd east planeView icon
Check to makeSure the azimuthIs 0 for azimuthTo top of page
And the dip is-90 (meaning youAre lookingStraight downFrom above){No – I’m not trying toMake you think youAre God}
What Is Wrong With This Picture?
Survey Team BWorked theirWay forward toPoint B3
And then did anAbout face andWent the otherWay insteadOf headingAround theBuilding.
Why do I thinkThere is a bust inThe angle turnedAt B3?
I Think I Will Trace Out the Corners of the Engineering Building
I will create aGeometry objectTo hold thePlinesRepresenting thewalls
Trace It On Out
I’ll do a coupleRight clicks andA save to finishthis
What is Wrong With This Picture?
We know this sideOf the EngineeringBuilding runs inThe same over-allNorth East toSouth West Direction
That first point looksA little suspect
Isn’t It Wonderful to Have a Drawing Tell You What to
Resurvey?