Bigger Faster Stronger – an inside look at Dynamic Shells and Solids Repair in GEMS 6.5

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The release of GEMS 6.5 introduced new tools, functionality and improvements to provide enhanced modelling capabilities.

The new Dynamic Shells module creates shells (surfaces and solids) directly from the drillhole and sample information. Once you have selected the source of the data you wish to model (and this can be multiple attributes, if you like), you are able to spatially estimate the distribution of your attributes in an area, and then instantly display any number of shells representing a value you are interested in. Geologists can specify geostatistical parametres to control the estimation process and save these for re-use in future analysis.

However, sometimes when you want to process a solid further, it turns out not to be valid (rest assured that solids produced by Dynamic Shells will always be valid, though!). This may be due to complex geometry or having imported them from another source, but it is at this stage, the Solids Repair feature comes into action.

The new Solids Repair functionality will assist you in getting problematic solids corrected and validated extremely quickly. There’s a panel that launches beside the viewer that brings a range of tools to your fingertips including automated scanning for invalid triangles, edges and holes; new automated repair tools, which let you identify and fix groups of errors at once; and new navigation and display options, which transition between errors and smooth animation and zooming, to allow you to move from one site to the next quickly and easily. All of these combined enable you to correct any issues quickly and painlessly, allowing you to get on with the real task of modelling and reporting from your model.

Watch and learn about Dynamic Shells, Solids Repair and other unique features with GEMS.

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