Enabling Point of Rotation in GEOVIA Surpac

Paramina Earth Technologies is a certified Dassault Systèmes partner in the Philippines, providing mining contracting services for primarily underground mining and tunneling projects.

It can be frustrating when your display is out of focus whenever the graphics is rotated in GEOVIA Surpac, particularly when adding layers. If that sounds like you, there’s a solution – by selecting the camera target tool, the display has a point of rotation so that users can concentrate on viewing data without any hassle.

  1. Firstly, go to View > Viewing options > Select camera target



2. Click a point on the graphics as the point of rotation

3. Now the data can be viewed thoroughly without going out of focus, even if additional layers are to be added.

You can also use the View by camera and target option to view data from a certain position.

1. Go to View > Data view options > View by camera and target 

2. if the 3D coordinates (X,Y,Z) for the camera and target position are defined, key the coordinates into the below form. If not, click the Digitise button and graphically select them in the graphics. Note that camera and target position should be different values (the same location is not allowed).

We hope you found this quick tip handy!

For more tips by Paramina, check out Combining Data into a Layer in GEOVIA Surpac. Or, read more on Changing Borehole Coordinate Systems in GEOVIA Surpac

Connie F. Fangonil

Connie F. Fangonil

Geologist at Paramina Earth Technologies
Connie is a Geologist at Paramina Earth Technologies Inc., a Dassault Systèmes official Value Solutions partner for the Natural Resources industry. She has worked on several mine sites (open cut and underground) in the Philippines and abroad. Connie is based in Manila, Philippines.
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