Plotting Plans and Sections on the Same Sheet in Minex

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It is often required to plot plans and sections together to give a better representation and a ready reference of section locations. It has been seen that users have exported plans and sections to other CAD package to achieve this. This can be entirely done in GEOVIA Minex™, including inserting images, image clips from spreadsheet tables or other documents using the following process:

Step 1: Plan your drawing. Select the paper size and decide the layout of the drawing. The layout includes the location of the plans, sections, images, scales, etc.

Step 2: Prepare mounts for each of the areas in the drawing. While preparing the mounts, select the same paper size in each case. The scale for the sections should be the same. The scale for the plan and section may or may not be the same, depending on the user’s choice. If they are not the same scale, then each frame should have a scale bar. Use the Sheet Border and Margins to adjust the plans and sections and place them where you want to.

Use the Sheet Border and Margins to adjust the plans and sections and place them where you want to.

TIP: To visually determine the correct offset and margin values necessary to place the mounts in the right location, use the Rounding Grid. 

Step 3: Create the plans and sections in individual graphics windows as you would do for each individual mount. Once all the plans and sections are plotted, the Object Control Panel show the number of plans and sections selected. In the example, below, there are two plans in Graphics 1 & 2, and three sections in Graphics 3 to 5.

Step 4: Combine the items in the different graphics windows into a single window. To bring objects from one graphics window to another, right click on the object, choose Move to Graphics Window, and then choose the destination window. Repeat for all the plans and sections.

Step 5: Add text to the Text Box.

Step 6: Review your final plot in Graphics 1, which is ready for Graphics Capture.

The final graphics capture of the above is shown below:

By following the steps in this process, you can quickly and easily plot plans and sections together. This tip is part of the Minex Foundation Training course, to find out more about our training courses please contact us at GEOVIA.AP.training@3ds.com.

Looking for more Minex Tips & Tricks? Check out my other post on Creating 3D Views of Surface Infrastructure in Minex.

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Ranajit Das

Ranajit Das

Senior Mining Industry Process Consultant, GEOVIA at Dassault Systèmes
Ranajit is a qualified Mining Engineer with over 22 years of experience in mine planning, consulting, operations, logistics, exploration and feasibility studies. Ranajit has previously worked for the Steel Authority of India, Santa Fe Mining in Chile and JSW Steel in India. He specializes in GEOVIA Minex and Surpac.