The second portion of the Layout tab is the Page tab, shown below. Under the Layout tab, the Page tab allows the specification of page size and orientation using two
windows with drop-down menu selections. If none of the standard paper size selections are appropriate, selection of the custom option activates selection windows for user entry of page width, height and appropriate units. Orientation selections are Portrait and Landscape. For the explanation of the Plot Page Settings button, see the following section.
Plot Page Settings button on the Page Tab
If you want to use the grid set limits or defined limits as the limits of your plot, you must do these things:
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<On the Area tab, verify that the main viewer is the controlling viewer of the layout, that it has an associated grid set, and that it is set for orthographic projection on the view options tab of the viewer properties dialog.•
On the Area tab, check the box to Use Grid Set or Defined Limits and make sure the radio button is checked to use the main viewer area’s grid set•
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< Set the distances to some small percentage, such as 5% or 10%.> Using these settings will allow the page size to change with the scale.<Now click on the Page tab, and click on the Plot Page Settings button.> A new dialog will come up. Leave the radio button checked to Use Viewer Grid Set limits. In this case, only the scale, text size and text width factors are enabled. You can set the scale here and plots will be made at the specified scale. The actual size of the plot will depend on the size of the grid set at the chosen scale.
The line width factor is used to specify the relative thickness of lines plotted vs. their thickness on screen. If you would like polylines to plot thicker than they currently do, increase this factor. In both the plot preview and the actual plot, the line thickness will be increased.
The text width factor can be increased to plot text larger than it appears on the screen as well.
To plot the Layout, choose one of the options under the Print button; the Printer selection sends the plot to the system default printer, while the HPGL or PostScript options allow saving the plot to a file. If you want to save your plotting specifications, click the Save Set button. Give the set a descriptive name. You can then return to the plot layout at a later date and choose this set from the Plot Settings Set pulldown menu.
When finished plotting, click the Close button.
Exercise
In this exercise, you will learn how to create simple plot layouts containing title blocks, multiple viewers, scale bar, and more.
A. <If necessary, turn off the axes by selecting File I Project settings. Click the Properties tab, and uncheck the Show Axes option.
B. Double click on Geometry Object 901 to activate its properties. Change the topography contours to brown, and add line elevations. Adjust the size of the labels.> Recall that these changes are made in the Object Properties dialog.
C. <Set the viewer’s Azimuth to 0 and the Dip to -90.
D. In the Data Manager, create a new folder called PLOTS.
E. Highlight the folder PLOTS, click right, and select New I Plot Layout. Name this first layout SET1.
F. Double click on SET1 to activate its properties. Click the Print button and then the Preview option.>
What you see is exactly what is shown in the only active MineSight viewer.
Scaled Plots
Now, let’s create a scaled plot in a specific paper size and layout position. To accomplish this, do the following:
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A. <In the same plot layout (SET1), set the page size to D, by scrolling down the first down arrow on the Page tab. Set the position to Landscape by scrolling down the second down arrow.
B. Click the Plot Page Settings button and enter 5000 for both axes. Press the Tab key when done entering the scale. Click Apply, then OK.
C. Go to Print I Preview to see the preview of the scaled plot of your topography contours with line elevations.>
Note: The Preview window can be maximized by double clicking on the title bar.
Creating a Title Block
A. <Highlight the folder PLOTS, click right and select New I Title Block. Name this Title Block for SET1. Click OK.
B. Enter MineSight for Geologists as the Project name.
C. Add a row below the project name, enter LOCATION in the first column, and Tucson, AZ. USA in the second column. You will need to move the row you just added, up to where you want it, as rows and columns are, by default, added to the last position. Use the up/down arrows to the right of the window to position the row in the desired place. Click Apply and then Preview.>
Notice the font is either too big, or the columns are too narrow. You can easily fix this by changing the size of either one.
D. <Change the width of the columns by highlighting the second column (first row) and entering 75 for the column width. Click Apply and then Preview.
E. Change the font style to Roman.
F. Click Apply and then Preview.>
Your final Title Block will look like this (next page):
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G. <Close the title block preview by clicking OK, and then close the Title Block Properties dialog.>
Adding a Title Block to the Plot Layout
To add the title block to your plot, you need to add a new area and then select the file representing your title block.
A. <Double click on SET1 (inside the PLOTS folder) to activate the Plot Set properties.
B. Go to the Area tab and click the Add Area button (plus icon).
C. Specify what information you want to be included on this new area. Go to Type and scroll down (down arrow) to select the Title Block option.>
D. You can move the Title Block area by clicking the area while holding down the left button of your mouse and dragging it. You can also use the area configuration windows to position the Title Block. Note that the size of the Title Block cannot be changed in the Plot Layout dialog.
E. <Click Apply and then Print I Preview to see the modified plot layout.>
In the event that you have more than one title block and you wish to select a specific one, click the Select Object button and choose it from the browser. If you wish to change the size of the title block horizontally and/or vertically, you can do it in the Title Block editor by increasing or decreasing the column/row size.
Let’s make our title block a little bigger.
A. <In the Data Manager, activate the properties of Title Block for SET1.
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B. Highlight the first column, first row, and change the column width to 75. Press the Tab key.
C. Change the row height to 15 and the font size to 5. Press the Tab key, click Apply, then Preview.> You will notice that only the height and font size of one row was modified. This is done so that if different font types and sizes are required for specific rows, the user has the option to set the requirements individually for each row.
D. <Highlight the second column in the first row and change the size to 100. Click Apply.
E. Click Preview and close the title block properties. Answer Yes to Save the changes to the title block? >
Next, you will want to see how the modified title block is going to look on your plot layout. < Go back to your plot layout (SET1), which should still be in the viewer. Click the area representing the title block.> You may need to move this added area a little, so it is completely inside the main area; to align the edges of the Title Block with the edges of the plot border, enter the same values for each object in the Area tab of the Plot Layout. < Click Apply and Preview when you are ready to see the result.>
Creating a Legend
A legend is a data object in MineSight 3-D that can be used to add a color key or a company logo to your Plot Layout. A legend is created in the same manner as any other MineSight 3-D object:
A. <Highlight the folder in which the legend will reside (we’ll use the PLOTS folder), click right, and select New I Legend. Let’s name this Legend object Mintec logo.
B. Open the Properties dialog for the new Legend object by double-clicking Mintec logo in the Data Manager. There are four options available on the Common tab - Company Logo, Cutoff Table, Drillhole View, and Model View; we’ll use the Company Logo option initially, so check the corresponding radio button and click on the Company tab.
C. Click the pick file icon and select the file MintecLogo.jpg; the Legend tool accepts
*.jpg and *.png format image files. Click Apply, then Preview; if the preview is satisfactory, click Close.>
Adding a Legend to the plot layout
A legend is an additional area that needs to be added to the Plot Layout. To add the Legend:
A. <Open the Properties of SET1.
B. On the Area tab, click the Add Area Button (plus icon) to add an area to the plot, and click on the new area to select it.
C. Enter the correct values for aligning the Legend with the plot border as desired;
examine the values for the main plot area and/or other areas for the required values to match existing alignments.
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Adding a scale bar to the plot layoutA scale bar is also considered to be an area in your plot layout. So now you need to incorporate an additional area into your layout, selecting the scale bar as the information to be included on this new area.
A. <On your Plot Layout, go to the Area tab and click the Add Area Button.
B. Click left where you want this new area to be placed on the plot area (red cube with white arrow). Adjust the size and location as desired.
C. Go to the Type option and scroll down to select the Scale Bar option.
D. Under Move Area, click the Top button. Click Apply and then Preview.>
If you wish to include grids in your plot, you can do the following:
A. <Activate the properties of the current viewer by highlighting <unnamed> and then double clicking on the file called Viewer 1.
B. Click the Grids tab. Under Style, scroll down to select Labels and Lines.
C. Change the label size to 1.2 % of the view window and click Apply.
D. Go back to SET1 and click the Print I Preview.>
MineSight allows you to include additional information in your plot layouts, such as multiple viewers, North Arrow, legends, etc.
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