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Surface

A surface is a virtual object that represents the physical surface of a mine at a particular point in time. This provide a visual perspective of the mine design as well as providing the a guide for manually drawing haul roads, production locations and infrastructure.

Import Surfaces​

3D Surface geometries and layers can import imported into AlmaSim via the Build Mode > Network Module and pressing the Import button within the `Surface' panel.

A file chooser window will appear where single or multiple surface files can be selected.

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The below example shows five large (~120MB ASCII DXF files) loaded in parellel.

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Supported Format​

DXF​

Both Binary and ASCII versions of Autocad 2007+ are supported. 3DFace & Polyline3D are the typical DXF Entity types that allow for rendering surfaces. In the case of Polylines a custom Delaunay Triangulation algorithm is applied.

Alma Surf​

AlmaSim custom surface file allows for incredibly fast save and load after importing from 3rd party sources (i.e. DXF)

Other Supported File Types​

Other Formats may potentially by supported. Please raise a ticket if a particular format needs AlmaSim support

Manage Surfaces​

The below example shows modifying the colours of five seperate surfaces and toggling their visibilities. 100pc

Material Colour​

Surface colours can be customised the Build Mode > Network Module and pressing the Palette colour icon next to the desired `Surface' material.

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Hide / Show​

Surface visibility can be toggled in either Build or Analyse modes, from the Options panel (Right side) under Surface

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