Command and Processes - S

For more information on the terms 'Command', 'Process' and 'Macro Command', see Command Table Introduction.

These tables list all commands and processes available in all products. If your product has access to a command or process, the link on the left of the table takes you to a dedicated help file for more information. If no link appears, the function isn't available in your product.

Symbols used in this table:

A green tick indicates that the module is part of the core system licensing for the specified product - no additional module is required.

X A red cross indicates the module is not part of the listed system and any commands held within it cannot be run (a separate product will be required).

A blue diamond indicates the module is an optional extra for the specified system.

For Macro commands, see here.

Commands - S

Command Name

Description

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save-view

Saves the current view plane parameters to a section definition file.

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scale-wireframe

X

Interactive command to scale a wireframe on one or more axis directions. Scales about a point which can be the wireframe center or its centroid, or a user-defined point.

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sched-field-treatment

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Define how field values are treated when mining units are scheduled.

scheduling-control

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Control of scheduling face progression.

select-all-blocks

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Select all mining blocks for scheduling.

select-all-drillholes

Selects all displayed static drillholes objects data.

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select-all-ellipsoids

Selects all displayed ellipsoid data.

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select-all-planes

Selects all displayed static planes objects data.

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select-all-points

Selects all displayed points objects data.

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select-all-strings

Selects all displayed points objects data.

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select-cross-section

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Select drive cross-sections for underground mine design.

select-cursor

Displays the Custom Cursors dialog.

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select-drillhole-data-off

Toggles Off the inclusion of drillhole data during data selection commands.

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select-drillhole-data-on

Toggles On the inclusion of drillhole data during data selection commands.

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select-drillhole-data-switch

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of drillholes data during data selection commands.

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select-face

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X

X

X

X

X

X

Define a new mining face.

select-inner-face

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X

X

X

X

X

X

Select and define a face mine unit, or activate a mine tonnage zone.

select-mining-blocks

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Select mining blocks for scheduling and blending.

select-model-data-off

Toggles Off the inclusion of block model data during data selection commands.

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select-model-data-on

Toggles On the inclusion of block model data during data selection commands.

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select-model-data-switch

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of block model data during data selection commands.

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select-perimeter

Select a closed string to make it the current string.

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select-plane-data-off

Toggles Off the inclusion of plane data during data selection commands.

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select-plane-data-on

Toggles on the inclusion of plane data during data selection commands.

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select-plane-data-switch

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of plane data during data selection commands.

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select-point-data-off

Toggles Off the inclusion of point data during data selection commands.

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select-point-data-on

Toggles On the inclusion of point data during data selection commands.

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select-point-data-switch

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of point data during data selection commands.

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select-points

Select points to modify the selected data set.

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select-string

Select/deselect a string for further operations.

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select-string-data-off

Toggles Off the inclusion of string data during data selection commands.

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select-string-data-on

Toggles On the inclusion of string data during data selection commands.

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select-string-data-switch

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of string data during data selection commands.

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select-string-depth

Select string data based on its distance 'into' the screen

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select-wireframe

X

Select the current wireframe group and surface prior to linking.

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select-wireframe-data-off

X

Toggles Off the inclusion of wireframe data during data selection commands.

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select-wireframe-data-on

X

Toggles On the inclusion of wireframe data during data selection commands.

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select-wireframe-data-switch

X

Toggles the inclusion/exclusion of wireframe data during data selection commands.

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selection-mode-box-switch

Use an unrotated rectangular boundary data selection method.

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selection-mode-switch

Toggle between box and swipe selection in a 3D window.

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selection-mode-line-switch

Select data using a point-to-point line boundary of variable width

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sequence-numbers

Activates a series of sequence numbers in relation to a specific object attribute, to be used in other processes (e.g. scheduling, visualizer animations etc.)

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set-adjustment-cut-off

Set grade field and cut-off grade for adjusting a string to an ore boundary using a block model.

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set-adjustment-method-switch

Toggle between using the cut-off grade or legend items methods when using the adjust-string-in-ore command.

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set-attribute-control

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X

X

X

X

Specify an attribute (field) in the current object to control offsets and offset angles.

set-berm-width

X

X

X

X

X

Define berm width for road design.

set-calendar

X

X

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X

X

X

X

Set calendar for production scheduling.

set-clipping

Set primary and secondary clipping limits for the Design window.

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set-default-catg-dest

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Set default destination for scheduling category.

set-default-density

Set the rock or material 'default' density for the project.

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set-design-parameter

Used to set other design parameters.

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set-dhevaluation

Modify parameters for compositing and/or evaluation of drillholes.

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set-exposure-limits

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X

X

X

X

X

X

Set clipping limits for shading of unscheduled blocks.

set-face-advance-method

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Set the advance method for mining faces.

set-face-angle

Set the string projection angle i.e. face angle, for using in the open pit road design tools.

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set-field-output-status

Write an attribute field to a file type.

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set-gradient-convention

Set gradient unit and direction conventions for design commands.

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set-near-far

Set near (out of screen) and far (into screen) clipping limits.

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set-ore-categories

Define the selected evaluation legend categories as ore or waste.

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set-panel-field-format

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X

X

X

X

X

X

Specify format of figures shown in scheduling panels.

set-pit-constraints

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Define slope regions and rosettes within your open pit project.

set-projection-distance

This command is used to set the distance that a string will be projected when the project-string-at-angle command is called.

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set-ramp-segment-length

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Set segment length to be used when making ramps.

set-rosette-power

X

X

X

X

X

Set the inverse power of distance used for weighting rosette values.

set-scale-factor

Set the view exaggeration (but not the underlying data) for the X, Y and/or Z axes of the Design or 3D window.

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set-snap-grid-parameters

Set the snapping grid's origin and spacing parameters.

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set-snap-grid-switch

Set snap mode to snap to grids.

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set-snap-lines-switch

Set snap mode to snap to object lines.

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set-snap-mode

Enables the use of snapping to the grid during data selection and digitizing.

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set-snap-none-switch

Disables the use of snapping during data selection and digitizing operations.

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set-snap-points-switch

Sets snap mode to snap to object points.

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set-snap-surface-switch

Set snap mode to snap to object surfaces.

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set-step-distance

Set the step distance for string adjustment when outlining ore using the adjust-string-in-ore command.

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set-to-previous-view

Change the view to the previous view orientation in the Design window.

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set-tolerance

X

Set matching tolerance for points to be used in the DTM.

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setup-azi-dip-increments

Define the define increments used in Underground Blast Design.

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show-background-image-switch

Shows or hides a previously-selected background image in the Design window.

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show-samples

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

See which samples contributed to the estimation of a parent cell

show-project-settings

Show the Project Settings dialog

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show-system-options

Show the system Options dialog

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show-samples-subcells

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

See which samples contributed to the estimation of a sub-cell

slice-wireframe

X

Display a temporary line at the intersection of the current wireframe and thecurrent viewplane.

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smooth-gradient

Smooth part of a string to a consistent gradient.

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smooth-string

Smooth part of a string to a consistent gradient.

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snap-always-switch

Toggles the mechanism for snapping to data.

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snap-limit-to-face-switch

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Toggles if map face data (only) can be used as a snapping point.

snap-to-drillhole-data-off

Disables snapping of the cursor to drillhole data.

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snap-to-drillhole-data-on

Enables snapping of the cursor to drillhole data.

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snap-to-drillhole-data-switch

Toggles snapping to drillhole data On/Off.

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snap-to-mid-string-switch

Snaps the currently active string to the mid-point of another selected string segment.

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snap-to-perpendicular-switch

Toggles on or off snapping to the active string to a perpendicular of another, string (if possible).

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snap-to-plane

Move the current view plane to a parallel plane through a point.

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snap-to-plane-data-off

Disables snapping of the cursor to plane data.

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snap-to-plane-data-on

Enables snapping of the cursor to plane data.

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snap-to-plane-data-switch

Toggles snapping to plane data On/Off.

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snap-to-point-data-off

Disables snapping of the cursor to point data.

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snap-to-point-data-on

Enables snapping of the cursor to point data.

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snap-to-point-data-switch

Toggles snapping to points data On/Off.

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snap-to-string-data-off

Disables snapping of the cursor to string data.

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snap-to-string-data-on

Enables snapping of the cursor to string data.

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snap-to-string-data-switch

Toggles snapping to strings data On/Off.

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snap-to-wireframe-data-off

Disables snapping of the cursor to wireframe data.

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snap-to-wireframe-data-on

Enables snapping of the cursor to wireframe data.

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snap-to-wireframe-data-switch

Toggles snapping to wireframe data On/Off.

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square-from-center-to-corner

Draws a square with a center point and a corner point selected interactively in the 3D window.

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square-from-center-to-edge

Draws a square with a center point and an edge point selected interactively in the 3Dwindow.

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square-from-corner-to-corner

Draws a square with two opposite corner points selected interactively in the 3D window.

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square-from-edge-to-edge

Draws a square with a side length defined by selecting points on opposite edges interactively in the3Dwindow.

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status-panel-switch

Toggles status panel display when your application is started up.

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string-at-gradient-on-wireframe

Create strings (e.g. road strings) to climb/descend a wireframe surface with a maximum gradient constraint.

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string-display-change

Show/Hide all strings objects data.

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string-display-hide

Hide all strings objects data.

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string-display-show

Show all strings objects data.

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string-to-drillhole

Convert a string to a drillhole.

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string-to-plane

Create plane data based on the vertices of a selected string object.

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string-to-road

Creates a road outline from a highlighted single road design string.

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string-trace

Draws a new string from intersecting portions of strings selected interactively in the active window.

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superimpose-plot

Superimpose a plot file on the Design window

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surface-from-samples

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Create a contact surface by specifying whether categorical values lie above or below the surface.

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survey-add-to-database

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Displays the Add to Database panel to modify the contents of the Studio Survey database

survey-blasts-summary

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Launches the Blasts Summary reportingtask.

survey-boundary-pit

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Launches the Pit Excavation Boundary task.

survey-boundary-stockpile

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Launches the Stockpile Excavation Boundary task.

survey-combine-reports

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Collate PDF reports using the Combine Reports task

survey-drive-solid-from-survey-data

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Create a drive solid from input surveyed string data.

survey-import

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Launches the Survey Import Module, which is used to connect Studio Survey to external Studio equipment data (e.g. Leica).

survey-publish

X

X

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X

X

X

X

Displays the Publish panel for EOM report generation.

survey-run-batch

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

Launches the Run Batch command.

survey-drive-outline-from-solid

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Create a drive solid from input surveyed string data.

survey-settings

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

Displays the Database Settings panel for Studio Survey database configuration.

switch-drillhole-points-traces

Toggle between Pixel Line and Points drillhole overlay rendering modes.

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switch-wireframe-edge

Switch triangulation between a pair of triangles

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system-command

Interface to the operating system.

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Processes - S

Process Name

Description

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SCRFMT

Format text using format controls defined in the SCREEN command.

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SECDEF

Creates a section definition file.

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SELCOP

Selectively copies named fields from the input file to the output file.

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SELDEL

Selectively deletes named fields from the input file during a copy to the output file.

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SELEXY

Selective copy of records for which X and Y coordinate values lie within a perimeter defined in a perimeter file.

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SELPER

The process selects records which lie on or within a perimeter and copies them to an output file.

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SELTRI

X

Copies records of a file which have X, Y and Z co-ordinates lying above/ below a wireframe surface or inside/outside a wireframe volume.

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SELWF

X

Select records lying inside/outside wireframe volumes or above/below wireframe surfaces or DTMs.

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SETENV

Updates the environment with new variables.

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SETVAL

Inserts a user-defined value into a given field either during copying of a file or as an in-place operation.

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SGSIM

X

X

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X

X

X

X

The SGSIM process creates a regular grid of conditionally-simulated points using sequential gaussian simulation.

SLIMOD

X

This process splits block model cells at cell boundaries and recalculates the IJK value.

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SLIPER

Intersects a set of parallel perimeters by a set of orthogonal planes.

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SMUHIS

X

X

X

Create a histogram using the 'Shortcut' evaluation method.

SMUMOD

X

X

X

'Shortcut' method for grade and tonnes above cut-off.

SORTX

Sorts any file into ascending (or optionally descending) order of keyfields.

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SPLAT

Performs a simple sideways merge of two files.

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SPLICO

SPLICO produces contour plot and string files of irregularly scattered data points or of a triangulated wireframe or of a solid model.

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SPLIT

Takes a single input file and copies the data within it to multiple output files.

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ST1GX

Calculates general summary statistics for a single field, in log or non-log mode with or without class selection using Sturgess' Rule.

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STATCOM

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X

X

X

X

Computes comparison summary statistics for validating a model versus samples.

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STATNP

Calculates non-parametric summary statistics on numeric fields in a file.

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STATS

Calculates general summary parametric statistics on numeric fields in a file.

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SUBJOI

Performs a relational subset join of two input files into an output file.

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SUBWVE

Performs a relational subset weave of two input files into an output file.

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SUDTRR

Reads in a SURPAC .DTM system file (SURPAC v1) and creates two related Datamine files.

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SUPPCORR

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X

X

X

X

X

X

Implements change of support model as part of Uniform Conditioning

SUPES2

Write a DATAMINE perimeter file to a SURPAC2 string file.

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SUPEST

Converts a Datamine perimeter file to a SURPAC string file.

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SUPOOB

Converts a Datamine point file to a SURPAC (v1) observation file. 

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SURCAL

X

X

This process computes provisional and/or adjusted coordinates of all observed survey stations contained in an input file of reduced observations such as output from process SUROBS.

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SURFIP

X

Interpolates a set of point data into a pair of surfaces expressed as sub-cells in a 3-D model with any number of cells in the Z direction.

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SURLOG

X

X

SURLOG is a data input process which will read a character format system file containing records of survey information and measurements as recorded on a digital data recorder by electronic survey equipment.

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SUROBS

X

X

SUROBS is a process which reduces survey angle and distance measurements.

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SURPOI

X

X

Interpolation of upper and/or lower elevation values onto a file of two-dimensionally defined points.

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SURTAC

X

X

SURTAC is a survey measurement reduction process.

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SURTRI

X

Generates a triangulated digital terrain model from perimeter, string and/or point data subject to optional boundary and string edge constraints.

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SURVIG

X

X

SURVIG is an interactive graphic process, that allows the surveyor to view, edit, merge and interrogate a database of surveyed point and string data representing surface and underground mining excavations.

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SURVIN

X

X

SURVIN is a data format conversion process.

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SURVOU

X

X

SURVOU is a data format conversion process.

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SUSTP2

Create a perimeter file from a SURPAC2 string file.

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SUSTPE

Imports a SURPAC string file (assumed to be closed perimeters, but only the case if the last and first SURPAC points are duplicated) into a Datamine perimeter file.

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SWATHPLT

X

X

This process creates data files that are suitable for automatically creating swath plots in Studio or Excel

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SYSPAR

Displays application system parameters.

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