Process Help WFCODE- code points, model cells or samples using values from wireframes

 

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• Introduction
• Files, Fields and Parameters
• Example

Introduction

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WFCODE codes points in a file that are constrained by one or more wireframes. The POINTS file to be coded must have X, Y and Z coordinate fields. The WIRETR file may contain a ZONE field to identify individual wireframes. The ZONE field may also be used as an attribute to code the points.

An optional perimeter file can be supplied to constrain coding of points to be inside or outside perimeters.

An example of the use of WFCODE is for coding drillhole samples with wireframe domains or model cells with classification wireframes (e.g.rocktypes)

 

The POINTS file

The input POINTS file contains the point records with X, Y and Z coordinates to be coded by the wireframes. This file may be a standard desurveyed drillhole (X,Y,Z), block model (XC,YC,ZC), or point data (XPT,YPT,ZPT) file

 

The WIRETR and WIREPT files

The wireframe file is compulsory and is used to define the volume(s) within which points must reside to be coded. The wireframe can consist of:

• A single closed surface.
• Several separate closed surfaces, each optionally identified with a ZONE field.
• A single DTM surface.
• Two DTM surfaces

The PERIMIN file

The input perimeter file is optional. If it is specified only points lying inside or outside the perimeter(s) in the file will be coded depending on the value of the @OUTSIDE parameter.

 

The X,Y and Z fields

The X,Y and Z fields are used to specify the name of the X, Y and Z coordinate fields in the input POINTS data file.

 

The OUT file

The output file contains the coded values. If the ALLPTS parameter is set to 1 then it will contain all the records (subject to any retriueval criteria) that are in the input POINTS file. The points that are not selected by the wireframes will have unchanged or absent coded values according to the SETABSNT parameter. If the ALLPTS parameter is set to zero then the OUT file will only contain the coded values that have been selected by the wireframe (and optional perimeter(s))

 

The ZONE field

The optional ZONE field can be used to define a field that identifies separate wireframe surfaces in the input wireframe file. The field must exist in the input wireframe file. If specified, ZONE values are written to the output file.

 

The ATTRIB fields

The optional ATTRIB[1234] fields can be used as code values. They must exist in the input wireframe file and if specified their vlaues are transferred to the output coded points file.

 

The CODE parameter

The CODE parameter defines how the wireframes are treated in order to determine which points are to be coded. It can have the following values:

=1 : Code points above a DTM surface.

=2 : Code points below a DTM surface.

=3 : Code points inside a solid.

=4 : Code points outside a solid.

=5 : Code points above a wireframe surface.

=6 : Code points below a wireframe surface.

=7 : Code points between two wireframe surfaces.

=8 : Code points outside two wireframe surfaces..

These options are the same as in the SELWF process

CODE = 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8

Points which lie above or below the surface, but which are outside the surface boundary, will not be coded/selected.

CODE = 4

An outside point will be outside all wireframe volumes/solids. Attribute fields will not be copied. The output ZONE field will contain absent values.

Setting ALLPTS to a value of 1, to copy all points to the output file, is not allowed.

 

The ALLPTS parameter

The ALLPTS parameter defines whether all the records from the input POINTS file (subject to any retrieval criteria) are copied to the OUT file, or just those selected by the wireframe.

Permissible values are:

=0 : Copy only the coded points.

=1 : Copy all the points to the output file. The coded points will be flagged with the ZONE field values or the attributes.

By using ALLPTS=0 the WFCODE process can be used to create a file with just those points selected by the wireframe. The advantage of using WFCODE over SELWF is that the CHECKROT parameter can be used to check for rotated models as well as optionaly additionally selecting inside or outside a perimeter.

 

The SETABSNT parameter

The SETABSNT parameter controls whether the ZONE and attribute values, if they exist in the input POINTS file, are set to absent before processing or left unchaged

Permissible values are:

=0 : Do not set the ZONE and attribute values to absent before porocessing (Default)

=1 : Set the ZONE and attribute values to absent before porocessing.

The EXCLUDE and TOLERANC parameters

Exclude points that fall on, or within TOLERANC, of the wireframe surface.

=0 : Do not exclude points (Default).

=1 : Exclude points to be coded that are within TOLERANC of a DTM surface.

 

The CHECKROT parameter: Rotated models

The input points file may be a rotated model. If the CHECKROT parameter is set to 1 and if the input file is determined to be a Rotated Model (i.e. it contains the fields ANGLE1, ANGLE2, ANGLE3, X0, Y0, Z0, ROTAXIS1, ROTAXIS2, ROTAXIS3) as defined using the PROTOM process, then the coordinates of the input points in the &WIREPT and PERIMIN files will be automatically transformed to the rotated model coordinate system during processing.

Permissible values are:

=0 : Do not check for a rotated model.

=1 : Do check for a rotated model.

 

The OUTSIDE parameter

The OUTSIDE parameter is only relevant if an optional perimeter (PERIMIN) file is being used to additionally restrict the coding of points to being inside or outside perimeters.

Permissible values are:

=0 : Code only points that lie inside the perimeters in the PERIMIN file (Default).

=1 : Code only points that lie outside the perimeters in the PERIMIN file.

This option may be useful if you are coding points within classification surfaces but also wish to constrain the coding according to lease or mining exclusion boundaries.

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Files, Fields and Parameters

Input Files

Name	Description	I/O Status	Required	Type
POINTS	Input file containing X, Y and Z coordinates to be updated with values from wireframes. This file may be a block model, desurveyed sample file or any points file with X,Y,Z coordinates.	Input	Yes	Point Data
WIRETR	Input wireframe triangle file used to define the volume(s) within which to update the input points with new values.	Input	Yes	Wireframe Edges Data
WIREPT	Input wireframe point file used to to define the volume(s) within which to update the input points file with new values	Input	Yes	Wireframe Vertices Data
PERIMIN	Optional perimeter input file to control area over which input points are considered. Only points either inside or outside the supplied perimeters are coded depending on the value of the @OUTSIDE parameter.	Input	No	String Data

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
OUT	Output	Yes	Wireframe Triangle	Output point data file containing the coded values. This is a copy of the input point data file with extra fields added from the wireframe file. If the input point data file already contains fields that are being coded then values within volumes defined by the wireframes will be overwritten.

Fields

Name	Description	Source	Required	Type	Default
X	Field in POINTS file defining the X co-ordinate.	POINTS	Yes	Numeric	-
Y	Field in POINTS file defining the Y co-ordinate.	POINTS	Yes	Numeric	-
Z	Field in POINTS file defining the Z co-ordinate.	POINTS	Yes	Numeric	-
ZONE	Field in WIRETR file used to identify individual surfaces. WIRETR does NOT have to be sorted by ZONE. This field can be alpha or numeric	WIRETR	No	Numeric or Alphanumeric	-
ATTRIB1	Field from the WIRETR file to be placed into the output file for all records which are selected.	POINTS	No	Numeric or Alphanumeric	-
ATTRIB2	Field from the WIRETR file to be placed into the output file for all records which are selected.	POINTS	No	Numeric or Alphanumeric	-
ATTRIB3	Field from the WIRETR file to be placed into the output file for all records which are selected.	POINTS	No	Numeric or Alphanumeric	-
ATTRIB4	Field from the WIRETR file to be placed into the output file for all records which are selected.	POINTS	No	Numeric or Alphanumeric	-

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default	Range	Values
CODE	Parameter to define how to treat the input wireframes and code the points  =1 : Code points above a DTM surface.  =2 : Code points below a DTM surface.  =3 : Code points inside a solid.  =4 : Code points outside a solid.  =5 : Code points above a wireframe surface.  =6 : Code points below a wireframe surface.	Yes	3	1, 8	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
ALLPTS	Set to 1 to copy all the input points to the output file. Set to zero to copy only the points selected by the wireframe. This is ignored if @CODE=4  =0 : Copy only the coded points.  =1 : Copy all the points to the output file. The coded points will be flagged with the ZONE field values or the attributes.	No	0	0, 1	0,1
SETABSNT	Set the specified ZONE and attribute fields in the input points file to absent before processing.  =0 : Do not set the ZONE and attribute values to absent before processing (Default).  =1 : Set the ZONE and attribute values to absent before porocessing.	No	0	0,1	0,1
EXCLUDE	Exclude points that fall on, or within TOLERANC, of the wireframe surface.  =0 : Do not exclude points (Default).  =1 : Exclude points to be coded that are within TOLERANC of a wireframe surface.	No	0	0,1	0,1
TOLERANC	Tolerance used to determine whether a data point is 'on' a surface or not.	No	0	Undefined	Undefined
CHECKROT	Set to 1 to automatically check for and correctly process rotated models when the input points file is a block model. The default value is one. If this is not set to 1 and the model is rotated then the wireframe points need to be transformed into the model coordinate space using CDTRAN before running TRIFIL.  =0 : Do not check for input rotated model. If the input model is rotated assume wireframe points are in the rotated space.  =1 : Automatically check for an input rotated model and internally transform wireframe points.	No	1	0,1	0,1
OUTSIDE	Used if PERIMIN has been defined to only code points inside or outside perimeters.  =0 : Code only points that lie inside the perimeters in the PERIMIN file (Default).  =1 : Code only points that lie outside the perimeters in the PERIMIN file.	No	0	0,1	0,1