APTOTRUE Process

To access this process:

  • View the Find Command screen, select APTOTRUE and click Run.
  • Enter "APTOTRUE" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

Note: This is a superprocess and running it may have an effect on other Datamine files in the project.

APTOTRUE is designed to be used in conjunction with processes ANISOANG and  ESTIMA when the apparent dip angle and the true dip direction angle have been interpolated into a model and the true dip angle is required in order to use the Dynamic Anisotropy option to estimate grades.  In fact the input file can be any type of file, so long as it contains the apparent dip and true dip direction fields.

The process takes as input the file IN containing fields APDIP (apparent dip) and TRDIPDIR (true dip direction) and parameter APDIPDIR (apparent dip direction) and calculates the TRDIP (true dip) field which is written to file OUT.  Parameter APDIPDIR is the azimuth of the sections corresponding to the apparent dip field. 

Input Files

Name

I/O Status

Required

Type

Description

IN

Input

Yes

Undefined

Input file containing the true dip direction and the apparent dip angle fields.

Output Files

Name

I/O Status

Required

Type

Description

OUT

Output

Yes

Undefined

Output file containing all the fields in the input file plus the true dip angle.

Fields

Name

Description

Source

Required

Type

Default

APDIP

Apparent dip angle. If not specified then APDIP is assumed.

IN

No

Numeric

APDIP

TRDIPDIR

True dip direction angle. If not specified then TRDIPDIR is assumed.

IN

No

Numeric

TRDIPDIR

TRDIP

True dip angle. If not specified then TRDIP will be created.

OUT

No

Numeric

TRDIP

Parameters

Name

Description

Required

Default

Range

Values

APDIPDIR

Apparent dip direction angle in degrees. This is the azimuth of the sections on which the original string data was digitised.

Yes

0

0,360

Undefined

Example

!APTOTRUE &IN(APPMOD),&OUT(TRUEMOD),@APDIPDIR=180

APTOTRUE

... calculating true dip angle

Calculation of true dip angle complete
- output file TRUEMOD created with 3313 records
- mean true dip angle = 17.97
- number of absent true dip values = 0

Related Topics and Activities

  • ANISOANG Process

  • ESTIMA Process

  • Dip and Dip Direction Data

  • Calculating True Dip Angles with APTOTRUE

  • Dynamic Anisotropy with COKRIG

  • Dynamic Anisotropy with ESTIMA