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Product
Surpac 6.2
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview
Requirements
Workflow
Interpolator Concepts
Reviewing the Online Help
Task: Review Information in the Online Help
Setup for This Tutorial
Setting the Work Directory
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Running Interpolator
Running Interpolator
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References
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Introduction
Introduction
Overview
Interpolator is a module which provides advanced geostatistical functionality such as multi-element,
multi-zone estimation, as well as kriging neighbourhood analysis.
This document is designed to help you to understand the basic concepts of Interpolator, as well as
providing a set of steps to perform an Interpolator run.
More detailed training information is available within the software and from your local Gemcom
Software Support Office. When the software has been installed you can see additional training
resources and help documentation in the Help menu.
Visit www.gemcomsupport.com to locate your nearest Support Office.
Requirements
Prior to proceeding with this tutorial, you should have:
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If you do not have all of these, it is highly recommended that you work through the examples in the
Introduction to Surpac, Block Modelling, and Geostatistics tutorials.
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Introduction
Workflow
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Interpolator Concepts
Interpolator Concepts
Reviewing the Online Help
Task: Review Information in the Online Help
1. Start Surpac.
2. Choose Help > Table of Contents.
3. From the Table of Contents choose Menu Commands > Block Model > Interpolator >
Setup.
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Interpolator Concepts
4. On the Setup page, scroll down to the links detailing each of the tabs on the Interpolator
form:
5. Click each of these links, and review the information on each page.
6. Click each of the remaining Interpolator items in the Table of Contents, and review the
information on each page.
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The name of the work directory is displayed in the title bar of the Surpac window.
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The name of the work directory is displayed in the title bar of the Surpac window.
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4. Open ore_zone1.con.
The constrained block model is displayed.
5. Open ore_comp_int_zone1.str.
6. Choose Display > Hide Strings > As Lines.
7. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.
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13. Repeat all of the previous steps with each of the following constraints to familiarise
yourself with each constraint and data set.
Run
String file
Constraint
ore_comp_int_zone1.str
ore_zone1.con
ore_comp_int_zone2.str
ore_zone2.con
ore_comp_int_zone3.str
ore_zone3.con
ore_comp_int_zone4.str
ore_zone4.con
ore_comp_int_zone5.str
ore_zone5.con
Note: Interpolator requires the name of a file with a *.ipar extension, which contains all
information required for an Interpolator run. In this case, you are telling Interpolator
to use the existing file sanitised.ipar, which contains a set of information for this data
set. You will modify a few parameters, which Setup will save to the output file
modified.ipar. You may use the same name for the input and output files, if you want to
overwrite the original file with some new data. The *.ipar files are in text format, and can
be viewed with any text editor. However, you should only modify them through
Interpolator, not using a text editor.
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3. On the next form, click each of the tabs and use the scroll bar at the bottom to review the
information.
6. Click Apply.
Note: This is done merely as an exercise to demonstrate how changes to the parameters can be
made and stored in a new *.ipar file. In this case, modified.ipar will contain the new values for
descretisation points in the Y and Z dimensions, as well as all other data previously stored in the file
sanitised.ipar.
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Note: You must close the spreadsheet before performing any subsequent validation checks on
this *.ipar file.
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Running Interpolator
Running Interpolator
Running Interpolator
Task: Run Interpolator
1. Open sanitised.mdl.
2. Choose Interpolator > Run.
3. Enter the information as shown, and then click Apply.
Note: By using the same name for the input and output files, parameters in the original
file may be updated.
4. On the next form, review the information, and then click Apply.
The software will now execute each of the runs, as defined by the parameters.
Once it is completed, you will see a message in the message window indicating that the
model has been saved:
"Model c:/documents and settings/all users/gemcom/surpac/61/demo_
data/tutorials/interpolator/sanitised.mdl saved" and the block model will be closed.
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Running Interpolator
4. Open ore_zone1.con.
The constrained block model is displayed.
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3. Click Apply.
4. Press ESC.
5. Choose Block model > Close.
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References
References
For further information on this topic and related articles, log onto Gemcom's Knowledge Base at
www.gemcomsupport.com
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