Overview

Vulcan is the heart of the Vulcan software package. It provides a full 3D environment for the design and digitising of lines, polygons, points and text. Extensive string editing and manipulating options are part of the basic (core) Vulcan system. Included are tools to apply symbols, primitives and line styles to the original string data. A wide range of text fonts are supported as standard features and text editing is also included.

ASCII file data import and export is available to import and export string data from formatted data files. Plotting utilities allow the configuration of your own plot style sheets with title blocks and prompts. A plot editor is also configured with the core Vulcan system and allows you to re-edit plot files and create plots based on a number of initial plots.

The standard statistics options are included with the basic Vulcan system and give statistical parameters on a variety of Vulcan data formats as well as ASCII files. Statistical plots, histograms, cross plots, pie charts and scatter plots are supported.

Vulcan is used both at mine sites and in feasibility work where geologists, engineers, surveyors and other users all work in a common environment. Vulcan also includes modules to assist oil geologists, explorationists, reservoir engineers and geophysicists to define and report on resourcing of petroleum.

Vulcan allows the integration of data from the different disciplines thus providing a computer environment that is efficient and easy to use. In a typical installation, the geologists will use Vulcan as the front end to their geological evaluation. Surface, 3D and block models are set up, reviewed and refined before being saved as final models. The engineers can then use and share these models to create realistic mine designs. The wide variety of tools permit the engineer to test different mining styles and excavation techniques.