Create subblocked model from ASCII

Use the Create subblocked model from ASCII command to create a block model using the contents of nominated ASCII block model file. The ASCII block model file may have been created through another block modelling program or through using the Export ASCII option. The blocks contained in the chosen file may be of different sizes. Use the Create regular model from ASCII command if the blocks are different sizes.

Within the ASCII file the fields must be in a specific order with each line representing a block.

The format of the ASCII file must be:

X Y Z X-size Y-size Z size Grade Model.

It has an X centre, a Y centre, a Z centre, plus X size, Y size and Z size for both parent and sub-blocks, and then the grade or model fields (which must be in the same order as defined in the definition file). The grade or model fields must be numeric. Hence any alphanumeric fields must be converted to numeric before importing.

See Appendix A for more details on the ASCII file format and the corresponding definition file. Refer also to the New option (under the Block > Construction submenu) for information on how to create the definition file.

Block model

Enter the name for the resulting block model file.  Selecting an existing file will prompt you to confirm that you want to overwrite the file's original contents.

The drop-down list contains all block models found within the current working directory. Click Browse to select a file from another location.

To create a new file, enter the file name and file extension.

Specification file

Select the block definition file (.bdf).

The drop-down list contains all .bdf files found within your current working directory. Click Browse to select a file from another location.

Input file

Select the ASCII file containing the information that will be used to create the resulting block model. The drop-down lists contains all files found in the current working directory. Click Browse to select a file from another location.

Initialise name variables

Select this check box to access a name (character) variable from the nominated ASCII file. If this check box is not selected, Vulcan will assume that you are accessing integer variables instead.