Implicit Geological Modelling

3D Geological layers with a push of button

What you’ll learn
The basics of implicit modelling
3D geological modelling
Requirements
basic geology or mining engineering
Description
Implicit modelling is a game-changing innovation in geological modelling. Traditionally, geological models are produced using a manual drawing process ( explicit modelling) . Sections are defined, and lithologies, faults and veins are drawn on the sections. Lines are then drawn to connect surfaces across multiple sections. Implicit modelling, on the other hand, allows geologists to spend more time thinking about the geology. Implicit modelling eliminates the laborious legwork by using mathematical tools to derive the model from the data. A mathematical construct is built that can be used to visualise different aspects of the data in 3D. This course will showcase the Micromine 2021 Implicit Modelling module that uses radial basis functions (RBFs) to model grade shells, lithology boundaries, faults or surfaces.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Starting a new project and Creating a Geological Database

Lecture 2 Visualizing Drillholes in 3D

Lecture 3 Explicit Modelling

Section 2: Implicit Modelling

Lecture 4 Modelling the first layer

Lecture 5 Snap accuracy

Lecture 6 Wireframe boolean

Lecture 7 Vein Tool

Lecture 8 Intrusion Tool

geologists,mining engineers,GIS Students,Geoscientists