Color by Elevation: Efficiency and agility in creating color scales to improve visualization of topography.
Did you know that the MinePlan 3D (MP3D) has a functionality that allows you to create items with a color scale and color objects using their elevation?
This functionality allows the user to color an object according to elevation, facilitating the interpretation of topographic surfaces and elevation variations between locations in a practical and visual way.
To carry out this configuration, two steps will be necessary: creating an item with the elevation legend and assigning colors according to the item created.
The Elevation item is created directly in Data Manager, when right-clicking on the folder items (located inside the folder _msresources), in New > Cutoff Item. After naming it, a dialog box will open asking the type of item to be created, where you must select the option numeric, since elevation is defined by numerical values. Once the item is created, right-click on it and go to Properties. Figure 01 exemplifies these steps.
Figure 1: Steps for creating Cutoff Items.
Next, you must configure the created item, using the two main tabs of its properties: Intervals… and Color Range. on the tab Intervals… the minimum and maximum limits of the item will be specified, in addition to the interval between these values: in the tab Color Range, the color scale will be chosen, in addition to allowing the creation of a new scale. Figure 02 shows these windows.
Figure 2: Configuration of Cutoff Item.
With the Elevation item already configured, we move on to the second step: coloring the object. To do this, access the menu Surface > Color By > Color By Elevation, select the geometric object to be applied to the colors and then select the newly created color item. This way, your object will be updated automatically, with the color scale according to the elevation, as shown in Figure 03.
Figure 3: Settings Color by Elevation.
So, did you like these tips? For more information about the tool Color by Elevation and the creation of Cutoff Items, in addition to other features and tools of the MinePlan, contact our team and we will be happy to serve you.
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