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2014 - 2015

SirovisionTM Release 6.0 Release Notes

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2014 - 2015 Contents Whats new in Sirovision 6? .......................................................................... 1

New GUI Design ...................................................................................... 1

The new Explorer Window ..................................................................... 2

New Icons ........................................................................................... 3

Performance Improvements ...................................................................... 5

Reduction of Image and Spatial Data Resolution and Bit size ..................... 5

Merge multiple 3D mosaics into a single composite image ......................... 9

New ability to map planes across 3D mosaics ......................................... 10

Significant expansion of the Slope Stability Analysis tool. ........................... 11

Mineral Classification ............................................................................. 13

Dip/Dip Direction Facet Shading .............................................................. 14

Technical Note ......................................................................................... 15

Operating System ................................................................................. 15

Graphics Cards ..................................................................................... 15

Issues resolved in Sirovision V6.0 .............................................................. 16

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WHATS NEW IN SIROVISION 6?

New GUI Design

Figure 1: The new Sirovision 6 GUI

The MAPPING EXPLORER and ANALYSIS EXPLORER tabbed windows have now been merged in to a single GUI screen. The new EXPLORER

window replaces them and displays all mapped objects and analysis sets for the currently displayed 3D image or 3D mosaic.

The new TABLE VIEW displays a table of the objects currently selected in the EXPLORER window, e.g. Discontinuities or Survey Lines etc.

Selecting any object in any window, e.g. the 3D image, the stereoplot,

the table view, etc. will highlight the same objects in all the other windows. This means the user no longer needs to toggle between Image

View, Mapping Explorer and Analysis Explorer tabs to view the same highlighted data.

Another new feature is if you hover the mouse over a mapped object in

the 3D image window, its geotechnical properties are displayed in a floating box so the user no longer has to select a structure to view its

geotechnical characteristics. The FIND PLANES tool has been removed due to its questionable results.

A new technique called ‘2D Fusion’ to automatically map structure is being developed by the CSIRO. Once available, this will be implemented in to Sirovision, possibly in V6.1.

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The new Explorer Window

Figure 2: The new Explorer window

The Explorer Window replaces the old MAPPING EXPLORER & ANALYSIS

EXPLORER tabs.

Toggling a tick box next to an object type will display or not display an object

type in the 3D Image View window. By default, when opening a new project,

DOMAINS and PORE PRESSURE grids are deselected and so not displayed.

New Object Types

Domains

Geological Domains can be mapped and saved for single 3D images or

3D mosaics and have been added as a new function in the expansion of

the SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS tool. Select the new MAP GEOLOGICAL

DOMAINS icon in the IMAGE VIEW window or from the MAPPING menu.

Imported Structures

As part of the expansion of the SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS tool,

Sirovision can now import complex structures as DXF files.

Pore Pressure Grids

As part of the expansion of the SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS tool,

Sirovision can now import pore pressure grids as TEXT files.

Mineral Classification

The new mineral classification tool allows a user to select a sample area

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and automatically map the same colours throughout the 3D image or 3D

mosaic. See Mineral Classification.

New Icons

Figure 3: New icons in the Image View window

ADD USER DEFINED PLANE

Figure 4: The new ‘Add User Defined Plane’ dialog

This tool allows you to place the centroid of a plane on a 3D image. You

can then manually edit the centroid coordinates and the DIP, DIP

DIRECTION & PERSISTENCE of the required plane. This is useful to

manually plot a plane for the Pit Wall.

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MAP A GEOLOGICAL DOMAIN

This is a new tool added by the expansion of the Slope Stability Analysis

tool. This function allows you map a domain on the 3D surface and enter

geotechnical characteristics for that domain such as BLOCK DENSITY,

PORE PRESSURE & FACTOR OF SAFETY threshold. See chapter on

Significant expansion of the Slope Stability Analysis tool.

MINERAL CLASSIFICATION (Colour Classifier)

Display mineralogy automatically mapped by color matching. See

chapter on Mineral Classification

BLOCK VIEW TOGGLE

Becomes active when a Kinematic Block Analysis Set has been created.

Show Kinematically Free Blocks – display only amber (stable with

friction) and red (unstable blocks).

Show All – display red, amber and green (stable without friction)

blocks.

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Performance Improvements

Reduction of Image and Spatial Data Resolution and Bit size

As the latest digital SLR cameras are commonly at least 16 megapixels and

upwards, data storage of photographs and 3D image generation processing

speeds are increasing as megapixels and thus file sizes increase. This can mean

the 3D image generation processing can be quite slow.

Therefore new functionality has been added to allow users to

REDUCE IMAGE AND SPATIAL DATA RESOLUTION

MINIMISE FILE SIZES

The trade-off is that as you decrease resolution, 3D image generation processing speeds will increase, but the integrity and accuracy of the point cloud/wire frame depreciates. This means the accuracy of any

structures mapped on that wire frame will also decrease.

Generally, for GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, reduced resolution images provide more than adequate accuracy for these purposes.

For GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING, it is advised that 100% resolution images are used to obtain the most accurate results possible.

The new Spatial and Image Resolution screen

A new function has been added to allow users to reduce both the spatial data

resolution (wireframe & point cloud) and the image size (textural surface

image) resolutions as new photographs are imported.

In the NEW PROJECT WIZARD, stereo images are paired together, converted to

TIFF and have camera calibration applied as normal. The next screen in the

wizard is a new screen called ‘SET IMAGE AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION’.

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Figure 5: The new ‘Set Image and Spatial Resolution’ screen

This screen has 3 sections:

FACE COVERAGE ESTIMATE

Figure 6: The ‘Face Coverage Estimate’ screen

This section shows a graph displaying the face coverage obtained using the

camera and lens used to capture the photographs in the project alongside the

Pixel Size on the Face (mm). As you opt to reduce spatial and/or image

resolution, changes to the Pixel Size on the Face is updated on the graph to

show the changes in accuracy you will obtain at different levels of resolution.

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IMAGE RESOLUTION

Figure 7: The new ‘Image Resolution’ screen

This section allows you to apply three different types of resolution reduction:

REDUCE IMAGE SIZE

This option reduces the textural image (surface image) by 75%. This

value is set at 75% as this maintains accurate scaling without altering

the aspect ratio of the image so that structural mapping can still be

carried out with reasonable accuracy.

REDUCE IMAGE QUALITY TO 8 BITS

Bit quality of RAW images captured can be set up on most digital SLRs.

If the images have been captured as 12 or 16 bit, the converted TIFFS

can be reduced to 8 bit to reduce file size and improve processing speed.

The Stereo Camera Mark II captures images by default as 16 bit RAW

which are converted to 16 bit TIFFS.

SPATIAL POINT DENSITY

The number of pixels on your screen to each spatial data point reflects

the density of the 3D Point Cloud. The larger the number of pixels

between spatial data points, the less ‘dense’ the point cloud but

achievable mapping accuracy is reduced.

Sirovision defaults to 3 Pixels per Spatial Data Point. This function

allows the user to reduce point cloud density from 3 to 5, 7 or 9 pixels

per spatial data point. It also allows the user to INCREASE point density

to 1 pixel per spatial data point (should you require absolute maximum

accuracy with only a very small increase in file size).

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ESTIMATES (OF RESULTANT FILE SIZE)

Figure 8: The new File Size Estimates screen

This section displays the expected file sizes as you reduce or increase image

resolution, spatial resolution or alter the bit size of files. This allows users to

obtain the optimal trade-off between image and spatial resolution and resultant

file size.

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Merge multiple 3D mosaics into a single composite image

Figure 9: The new ‘Tools’ drop down menu

A new function has been added to the TOOLS menu to allow the user to merge

multiple 3D mosaics in to a single composite image with options to reduce

image and spatial resolutions in order to reduce file size and memory

requirements. This single ‘super-mosaic’ can be loaded in to Sirovision without

the need for all the support files (2D images, task and matching files) used to

generate the individual 3D images in Project Explorer. This function will allow

users to analyse much larger scaled images and generate 3D models of whole

pits.

Figure 10: The new ‘Merge Files’ screen

Any 3D image or 3D mosaic can be selected from any directory and Image

Reduction Factors can be applied to each image. An Estimated Output File Size

is displayed in MB.

If any mapped objects such as structures have already been mapped on a

selected 3D image or 3D mosaics to be merged, these objects will be safely

merged in to the new composite image. If structural mapping has been

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completed already, then user can afford to reduce the composite image

resolution to reduce file sizes and loading times.

SUGGESTED WORKFLOW IS TO MAP STRUCTURE ON INDIVIDUAL MOSAICS

FOR MAXIMISED ACCURACY, AND THEN MERGE MULTIPLE MOSAICS WITH

REDUCED RESOLUTION TO REDUCE FILE SIZE AND INCREASE LOAD SPEEDS

WHILST KEEPING THE ACCURACY OF THE MAPPED STRUCTURAL DATA

INTACT.

New ability to map planes across 3D mosaics

Versions of Sirovision prior to Sirovision 6 did not allow users to map a PLANE

across the boundary of an individual 3D image, even if was part of a 3D

mosaic.

Figure 11: A Plane mapped across 3 individual 3D images comprising a mosaic

Sirovision 6 enables planes to be mapped across 3D mosaics as plane data is

now more efficiently generated and managed for exportability to other software

products including Datamine Studio.

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Significant expansion of the Slope Stability Analysis tool.

Please note, a separate technical manual will be distributed for the new Slope

Stability Analysis tool and internal training will be provided to each regional

office.

Figure 12: A 3D model showing an imported curved structure and automatically

detected unstable blocks.

Sirovision 6 sees the expansion of the Slope Stability Analysis tool by

introducing more sophisticated polyhedral BLOCK analysis in addition to the

existing tetrahedral analysis which detects simple WEDGES. The availability of

tetrahedral and polyhedral analysis techniques enables users to detect ALL

types of unstable blocks in their excavation.

Figure 13: Selecting Wedge Analysis or Polyhedral Analysis in the Slope Stability

Analysis tool.

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Summary of new functions:

Map or import multiple domains and enable input of geotechnical

characteristics such as rock density, cohesion and critical friction values for each domain.

Import and display Pore Pressure grids. Import and display non-planar or curved complex structures. Run polyhedral analysis to automatically detect blocks and toppling

hazards in addition to tetrahedral wedge analysis. Analyse the interaction of minor and major structures.

Run analysis on ALL digitally mapped structures simultaneously, not just two orientation sets at a time.

Final analysis considers all of the above to produce a Factor of Safety, physical location, mass and volume and stability classification of all unstable features including wedges, blocks and toppling hazards

detected on the rock wall.

Figure 14: Manually mapping domains on a 3D image

Figure 15: A 3D image displaying imported Pore Pressure grid data.

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Mineral Classification

Sirovision 6 adds a new MINERAL CLASSIFICATION function to enable the user

to select a sample area of the rock colour they wish to map, e.g. an ore body.

The software then scans the 3D model or 3D mosaic and automatically maps all

occurrences of the colours selected (ore body). As the Sirovision model is

accurately scaled, the software captures coloured bodies surface area data

which can be used to estimate ore volume.

Figure 16: A 3D model showing coal deposits automatically mapped by the Colour

Classification Tool.

Figure 17: Image Colour Classification output showing surface area data.

These Mineral Classification features can be exported via the Export Wizard as

a DXF and TEXT file.

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Dip/Dip Direction Facet Shading

New DIP and DIP DIRECTION colour facet 3D view modes have been added. At

the bottom of the 3D Image View window there are two new 3D Image View

icons.

Figure 18 : A 3D Dip facet shaded image.

SHOW

DIPS

SHOW DIP

DIRECTION

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TECHNICAL NOTE

Operating System

Sirovision requires a 64 bit operating system such as Windows 7, 8 or 8.1.

Graphics Cards

After installation, if the host computer has an NVidia graphics card, the first time the program

is opened, the software checks that the CUDA library is at least Version (8.17.12.6776). If it

is not, a message displays informing the user to update their graphics driver, so that the

latest CUDA library is installed. This is not an error message and does not mean your

graphics card is incompatible.

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ISSUES RESOLVED IN SIROVISION V6.0

The following cases have been resolved for this version:

JIRA Card Type Description of Change

SRVS-399 New Feature A new function has been added to enable the user to manually map a plane with known centroid, dip angle, dip direction and persistence values.

SRVS-398 Feature Removal

The automated FIND PLANES function has been removed until it can be improved

SRVS-397 New Feature Added a 'Create Orientation Sets' menu option when right clicking on ORIENTATION SETS node in Object Explorer.

SRVS-394 Bug Fix Fixed bug where Export Wizard -> 3D Images -> 3DPDF export exported the same 3D image multiple times when exporting a mosaic. Image generation speed and display performance has been greatly improved.

SRVS-391 Bug Fix Fixed a bug when opening a .SJT file with an active schema displayed a message saying the schema had been modified when it had not.

SRVS-390 Bug Fix Fixed bug where the Extract Section function worked incorrectly unless the corners were defined in clockwise order.

SRVS-385 New Feature A new Mineral Classification function has been added which automatically maps all occurrences of a sample colour in a 3D image or mosaic and outputs surface area in square meters.

SRVS-384 Feature Improvement

The can edit the Survey Table Data and select Survey Point TYPE from a list of values.

SRVS-383 New Feature A new feature has been added to allow multiple 3D images and/or mosaics from different projects if required, to be merged in to a single composite 3D image with reduced resolution options but keeping all previously mapped structural data intact.

SRVS-380 Feature Improvement

Sirovision 6 installer, splash screen and Graphical User Interface rebranded to Datamine where required.

SRVS-378 Bug Fix Fixed bug where saving a 3D image using ‘File-> Save As’ caused Sirovision to crash when a duplicate file name was selected.

SRVS-371 New Feature Added new functionality to the New project Wizard – to allow the user to edit spatial and image resolution and to reduce image bit size to 8.

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SRVS-368 Performance Improvement

New image and spatial resolution reduction functionality enables very fast 3D image and 3D mosaic generation speeds suitable for site demonstrations.

SRVS-358 Bug Fix Fixed bug where exporting .SJT files as a decimated 3D mesh failed. This now works where a decimated mesh is available in the data to be exported.

SRVS-353 New Feature Added ability to map Planes across a 3D mosaic.

SRVS-346 Bug Fix Fixed bug so that if ‘Reverse Mouse Zoom Control’ preference is selected, it is also applied to the georeferencing wizards.

SRVS-342 Bug Fix Fixed bug where 3D CompositeImage files could not be exported with reduced spatial resolution.

SRVS-339 Feature Improvement

Improved the performance of the ‘Remove Outliers’ function to remove spikes more effectively.

SRVS-326 Bug Fix Removed unnecessary "ID" field when generating an ‘Orientation Set Report’.

SRVS-323 Bug Fix Fixed bug where when selecting multiple 2D images and dragging them in to the Image View sometimes caused a fatal program crash.

SRVS-322 Performance Improvement

Sirovision Installer no longer produces ‘Publisher could not be verified' message during installation.

SRVS-279 Performance Improvement

The Online HELP manual SEARCH function has been improved to produce more complete search results.

SRVS-257 Bug Fix Fixed bug where changing ‘Number Bins’ in Statistics Charts did not update the chart without clicking on it to update it.

SRVS-129 New Feature Added two new 3D Dip/Dip Direction facet shading view modes to the Image View window.

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2014 - 2015

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