RMDA app: new geotechnical domains delimiter app and more!
A new app has appeared in the Rock Mass Data Analyser suite: the Geotechnical Domains Delimiter. This app allows you to create your own geotechnical domains; either from boundaries (e.g. lithological contacts or fault planes) or volumes (e.g. lithologies, domains, selection boxes). The app uses the HW/FW filter to classify the space in relation to […]
Deswik survey support
The mXrap survey import tool now supports files saved in Deswik’s VDCL and DCF formats. We prefer DCF for use with mXrap. If you’re currently exporting surveys to DXF for use with mXrap, either VDCL or DCF should provide a significant saving in terms of disk space and be faster to load into mXrap’s survey […]
Mine Geometry Model – Minode Generator
Mine Geometry Model Minode Generator is a new utility app which enables you to generate your own new minodes from a mine geometry model. If you’re not sure what minodes are or why you would want to generate them, see What are minodes? If you’re not sure what mine geometry models are, see Mine Geometry […]
New videos website
mXrap.com has a new training videos website! The new website has an improved interface and revamped training programme, along with some new videos (including event density isosurfaces and system design). The new login system allows us to show you which videos you’ve already watched. To access the new site, go to www.mxrap.com/mxvideos and log in […]
Video creation
mXrap now has a video creation panel! To create your videos, simply open the ‘video export’ panel. You can then choose whether you want to take a video of just the General Analysis 3D view, or of any other tool in General Analysis. To make a video of the General Analysis 3D view, you just […]
Moment tensors – a practical guide
Moment tensor analysis is a topic that carries a decent level of uncertainty and confusion for many people. So I’m going to lay it out as simply as I can. For this post, I’m not going to go into too many details on how moment tensors are actually calculated. But, I’m going to summarise the […]
Moment tensors in General Analysis app
Moment tensors have been added to the General Analysis application in the recent update. Beach balls and principal axes can be viewed in the General Analysis 3D view. There is also a separate Moment Tensor window with a number of stereonets and mechanism charts. Two new training videos have been uploaded to the General Analysis […]
Survey format converter
A simple utility app has been added to the main root that can be used to export surveys loaded in mXrap. Possible reasons to use this app include: Switch between file formats Export a decimated survey Export a survey with translated or swapped coordinates Combine multiple surveys into a single file Currently supported export formats […]
Seismic activity rate monitor
The seismic monitoring applications have been modified in the latest root update. There are now two seismic monitoring applications and a third app for setup. The two different monitoring apps are required because not all sites wanted to use exclusion procedures. The monitoring app with exclusions has a different user interface structure and a few […]
Short-term response analysis application
Another new app has been added to the Seismic Suite for the general analysis of short-term seismic responses. There are multiple features to analyse the short-term response to different triggers (events or blasts) in time and space. In later versions, this app will replace all of the tools in the previous ‘Omori Analysis Tools’ app […]