PointStudio - Geotechnical Module

The PointStudio Geotechnical module provides geologists and geotechnical engineers with powerful tools for analysing structures and undertaking kinematic analysis. Working directly on laser scan data ensures accurate and informative geotechnical reporting to guide mine planning and operational decisions.

• Extend discontinuities Expanded
  Extend Discontinuity Planes to analyse blast block solids and pit advancement solids with a single click
• Discontinuity solids
  Create solids from discontinuities to determine shape, size and volume of wedge failures
• Discontinuity spacing
  Calculate average spacing between discontinuities for structural persistence analysis
• Customisable stereonet viewer
  Set stereonet background colour, point and line size; add planes, poles and intersections
• Display drilling blind zones on stereonets
  Easily identify regions where drillhole analysis will provide poor geotechnical information with setup including drillhole trend, plunge and intersection angle limit
• Kinematic analysis
  Full kinematic analysis for planar, wedge and toppling failures with new auto failure zone shading
• Dynamic dip and strike
  Drag-drop discontinuities onto kinematic slope fields dynamically adds dip/strike direction and displays failure zones
• Stability analysis
  Waviness tool produces histograms showing variations in apparent dip
• Automated cell mapping
  User-defined cells for structural mapping, statistical analysis and pdf reporting

• Interactive stereonet
  Direct interactive link between your 3D discontinuites and the 2D stereonet; create stereonets and rose diagrams direct from 3D data; display great circles, intersections and poles
• Productive workflow
  Automatic and manual extraction of discontinuities, including intelligent extraction of discontinuities, speeding up the process for complex surfaces
• Specialised tools
  Contour stereonet poles or intersections and create set windows to highlight areas of interest
• Import/Export
  Bring other data into stereonets for complete analysis; export common file formats
• Accurate results
  Work directly off your 3D laser scan data for accurate results
• Safety issues
  Identify structural weaknesses and dominant trends and their impact on operations
• Easy to use
  Simple intuitive workflow with new right-mouse context menu options for smarter routines
• Dynamic platform
  Full 3D visualisation for better understanding and visualisation of structures