Getting Started with Drillholes and Databases
Online Training
Online Training
Learn how to view, analyse, and manipulate drillhole data quickly and easily with Vulcan.
You will learn how to create a headered Vulcan database from CSV files in this module. You will understand the importance of synonyms and comprehend database structures.
Learn how to visually work with drillhole data in Vulcan in this module. You will understand how to analyse data with drillhole labels, data tips, and histograms. After watching this module, you will also know how to selectively load drillholes with various numeric and spatial restrictions.
In this module, you will learn to connect to a master database managed in an external program. You will understand how to create connections with Windows® Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and understand special functionality implemented to interface with acQuire.
Watch this module to understand how Vulcan tools can help validate your database with several numeric and visual checks.
This module begins with an overview of Vulcan legends and continues with focus on legends for drillholes. You will learn how to create drillhole legends, and quickly create copies of existing legends.
The lessons in this module will help you edit data. You will learn how to merge new information, such as assay values, drillhole surveys, into your existing database. Understand how to edit database values manually and with calculations. You will also know how to quickly add a drillhole to an existing database, or merge two separate databases into a single file.
This module provides an overview of Vulcan samples databases. You will learn how samples data differs from drillhole data, and have the opportunity to view several ways Vulcan utilises samples databases.
In this module, you will learn several methods for planning drillholes in Vulcan. You will know how to flag drillhole intervals that fall within the boundary of existing triangulations and block models. You will discover how to create correlated sections and fence diagrams from loaded drillholes, and save the section for later use.
The final module is an exam where you can test your knowledge of the concepts introduced in this course. Pass this exam with a 70% or better to receive your completion certificate.