Wireframes

On the File tab, in the Export group, select Export | Wireframes to export a wireframe (or a wireframe set) to a third-party file format. You can also export to a Micromine .DAT file format.

Input (Wireframe)

To process a single wireframe, select the Single option, select the type of the wireframe, and then the name of a wireframe of that type.  

To process multiple wireframes, select the Set option. When you define a wireframe set, you can specify wireframes of several types, and select multiple wireframes for a type by entering a partial name and a wildcard in the Name prompt.

Output

Type

Choose an Output file type from the Type list and then enter (or click on the ellipsis to select) the name of the Output file.

Option	Description	File Ext.
DXF	An AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) file.	.dxf
VULCAN	A Vulcan triangulation file.	.00t
ASCII	A space delimited text file.	.txt
MICROMINE	Two data files for the triangles and points.	.DAT
SURPAC	Two files for the triangles and points.	.dtm, .str
SURPAC BINARY	A single binary file.	.dtm
DATAMINE	A binary triangulation file and corresponding points file.	*-tr.dm, *_pt.dm
OMF	An Open Mining Format project file (binary).	omf

If you select an Output file and the file extension of that file is known, the file extension is stripped from the file name and a new file extension is added (depending on the Output type you have chosen). If the file extension is unknown, the new file extension is appended to the existing file name.

Export to Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) format is no longer supported.

Triangles and Points file

If you selected MICROMINE as the output file type, specify the types and the names of the (Triangles and Points) files that will contain the wireframe triangle definitions. Each record in the Triangles file represents a triangle by listing the Point IDs (as defined in the Points file) for the three vertices.

Export triangle attributes

If you selected MICROMINE as the output file type, select this check box to write triangle attributes to the Output file.

Export vertex attributes

If you selected MICROMINE as the output file type, select this check box to write per-vertex attributes to the Output file. Per-vertex wireframe attributes may be calculated by other functions, such as Wireframe | Calculations | Compare, or be manually calculated and imported.

Export to single layer

If you selected DXF as the output file type and are exporting a wireframe set, select this option to write all the wireframes in the set to the same layer in the DXF file, effectively combining them into a single wireframe. (By default, each wireframe is written to a separate layer in the DXF output file).

Enter the Name of the layer in the input box provided.

The Export to single layer option will be disabled if you are exporting a single wireframe.