Import

The options on the File tab, in the Import group, allow you to import or append data from various sources, and in a variety of formats. Quick access is given to the Import Text (Legacy) Import and Excel Import functions.

• Click Text to import any space, comma or tab delimited text file and create a Micromine data file from the imported data.

  

• Select Text (with Header) to load and process a text file generated by field instruments, such as gravity meters and magnetometers, and create a Micromine data file from the imported data.

  

• Select Text (Legacy) to load and process data from a text file including CSV and column aligned formats, and create a Micromine data file from the imported data.

  

• Click Microsoft Excel to import data directly from the worksheets in a Microsoft Excel workbook. The data source connection is managed by the application.

  

• Click Microsoft Excel (via ODBC) to import Excel data via ODBC.

  

• Click ODBC to import data from an ODBC data source to data file. A data source name (DSN) is used to locate and connect to data which is stored in a proprietary database format (such as Microsoft Access or dBase), or which is stored in a text file, or as an Excel spreadsheet etc.

  

• Click Microsoft Access to import data from a Microsoft Access database.

  

• Click dBase to import data from a dBase™ database file into the application.

  

• Click Datamine Binary to import a Datamine Binary database file.

  

• Click ioGAS to import data from an ioGAS (.gas) file.

  

• Click Point Cloud to import point cloud data in LAS, Leica (PTS and PTX), or PLY file format. A point reduction filter allows the data to be imported and processed more efficiently.

  

• Click Open Mining Format to import Open Mining Format (v1) data files to a target folder.

  

• Click Strings to import third-party string files.

  

• Click Import | Drillholes to import external collar, survey, interval and event data into a drillhole database.

  

• Click Wireframes to import a third-party triangulation file or files and save as a Micromine wireframe (triangulation database) file or files.

  

• Click Block Model to import a block model file created in another application.

  

• Click Grid (Raster) Data to import a file in third-party grid file format and convert it to Micromine Grid Surface (*.GRD) file format.

  

• Click 3D Seismic (SEG-Y) to import a 3D Seismic (SEG-Y) file and generate an output Volume file that can be displayed in Vizex. The 3D SEG-Y-file format is one of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists for storing geophysical and seismic data.

  

• Click LAS (Downhole) to import geophysical logging data from a LAS (Log ASCII Standard) file. Note that we are NOT importing Lidar point cloud [LASer] files, which have the same file extension.

  

• Click Vector (GIS/GPS) Data to import point, line, and polygon data stored in a variety of third party GIS and GPS formats.

  

• Click CAD to import and display data in a variety of native CAD formats. If the imported file has point and line features, and 3D solids that can be imported as wireframes, the corresponding tabs of the form are enabled.

  

• Click MapGIS Points or MapGIS Lines to import data from a MapGIS point (.WAT) file or a MapGIS line (.WAL) file.

  The Input file type and the default Output file type in the form, will depend upon the option you have selected.

  

• Click DEM (China) to import a Digital Elevation Model (China Standard Transfer Format) data file.