- The Discover3D window is frequently crashing, black, blank, or performance is slow
Occurrence When I attempt to load data or pan and zoom in the 3D window, it crashes or the performance is very slow. Solution Ensure your graphics drivers are the latest available from the manufacturers website (e.g. Intel, Nvidia or ATI). You can check your graphics card model by searching in ...
- My 3D viewpoint cross hairs are stuck on and/or the display is flickering or blank
Occurrence When I rotate/navigate the 3D window, the cross hair remains on after flickering, even when I stop moving. There is other strange rendering/graphical glitches in 3D. Solution Check in your graphics drivers control panel, that under Advanced options for OpenGL, Triple Buffering is d ...
- My 3D Connexion Space Navigator mouse is not working in Discover 3D
Solution 1) Install the 3D Connexion driver software, and upgrade to the latest version. 2) Connect the device via USB port 3) Open the Discover3D window (e.g. Discover 3D>Open 3D Window). Select the Tools>Options menu, and go to the View tab. Select Enable 3D Connexion devices option. 4) ...
- How do I select or clip points in a TAB file that lie above or below a grid surface?
Occurrence For example, a topographic grid has been created of an open cut pit (e.g. by overlaying a DEM grid with a series of donutted polygons representing pit bench levels using the Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Overlay tool). You would like to examine those portions of the original explora ...
- When displaying multiple datasets/data types in 3D, nothing is displayed.
Occurrence After bringing multiple datasets and or data types (e.g. vectors, images, grids, drillholes) into the 3D environment, any existing data vanishes, and the extents of the axes are huge. Solution Discover 3D does not support on-the-fly reprojection of data (unlike MapInfo): it displays ...