10 GEOVIA Surpac Plotting Tips & Tricks 1-5

by Froiland Timpoc, EM
These are quick and simple 10 GEOVIA Surpac Plotting Tips & Tricks. We also incorporated some common questions or queries from our clients that are important to others. Let’s start!

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10 GEOVIA Surpac Plotting Tips & Tricks 1-5

Plotting Tip and Trick #1 MAP SCALE (e.g. 1:100)

Tired of placing NIS or not in scale on your maps? Need to create a map of 1:1000? Here’s the trick!

Solution:

Using Autoplot:
Plotting -> Autoplot then Select Manual Scale. On Manual scale options section, tick Lock X/Y scale, then input the desired scale to be used (e.g. type in 100 to create 1:100 plot)

Solution:

Using File-based Plotting:
After defining entities and map, process and select the map to be processed, under Plot Parameters, check Lock X/Y Scale and input the desired scale.

Plotting Tip & Trick #2: CRASHING/FREEZING

The second trick would be, the solution for crashing and/or freezing. Have you been experiencing Crashing and/or freezing of Surpac while Plotting? You already tried running the software in compatibility mode and with administrative privileges? Here’s a tip!

Solution:

Customize -> Default preferences -> Graphics -> Hardware settings -> External display driver -> SAFEST

Plotting Tip & Trick #2: CRASHING/FREEZING

Click Apply. Restart GEOVIA Surpac to apply changes.

Setting the external display driver to safest forces the external application window to use the software driver, thus becoming more stable.

Plotting Tip & Trick #3: MULTIPLE SECTION PLOT

Having the need of displaying multiple plots on one sheet?

Solution

Create drawing areas for the various parts of the map
Plot each file on the defined drawing areas
Append the produced plots to create the final map
A3_ADJ (A3): 41.5 x 28.2 cm

SAMPLE MULTIPLE SECTION PLOT: (Scale of 1:4000)

Plotting Tip & Trick #4: PLOT SHEET SETUP

Wanna use the previously created title blocks, drawing areas, borders, and grids?

Solution

Create a folder for plotting files
Copy necessary plotting files
- (e.g. borders.ssi, etc.) from the plotting logical, SSI_PLOTTING:\ or C:\users\public\geovia\surpac\69_x64\share\plotting)

Solution

Go to Customise -> Default preferences -> Alias Files -> Translations
Under SSI_PLOTTING tab, map the newly created plotting folder
Click Apply and Restart Surpac.

Plotting Tips & Tricks #5: PLOT PRINT OFFSET

Annoyed with the offset present upon printing of plot files?

Solution

Open Surpac, go to Plotting -> Plot sheet setup window
On Plot sheet setup window, go to File -> Plot sheet properties
Add/Insert a row for the adjusted sheet size
Copy the sheet sizes then decrease the sizes of the sheets by ~1.5cm on BOTH X and Y Sizes