A few tips & tricks for all you 3DEC v9 users:
(1) User-interface Information Box
In addition to the fixed Information display, you can use CTRL-Q to query object data via an information box in a plot that updates based on the cursor position. The query box can be frozen in place via CTRL-C, and if you prefer you can also copy the information from it.
(2) Join by Contact
Use the BLOCK JOIN-BY-CONTACT command to prevent unjoining of construction joints when cutting across them to create 3DEC discontinuities. LEARN MORE
(3) Faster BBM Solutions
For faster solutions to bonded block models (BBM), where the main interest is face-to-face contact strength, turn off vertex-vertex contacts with the command BLOCK CONTACT VERTEX-VERTEX OFF. For example, applying this to the model shown below reduces the number of contacts from 2.5 million to 740,000 and the model solves about 30% faster using 10% less memory.
