Quick Reference Guide

Project Window

Tutorial Project Hyperlinks

Tutorial Project Part #	Hyperlink
Tutorial Project Part 1: Setting Up the Tutorial Project	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 2: Importing and Viewing Layers	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 3: Building a Pit	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 4: Scheduling a Mine Plan	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 5: Scripting	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 6: Creating Charts	Click Here
Tutorial Project Part 7: Reporting Out the Project	Click Here
Tutorial Project A: Basic Stacking Plan	Click Here

Hot Keys

Key	Description
q	Move the active layer up in elevation by the bench height value in the Project Settings
w	Move the active layer down in elevation by the bench height value in the Project Settings
u	Undo (CAD Functionalities)
r	Redo (CAD Functionalities)
a	Display all contours or features for selected layer
e	Activates ‘Edit Features’ function in the Main Menu for layers activated
c	Activates ‘Choose Feature’ function in the Toolbar for the active layer
o	Offset key. Contour selected will be expanded horizontally by the value entered for the vertex. Values can be positive to expand the contour and negative to create an inside projection
1	Copy Cutter Up Level
s	Toggles the Scaler: on/off when the Cutter or Filler layers are activated
l	Toggles the Legend on/off, Screen Menu
p	Toggles the Properties: pop-up display window of the feature or layer on/off, Main Menu

Layer Content and Descriptions

LAYER	Default Layer Name	All (Model) Group, _all.json	AllGroup, _all.json	contourGroup, _cgr.json	mineplanGroup, _mpgr.json	Leach Model Group, _leach_group.json	MP/CR, mineplan_cutterresult.json
contourGroup	_cgr.json			✓
mineplanGroup	_mpgr.json				✓
Leach Model Group	_leach_group.json					✓
MP/CR	mineplan_cutterresult.json						✓
Base	_base.json	✓	✓	✓		✓
Geotech	_geotech.json	✓	✓	✓
Cutter	_cutter#.json	✓	✓	✓
Filler	_filler#.json	✓	✓	✓
Image	images.json	✓	✓
BaseResult	_baseresult.json	✓	✓	✓	✓
CutterResult	_cutresult.json	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mineplan	_mp.json	✓	✓		✓		✓
Schedule	_sched.json	✓	✓		✓	✓
Solution	_solution.json	✓	✓	✓
Model	_model.json	✓				✓
Roads	_roads.json	✓	✓		✓
Import	import.json	✓	✓	✓	✓
Annotations	annotations.json	✓	✓	✓	✓

LAYER	Description	Layer Color
Base	Original surface topography	Red (Light Red Internal)
Geotech	Geotechnical features containing information such as BFA, IRA, wall azimuths, etc.	Blue (Grey Internal)
Cutter	Pit features drawn by user	User Input
Filler	Dump/fill features drawn by user	User Input
Image	Import PNGs and/or JPGs to use for georeferencing purposes	N/A
BaseResult	Displays surface contours after pits have been mined and dumps/leach pads have been filled	Orange (Light Orange Internal)
CutterResult	Displays cut/fill shapes after pits have been mined and dumps/leach pads have been filled	Green (Lime Green Internal)
Mineplan	Subset of block model data that is generated using the CutterResult Layer shapes	User Input (Blocks)
Schedule	Features required for scheduling (truck/loader fleets, dumps, stockpiles, haulage intersections, etc.)	N/A
Model	Geological block model data	User Input (Blocks)
Solution	Shapes used to demarcate leaching area, drawn by user (used in stacking and leach modelling projects)	User Input
Roads	Haulage routes and additional roads at project site, connected to Schedule features	Blue
Import	Stores imported CAD data	N/A
Annotations	Labeling functionalities	N/A

Pit Building Steps

Step	Description
1	Check the IRA/BFA in the Project Settings (Utility Menu) or in the View Settings. This can be set manually or imported with a Geotech layer. This allows the pit to be designed using an inter-ramp Angle (IRA) or Bench face angle (BFA).
2	Add the Base layer. All other available/necessary layers can be added as needed. Toggle the Q or W by clicking blue check box by each).
3	Activate the Cutter layer in the Layer Menu by clicking on it in the layer menu.
4	Add the model file and display grade values using the Labels and/or a Legend in the View Settings menu. Make sure the model layer is set to visible.
5	Tick the Scaler entry box in View Settings or Project Settings. Enter a radius for the Scaler: This is useful for gauging the ramp width. Ramp width is found in the Project Settings, Drawing Window Settings section.
6	Press the Add Polygons button, once the Drawing Window is at the correct elevation, confirmed by using the Q & W Keyboard Hot keys. When digitizing is complete, double-click.
7	Use the Modify Features button, to adjust the polygon points. This button enables the addition, deletion, and moving of vertices (Use the Add Curve button to smooth the pit shape).
8	If you would like a ramp, select 1 or 2 from the Ramp dropdown, then specify their orientations from the #1 and #2 dropdowns in the View Settings.
9	Use the Choose Feature button to select the pit contour/polygon to expand. Use the Copy Cutter Up Level button or the backtick key ` to expand contours up to the next elevation. Remember to move up to the top most contour using Q to see the newly created contour/polygon.
10	Modify polylines/vertices as necessary using the Edit Features button for the new contour polygon.
11	Repeat steps 9-10 until the pit is expanded to the desired size and expands above the topography.
12	Press the Cut Contour with Cutter/Filler button. This will cut out all cutter layers that are checked as visible in the layer’s menu. If successful, two new layers will automatically populate: BaseResult and CutterResult.
13	View all layers separately using the All-Contours button in the View Settings section of the Screen Menu, or press the A Hot key.
14	Save the project (Save Group --> All) using the Export Menu

Toolbar

Grouping Icon	Description	Button	Description	Layer Functionality
	Zoom to full extent		The view will zoom to the active layer extents at all elevations.	All Layers
	Zoom to layer extent		This button will magnify the view to the active layer extents at the current elevation indicated in the Message bar.	All Layers
	Up one Level		Move the Drawing Window up in elevation by the BenchHeight value in the Project Settings.	All Layers
	Down one Level		Move the Drawing Window down in elevation by the BenchHeight value in the Project Settings.	All Layers
	Copy Cutter Up Level		Expand the pit contour up or down to the next contour’s elevation. It is used when constructing pits, dumps, or leach pads.	Cutter, Filler, Solution
	Cut/Fill Before		All Filler layers with cut_fill_num vales less that the active layers’ number will be processed in the Cut Contour with Cutter/Filler function. The current Filler will be excluded.	Cutter, Filler
	Cut Contour with Cutter/Filler		This button, on the respective Cutter and Filler layers in the Layer Menu, will cut or fill the Base topography. This populates two layers automatically: the BaseResult layer and the CutterResult layer, both of which are saved as part of the Group files. These layers are rewritten each time this button is clicked.	Cutter, Filler
	Add Cutter Layer		Located under the grouped Add Layer function, this adds and activates another Cutter layer. Each additional layer will be sequentially numbered and the new layer will be active. The Phase Name (pn) should be edited for each.	Cutter (populates)
	Add Filler Layer		Located under the grouped Add Layer function, this adds and activates another Filler layer. Each additional layer will be sequentially numbered and the new layer will be active. The Phase Name (pn) should be edited for each.	Filler (populates)
	Add Solution Layer		Located under the grouped Add Layer function, this adds and activates the Solution layer.	Solution (populates)
	Add Image Layer		Located under the grouped Add Layer function, this adds and activates the Image layer.	Image (populates)
	Fix All Polygons		Use of the Fix All Polygons function enables checking and fixing of multiple polygon type errors and project fixes, such as ensuring that the displayed features contain beginning and ending vertices or deleting contours that do not exist on mid-bench intervals. The errors may be first checked using the Check button, then fixed using the Fix button by the software or manually. Errors found are stored in the Error layer, which may be created or overwritten.	All Layers
	Display Vertices Number		This function is useful for displaying the point order in a contour. It is possible to see kinks in the numbers presented when they overlap each other.	Cutter, Filler, Base, BaseResult, CutterResult
	Add Toe Crest		Toe and crest lines can be added to provide extra detail. To add these lines at their elevations (0.5 x Bench Height) activate the Cutter or Filler Layer in the Layer Menu that needs toe and crest lines and then press the Add Toe Crest button.	Cutter, Filler
	Clear Toe Crest		Removes toe and crest lines from the active layer. Only available when the Cutter or Filler Layer is active.	Cutter, Filler
	Clear Mid Bench		Removes mid bench lines from the active layer. Only available when the Cutter or Filler Layer is active.	Cutter, Filler
	Add Ramp String		Adds ramp strings to the Import Layer once the Cutter or Filler has been cut up or down in elevation. Only available when the Cutter or Filler Layer is active.	Cutter, Filler
	Add Toe/Crest String		Adds toe and crest strings to the Import Layer once the Cutter or Filler has been cut up or down in elevation. Only available when the Cutter or Filler Layer is active.	Cutter, Filler
	Add Box		Click this button to add a border around the extents of the topography contours at the current elevation. Available when Base layer is active.	Base
	Choose Feature		This option enables selection of the desired feature when the relevant layer is selected from the Layer Menu. This button is located under the grouped Select function and operates on the active layer and current elevation. Selected features will display a highlighted green.	All Layers
	Select Features with a Box		Select a feature in the active layer by mouse pressing on the first box corner, keep the button pressed and move the mouse to draw the box to the diagonally opposite corner. All features in the active layer on the current elevation within or touching the drawn box will be selected, displayed with green coloring.	All Layers
	Select Vertices with a Box		Multiple vertices may be selected at the current elevation. These selected vertices may then be deleted from the feature	All Layers
	Add Dump Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, capacity and name. A tns field will be populated on running the schedule. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Load/Haul Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, name, availability, utilization, efficiency, fleet count. Loaders will be given a tnsPerHr productivity rating. Trucks require rated speeds for gradients that are low, medium and high & a ‘truck factor’ (truck payload) & rank. The units used in the speeds must match those of the project files (i.e. imperial or metric). Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Phase Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation (z), type, name and order. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Stockpile Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, name, a processing order and a low and high for determining the values of the Routing variable- ow: blocks accepted on that stockpile. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Leach Crush Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, name, a processing order and a low and high for determining the values of the Routing variable- ow: blocks accepted. The feature name: must be leach; it must match the process name in the Process tab of the Schedule window. Available when Schedule layer is active. Material mined reports here after stockpiling.	Schedule
	Add Leach ROM Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, name, a processing order and a low and high for determining the values of the Routing variable- ow: blocks accepted. The feature name: must be leach; it must match the process name in the Process tab of the Schedule window. Available when Schedule layer is active. Material mined reports directly here rather than via a stockpile.	Schedule
	Add Leach Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, and a name. This feature also requires population via CSV data for various attributes. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Plant Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, Q_tar, designation, and a name. This feature also requires population via CSV data for various attributes. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Pond Features		Press this button and specify location with left mouse-click to insert a feature that contains an elevation, type, Q_tar, designation, initial volume, minimum volume, maximum volume, storage curves and a name. This feature also requires population via CSV data for various attributes. Available when Schedule layer is active.	Schedule
	Add Point Features		This will add points to the active Model or Mine plan layer. Only available when the Schedule or Model layer are active.	Schedule, Model, Import
	Add Line Features		When the Roads or Solution layer is active, this property becomes available. This will add lines to those selected layers.	Roads, Import
	Add Polygon Features		Activate the appropriate layer & hit this button to start drawing roads or contour lines	Base, Cutter, Filler, Solution, BaseResult, CutterResult, Import, Geotech
	Edit Features		To add a point, press the left mouse button once on the line where the point is to be placed. To delete a point, left mouse click once on the point to be deleted. To move a point, left mouse click on & drag the point while keeping the mouse selection button pressed. Release when in the desired location.	All Layers
	Snap to Layer		Allows snapping the cursor to lines & points in the Drawing Window for the activated layer	All Layers
	Snap to All		Allows snapping the cursor to lines and vertices in the Drawing Window for all layers when drawing or editing polygons or lines.	All Layers
	Remove Features		Delete a feature in the active layer.	All Layers
	Rotate Features		Rotate a feature on the current elevation in the Drawing Window for the active layer. Select the feature, move the rotation origin to the desired location (when the cross-hairs display the origin may be relocated by dragging) and drag to rotate the feature by dragging about the origin.	All Layers
	Offset Features		Offset a feature by activating the layer to edit and selecting the feature in the Drawing Window. The feature will be offset by the distance specified in the Tolerance input in the View Settings.	All Layers
	Drag Features		Drag a feature to a different location (but not elevation) in the Drawing Window.	All Layers
	Modify Number of Feature Vertices		If a feature has too many vertices, this will reduce the number of vertices within a feature according the the Tolerance input in the View Settings	All Layers
	Create Curve		Press the Create Curve button and the selected feature to be curved. The feature’s layer must be activated to insert vertices where necessary to create the curve. This function is active in layers with features (Base, Geotech, Cutter, Filler & Roads). This function also uses the Vertices: number written in the Project Settings, or View Settings	All Layers
	Smooth Curve		Once button is selected, press the starting and ending vertices of a feature in the active layer to create a curve between. Uses feature drawing direction to determine portion of feature to be smoothed. Numerical entry for Vertices determines spacing between points inserted.	All Layers
	Split Polygon		Pick the cutting polygon then pick the polygon to be cut, the first polygon will split the second polygon. The area of the first polygon selected inside the second will be maintained, the remainder of the first polygon selected can be deleted.	All Layers
	Union Two Polygons		Pick one polygon then pick another polygon, these two polygons will join to form a new polygon. If using ramps, the start of the ramp (denoted by the red circle) will be retained for the second polygon selected.	All Layers
	Intersect Polygon		Pick one polygon then pick another polygon, and the resulting shape will be the intersecting area between the two.	All Layers
	Set First Poly Vertex		Moves starting location for ramp (red dot) to point on polygon specified. First, draw the polygon, select this button from the Toolbar and click the new position for the inside point of the ramp to start from. Press the button again to exit this function.	All Layers
	Properties		Displays table of layer or feature Properties (the layer should be active in the Layer Menu) in the Drawing Window. This display box may be ticked by left mouse clicking the Properties button, or by pressing the p key on the keyboard. Left mouse click on the block or layer in the Drawing Window. Parameters may be added to the Properties table, by selecting the plus button. After adding or deleting parameters (by pressing the corresponding button), save the changes.	All Layers
	Measure		For distance, left mouse click on the 1st point in the Drawing Window, then the 2nd point to be measured. The result will appear in the Message bar. For azimuth, select the two contour points in the direction they were drawn (clockwise or counterclockwise). When measuring wall angles, select the line for the 1st bench, then select a line on a higher or lower bench in the same vertical plane.	All Layers
	View Latitude and Longitude		Activates display of latitude and longitude gridlines, scale bar and north arrow. Settings in the Main Menu (Display>Gridline Settings)	All Layers
	Add Notes		Opens a notepad for the user to write down relevant project notes to reference later.	All Layers
	Export CSV		Exports layer data to a CSV format. Only available when Import Layer is active.	Import