Drill and Blast Tab

The following tables describe the tools on the Drill and Blast tab.

Create Group

Tool Description Command
Set Working Drift Set a drift outline as a Working Drift. ABLS_DRIFTSET
Set Blast Outline Set one or more outlines as a Blast Outline. ABLS_BLASTOUTLINESET
Place Drill Place a drill in a working drift. ABLS_SCREATE
Name Setup Name a drill setup. ABLS_SANNOTATE
Move Setup Move a drill setup. ABLS_SMOVE
Erase Setup Delete a drill setup. ABLS_SERASE
Set Remote Boundary Place a boundary where the drill setup cannot surpass. ABLS_REMOTEDRILLINGBOUNDARYSET
Unfold Setup Unfold a setup in plan view for plotting purposes. ABLS_UNFOLDSETUP
SmartSet Recognize the working drift and blast outline in the selected section, then Amine recognizes the same drift and blast outlines in all the other sections and set them to the same. ABLS_DRIFTSET_N

Design Group

Tool Description Command
Hole Layout Layout a single hole from a drill location in a working drift, to a blast layout. ABLS_HLAY1
Fan Pattern Layout a drill holes in a fan pattern from a drill location in a working drift, to a blast layout. ABLS_HLAYFAN
Parallel Pattern Layout parallel drill holes from a drill location in a working drift, to a blast layout. ABLS_HLAYPARALLEL
Multiple Setups Layout drill holes from multiples setups on the same section, to a blast layout. ABLS_HLAYMULTIPLE
Erase Holes Erase drill holes. ABLS_HOLERASE
Create Slot Create a slot pattern on a plan view and extrude the pattern to a blast layout.  
Move Holes Move drill holes on the working plane. ABLS_HOMOVE
Move in 3D Move drill holes away from the working plane in a 3D fashion. ABLS_HOMOVE3D
Modify Dump Modify the dump in numerical values of the drill hole in question. ABLS_HODUMP
Trim Holes Trim drill holes to a selected outline. ABLS_HOTRIM
Names Holes Name drill holes. ABLS_HNAMEADD
Erase Name Erase the names of the drill holes. ABLS_HNAMEERASE
Annotate Holes Add the length and angle of the drill hole automatically. ABLS_HANNOADD
Annotate Breakthrough Add breakthrough annotations at the end of your drill holes. ABLS_HMADDBT
Annotate Backfill Add backfill annotations at the end of your drill holes. ABLS_HMADDBF
Erase Annotations Erase the annotations created. ABLS_ANNOERASE
Collar Hole Add collar annotations at the beginning of your drill holes. ABLS_HMADDCOLAR
Add Toe Add toe annotations at the end of your drill holes. ABLS_HMADDTOE
Erase Collar/Toe Erase the collar or toe annotations created. ABLS_HMERASE
Ref Collar to Drill Extend a reference line from the collar of the drill hole to the pivot point of the drill. ABLS_HEXTENDCOLLAR
Erase Ref to Drill Erase the reference line created from the collar of the drill hole to the pivot point of the drill. ABLS_HEXTENDCOLLARERASE
Unfold Collars Unfold the collars of the holes in a plan view. ABLS_UNFOLDCOLLAR
Unfold Toes Unfold the toes of the holes in a plan view. ABLS_UNFOLDTOE
Cone Holes Create a user-defined cone from Collar to Toe showing possible drill deviations. ABLS_VAUTOCONE
Model Holes Create a modeled cynlinder around the drill holes with a user-defined diameter. ABLS_VMHOLE
Bag Create a warning at the bottom of the hole to insert a bag. ABLS_VBAG
Stem Create a warning at the top of the hole to insert a plug. ABLS_VSTEM
Remote Drilling Create a remote drilling warning at a user-defined distance in the hole. ABLS_VREMDRILL
Energy Outline Create an outline of the estimated blast energy being created. IBS_ENERGY_OUTLINE
Hole Outline Create an outline of the drill holes on the present ring. IBS_HOLE_OUTLINE
Powder Outline Create an outline of the powder on the present ring. IBS_POWDER_OUTLINE

Load Group

Tool Description Command
Load Holes Load the holes with powder and blasting cap. ABLS_PGUI
Move Powder Move the powder inside the hole. ABLS_PMOVE
Move Powder - Multiple Move the powder inside multiple holes. ABLS_PMMOVE
Erase Powder Erase the powder from a hole. ABLS_PERASE

Plot Group

Tool Description Command
Create Blast Letter Create a blast letter using a defined template. ABLS_LBLAST
Plan View (Blast Letter) Create a plan view of the blast holes, typically an additional viewport on the blast letter. ABLS_LBLASTPLAN
Refresh Blast Letter Refresh an existing blast letter with updated information. ABLS_LREFRESH
Create Drill Letter Create a drill letter using a defined template. ABLS_LDRILL
Plan View (Drill Letter) Create a plan view of the drill holes, typically an additional viewport on the drill letter. ABLS_LDRILLPLAN
Refresh Drill Letter Refresh an existing drill letter with updated information. ABLS_LREFRESH
Add North Arrow Add a north arrow do your layout. ABLS_NORTHARROW
Add View Arrow Add a view arrow to your layout. ABLS_LOOKARROW
Add Elevation Line Add an elevation marker to your drawing. ABLS_ELEVATIONLINE
Add Ref Line Add a reference line to your drawing. ABLS_REFERENCELINE
Combine All Views Combine all the section views into one layout much like a light-table view. ABLS_LIGHTTBLE
Print Rings Print the sections created. ABLS_PLOTRINGS
Reset View Port Scale Reset the viewport scale. ABLS_RESETSCALE

General Tools Group

Tool Description Command
Drill Blast Info Extract general information on the Drill and Blast project. ABLS_LEXPORT
Summary Info Extract general information on the stope and workplace. ABLS_SUMMARYINFO1
Hole Info Extract detailed information on the holes plotted. ABLS_HINFO
Drill Info Extract detailed information on the drill per section. ABLS_EXTRACTRINGSETUP
Settings Settings related to the drill and blast project. Drill, powder, blasting caps amongst more information can be found in these settings. ABLS_CONFIG
Database Connection Drill and Blast information connection link between SQL and Amine. ABLS_DBSETUP_IBLAST
Databse Connection (Info) Drill and Blast information connection link between SQL and Amine. ABLS_DBSETUP_IBLASTINFO
SQL Convert SDF file conversion to an SQL database file. This is only needed to be done one time, if not created before. Check with your administrator before create a new SQL database file. ABLS_DBCONVERT