Drill Machine Export Settings

For context, see Configure Mine Site Settings.

If you export drill patterns to drill machines, select settings as required for the drill machine type.

Flanders

• Export File Extension—The file extension used for the drill pattern export file from DataBlast Ignite. Select from TXT and CSV. See File Formats.
• Selected Fields for Export—Click Edit Exported Fields to open the Flanders ARDVARC Blast Plan File Import Specification screen, in which you can:
  • Select predefined fields and Custom Properties as required.
  • Specify the Export File Delimiter character to separate values in the drill pattern export file.

MiPlan

• Mine Units Type—Select from Local Grid and MGA.

Wenco

• Drill Navigation Export Format—The format used by the drill navigation export feature when outputting a file to be used by the Wenco/APS drill. If not specified, the default value of “%-,%s,%i,%1,%2,%c" is used. Except for the following replaceable tokens, values are used verbatim.
  • %-—The drill pattern name
  • %s—The hole identifier
  • %i—A counter
  • %1—The design collar coordinates
  • %2—The design drill toe coordinates
  • %c—The drill icon type/colour (currently only supports a value of 7)
• Job Description
• Template—Customise the Wenco .cfg file export format to suit your site's drill setup. Example:
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  EXACTATRAK
  JOBFILE
  1
  TASKS
  1
  JOBDESC
  {JOB_DESCRIPTION}
  TASK
  1
  FILE
  {PATTERN_NAME}.dxf
  TASKDESC
  {PATTERN_NAME}
  DRILLHOLES
  {PATTERN_NAME}.csv
  {GPS_REFERENCES_LIST}

Atlas Copco

• Coordinate System—Select from Left Hand Rule and Right Hand Rule.
• Plan ID Value—Select from Pattern Name, Local Navigation ID and Pattern Database Identifier.
• Plan Name Value—Select from Pattern Name, Local Navigation ID and Pattern Database Identifier.
• Obey cSysType L (Swap X/Y) on Export—If checked, and the file has a value of L in the CSysType value of the Coordsystem section of the PositionQuality, the X and Y coordinates are swapped when creating the point location.