Drill Machine Export Settings

For context, see Configure Mine Site Settings.

If you export drill patterns to drill machines (see Export Hole Design to a Drill Navigation System), 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.

WencoLite

  • 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 WencoLite CFG file export format to suit your site's drill setup. Example:
    EXACTATRAK
    JOBFILE
    1
    TASKS
    1
    JOBDESC
    {JOB_DESCRIPTION}
    TASK
    1
    FILE
    {PATTERN_NAME}.dxf
    TASKDESC
    {PATTERN_NAME}
    DRILLHOLES
    {PATTERN_NAME}.csv
    {GPS_REFERENCES_LIST}

WencoMine

  • Drill Navigation Export Format—The format used by the drill navigation export feature when outputting a file to be used by the WencoMine 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 WencoMine CFG file export format to suit your site's drill setup. Example:
    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.

Sandvik OptiMine

  • 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.