TDOUT Process

To access this process:

Display the Find Command screen, select TDOUT and click Run.
Enter "TDOUT" into the Command Line and press <ENTER>.

See this process in the Command Table.

Process Overview

Processes TDOUT and TDIN provide the interface between your application and the standalone Whittle THREE-D program for pit Optimization.

Process TDOUT takes a Datamine model and creates two ascii output files, which can be read by THREE-D. When THREE-D is run an output results file is created. Process TDIN reads this results file, and the associated parameter file, and creates a Datamine model:

In ther words, Studio generates external economic and parameter files, and reads external result and parameter files.

The THREE-D economic file has a record per block with the following information:

Block index
Block value
Ore-body identification

The block dimensions are defined by the Datamine model cell structure. If the model has subcells the economic value for the block is found by accumulating all the subcell values. Where the accumulated subcell volume is less than the cell volume, the remainder will be estimated with the default parameter VDEFAULT.

The ore-body identification is defined by a numeric field. If a subcell model is supplied, the dominant field value is output. The information is used when printing plans and sections of results files, or to display the position of the orebody for checking purposes. Ore-body identification numbers can be in the range 0-61 to be printed with values 0-9,A-Z,a-z.

If a subcell model is supplied, it must be in sorted (IJK) order.

Input Files

Name	Description	I/O Status	Required	Type
IN	Input model file.	Input	Yes	Block Model

Fields

Name	Description	Source	Required	Type	Default
VALUE	Economic value field.	IN	Yes	Numeric	Undefined
ZONE	Ore-body identification field.	IN	No	Any	Undefined

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default	Range	Values
VDEFAULT	Default block value per unit volume (0.0).	No	0.0	Undefined	Undefined
FORMAT	Output format for economic file (0). 0 - fixed format 1 - comma separated	No	0	0,1	0,1

Example

!TDOUT &IN(MODEL1),*VALUE(DOLLARS)Enter THREE-D parameter file name:
SYSFILE>run1.mpa
Enter THREE-D economic file name:
SYSFILE>model1.eco
>>> 6000 RECORDS WRITTEN : TIME 15:16:21 <<<6250 blocks read from model file
6250 records written to economic file.