The Planning Workspace

This topics describes the screen elements you can use to support your strategic planning projects. Many of these components can be resized and repositioned. Screenshots will show a typical layout.

This topic focusses on the tools that specifically relate to the strategic planning functions in your product, including the optimal extraction sequence calculation workflow and the strategic planning database. Other, more general tools exist for displaying and formatting 3D objects, evaluating the model, editing data, wireframing and so on, and these are described in their respective context-sensitive help topics.

You can read a general topic about your application layout here.

Your application includes e a wide range user interface customization options so don't worry if screenshots in this or other topics don't match your screen exactly. Links to customization topics are provided further below.

Workspace Elements

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The default user interface layout in your application - you can customize this a lot

1	Project and Quick Access menus	The Project Menu contains commonly used system-level commands for saving and opening projects and more. The Quick Access Menu is a menu of commands you use often. You can customize this menu.	Project Menu Quick Access Menu
2	Ribbons	(defaults shown): categorized application commands. You can your ribbons too.	Ribbons Customize Ribbons
3	Toolbars	Toolbars can be fixed or floating, and can be docked anywhere around the edge of the screen. Animation – A handy toolbar you can use to animate a schedule. Bench Sections – Constrain a 3D view of pit data to one more bench elevations or actively filter bench data from memory. Command Toolbar – Run, cancel and search for commands and processes. Current Object – Set the current object, set attributes and values for the current objects when digitizing new data; create, save a delete current objects. Navigation – General 3D data viewing commands.	Animation Toolbar Bench Sections Toolbar Command Toolbar Current Object Toolbar Navigation Toolbar
4	Project Data Control Bar	Shows loaded data and data added you have addedr for tasks such as pre-processing prior to optimization, design of slope regions and so on. This control bar is also used to format the views and control display of data in 3D and Plots windows.	The Project Data Bar
5	Project Map and Project Database	The Project Map manages scenarios and shows progress through the project. Project Database: this shows the data that is managed by your application in a managed folder structure. It comprises files of formats understood by your application. Generally, the Project Database does not contain Datamine binary files (.dm, .dmx)	Project Map Project Database
6	Summaries, Reports and Charts	Commonly, both (6) and (7) are in the same collection of grouped tabs along with other data windows such as Start, 3D, and Plots. Summaries, reports and charts represent the results of each phase of your strategic planning project. Summaries and reports are presented in a spreadsheet-style view and chart windows support these results.	Summaries, Reports and Charts
7	3D View	The primary 3D view. Other 3D window tabs and external windows can exist. 3D data displays here, including schedule playback animations.	Viewing Data 3D Window Visualization External 3D Views
8	Properties. Data Properties, Compositor and Quick Filter bars	A collection of tools used for the analysis of loaded data or project files.	Properties Control Bar Data Properties Control Bar Compositor Control Bar Quick Filter Control Bar
9	Tasks Pane	The main functional hub of your application, containing managed workflow tasks for Optimization, Reports, Visualize and Notes.	Optimization Tasks Tasks Pane - Reports Tasks Pane - Visualize Tasks Pane - Notes
10	Output Control Bars	Displays important information about tasks in your application, including Optimization Progress, Economic Model, Ultimate Pit, Pushbacks, Schedule and Sensitivity Analysis.	Output Windows Optimization Output
12	Status Bar	This is updated regularly as processes and commands are run.	The Status Bar