Dump Design

To access this dialog use one of the following:

Activate the Design ribbon and select Design | Auto-Project | Dumps

Dump Design is a deprecated command. It won't disappear, but we're not planning on making further changes to it, instead investing this effort into automated pit design tools.

Whilst Dump Design automates the use of manual design commands, other design functions are worth considering as an alternative - these functions allow you to design adump, honouring required slope region parameters, road gradient and other requirements such as berm width, berm type, pre-existing bench definitions, face angles and contouring settings, not to mention a tight link with the reserves workflow functionality.

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The Dump Design Utility dialog is used to define dump design parameters, create a dump model by individual lifts and then output the resultant string and wireframe models to a file.

Following similar processes Dump and Stockpile models are created for use in the Destinations by first designing the lifts, this takes a base string and projects up based on settings such as berm width and slope angles.

Once the dump or stockpile shapes are defined cutting strings should be created before opening ‘Evaluate’ in order to slice the designed wireframes into dump/stockpile blocks.

Once blocks are created Sequence is run to define the entry points onto each level of the model as well as the block fill order. For stockpiles this is where the main difference occurs as it has a reclaim order as well as a fill order. EFH factor controls the fill/reclaim sequence created by giving greater weight to upward moves compared to horizontal.

The outputs will be a definition file, this contains the volumes of each block along with other information, a strings file containing the dump block outline and a set of wireframe files to show the shape.

Field Details:

Help: display help for this dialog.

Exit: exit the dialog and unload the dump objects.

Run:

Dump No.: accept the automatically generated Dump number, or define a new number.

Next Lift: accept the automatically generated number, or define a new number for the next lift projection.

Lift Height: define a vertical projection distance for the next lift (units as per project settings).

Project: project the selected dump string using all the currently displayed parameters.

Undo: undo the last lift projection.

Restart: unload the current dump design and start again.

Project Up: select this option to project the selected string upwards.

Project Down: select this option to project the selected string downwards.

Output Table:

Dump Name: define a base file name for the current dump design.

Dump Wireframe file: view the read-only wireframe file name generated from the defined Dump Name.

Dump String file: view the read-only strings file name generated from the defined Dump Name.

Design Parameters:

Face Angle: define a face angle (degrees).

Calculate: calculate the Face Angle from the displayed Inter Ramp Angle and Berm Width values.

Inter Ramp Angle: define an inter ramp angle (degrees).

Calculate: calculate the Inter Ramp Angle from the displayed Face Angle and Berm Width values.

Berm Width: define a horizontal berm width (units as per project settings).

Calculate: calculate the Berm Width from the displayed Inter Ramp Angle and Face Angle values.

Use Topography: tick this checkbox to use the defined topography wireframe to adjust the dump wireframe model and volumes.

Browse: browse and select a topography wireframe to use in the dump design process.

Road Parameters:

Include Road: tick this checkbox to include a road in the next lift.

Road Width: define a vertical projection distance for the next lift (units as per project settings).

Road Gradient: define a gradient (%) for the road.

Clockw: select this option to create a clockwise road.

Anti-Clockw: select this option to create an anti-clockwise road.

Choose Direction: select this option to define the road direction interactively in the Design window.

Settings:

Adjust Road Entrance: tick this checkbox to adjust the road entrance.

Auto Fillet: tick this checkbox to automatically fillet strings.

Crossover Checking: tick this checkbox to check for and remove crossovers.

Automatic Conditioning: tick this checkbox to automatically condition strings.

Taper Berms: tick this checkbox to taper berms.

Move Plane after projection: tick this checkbox to automatically move the view plane.

	Related Topics
	Dump Settings Dump Evaluation Dump SequencingRebuild Dumps Stockpile Design