Annotate And Format Strings

To access this screen:

  • Once operational settings have been defined, select the Format ribbon, then Schedule >> Strings.

The Annotate Strings screen is used to annotate the block outlines with scheduling information.

Your application adds the following fields to the Block Outlines (strings) object. You can use these for filtering and annotation purposes (or anything else, really).

  • PERCENT – the total percentage of the block that has been scheduled across all periods.

  • TIMENOST – the first period in which the block is scheduled.

  • PCNTCURR – the percentage of the block that is scheduled in the current period.

  • PCNTUPTO – the percentage of the block that is scheduled in the periods up to and including the current period.

  • START – the same as TIMENOST.

  • END – the final period in which the block is scheduled.

Note: PERCENT and PCNTUPTO values can be displayed for all activities.

Activity steps:

  1. Display the Annotate And Format Strings screen.
  2. Under Labels, for labels 1 to 9, select a field name from the list (field names are sourced from the Block Outlines object).
  3. Under Other:
    1. For Legend Column, select a data column to generate an automatic legend for colouring the block outlines.
    2. Select Filled to fill the outlines with colour.
    3. Select Row Height to edit a mass target.
  4. Select Defaults to set annotation parameters to default values.
  5. Select Clear All to clear all annotation settings.
  6. Select Advanced to format the Block Outlines using the standard Format Display screen.
  7. Select OK to apply the defined string annotation settings and close the screen.
  8. Select Preview to preview the string annotation settings in the 3D window without closing the screen.

Note: You can annotate mining blocks with both static information (for example BLOCKID) and dynamic information (for example PCNTCURR).

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