Schedule Shapes

To access this screen:

On the Schedule Activities screen, find the required Loading (shapes) Activity, then click Schedule in the Action column.

Use the Schedule Shapes screen to schedule selected mining blocks using additional control provided by user-defined mining shape outlines (strings).

Activity steps:

Display the Schedule Shapes screen.
Review the selected shapes on the Material Movement tab to see evaluated category results for the active shape.

Note: If multiple shapes are listed, click in the grid to select the required shape before you use any commands in the Priority group.

Use the grid columns to understand the reported values:
- SHAPEID – The mining shape outline number.
- Category – The material category label.
- Tonnes – The total mass of material (tonnes) lying within the selected active shape(s), for the listed Category. This includes both mined and unmined material.
- Available Tonnes – The mass of available material (tonnes) lying within the selected active shape(s), for the listed Category.
  
  Note: This excludes all mined material.
- Destination – The material category destination.
- Loader – The defined loader for that material.
- ...and any user-defined columns from the reserves table.
Review the Material Routes tab to see evaluated route properties for the selected shape:
- SHAPEID – The mining shape outline number.
- Category – The material category label.
- Destination – The material category destination.
- ...and other standard material route columns.
Use Destination Summary, Machine Summary, and Blocks Summary to review summary information for the selected shape.
Define Shapes:
- To set the active shape, click Pick Active Shape, then select an outline (closed string) in the Design window.
- To modify the active shape, click Transform Shape, then adjust the shape, orientation, and position in the Design window. See move-strings2d.
- To refresh results after editing the shape, click Recalculate Now.
- If you want results to update automatically after shape edits, select Dynamic Recalculation.
Define Priority settings:
- To change scheduling order, use Move Up or Move Down to adjust the selected shape’s priority in the grid.
- To remove a shape, click Remove Shape, then optionally delete the associated Mining Shape string.
Define reporting Options:
- Select Tonnes to report material by TONNES in the grid, or Volume to report material by VOLUME in the grid.
- Check Hide Empty Categories to hide any category records in the grid which do not contain any material.
- Define a Bench Haul Factor for the listed mining shapes; default '1'.
Click Schedule to schedule the listed mining shapes using the defined parameters and close the screen, or click Cancel to close without scheduling shapes.

Note: If multiple shapes are listed in the grid, the selected shape’s records are highlighted in green. Click in the grid to select the relevant shape’s records before you use any Priority group commands.

Note: Mining blocks and shapes are coloured as follows: Mined blocks – red; Remaining blocks – green; Mining shapes – orange. For more information on mining using shapes, see here.

Pre-Scheduled Blocks

The Blender recognises material that has been pre-scheduled to the stockpile. This can occur due to stockpile supply in the Stockpile settings screen, or material that has already been scheduled to be reclaimed before you run the Blender.

Blending And Targets

When you run Blend, a Global Mass Target called TonnesToMine is created if one does not already exist. Global Mass Variables for the tonnage sent to each possible destination are also created and displayed as numerators in the TonnesToMine rate target. If a TonnesToMine target already exists, it remains unchanged.

Note: Stockpile reclaim tonnage is not automatically included in the TonnesToMine target. If you need to include this tonnage, add the Global Mass Variables for stockpile reclaim tonnage to the Global Mass Variables list and change the numerators for these variables to 1.0 in the Mass Target screen.