Create Mining Phase Solids

To access this screen:

Reserves ribbon >> Phases | Create Solids.

You use phase solids as part of creating mining reserve solids. A phase solid is a closed wireframe that represents an individual pit phase, also known as a pushback.

Phase solids are generated from the intersection of the pit topography with the phase DTM. Before you create phase solids, you must define the topography and the phase DTM.

You can create or recreate solids for one or more phases, or insert an existing solid volume based on an existing phase DTM definition.

You can also splice phase solids into phase-strata-solids using the Strata Solids task, which relies on strata volumes being defined up front.

Creating contiguous phases

Solids must be created in sequential mining phase order. Create the smallest phase first so it can be removed from later phases to create pushback solids that represent the pit over time.

The Create button is enabled only when you select the first phase in the sequence, or when the previous phase solids already exist. The Create All button generates all phases where a contiguous sequence can be created.

Activity steps:

Display the Create Mining Phase Solids task.
Select the Pit that the phase solids belong to.
Review the topography surface for the selected pit.
- Check the Topography check box to show the topography surface.
- Uncheck the Topography check box to hide the topography surface.
Select one or more phases in Phase Solids Table.

The table shows the phase index, the phase DTM name, any generated Solid volume name, and a Pit DTM that represents the topography after the phase is extracted.
Create solids for your selection.
- Click Create to create the selected phase solid.
- Click Create All to create phase solids for all phases that form a contiguous sequence.
Optional: enter thresholds to remove small or thin solids.
- Enter a value in Remove solids with volume below to automatically remove solids below the specified volume.
- Enter a value in Remove solids with maximum thickness below to automatically remove solids below the specified thickness.