The Block Outlines File

A Block Outlines file is generated during mining block generation, using any of the following managed tasks on the Reserves ribbon:

The default name of the generated file is “outlines”. This topic describes the fields contained within the Block Outlines file.

Mandatory Fields

Field Name	Type	Description
XP, YP, ZP, PTN, VALUE	Numeric.	Datamine string definition fields, controlling location of points and grouping of points into a string.
BLOCKID	Numeric.	Unique block identifier. Corresponds with the BLOCKID in the reserves file.

Field Name	Type	Description
DPLUS and DMINUS	Numeric.	Used to control block height. DPLUS is the metres above, DMINUS the metres below. Can be set to zero or negative for showing offsets. Used in Evaluation and 3D Display only.
BLASTID	Numeric.	Used for grouping blocks together for BLAST type dependencies. Multiple blocks can have the same value.

Field Name	Type	Description
PERCENT	Numeric.	Added by the scheduling process to show overall percentage of block loaded.
PCNTCURR	Numeric.	Added by the scheduling process to show percentage of block loaded in the current period only.
PCNTUPTO	Numeric.	Added by the scheduling process to show percentage of block loaded in the periods up to and including the current period.
START & END	Numeric.	The first and last periods in which the block is mined.
ACT(N)PCT and ACT(N)PCU	Numeric.	Activity percent and percent current. (N) represents the activity number from the Define Activities screen.