Overview

In this portion of the tutorial you are going to define conventions, general interface and project settings that are typically used during the open pit design process.

Prerequisites

Required:

Created a new project and added all the required tutorial files i.e. the exercises on the Creating a New Project page.

Links to exercises

The following exercises are available on this page:

Defining Project Settings
Defining Mine Design Settings

Exercise: Defining Project Settings

In this exercise you are going to define the following project settings:

default string point symbol size
evaluation control settings.
a 3D window grid
a white 3D window background

Setting a Default Symbol Size for Displayed Data

Activate the Home ribbon and select Project | Settings to display the Project Settings dialog.
In the Project Settings dialog, select the Data Display tab.
In the right pane, Symbols group, use the Default symbol size: spin buttons to define a value of '2' mm.
Leave the Project Settings dialog open.
Click Apply.

Evaluation Control Settings

Still in theProject Settingsdialog, select theMine Design tab
In the right pane, Evaluation Control group, select the Evaluate Block Model option.

Ensure the following check boxes are disabled:

Full cell evaluation

Use Display Legend

Clearing the Full cell evaluation check box allows the evaluation commands to run a partial cell evaluation i.e. the portions of block model cells falling outside the evaluated strings or wireframes do not form part of the evaluation. This allows a more accurate evaluation to be done, but is also generally slower.
The default selected item in the Legend drop-down list is used for now, as an evaluation legend will be defined in a later exercise.

Click OK to dismiss the Project Settings dialog.

Design Window Display Grid Settings

Activate the 3D window.
Display the Sheets control bar.
Expand the Grids folder and double click the [Default Grid] option.
In the Format toolbar, click Grids.
In the Format Display dialog, Grids tab, select the Default grid and define the following settings:

Fixed intervals: enable this check box and set a fix value of "10" for X, Y and Z.
Major line every N: set this to "20"

Close the Default Grid Properties dialog.

Exercise: Defining Mine Design Settings

In this exercise you are going to define the mine design settings:

metric units
gradient convention to 1:N and positive up
face angle
berm width.

Measurement Unit Settings

All dimensions given in this tutorial are based on metric units.

To ensure your system is in this mode, access the Home ribbons Project | Options button.
In theOptionsdialog, select theData - General tab.
SetDrawing UnitstoMetric (mm)
SetData UnitstoMetric (m).
ClickOK.

Setting Gradient Convention

Activate the Format ribbon and select General | Gradient.
In the Gradient Convention dialog, select the Gradient In option Percent %.
Select the Direction option +ve UP, click OK.

Setting the Road, Berm and Contour Colours

Activate the Design ribbon.
Select Design | Set Colors | Road.
In the Studio OP dialog, check that the color is set to '5.0' i.e. green, click OK.
Select Design | Set Colors | Berm.
In the Studio OP dialog, check that the color is set to '3.0' i.e. orange, click OK.
Select Design | Set Colors | Contour.
In the Studio OP dialog, check that the color is set to '4.0' i.e. yellow, click OK.

Setting the Face Angle and Berm Width

Using the Design ribbon, select Design | Face Angle.

In the Studio OP dialog, check that the default face angle is '60' degrees, click OK.

In Studio's pit design tools, road gradients are expressed as percent and face angles are in degrees.

Select Design | Berm Width.
In the Studio OP dialog, set the berm width to '8' m, click OK.
Select File | Save.