Auto Project
Project Blocks Automatically
Use the Auto Project option to perform all the projections that are specified in an existing macro projection file. The macro file must have been assigned to the blocks or strings (strings may have been used to represent walls) to be projected.
The Manual Project option can be used to perform projections on a step by step basis.
Note: The SAVE_WTAGS macro command, or the Save batter and berm values with strip blocks option on the Block projection defaults panel, can be used to apply the correct batter angle and berm width values to the W tags when using this option. Refer to the Create Macro option for more information on macro commands.
The assigned layer can contain no data other than the blocks to be projected.
Instructions
On the Open Pit menu, point to Benching and Batters, and then click Auto Project.
The Multiple Selection box displays. This to select the objects (blocks) by category. The layer, group or feature category can be used to select an entire strip. Cancel once finished selecting blocks.
You are then asked whether or not to project these blocks. Project blocks projects the blocks. A percentage bar displays showing the projection progress. To stop the projections, click Esc. The current block will finish before stopping. If an error occurs during projection, then you will get an error message and a choice of whether to continue to the next block or to stop altogether.
If you stop, then you can edit the block or wall that had a problem and then use the Manual Project option to restart the project for this block or wall. Typical errors are caused by blocks disappearing when projected through the sequence or walls not being long enough (when using the Walls method).
As the projected blocks all have the same feature name (PIT$BLOCK), they may be deleted without deleting the original 2D blocks ( Design > Object Edit > Delete option using the feature selection category).
The object names of the projected blocks are the original 2D block names plus the number of the operations performed on it. For example, if the first block in the strip produced a polygon from the second projection (that is, the second operational command in the macro file), then the block is called 001:02.
The names can be displayed through using the Analyse > Label > Object Label option. They can be changed through using the Open Pit > Benching and Batters > Block Number option.
Note: The projected blocks also have a linkage set up to point to the reserve database to be created with the Run Batvol option. Therefore once the reserves are calculated, the blocks can be inquired (using the Analyse > Attribute Data > Inquire option).
