Ring Design menu contents
This section describes the options under the Ring Design submenu. References are also made to the options under the Explosives Loading submenu as both menus provide you with a complete set of tools for underground blast design.
Create/Edit Blast Specification File
Use the Create/Edit Blast Specification File option to create or edit the specification file that is to be used in the Ring Design and Explosive Loading modules.
Use the Edit Display Preferences option to view/modify the default display settings.
Use the Create Rings option to create section lines, which define the locations of the blast rings.
Use the Create Rings Index option to create an index of a section line. The index identifies a reference position, such as the origin of the drillhole pattern (for Section view) or the position of rings with respect to the origin of the blast (Plan view).
Use the Rename Rings option to select individual section lines or digitize picking line. The digitize picking line then selects any holes that intersect that line and honour the sequence from point 1 to point to point 2 to rename in that sequence.
Use the Create Ring Profile option to separate a 3D model of material to be mined into slices or cuts which can be used for ring design.
Use the Ring Reserves option to calculate the available mineable material in a stope triangulation based on grade specifications for the stope or the mine as whole.
Create/Edit Blast Database Design
Use the Create/Edit Blast Database Design option to create a datasheet (design) for a blasthole database by specifying the fields required for your project. Any standard fields that are required in the datasheet are included automatically.
Use this option to open an existing blasthole database. All new blastholes will be stored in, and existing holes will be linked to, the currently opened database.
Use the Display Rings option to load the blastholes for a chosen ring (layout).
Use the Remove Rings option to remove loaded blastholes from the screen.
Use the Navigate Rings option to set the working layout for the current Vulcan session.
Use the Next Ring option to set the working layout for the current Vulcan session, by progressing to the next ring in the loaded layer.
Use the Previous Ring option to set the working layout for the current Vulcan session, by returning to the previous ring in the loaded layer.
Display Current Ring Name and Dump Angle
Use the Display Current Ring Name and Dump Angle option to show/hide the current working layout and, if applicable, the current working plane angle.
Use the Change Ring Dump Angle option to edit the dump angle of an individual ring.
Use the Create Hole option to create individual offset or radial blastholes. Any new holes created by this option will be added to the working layout.
Use the Create/Edit Five-Spot Hole option to create or edit a five-spot hole (sometimes called a "dice five" hole).
Use the Move Hole option to change a blasthole's position.
Use the Copy Hole option to copy an existing blasthole from one layout to another.
Use the Delete Hole option to delete blastholes from the screen, as well as from the blasthole database.
Use the Edit Diameter option to edit the diameter of blastholes from the screen, resulting in changes to the blasthole database.
Use the Shuffle Holes option to move the toe or collar points for a group of blastholes.
Use the Adjust Hole Length option to adjust the lengths of a group of blastholes.
Use Comment Hole to edit custom comment.isis fields directly from Vulcan.
Use the Layout Pattern option to automatically create multiple blastholes for a layout according to a set of layout definition parameters.
Use the Fill Pattern option to create multiple blastholes automatically for a layout according to a set of layout definition parameters.
Use the Change Sequence option to change the value (name), which is stored in the NAME field of the HEADER table in the blasthole database. This value is used for reporting and plotting purposes.
This section describes the explosive analysis tools that can be used to assign explosive columns to blasthole and order (cap) each column for the blast sequence.
Use the Edit Report Format option to load a report style file. The report style is used by the Report on Layout option to produce a blast report for selected layouts or individual holes.
Use the Report on Layout option to generate a blast report for selected layouts or individual holes.
Use the Export to IREDES tool to export underground blastholes to XML files that follow the IREDES format.
Use the Plot Rings option to create a set of cross section plot files. An explosives report may be included with each cross section to form a complete plot.
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