External Programs
This section provides information on where the external programs are stored as well as how to access the applicable selection options.
Analysis is a tool to create reports and charts based on pit optimisation results.
Use this program to create a Vulcan triangulation from a Vulcan ASCII dump file.
Use this program to run Automated Pit Designer.
Use this program to create a new block model by adding two existing block models.
Use this program to assign block variable values from an input model to an output model.
Use this program to perform calculations on a block model according to the contents of a nominated calculation script file.
Use this program to split a block model using a splitting factor, a positive integer n. It creates n output models with non-overlapping extents whose union is the original model. The cut planes must be along parent blocks. The pieces should be approximately the same size. The schemas have the same block sizes, but different extents.
Use this program to edit nominated block model variables, such as variable name, description or default value.
Use this program to convert a classic Vulcan block model into the extended block model format.
Use this to create a block model from a nominated CSV file.
Use this program to delete blocks from a nominated block model.
Use this program to add a character (name) variable to an existing block model.
Use this program to add or subtract numeric variables to and from an existing block model.
Use this program to create an estimation summary report using a list of block estimation report files saved to a specification file as input.
Use this program to export a block model to an ASCII file. The blocks to export can be selected by specifying selection parameters.
Use this program to calculate an expression in a block model and save it in a variable.
Use this program to extract blocks from a nominated block model.
Use this program to display the header information, including origin, format, dimensions and defined variables, for a nominated block model file. The header information can also be outputted to a nominated file.
Use this program to record and list all modifications and/or processes that have been performed on a specific block model file.
Use this program to import and create a new block model using the block information stored in a nominated ASCII file.
Use this program to create a spatial index for a new block model.
Use this program to insert mined variables into a nominated block model.
Use this program to convert a Vulcan block model into a Pexel file based on the colour legend of a specified variable in the model.
Use this program to check for duplicate blocks in a nominated block model.
Use this program to create grade shell triangulations from an existing block model.
Use this program to create grade shell triangulations from an existing block model using the improved method. The improved method is designed to resolve the occasional surface problems that occur using the traditional BMARCH method.
Use this program to export block model variables that correspond to the X, Y, and Z locations of a mapfile or Isis database.
Use this program to copy the contents of a block model into a larger model. The schemas of the models must align. They must have same parent block sizes and same sub-schema sizes and the alignment of the parent blocks must differ by a multiple of the parent block size.
Use this program to report on the proportion of a block that falls in a nominated triangulation(s).
Use this program to create a new block model file according to the rules defined in a nominated block model definition file.
Use this program to export regular blocks from a Vulcan block model. The information can be exported to a Whittle 3D block model, a Whittle 4D block model, a Whittle 4D pit list file or a CSV file.
Use this program to take in a design database along with the specification created in the menu option.
Use this program to reblock a sub-blocked model into a regularised block model. Each variable in the resulting block model will be calculated according to the rules contained in a nominated reblocking parameter file.
Use this program to calculate reserves.
Use this program to create a new block model definition file from an existing block model.
Use this program to import and create a new block model using the block information stored in a nominated ASCII file.
Use this program to create a stratigraphic block model from a set of stratigraphic grid models created through the Grid Calc menu.
Use this program to create a stratigraphic block model from triangulations. The stratigraphic models can include sub-blocking and faulting.
Use this to export block values to a nominated CSV file. The resulting CSV file can be edited through software packages that are familiar with the CSV format, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access.
This option allows a block model to be transformed, rotated and/or scaled.
Use this program to intersect a block variable with a nominated triangulation.
Use this program to re-block a block model based upon a new surface.
Use this program to perform block flag by triangulation.
Use this program to take models with compatible schemas and write the union of the block models. All variables are copied. The schemas must be compatible (the same size blocks and origins that differ by a parent block size.) The rotations must be the same.
Use this program to convert legacy block models created prior to version 4.5 to the current block model style.
Use this option to check to see if two block models are equal. It checks number of blocks, origin, extents, rotation, schema, variable list, variable values.
Use this option to check to see if two dgds are equal.
Use this option to check to see if two grids are equal. It checks node values, extent, mask, origin, and cell size. The tolerance is set to -4 by default, but can be customised for each test.
Use this option to check to see if two triangulations are equal. It checks points, triangles, surface area, volume, extents, graphic properties.
Use this to option to reconcile the mining plan with the actual topography. The tool is divided into two working methods: Using planned and actual topographies, and using planned solids and actual topography. Compliance generates delay and advance solids for the plan.
Use this program to compress and rebuild DGD files.
Use this program to maintain databases.
Use this program to run compositing.
Use this program to load and validate data in the Vulcan databases (including the ODBC Link database).
Use this program to create a text file of the database.
Use this program to load a .dbl file into a database.
Use this program to merge components in a specification file into a database.
Use this program to run database conditions (.dcf) files.
Use this program to create separate files for each record (table) in the database.
Use this program to apply cell declustering to a sample population.
Use this to export the design data contained in a Vulcan design database into a nominated MicroStation DGN file.
Use this program to export the design data contained in a Vulcan design database into a nominated drawing file (.dwg and .dxf).
Use this program to import the data contained in a nominated MicroStation DGN file into a Vulcan design database.
Use this program to convert an ASCII text file to a binary design file.
Use this program to convert a binary.dsf design to an ASCII text file.
Use this program to import the data contained in a nominated Open Alliance Design formatted file (.dwg and .dxf).
Use Mapfile Generation to generate regular mapfiles using the same data selection procedures used by the fixing process.
Use this program to run the flag samples option as a separate executable from Vulcan.
Use this program to import structural data into a structural database.
Use this program to convert a External_CompuServe.gifExternal_87a.gif89a image or texture into a Pexel file.
Use this program to run specific Model Route Calculation definitions using predefined routes.
Use this program to automate import runs for CSV files.
Use this program to run Level Layout specification files (.ugll_spec).
Use this program to merge two design databases.
Allows a sequence of multivariate transformations and backtransformations to be run multiple times.
Use this program to convert a Silicon Graphics Industry (SGI) RGB file into a Pexel file.
Use this program to convert an image file to a PostScript file. The image may be a External_CompuServe.gifExternal_87a.gif89a image, a Silicon Graphics Industry (SGI) RGB image or a Portable Any Map image.
Use this program to convert.rgb files to.rtl files.
Use this program to merge a local and a master specification file.
Use this program to create a Vulcan triangulation and Image Registration file (which registers the image to the triangulation) from a DXF file and an image.
Use this program to convert a Vulcan triangulation to the Inventor format.
Use this to generate a specification file of update with points.
Use this program to create a new triangulation by adding existing triangulations.
Use this program to report cut and fill volumes between two open-cut mine designs (such as date1 and date2) on a bench by bench basis.
Use this option to performing boolean operations on triangulations.
Computes a grid based union or intersection of two triangulations.
Performs the Boolean operation on two nominated triangulations.
Use this program to compress the data structure of a triangulation by removing all duplicated/unused vertices and all duplicated facets.
Use this program to close all of the holes in a nominated triangulation solid.
Create solids between two surfaces limited by vertical projection of their footprint intersection.
Use this program to calculate the volume of a 3D triangulation, as well as check for closure and topological consistency.
Use this program to display a nominated triangulation(s).
Use this program to convert a Datamine triangulation into a Vulcan triangulation(s).
Use this program to make an ASCII dump of an existing triangulation for import into other systems.
Use this program to place a fault (defined by a string) on a nominated surface triangulation. The fault results in a vertical or angled tear of the surface.
Use this program to convert a Gemcom triangulation to a Vulcan triangulation.
Use this program to convert a grid file to a triangulation file.
Use this program to turn a nominated ASCII triangulation into a binary triangulation.
Use this program to take all objects in each layer specified and perform a tesellation of the data. The results are then written and saved in a nominated triangulation.
Use this program to convert a MineSight triangulation (.msr) to a Vulcan triangulation.
Use this program to create a triangulation model from existing contour data.
Use this program to register data onto a specified triangulation projected in the Z direction.
Use this program to create a new triangulation by relimiting an existing triangulation model.
Use this program to clip a triangulation between a series of successive planes and produce new triangulations. The new triangulations are referred to as shells.
Use this program to filter multiple triangulations at once.
Use this program to snaps points together on a nominated triangulation if they are in a specified tolerance.
Use to split a triangulation by volume, with the option of saving a triangulation below the target volume and/or appending the results in one single triangulation.
Use this program to create a new triangulation by subtracting one existing triangulation from another.
Use this program to test a nominated triangulation for consistent topology, closure, and intersections.
Use this program to transform a nominated triangulation using matrices in a given specification file.
Use this program to calculate the volume between a nominated triangulation and a specific bench height plane.
Use this program to calculate the cut and fill volume between two nominated triangulations.
Use this program to repair one or two triangulation by voxelation (creating a block model of a specified size to then generate a grade shell around the invalid solid(s)).
Use this program to uncompress triangulations from newer versions of Vulcan (Vulcan 8.0 and newer) to a format that is compatible with Vulcan 7.5.
Use this to create a batch file to run the Stope Shape Optimiser engine as a standalone tool from a CMD box.
