Generate Toes and Crests
Generate Strings for Toe and Crest Locations
Use the Generate Toes and Crests option to use the named points that are associated with in situ blocks in Vulcan to generate strings for toe and crest locations.
Instructions
On the Dragline menu, point to Strips, and then click Generate Toes and Crests to display the Create Toes and Crests panel.
If a Dragline specifications file (.rsp) was not opened prior to selecting this option, then the Open Dragline Specification panel displays first.
Open Dragline Specification panel
Spec file name
Enter, or select from the drop-down list, the <spec_file_id> part of the dragline specifications file name. The maximum size is 6 alphanumeric characters. Selecting a name from the drop-down list will open an existing specifications file. Entering a new name will create a new specifications file.
Click OK.
Layer
Name
Select the layer that will be used to store the resulting toe and/or crest points.
The drop-down list contains the names of all layers found in the currently open design database. If you select an existing layer, then the resulting data will be appended to the nominated layer. If you enter the name of an existing layer that is not currently loaded, then you will need to confirm whether you want to load the layer or replace it, that is, overwrite its contents.
To create a new layer, enter the layer name. The layer name:
- may contain up to 40 characters.
- must begin with an alphanumeric character [0-9] or [a-z].
- cannot include spaces.
- can include hyphens [ - ], plus signs [ + ], underscores [ _ ], periods/dots [. ].
- can include the special characters of ÁÂÃÀÇÉÊÍÓÔÕÚÜÑ that are used in the Spanish and Portuguese languages.
Description
Enter a description to further describe the contents of this layer. The description can be up to 80 alphanumeric characters and may include spaces. If a description is not entered, then a default description will be used instead. If the chosen layer already has an assigned description, the description displays when the layer is selected. Existing layer descriptions can be overwritten.
Points
Specify whether you want to create toe points, crest points or both toe and crest points.
Connect points as strings
Select this check box to connect the resulting points.
Colour
Select a colour for the resulting points. The colour will be chosen from the current colour table.
Sections
The points can either be generated across all of the loaded Dragline sections or just a specified subset.
To use a subset, enter the section numbers. Entering '1 - 10' will generate points across sections 1 through 10, while '1, 3, 5, 6' will only generate points for sections 1, 3, 5 and 6.
Highwall
Nominate whether to use the named positions on the current highwall or the named positions on the next highwall.
Click OK.
Select a strip. Once selected, the chosen strip is unavailable and the toe and/or crest locations are generated. You will then be asked to select another strip.
Click Cancel to return to the Create Toes and Crests panel, click Cancel (on the Create Toes and Crests panel) to exit the option.
