SC. Schedule Sequence

In the Stage Plans > Schedule Sequence step you can review the mining schedule.

Click on a schedule row to see the mining surface at that time
  • Drag the slider to move forward and backward through the transactions.

  • Use Previous Period and Next Period buttons to jump between time periods.

  • Click in the CSV rows to view a specific transaction by number, Period, Block Type, Block Name, percentage mined, and possible errors.

  • Use the Layers panel to import and toggle different designs and surfaces. More details about this panel functionality see here.

For users of third-party scheduling applications, press the Import Schedule button to import from CSV.

Generate Stage Plans

Press the Generate Stage Plans button and select the appropriate export option.

Generate Stage plans options

Generate Custom Stage Plans

To generate stage plans for all periods:

  1. Press Generate Stage Plans button.

  2. Select “Custom” option.

  3. In the Save As window specify a saving path and file name. Custom periods file will be saved in “.zip” format.

  4. Export Stage Plans window will open, where you can specify export stage plans settings.

 

Path

View or change saving path to a working folder of exported stage plans file.

Block Records tree

Flag block records/levels to include in export.

Surfaces

  • Topos

  • Pits Designs

  • Dumps Designs

Select layers of Topography, Pits and Dumps designs to include in the stage plans export.

File Format

Select file export format: *.00t”, *.dtm, *.dxf, *.csv, *.obj.

Clip Blocks by Design

Clips any blocks that extend below the pit design or above the dump design.

Clip Blocks by Design shouldn’t be used except in advanced use cases - it may lead to unexpected results.

Include Period name in File Name

Flag to include the period name in the exported stage plans file name.

Grid Constraints

  • Full Extents

  • Blocks

  • Grid Constraint to Blocks clips out topography and designs outside of the selected blocks.

  • Grid Constraint to Full Extents clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks.

Limit Expand Distance (m)

Clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks (this option is displayed only if “Blocks” grid constraint is selected).

Grid Resolution (m)

Grid size of the resulting stage plan.

Period selection

Select periods to include in the export.

Generate Stage Plans to File

When generating stage plans to file you have three export options, available through Generate Stage Plans button > To File option dropdown:

  • Current View

  • Initial State

  • End of Period > specify end of period, as required.

  1. In the Save As window specify a saving path, file name and file format (*.00t”, *.dtm, *.dxf, *.csv, *.obj).

  2. Export Stage Plans window will open, where you can specify export stage plans settings.

Path

View or change saving path to a working folder of exported stage plans file.

Block Records tree

Flag block records/levels to include in export.

Surfaces

  • Topos

  • Pits Designs

  • Dumps Designs

  • Survey Actual

Select layers of Topography, Pits and Dumps designs to include in the stage plans export.

Optionally select a matching survey surface.

This is used to detect the actual mining direction to use in each scheduling block.

Clip Blocks by Design

Clips any blocks that extend below the pit design or above the dump design.

Clip Blocks by Design shouldn’t be used except in advanced use cases - it may lead to unexpected results.

Grid Constraints

  • Full Extents

  • Blocks

  • Grid Constraint to Blocks clips out topography and designs outside of the selected blocks.

  • Grid Constraint to Full Extents clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks.

Limit Expand Distance (m)

Clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks (this option is displayed only if “Blocks” grid constraint is selected).

Grid Resolution (m)

Grid size of the resulting stage plan.

Generate Stage Plans to Layer

When generating stage plans to layer you have three export options, available through Generate Stage Plans button > To Layer option dropdown:

  • Current View

  • Initial State

  • End of Period > specify end of period timeframe, as required.

To generate stage plans to layer:

  1. Press Generate Stage Plans button.

  2. Select “To Layer” option and specify a period required.

  3. Export Stage Plans window will open, where you can specify export stage plans settings.

Block Records tree

Flag block records/levels to include in export.

Surfaces

  • Topos

  • Pits Designs

  • Dumps Designs

  • Survey Actual

Select layers of Topography, Pits and Dumps designs to include in the stage plans export.

Optionally select a matching survey surface.

This is used to detect the actual mining direction to use in each scheduling block.

Clip Blocks by Design

Clips any blocks that extend below the pit design or above the dump design.

Grid Constraints

  • Full Extents

  • Blocks

  • Grid Constraint to Blocks clips out topography and designs outside of the selected blocks.

  • Grid Constraint to Full Extents clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks.

Limit Expand Distance (m)

Clips out topography and designs farther than this distance from the blocks (this option is displayed only if “Blocks” grid constraint is selected).

Grid Resolution (m)

Grid size of the resulting stage plan.

Generated to layers Stage Plans will be added to the Layers panel.