The Vertical Opening Tool is part of the Underground Engineering Tools menu toolkit, allowing the user to quickly and easily layout and design shafts, raises and other vertical openings in MS3D underground mining projects. The openings are designed using a center line, a template and a grid set as a basis. The opening will be created following the trajectory of the central line, with format and dimensions defined in the template and with incremental sections according to the desired distance or specified grid set. The end result is the creation of the centerline, vertical opening format, incremental sections, with the option to enter the name of elements, symbols and surfaces. All created elements will be stored in the object being edited and can also be assigned to material sets. The Vertical Opening Tool is divided into 3 sections: Center Line Section on…
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Complex geologies can pose challenges for modeling and interpolation. Narrow veins, folds, and bent bedding are just a few examples of deposits that can cause problems during the interpolation workflow, whether using inverse distance weighting, kriging, or other interpolation techniques that consider the distances between samples. For these cases, MineSight has a set of powerful tools that make your job easier. MineSight exclusively offers Dynamic Unfolding and Relative Surface Interpolator, a set of tools that improve estimation in folded deposits. This tool takes into account the distance relative to the mineralization time in the given lithology (unfolded) and not the simple distance from the composites to the block. Among other words, these tools unfold the lithological layers as well as the data needed for the estimation and perform the estimation with…
With the new MineSight updates came numerous new features and improvements, whether in performance, interface or features. In this Tips & Tricks we will talk about some of the new tools and functionalities that can facilitate the development of daily activities. These tools were developed in view of the continuous need for software improvement and through requests from MineSight users. Arc Radius and Distance This tool was developed so that the creation of arcs, chamfers and circles is done in an intuitive way, allowing the user to work quickly, efficiently and accurately. A great example of how easy it is to get multiple geometries is that, based on two axes, it is possible to create arcs or line segments just by including or excluding the number of points. In this way the results can be the most varied. Line of Sight The new Line of Sight tool was created…
Have you ever thought about carrying out mining sequencing and automatically filling the sterile piles and/or stock? This is entirely possible with the integration of MineSight tools, ensuring accuracy and agility in the results, considering that, currently, most professionals perform this work manually. To perform the sequencing of the deposition piles, the Waste Dump Sequencer (WDS) tool is used, which works directly with geometries, defining the capacity and the best order for filling the pile according to the selected method. The Waste Dump Sequencer has a very simple configuration, where the main configurations are defined in a single panel and the method that will be used for the deposition of materials in the destinations is chosen. All information provided by Waste Dump Sequencer, such as: elevation, subzones, coordinates, capacities (mass and volume) and the filling order of…
With the new MineSight updates came numerous new features and improvements, whether in performance, interface or features. In this Tips & Tricks we will talk about some of the new tools and functionalities that can facilitate the development of daily activities. These tools were developed in view of the continuous need for software improvement and through requests from MineSight users. Arc Radius and Distance This tool was developed so that the creation of arcs, chamfers and circles is done in an intuitive way, allowing the user to work quickly, efficiently and accurately. A great example of how easy it is to get multiple geometries is that, based on two axes, it is possible to create arcs or line segments just by including or excluding the number of points. In this way the results can be the most varied. Line of Sight The new Line of Sight tool was created…
Generally, for iron deposits, block models have a multitude of variables, making them very large and, consequently, slowing down daily work. In most cases they are models that have the contents of the elements analyzed by percentages of granulometric ranges. Thus, in many companies, in the current didactic of estimation/interpolation of the model, the accumulation of variables is carried out to obtain an estimated value consistent with their granulometric proportion, and then the deaccumulation for the calculations of cubage. However, in MineSight's estimation routines, there have long been options that eliminate the need to estimate accumulated variables and later model deaccumulation calculations. Exactly!!! There is no longer the need for accumulated and non-accumulated variables per range for each element in the model, since the estimation is already weighted by the percentage of the granulometric range. But this subject will be addressed…
There are some tools in MS3D that greatly simplify the work of users regarding the design of piles, pits and accesses. In this edition of Tips & Tricks, we will present four of them: Dump/Spoil to Target, Surface Reslope, Attach Template along Polyline and Pit Expansion. These tools can also be used for environmental applications. An article on this subject can be found at the link: //www.minesight.com/en-us/company/newsletters/september2013/environmentalapplications.aspx. Dump/Spoil to Target With this tool, present in the OP Eng Tools menu, it is possible to quickly design pile solids, having as input only a polygon, slope angle, tolerance, pile volume and topography. The Dump/Spoil to Target tool is interactive with the user and warns him, in the MineSight Message Window, if his goals are not achievable, then suggesting acceptable values for the project. Surface Reslope This tool, also present in the OP Eng menu…
Often, making the mine's production schedule more flexible in the short term is not an easy task! But then, how to meet the demands of materials for processing and the opportunities that the market has in store for us? MineSight Planner is the ideal mine advance management tool to guide this decision making. It allows the user to simulate the blending result of the most diverse types of materials available in the mine, through a previously configured reserve logic, and to define the best moment to mine these advances. When importing the cuts, through the AutoSlicer & Target Material option, it is possible to discretize the mining plans according to specific materials or cut grades, which makes decision-making more dynamic in the defined operational horizon: In an intuitive way, the user is able to of reproducing the flow of mined materials to the…
The robustness of the MineSight Economic Planner (MSEP) tool is directly linked to the history of Mintec and MineSight. Developed since 1970 and improved over the years, MSEP provides us with great ease, speed and reliability which are the hallmarks of MineSight tools. MSEP is at the top of the MineSight spiral, being a powerful tool that allows the design of economic pits, phases/pushbacks, production simulations, sequencing scenarios, economic evaluations, among others. With a diverse range of options, it can be used for pre-feasibility and economic feasibility studies, as well as in the conceptual study stages of a mining project. At the base of the tool is the MSOPIT, which uses the Lerchs-Grossman or Floating Cones algorithms for economic evaluation of the block model. Allied to the great features of MSEP is the Multi-Run facility, which enables…
We know that many times the manipulation of the block model is a little time consuming due to the amount of variables and blocks. In the case of deposits with analysis by granulometric range, this number of variables increases considerably. To estimate the model by range, the technique of accumulating the grade variables by range is used and these values are stored in the samples/composites and block model, requiring the creation of unaccumulated and accumulated variables per element. In this way, the model becomes confusing due to the immensity of variables, in addition to the user having to execute routines for the accumulation and deaccumulation calculations, causing a considerable increase in the process time, as the user must spend time executing such routines and the model due to its physical size (because of so many variables) makes executions slower. Through this tip…
