Datamine Quickies

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DATAMINE STUDIO 2 SHORTCUTS By Desmond Koh

Loading/Unloading Files and Design Window

om ga gw

Open block model Get all strings Get wireframe

wa ww

Write all strings Write wireframes

eal ers usf eaw erw

Erase all lines (strings) Erase string (or select and press delete) Unload string file Erase all wireframes Erase wireframe

cdw

Clear design window of everything

rd

Redraw

Filters and Querying

fm fs

Filter block model Filter strings

qp qtr qst ql

Query point Query wireframe triangle Query string Query line (drawn between two points)

aul afc

Automatic legend Assign fill codes

Visualizer and Design Window

uv vv

Update visualiser object Update visualiser view

1 2

Plane by 1 point Plane by 2 point

3

Plane by 3 point

zx za zz

Zoom in by rectangle Zoom all Zoom out

uc

Use clipping

ssi sex

Set symbol size Set exaggeration

String Tools

eat

Edit string attributes (such as colour, size, etc.)

ns a3 cir

New string Arc by 3 segments (End, End and Radius) Circle by centre and defined radius

cond red pro cps

Condition string Reduce points on string while honouring original shape Project string Copy string

ipo dpo mpo mo ule (or Ctrl+Z) clo ext

Insert points Delete points Move points Move object (entire string) Undo last string edit Close string Extend string

ii bs conn com

Insert points at intersections of strings Break string Connect two strings Combine string segments (join one to another)

rev

Reverse string (if you have selected the wrong “high” side of the string

Open Pit Design

rseg rcon rbe

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Create road segment from a toe string Create road contour Road berm

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fng sbw

Set face angle Set berm width

Creating and Manipulating Wireframes

ewa

Edit wireframe attributes (such as colour)

sfi

Create string from intersection of two wireframes

md

Make dtm (wireframe)

dal sil sol ctp

Deselect all limits Select inner limit Select outer limit Clip-to-perimeter

mus

Multiple slices

Designing pits

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Set berm width (sbw) and face angle (fng) Start at the bottom Create toe string (ns) Make a road segment to the next level (rseg) Create a contour string (rcon) on the next level Then: a. Make a road berm (rbe); or b. Make new strings to follow optimization 7. Repeat from 4 until daylight

Making Wireframes

When pit daylights, to make DTM: 1. Select outer limit, i.e. top string of pit (sol) 2. Make DTM/wireframe (md) 3. Load topography wireframe (gw) 4. Create string from intersection (sfi) 5. Erase both wireframes (eaw) 6. Clip pit design strings to perimeter (ctp) defined by the intersection of pit and topography Plotting

When producing plots to use in Corel Draw: 1. Load strings you wish to plot 2. Reduce point size (ssi) and set all values to zero 3. Use the plotter (plo) and set page to A4, set scaling, and define the area plotted (orange box) 4. Save plotted image

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5. Run function pdrive a. Files | IN - is the plotted image; b. Parameters | PLOTTYPE = 16 c. Parameters | SPOOL = 0 6. Click ok, and save file but add a plt extension to the name (e.g. plot.plt) 7. Open in Corel Draw

Bugs in Datamine Datamine stops producing road segments when a string file is loaded: 1. Run command SELCOP and export values a. PVALUE b. PTN c. XP d. YP e. ZP f. COLOUR 2. Run command sort on the exported file with the same values in that order

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