<Activate the Cut Design dialog by clicking the Design Cuts button on the IP Tool.>
You can minimize the IP Tool at this point, but closing the tool will close the IP Object.
Before designing cuts, defaults need to be set on the Defaults page. The default parameters will be assigned to cuts when they are created, but, except for the Plane Label, all the values can be changed when defining new cuts or editing existing cuts.
The Cut Design dialog operates on one cut called the Current Cut shown on the Design page. From this page you can either edit a cut loaded from the list of existing cuts on the Cuts page (File=>Open) or design a new cut using existing geometry (File=>Geometry to cut) or by digitizing a cut in the viewer (File=>New). Note that each of these options also has a corresponding icon on the tool bar.
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Each cut has five required attributes (Cut Name, Material Set, Plane Label, Mining Area, and Period ID). You can add additional attributes as described below under Attributes. The cut can be given a name automatically using the Cut Auto-naming function described below under Defaults, or you can enter a name, or leave it blank. The cut name is to help you distinguish cuts in the cut list. Each cut must have an associated Material Set. The Plane label is determined by the cut geometry and orientation set on the Cut Options page and is not editable. Additionally each cut has a Mining area and Period ID. The list of available values for these attributes is defined on the Defaults page.Defaults
The first time cuts are designed, a Mining Area ( note: this is not the same as the Area defined in the IP Tool) and Period ID need to be set.
Mining Area would usually be used to describe a mining location. In an open pit mine, the Mining Area would normally be the pushback ID or phase ID. For an underground mine, it would normally describe the operating level or stoping area.
Period ID would typically be used to describe a period in which the cut would be mined such as the day, week, month, or year. No attempt is made by to use the ID in any way other than as a description. It could also be used to describe any other attribute the user wants to associate with the cut.
A Mining Area or Period ID can be defined by clicking the Add button next to the corresponding text field. <To remove a Mining Area or Period ID, click the Delete button.> You can select one or all areas or IDs to delete from the list. Right clicking on the list activates the Select All or Unselect All menu options. The number of cuts having the selected areas or IDs is also displayed. Note that all cuts corresponding to the deleted areas or IDs will also be deleted.
There is a provision for auto-naming cuts. Although a cut name is not required, it is recommended to help distinguish cuts in the cut list. Auto-naming allows the
assignment of a prefix and suffix string attached to an integer value. As new cuts are defined, the cuts will automatically be named prefix + value + suffix and the integer value will be incremented by one.
The cut Clipping options and Model Selectability are not yet available.
Cut Options
The cut can be either a Polygon or a Solid (the 2D Extrude option is not yet available). Only select Solid if you have existing solid geometry objects to be used in conjunction with the File=>Geometry to Cut option as described below.
For new polygons, you can assign the cut orientation for the purpose of computing partials. For most situations, the orientation should be computed from the cut. You can, however, override the computed orientation and assign the cut orientation, if for example, the cut is not quite planar.
The selected or computed orientation is displayed as part of the cut’s Plane Label.
Once the orientation is assigned, it cannot be changed.
Attributes
In addition to the five required attributes (Cut Name, Material Set, Plane Label,
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custom attributes after cuts have been defined. These attributes can be accessed in the script files and external programs that use the database.
To add custom attributes, the attributes must already exist in your database. You can add or edit the database attributes by clicking Edit on the Attributes page to activate the Attribute Editor.
<To add custom attributes from the database to the IP Object, click the Add button. If your database does not have any additional attributes, you will need to add some using Edit as described above. Otherwise check the box next to the attributes to add.> The database default values for each attribute are shown, but you can change the default for the cuts in the current IP Object. The value for the added attributes will be applied to all existing cuts and become the default value for all new cuts. At any time you can change the default value on the Attributes page without affecting the default for the database attribute and the default will be applied to new cuts. The value for individual cuts can be modified by editing the cut.
<To delete attributes, click the Delete button and select the attributes to remove.>
The attribute values will be removed from all the IP Object’s cuts in the database.
Scripts
Script files are used to conveniently display the calculated reserves.
Select an Accumulation Script using the file chooser. The Autorun option will run the script whenever a new cut is opened or a value is changed for the Current Cut or if the cut geometry is edited. If Autorun is not toggled, you can run the script at your convenience by clicking the Sigma (sum) button on either the Scripts page or the tool bar.
Up to three additional scripts can be selected. These scripts will be run when their corresponding Go button is clicked or when a cut is saved if the Run on Save toggle is checked. These scripts would normally be one of the following: Reporting to file (ip-report.py), plotting to the viewer (ip-label.py), or generating an Excel file of reserves.
Design
New cuts are created or existing cuts edited on the Design page.
A new cut can be digitized in the viewer by selecting File=>New or the New Cut button on the tool bar.
When working in 3D mode, it is best to first place an edit grid on the plane you wish to work on, and then turn on Plane Snap. MS-IP can also be run in 2D mode, which will make plane selection automatic. Click in the viewer to digitize a closed planar polygon.
When you finish digitizing by clicking right in the viewer, the cut is added to the Current Cut table on the Design page. The cut will have default values for all the required attributes and any custom attributes in the IP Object. All items except the Plane Label are editable.
A new cut can also be defined using existing geometry by using File=>Geometry to Cut or the Geometry button on the tool bar. If Solid is selected as the Cut Type on the Cut Options page then you must select a solid geometry object. If Polygon is selected, then the geometry object must be a polygon. As with digitizing a polygon, the orientation shown in the Plane Label will correspond to the Orientation selected on the Cut Options page regardless of the polygon’s actual orientation.
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the cut’s Material Set (and thus the cut’s Area) and the cut’s geometry and the reserves will be stored in the database.The Current Cut’s geometry can be edited using the usual MS3D CAD tools via the Edit Geom button at the bottom of the Design page.
Cuts
All the cuts in the IP Object are displayed in the table on the Cuts page.
The cuts can be sorted by clicking on the column heading and reverse sorted by clicking the heading again.
A cut can be edited by selecting it in the table and choosing File=>Open or the Open button on the tool bar, or by right clicking in the table and selecting Open Cut. This will move the cut into the Current Cut on the Design page where the cut’s values can be changed or its geometry edited. Saving the cut will recompute its reserves.
One or more cuts can be deleted from the IP Object by selecting them in the table and choosing File=>Delete or the Delete button on the tool bar or by right clicking in the table and selecting Delete Cuts.
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