Open Cut Training MineScape 2021

Basic Opencut
Opencut covers mineplan design including pit and dump area for mine engineering
works. Opencut provides comprehensive tools of long-term and short-term planning
design, included mine design reconciliation based on the latest mining progress.

Short-term
planning

Pit Design Opencut Dump Design

Reconciliation
MATERI
Day-1 Day-2
✓ Generate SR Color With ✓ Generate Dump Design
Reserve Mesh Tools ✓ Calculate Dump Capacity
✓ Creating bench definition ✓ Short-Range Planning
✓ Generate Pit Design ✓ Bench block for Short-Term
✓ Calculate Pit Reserve ✓ Reconciliation tools
Day - 1
Generate SR Colour With Reserve Mesh

Generate Solid Engineering

Calculate Reserve With Multipart Reserve

Generate SR Colour with Reserve Mesh

Generate Engineering Solid
• Engineering Solid is new workflow for engineering solids creation and this function improved

visualization and filtering of the engineering solids for ease of validation and output.

• Before generating the solid engineering, user need to prepare one polygon as the outer limit of the

solid area.
Generate Engineering Solid
• Go To Menu Strip Planning – Mining Solid - Create

Setup-Model

Item Description

Input the schema that will be used in the process,

Schema
in this model we will use ‘demo_ms2021’

Model Type Choose model type GRID

Design File and Select an existing Design File and Layer for the
Layer mining solid design elements

Enter a Scenario for the design. The Scenario

Scenario code will be used in downstream naming, so it is
recommended to keep this code to 2 characters.

Enter a description for the scenario. A maximum

of 256 characters can be entered for the
Description
description.
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Setup-Naming
• MineScape will create design file layers, elements and mesh files that will be uniquely named from a combination of the
scenario code followed by user defined codes specified in the form.
• A preview of the resulting names are displayed in the Mesh panel of the form. To change the Mesh field names, the
scenario and layer naming must be changed. The Strips / Pit Shell layer is defined by the system and the scenario code..
• Naming Construction
▪ Enter a Pit Shell design layer and mesh file name suffix. Enter an
underscore “_” to insert a space in the layer name.
▪ Enter a Pit Shell design layer suffix for the design offset and
projections.
▪ Enter a strip design layer and mesh file name suffix. Enter an
underscore “_” to insert a space in the layer name.
▪ Enter a strip design layer suffix for the design strip offset and
projections.
▪ Enter a subdivision design layer suffix for the design subdivision
lines that will be used to divide the strips into mining blocks.
Subdivision lines will be applied to vertically when subdividing the
strip solids.
▪ Enter a code for uniquely naming the strip design lines in CAD.
This strip code will be suffixed by a counter to identify the strip
progression through the design.
▪ Enter a code for uniquely naming the subdivision design lines in
CAD. This subdivision code will be suffixed by a counter to identify
block progression when subdividing the solid strips.
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Rule – Pit Projection
• Setup the pit projection rule and side definition
• Use for applying the highwall ground control plan to the mining solid design.
Item Description

Enter or select a pit projection Definition Name. This

Definition Name name will be used to select the rules defined in the
form
Select a bench definition (optional). If a bench
Bench Definition definition will be used to define the pit projection
rules, select the bench definition to reference.
Select the direction for the projection (Project Up or
Project Down). Use Project Up when projecting from
Project Up / Down the toe of the pit upwards or select Project Down
when projecting from the crest (topography or top
surface) down to the pit toe.
Automated projection and offset will be disabled
Disable Automatic
when the Disable Automatic Generation check box is
Generation
checked
nter a default angle and offset to use. These values
Angle & Offset will be superseded by specific values entered in the
form and from side definitions
Enter a series of operations to define the highwall
projections and offsets
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Rule – Side Definition
• Assign the side definition specification to the segment of the element.
• Represent the slope and berm of the pit.

• The expression for the side definition can be simple to complex expression
• Validate button available to ensure the expression is correct.
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Design – Pit Shell Boundary
• Pick the polygon to apply the side definition (angle and offset) to the polygon
• The resulting polygon must have a unique name for each segment
• Will be used to project the designed pit shell highwall

Item Description
Select Side Wall for Type of Tagpoint
Tag of Tagpoint
from the pull-down list
Select a side definition to apply to the
Side Definition
polygon
Select the Pick Segment for Tagpoint
icon to select a polygon in CAD to
apply the side selected side
Pick Segment
definition. When a polygon is picked
for the first time, you will be
prompted to name the polygon
Use the Inverted Side to change the
Inverted Side
direction of the projection and offset.
Use the Clear All Tags to delete all
Clear All Tags
tagged segments on the element.
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Design – Strips
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Design – Sub divides
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Projection - Pit Shell
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Projection - Strips
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Solid - Generate
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Calculate Reserve With Multipart Reserve

Loss and
Reserve Output To
Dilution

To Start Multipart Reserve, go to menu

Reserve – Multipart Reserve
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Reserve

• Input the mesh file from solid engineering setup

• Select the intervals that will be included to the reserve process
• Select the qualities that will be included to the reserve process
• Accumulate button will be refresh button. If the accumulate button are blank,
it will activate loss and dilution node.
• Select the necessary item in the option field
• Sampling density must be filled up
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Loss and Dilution

Notes:
• To generate loss and dilution, we will use accumulate sample table
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Output To

• Output to function will reformat the accumulate table will be more concise
• Can be interval record or block record
Generate SR Colour with Reserve Mesh
• Go To Menu Reserve – Reserve Mesh
• The input will be accumulated table from multipart reserve and the mesh file (STRBLK) from solid engineering process
• The Setting panel can be used to generate Overbuden, Coal, Stripping Ratio, Cumulative Stripping Ratio, and Colour values.
• The results will be stored in an output table files columns with headers named accordingly
• User can edit the formula directly in the form
• The output will be table file and mesh file
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• Available with tooltip function to display the information about the blocks
Generating Pit Design ( Crest And Toe)

Create Pit Boundary and Tag Design Segment

Create Bench Definition

Insert Ramp

Generate Crest and Toe

Intersect Pit with Topography

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Create Pit Boundary and Tag Design Segment
• Create line/polygon use pit shell from pit optimization process or use SR Color as references (based on SR target)
• Take the bottom polygon – locate in the coal seam floor surfaces
• Combine the high wall limit and the low wall limit (subcrops of coal seam) – convert it tobe a polygon
• Do tag design segment with menu OpenCut – HighWall Ramp – Tag Design Segment
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Create Bench Definition
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Insert Ramp
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Ramp Type
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Ramp Grade
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Ramp Wall and Direction Option
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Generate Crest and Toe
• The parameter will be outer pit limit, bench definition, slope and offset, etc
• The output will be saved in the output layer
• Go to Menu Opencut – HighWall Ramp – Project and Offset
• Switchback function is available
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Generate Crest and Toe
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Generate Crest and Toe
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Generate Crest and Toe
Intersect Pit With TopoGraphy
1. Convert crest and toe designline to be lines format ( Menu CAD – Convert – (Pick the drop down list ) To Lines)
2. Create mesh file of the crest and to lines ( Menu CAD – Mesh – Create Surface )
3. Create mesh file of the topography ( Menu CAD – Mesh – Create Surface )
4. Display the mesh file of Pit design and Topography, go to Menu CAD – Mesh – Surface Mesh – Intersect Line (
ensure the output layer are set as write design layer)
5. Convert the intersect line output tobe a polygon ( Design – Convert – To Polygon)
6. Intersect the crest and toe lines refer to the intersect line (Design – Element Utilities – Clip To Polygon)
7. Generate coal floor contour (Home – Graphic – Contour)
8. Intersect the contour based on the outer polygon limit
9. Move the contour floor to pit design
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Reserve

• Pick the polygon for reserving limit

• Input the top surface and bottom surface
• Select the intervals that will be included to the reserve process
• Select the qualities that will be included to the reserve process
• Accumulate button will be refresh button. If the accumulate button are blank,
it will activate loss and dilution node.
• Select the necessary item in the option field
• Sampling density must be filled up
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Loss and Dilution

Notes:
• To generate loss and dilution, we will use accumulate sample table
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Output To

• Output to function will reformat the accumulate table will be more concise
• Can be interval record or block record
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Editing excel

Add this column

Formula OB =IF(C2<>”RESOURCE”,E2,AE2)
Coal =RAWRECMASS
SR = OB/Coal
Day 2
Generate Dump Design

Create Dump Boundary and Tag Design Segment

Insert Ramp

Generate Crest and Toe

Intersect Dump with Topography

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Create Pit Boundary and Tag Design Segment
1. Create the outer boundary of Dump, aware with the constraint ( pit area, topography, infrastructure,
buildings, etc)
2. Do tag design segment with menu OpenCut – HighWall Ramp – Tag Design Segment ( ensure the inverted
side is checked)

Dump Area
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Insert Ramp and Generate Crest and Toe
3. Go To Insert Ramp and pick the location of the ramp in the polygon
4. Generate Crest and toe
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Intersect Dump Design with the topography
1. Convert crest and toe designline to be lines format ( Menu CAD – Convert – (Pick the drop down list ) To Lines)
2. Create mesh file of the crest and to lines ( Menu CAD – Mesh – Create Surface )
3. Create mesh file of the topography ( Menu CAD – Mesh – Create Surface )
4. Display the mesh file of dump design and Topography, go to Menu CAD – Mesh – Surface Mesh – Intersect Line (
ensure the output layer are set as write design layer)
5. Convert the intersect line output tobe a polygon ( Design – Convert – To Polygon)
6. Intersect the crest and toe lines refer to the intersect line (Design – Element Utilities – Clip To Polygon)

7. Combine Pit and Dump Design with

Topography in one layer
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Calculate Dump Capacities
1. Display mesh file of Topography and Dump Final Design
2. Go To Mesh – Surface Mesh – Cut and Fill
3. Select the first mesh ( Topography )
4. Select the second mesh ( Dump Design)
5. Press Apply and the number of above volume and below volume will be displayed
6. Above Volume will represent the dump capacities
Short-Range Planning
• Short-Range planning (SRP) is a function for generating cut, fill and ramp design with faster and
simpler way.
• Suitable for short-term period
• SRP tools will be referred to the surface update that accure based on the mining activities.
• To Start the SRP Tools go to Menu Open Cut – Planning – Short Range Planning
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1. Create New Design File and Layer, set the layer to be write design layer
Design File – right Click – New Design File
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2. Create a polygon to represent the limit of the design cut
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4. Create Plan and setup the display parameter. When create plan process is finished 4
layer will be created in the design file.
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5. Create new contour definition
Graphic – Contour – triangulate
Graphic – Contour - Redraw
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6. Creating Cut Design -- > Design - Cut
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7. Creating Dump Design -- > Design - Dump
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7. Creating Ramp Design -- > Design - Ramp
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7. Creating Callout-- > Graphic - Callout
Bench Block For Short-Term
• This function gives the user the ability to reference a designed cut polygon to build a
master mesh solid and then interactively slice the solid into any shape all the while
displaying the volumes of the newly created solid blocks in real time.
• Each newly created solid block can then be reserved against the structural and quality
model and reported using an Excel template.
• This function is scenario based for improved workflow and data management.
Reconciliation Tools
• Reconciliation tool allows mine engineers to generate multiple reserve polygons for within, above,below, and
outside the mine design surface compared to a specific survey threshold.
• The Reconciliation form provides functionality to generate surface mesh for reconciliation and ability to
generate polygon with specific ID for reserving process
Thank You
(Tanty.Astari@Dataminesoftware.com)