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Download blast holes from database

You can use this function to retrieve a pattern of blast holes from a database, open the blast holes in string file format, and display them in Graphics. When you save blast patterns in a database, you can experiment with blast holes in the same location, and different properties, without the display becoming cluttered.

Prerequisites: A drill and blast database that contains at least one hole pattern. If the database is not already open when you run this function, you are prompted to select a database to open.

To run this function: Choose Design > Blast design > Database > Download blast holes from database, or...

  • In the Function Chooser, type BLAST LOAD FROM DATABASE, and press ENTER.
Fields on the Blast load from database form

Field Description
Hole pattern ID The list of IDs of each hole pattern that is saved in the drill and blast database.

Output

The blast holes, of the pattern that you selected, are displayed in Graphics as strings.