Save ring design settings

To run this function: Choose Design > Ring design > Ring design > Save ring design settings, or...

In the Function Chooser, type SAVE RING DEFAULTS, and press ENTER.

Save Changes to Defaults File

Filename

Enter the name of the Ring Design defaults file to save to.

Choose Apply to save the Ring Design defaults to the specified file. The format of the defaults file is described below.

Defaults File Format

The Ring Design Defaults file (rings.ssi in the ssi/share/etc directory) comprises six sections:

Rig definitions
Between the lines prefixed with "| 1. RIG" and "| 2. DETONATOR DELAYS (ms):" in the defaults file, each non-comment line represents a rig definition. The values of each field on the DEFINE RIG PARAMETERS form are written to the line for each rig definition in Ring Design. To delete a rig from Ring Design, remove the relevant line from the defaults file.
Detonator delays
Between the lines prefixed with "| 2. DETONATOR DELAYS (ms):" and "|3. EXPLOSIVES: ... SG" in the defaults file, each non-comment line represents a list of eight available detonator delays. Only the last line may contain less than eight delays.
Following the list of delays is a list of lines of the form "colour=red". Each line corresponds to the colour of a delay when colouring by delay.
Explosive definitions
Between the lines prefixed with "|3. EXPLOSIVES: ... SG" and "|4. DATABASE...." in the defaults file, each non-comment line represents an explosive (the first 22 characters), explosive sg (after column 23) and display colour (after column 29).

Drilling and Charging Defaults

Following the explosives section of the file is the Drilling and Charging Defaults section, formatted as shown:

				| 4. DATABASE..................:ringo
				| 5. TOE SPACING...............:5.000 +/- 1.000
				| 6. MINIMUM COLLAR DISTANCE...:0.00
				| 7. OVERDRILL AMOUNT..........:0.10
				| 8. RING DIRECTION............:+               (+ clockwise, - anticlockwise)
				| 9. CHARGING CRITICAL RADII...:0.50,1.00       (critical radius, stemming)
				| 9a.CHARGING METHOD...........:AECI algorithm  (AECI algorithm, critical radius)
				| 9b.MINIMUM CHARGE LENGTH.....:0.500
				|10. DRILL HOLE DIAMETER.......:0.05
				|11. TOE SPACING ALGORITHM.....:4
				|12. VIEW - ONLY HOLE COLOUR...:vivid tangerine
				|12a.DEFAULT COLOUR............:burnt sienna
				|13. BREAK-THROUGH TOLERANCE...:1.000

Drill Report format
After the "|14. DRILL REPORT FORMAT:" line, the drilling report format is specified. Each line is of the form:
field name w.d'title'
where w is the width of the field on the report and d is the number of decimal places of the field. The title in single quotes ('...') at the end of the line is the title printed at the head of the column in the report. For example:
number 5.0'hole'
pipe 2.0''
length 7.1'length'
Blast Report format
After the "|15. BLAST REPORT FORMAT:" line, the blast report format is specified. Each line is of the form:
field name w.d'title'
where w is the width of the field on the report and d is the number of decimal places of the field. The title in single quotes ('...') at the end of the line is the title printed at the head of the column in the report. For example:
number 5.0'hole'
pipe 2.0''
hole length 7.1'length'
Any line in the defaults file prefixed with a # in the first column is considered a comment and skipped when the file is read. For example
#---------------------
# RING DESIGN DEFAULTS FILE
#---------------------
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