Introduction

This tutorial demonstrates how to create pit and dump designs using Surpac.

Requirements

Before you begin this tutorial, you must have:

• basic knowledge of Surpac

It is recommended that you understand the procedures and concepts from the Introduction tutorial.

• Surpac installed on your computer
• the data set accompanying this tutorial

Objectives

The objective of this tutorial is to allow you to create a pit design.

Workflow

The process described in this tutorial is outlined below:

• using string tools to create a simple pit design
• preparing data for use in basic pit design
• using pit design tools to create ramps, crests, toes, and berms
• creating switchbacks
• extending a pit design to a DTM surface
• calculating grade and tonnage of block model blocks within a pit design
• designing a waste dump

Note: This workflow demonstrates the steps in this tutorial. There are other ways to achieve a result.