Pit Design tutorial

Introduction

Requirements

Objectives

Workflow

Setting up for this tutorial

Setting the work directory

Task: Set the work directory

Displaying the toolbar and menubar

Task: Display the minedesign toolbar and menubar

A simple example

Creating a simple pit

Task: Create a simple pit design

Data preparation

Create ore outlines

Create the ore outlines

Viewing Whittle outlines

Task: View Whittle outlines from the Surpac block model

Add slope values

Task: Add slope values to the block model

Load the outline and Whittle model

Task: Load the outline and Whittle model

Basic pit design tools

Task: Define the starting string

Task: Define slope method

Task: Define a new ramp

Task: Expand by bench height and berm width

Task: Edit a pit design

Additional pit design tools

Task: Restart a pit design

Task: Create a switchback

Task: Create multiple benches

Creating a DTM of a pit design

Task: Clean pit design strings

Task: Create a DTM of a pit design

Intersect pit design and topo

Task: Intersect pit design and topography

Grade and tonnage calcuations

Task: Create a block model constraint of material in a pit

Task: Calculate grade and tonnage of material in a pit

Waste dump design

Task: Design a waste dump

Task: Calculate dump volumes