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# Geometry

You add haulage geometry to the scenario using the Insert button at the top of the Geometry data grid. When you click Insert, the Select Geometry Source form appears, in which you select the geometry file that you want to use to define the haulage routes. After you select the file the Import Geometry form appears, in which you define the collection to which you want to import the geometry. When the geometry is imported, it is displayed in the 3D Canvas and each segment is listed in the Geometry data grid.

Note: If you import haulage geometry from a GEMS project, after you have completed the Import Geometry form, the Workspace Browser form appears. You use the Workspace Browser form to select the workspace that contains the haulage geometry.

### Fields on the Import Geometry Form

Field | Description
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Geometry source | The name and location of the geometry file. This is the file that you selected in the Select Geometry Source form. File types you can use to import geometry include: Autocad DXF / DWG files (.dxf, .dwg) Datamine files (.dm, .asc, .ddf, .dat) GemCom polyline files (.3dr, .tie, .abp, .stl) Mapinfo MIF/TAB files (.mif, .tab) MEDS MineSight files (.msr) Micromine files (.dat, .out, .mm, .str) Microstation DGN files (.dgn) Minex geometry files (.gm3) Vulcan design database files (.dgd) GEMS projects (.gpr)
Collection | The collection into which the segments of the geometry file are imported. When you create a new collection for the segments, the Name and Type fields are available for you to use to select a name and type for the collection. When you select the Default or Default collection, the Name and Type fields are filled automatically and become unavailable. Tip: You can create, edit, and delete haulage collections using the Edit collections icon.
Collection name | The name of the collection to which you want the segments of the geometry file to belong. Note: This field is available only if you create a new collection.
Type | The type of collection to which you want the segments of the geometry file to belong. Options are: Ramp: The segments represent ramp paths. Bench: The segments represent bench paths. Note: This field is available only if you create a new collection.

### Fields on the Import Geometry Form when Importing Surpac String Files

Field | Description
--- | ---
Geometry source | The name and location of the geometry file.
Import content | The data that you want to import from the geometry file. Options are: Geometry: Only the haul lines are imported from the geometry source file. Geometry and haulage routes: The haul lines, haulage routes, collections, and velocities are imported from the geometry source file. Note: If you select this option, the Collection options on the form are replaced by the Haulage routes options.
Collection
Collection | The collection into which the segments of the geometry file are imported. If you create a new collection for the segments, the Name and Type fields are available for you to use to select a name and type for the collection. If you select the Default or Default collection, the Name and Type fields are filled for you and become unavailable. Note: You can create, edit, and delete haulage collections using the Edit collections icon.
Collection name | The name of the collection to which you want the segments of the geometry file to belong. Note: This field is available only if the Collection is Create new.
Type | The type of collection to which you wan the segments of the geometry file to belong. Options are: Ramp: The segments represents ramp paths. Bench: The segments represent bench paths. Note: This field is available only if the Collection is Create new.
Haulage routes
Route name prefix | The prefix used for the haulage route name. The haulage route created using the lowest numbered string in the string file is named with only the Route name prefix. All subsequent haulage routes created from the string file are named with the string number appended to the Route name prefix.
Ramp string range | The range of strings that represent the haulage ramps. A haulage route is created for each ramp string. Note: When you import haulage routes from a string file each ramp is used for both the full and empty path of a haulage route.
Bench string range | The range of strings that represent the haulage benches.
Full velocity D-field | The description field of the string file in which the full velocity of the trucks is stored. Note: If you do not want to assign velocity to the haulage routes, or want to assign the velocity using the features in MineSched, leave this field empty.
Empty velocity D-field | The description field of the string file in which the empty velocity of the trucks is stored. Note: If you do not want to assign velocity to the haulage routes, or want to assign the velocity using the features in MineSched, leave this field empty.

### Columns in the Geometry Data Grid

Column | Description
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Segment name | The name of the segment. A default name is supplied for each segment when you import the geometry into MineSched. The default name is based on the name of the collection to which the segment belongs and the position of the segment in the hierarchy of data within the source geometry file. You can change the name of the segment by typing a new value in this column.
Collection | The collection to which the segment belongs.
Length | The length of the segment from the first to the last point.
Number of points | The number of coordinate points in the segment.
Elevation change | The change in elevation from the first to the last point of the segment.
Import source | The path of the file from which the segment was imported.
Comments | Any comments you want to record about the segment.

### See also

- Truck Types
- Haulage Routes
- Haulage Collections
- Material Movement

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