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# Bench Plan Results

The numbers for the polygons and objects created for blocks, bench plans, and graphical results of development are the same as the period number in which the heading or location was mined or filled. When you create results where the polygon and object numbers are the same as the period numbers in which mining or filling occurs, you can view and plot the files, coloured by number, to represent the progress of mining or filling over time.

Bench plan results create a separate polygon file for each bench elevation showing all mining and fill locations at that elevation. This polygon file is useful for plotting or displaying blocks in plan view, when blocks overlap each other. Material quantities and qualities are written to the description fields of the polygon files, which allows you to view and plot tonnage and grade for each block.

The fields in the Bench plans section are the same for all output formats except GEMS. The first table describes the fields in the section for all files except GEMS. The second table describes the fields in the section for GEMS.

### Fields on the Bench Plans Section of the Graphical Results Tab

Field | Description
--- | ---
Active | Selected: Bench plan results are created when you click the Create button. Cleared: Bench plan results are not created when you click the Create button.
Filename prefix | The prefix for the name of the polygon files that are created for each elevation that contains blocks that are mined or filled all locations. This prefix is added to the elevation to create the complete file name.
File type | The file format to which you want to save the bench plan results.
Locations | The mining and fill locations for which you want to create bench plan polygon files. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one location. To specify the locations using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button.
Qualities | The qualities, numeric user parameters, and user calculations which you would like output to the attribute fields of the polygon files. Notes: By default, the qualities, user parameters, and user calculations for material classes for which Calculate Qualities is selected are not output to the attribute fields. Qualities, numeric user parameters, and user calculations are output to the polygon files only when they are specified in the Qualities field. Surpac string files have a 512 character limit for the sum of all attribute field data. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify multiple qualities. To specify the qualities using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button. For file formats that support attribute ordering, the information found in the attribute fields is as follows: The first seven attributes contain general schedule information: Period Number Period Start Date Mining Direction Bench Height Location Name Polygon Number Fraction Mined The eighth and later attributes contain information for each material class for which you selected the Calculate qualities check box. For each material class in turn the attributes contain: Material class values: the material class name, volume, and mass. Quality values: the values for the qualities specified. The number of description fields used is the same as the number of qualities selected. User Parameter values: the values for the user parameters specified. The number of attributes used is the same as the number of user parameters selected. User calculation values: the values for the user calculations specified. The number of attributes used is the same as the number of user calculations selected. Example In a scenario where: Calculate Qualities is selected for two material classes one aggregate and two average qualities are defined one numeric user parameter is selected one aggregate user calculation is selected For output to Surpac, the attributes are output to the description fields of the string file as follows: D1 Period Number D2 Period Start Date D3 Mining Direction D4 Bench Height D5 Location Name D6 Polygon Number D7 Fraction Mined D8 Material Class (1) D9 Volume for Material Class (1) D10 Mass for Material Class (1) D11 Quality (1) for Material Class (1) D12 Quality (2) for Material Class (1) D13 Quality (3) for Material Class (1) D14 User Parameter (1) for Material Class (1) D15 User Calculation (1) for Material Class (1) D16 Material Class (2) D17 Volume for Material Class (2) D18 Mass for Material Class (2) D19 Quality (1) for Material Class (2) D20 Quality (2) for Material Class (2) D21 Quality (3) for Material Class (2) D22 User Parameter (1) for Material Class (2) D22 User Calculation (1) for Material Class (2) Note: This option is not available if the scenario includes only underground locations and the mining method for all underground locations is Whole.
Decimal places | The number of decimal places output for the numeric values in the description fields.
Shrinkage | The percentage by which the polygon coordinate values are reduced. The Shrinkage value does not affect the quantity and quality data written to the polygons; it controls only the size of the polygons for graphical display and plotting.

### Fields on the Bench Plans Section of the Graphical Results Tab for GEMS

Field | Description
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Active | Selected: Bench plan results are created when you click the Create button. Cleared: Bench plan results are not created when you click the Create button.
Target workspace | The workspace in the GEMS project to which you want to export the bench plans results. To select the workspace, click the Ellipsis button. The Select a GEMS target project form appears in which you select the GEMS project, and then the Workspace Browser form appears, in which you select the workspace.
Shrinkage | The percentage by which the polygon coordinate values are reduced. The Shrinkage value does not affect the quantity or quality data written to the polygons; it controls only the size of the polygons for graphical display and plotting.
Field mappings | The fields of the GEMS workspace to which you want to output the attributes of the bench plans results. To map the attributes to the fields, click the Ellipsis button. The Field Mappings form appears, in which you can select the fields of the GEMS workspace. Tip: If you do not want to export one or more of the attributes, leave the Field cell empty.

### See also

- Block Results
- End of Period Surface Results
- Development Results
- Animations
- Standard Reports
- Custom Reports
- Gantt Charts
- Model Updates

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