Viewport
On the Designer tab, the Viewport and its toolbar are used to review and work with the results of operations and imported layers.
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Select one block or group of blocks and compare them in the Properties panel.
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Selected blocks are highlighted yellow.
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Depending on the operations that are being run, different icons become available at a top of viewport.
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All icons have tools tips, that appear when hovering mouse cursor over them.
Viewport and Toolbar
Toolbar
Toolbar overview
In the table below all toolbar icons are listed with available hotkeys.
Examples of usage and exercises see in the section Designer tab: Exercises.
Mouse controls
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Selection |
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Left click and drag. |
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Pan |
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Middle click and drag. |
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Rotate |
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Right click and drag. |
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Zoom |
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Scroll wheel. |
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Zoom Extents |
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Left click on the compass widget. |
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Vertical Exaggeration |
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<CTRL> + Scroll wheel. |
Measurement and screenshot
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Show/Hide grid |
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Toggle grid in the viewport. Note that the grid is only displayed in the top view. If the grid is not displayed, then you are working in a different plane. Click the"Z" icon on the compass to return to the top view. |
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Measure Distances |
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<Enter> - Toggle Including Mouse-Point in Result. <Backspace> Remove Last Point. |
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Screenshot |
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Make a screenshot and choose a resolution required. |
Design shortcuts
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Polygon Draw |
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<P> - Create Polygon |
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Line Draw |
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<D> - Create Construction Line |
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Point Move |
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<F> - Move Points |
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Point Insert |
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<A> - Add Points |
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Point Delete |
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<S> - Delete Points |
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Line Move |
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<M> - Move Segment |
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Line Copy |
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<C> - Copy Segment |
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Line Delete |
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<N> - Delete Segment |
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Line Join / Poly Close |
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<J> - Join Segment |
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Line Break / Poly Open |
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<B> - Break Segment |
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Line Rotate |
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<R> - Rotate Segment |
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Line Offset |
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<O> - Offset Segment |
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Line Trim |
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<T> - Trim Line |
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Line Intersect |
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<I> - Intersect Lines |
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Line Quick Extend |
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<X> - Quick Extend |
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Clear Path |
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Clearing Path |
Compass
The compass widget sits in the top right of the viewport.
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Plan View |
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Click on the axis cones to snap to orthogonal views. |
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Zoom Extents |
Click on the grey cube to zoom to extents. |
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Night Mode |
Click on the sun icon to toggle night mode and back. |
Viewport (Top)
Extended Design tools
Extended Design Tools
Generate Blast Shapes
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Choice of Blast shapes generation from drop-down. Production, Trim, Ramp and Contour blasts shapes can be generated for the entire mine or selected benches. |
More details see in the section Generating Blast Shapes. |
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Delete designs
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Choice of designs to be deleted. Available options depend on an element selected. |
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Bulk Block Rename
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Rename Blasts options. |
More details see in the section Blast Renaming. |
Strip Renamer
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Strip Namer option to set Horizontal/Vertical Naming, Included Blast Types and Grid Orientation. |
More details see in the section Blast Renaming. |
Automated Dig Line Creation
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To create automated dig lines with selected blasts/digs or current/visible flitches. |
Example of use see in the section Single Destinations. |
Viewport (Top)