Consumables Library
In the Consumables Library, you can enter the properties of various types of consumables; including bulk explosives, packaged (cartridge) explosives, detonators, boosters, surface connectors and other material such as stemming. These consumable components have varying properties and attract differing costs.
The properties specified in the library will be applied in relevant calculations. For example, when holes have been charged with a particular explosive product, the density of that product will be used to calculate the mass of that product within the holes.
Note: Consumables and charge template definitions are saved to the underlying (Blast Design, Ring Design or Development Drilling) database. The consumables and charge templates you configure may be saved as a form set to facilitate the exchange of metadata across different design layers and between projects.
Changes made to the properties of a consumable
Any modifications made to a consumable will affect any holes assigned to a charge template that references that consumable.
The consumables you define in the following tabs are selectable when you Edit Charge Templates.
Import
Click Import to import a Consumables database to the library.
OK
Finally, click OK to save your changes and close the Library window.
Template
The Template button is only available for Template Forms. Template Forms inherit saved or previously used values.
Click the Template button to select and open a saved form set template.
Load Template
Click the Load Template button to select and open a saved template to populate the fields of the form.
Save Template
Click the Save Template button to save the details of the current form as a template that can be loaded at a later time.
Manage
Click the Manage button to open the Template Forms manager which can be used to open, save, delete, import and export the template forms for your project.
Undo and Redo
Click Undo (CTRL + Z) to undo recent changes in the form. After an Undo, click Redo (CTRL + Y) to restore the last change that was undone.
Collapse
Collapse (roll-up) the form to preview a chart, or preview the results of an operation in Vizex, or obtain input values from Vizex, the Property Window, the File Editor, or the Plot Editor.