Add Flat Section

On the Mining | Pit Design tab, in the Ramp group: Click Add Flat Section to generate horizontal parts of a road for a specified distance, including the option of having flat road sections between benches.

You can also right-click on a red road point and select Road > Flat Section from the Vizex right-click menu.

The ability to generate horizontal parts of a road for a specified distance, including the option of having flat road sections between benches, is a technical requirement in many mines.

If not already selected, you will be prompted to select a TOE, PSEUDO TOE or CREST line on which a road has been created:

If not already selected, you will be prompted to select the red road point on which to add the flat section:

Set the following parameters in the Road Flat Section form:

Length

Specify the Length of the road section.

Length Specified By

The length is measured from a specified (Inner , Outer , Centre , or Custom ) point on the road, taking into account the road width (which is already defined as part of the properties of the road).

To measure the length from a specific point on the road, select the Custom option and specify a value which is a factor of the road width. Values of 0, 0.5, and 1, for example, are equivalent to selecting Inner, Centre, and Outer.

Forms

Click the Forms button to select and open a saved form set, or if a form set has been loaded, save the current form set.

OK

Click OK to generate the flat section of road.