Drillhole

In Edit Ring mode, use the tools on the Mining | Edit Ring tab, in the Drillhole group, to interactively edit or adjust drillholes, generate an angled or a parallel fan, generate an angled drillhole or an offset drillhole, and renumber drilholes.

  • Click Generate Fan to create an angled "fan" of holes.

  • Select Generate Fan | Generate Multiple Fans to interactively add several angled fans by defining multiple pivot points.

    Generate Multiple Pivot Fans

  • Click Generate Parallel Fan to create a group of parallel holes within an extent rectangle.

  • Click Generate Drillhole to add a hole to a ring (by defining a pivot point and an end point with the mouse).

  • Click Generate Offset Drillhole to add a hole to a ring, in a position which is relative to another hole.

  • Click Edit Drillholes to interactively edit the holes on a ring individually. In order to edit the holes, the Ring Design layer must be the active layer and the display must be in Edit Ring mode.

  • Click Edit Fan to interactively edit an angled "fan" of holes.

  • Click Renumber Drillholes to renumber the holes on the current ring.

  • Click Adjust Drillhole Lengths to shorten or lengthen holes.

  • Click Adjust Multiple to auto-adjust multiple holes relative to (the manually adjusted) position and orientation of a single reference hole.

  • Click Delete Drillholes to delete holes by selecting one or more (drive and/or ring) objects which contain the holes you want to delete. You can use this tool without necessarily entering Edit Ring mode.

  • Click Show Drillholes to display either Planned or As-drilled drillholes in the ring, both Planned and As-drilled drillholes, or None.

    Planned:
    As-drilled:
    Planned AND As-drilled:
    NONE:
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