Vertical For Bench Solids

On the Scheduling | View tab, in the Interactive Dependencies group: Select Vertical | For Bench Solids to build vertical dependencies between bench solids for one or more pits using extraction number, bench Z and optional pit identifier.

Bench solids are produced using the Bench Solids tool. Each task will be linked to every other task on the previous bench that has a less than or equal extraction number. The vertical dependencies will describe a complete, and accurate, order for mining tasks.

  1. Before using this tool. ensure that there is no filter set in the Gantt window.

  2. On the Scheduling | View tab, in the Interactive Dependencies group: Select Vertical | For Bench Solids to build vertical dependencies between bench solids for one or more pits using extraction number, bench Z and optional pit identifier.

  1. Set the following parameters in the Vertical Dependencies for Bench Solids form:

Bench Z Attribute

Select the attribute which contains the Z level of each bench.

Extraction number attribute

Specify the name of the attribute that contains extraction numbers. Extraction numbers are unique number assigned to an identifiable “extraction” of which a block forms part.

Group by

If multiple pits are being processed, an expression can be used, for example, to identify the pits in which the mining blocks are located.

If the expression field is blank, dependencies are built for a single group consisting of all tasks. If an expression is specified, the expression is evaluated for each task, and tasks are grouped accordingly. Different Block Size parameters can then be set for each group.