Project String

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Click Project | Project String to project a string to a fixed distance, or to a specified elevation at a given slope angle. If no strings are selected when you click this tool, the Selection Assistant will prompt you to select the string or strings you want to project.

  1. Select the string to be projected and click Accept to open the Project String form.

This tool differs from the Project to Elevation tool on the Pit Design toolbar, which projects a pit string based on existing pit parameters and a specified elevation.

Projection Mode

The Projection Mode options determine whether to project the string to a specified elevation or by a given distance.

To Elevation

Select this option to project a string based on the Elevation and Slope values you enter, and the Expand direction you specify.

By Distance

Select this option to project a string based on the Distance and Slope values you enter, and the Expand direction you specify.

Elevation

Specify the Elevation for the string projection in the field provided.

Slope

Enter the Slope angle for the string projection in degrees. The value must be between 0 and 90 degrees.

Expand

The Expand options determine whether to project the string Out or In according to the Elevation/Distance and Slope values specified.

Auto fillet

The Auto fillet option applies whatever fillet radius is needed to determine the arc of a curve. Acute angles are automatically smoothed, so in some cases you may prefer to leave this option Off.

Preview

Clicking the Preview button will collapse the String form and display a preview of the direction for the configured projection:

Project to Surface

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.

Manage

To save the types, attributes and names you have defined and re-use them in other functions, click the Manage button to create a form set or load an existing form set.

Save

Click Save to save your changes as the default form set.

Save As

Click Save As to save your changes as a new form set.

Reset

Click Reset to clear the form of all values and reset the form to its default state.

OK

Finally, click OK to project the selected string or strings.