Cut Benches

When Cut Benches is selected as the mode in the Cut Blocks & Benches dialog, specify the following inputs:

Input Source

Select the Source of the data that will be used as input to the function:

Selection	Design elements you have interactively selected in the Design Window.
Visible	Design elements that are visible in the loaded layer. Elements that have been specifically hidden are excluded. This a quick way of selecting all visible elements in a layer without having to explicitly select them.
Layer	One or more layers that you select. Names of layers currently loaded in the Design Window are shown in bold.

For large datasets, for performance reasons you may prefer to select a layer rather than load that layer and select all of the elements in the layer.

Selecting a non-applicable layer will have no effect. In most cases, an error icon will indicate that the chosen input layer is not valid. Hover over the icon to view a validation hint.

Reference Bench

Specify a reference bench. Note that this is not necessarily the top-most or bottom-most bench. Any existing bench can be selected.

Bench Thickness

Specify a bench thickness. If you enter 20 metres, for example, every bench will be 20 metres apart.

Bench Roof or Floor Attribute

A bench that goes from zero to 20 metres is ambiguous - is it Bench Zero or is it Bench 20? Choose a Roof or a Floor attribute to remove any ambiguity.

Apply

Click Apply to cut the triangulations.