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In the Block Model step you will be prompted to load your block models from Surpac (.mdl), Vulcan (.bmf), MineSight (.dat) or Micromine and convert it to Alastri Block Model formal format (which is .resmodel).

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Press the New button to open the Reserve Model Generator.

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  1. Press blue plus icon and import CSV file “.myblockmodel.csv”.

  2. Set the green Header Line to match the header text.

  3. Set the yellow Data Offset to match the first row of data.

  4. Press OK to finish.

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Infotip

When importing Block Model CSV, you’ll see a preview of the first 100 rows of this CSV. It's a good time-saving feature, as your site Block models CSVs can be of a very large size and take a long time to open.

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  • Most block models contain a material type field, such as “MatType” or “IDProduct”.

  • If there is no material type field in the block model, see the Block Model Formulas section to write your own.

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Info

Always save reserve model files locally (or on the same server on which Rapid Reserver is running). When sharing work with a colleague, the Rapid Reserver file and the reserve model file should be shared together.

As such, a good rule of thumb is to save the reserve model file in the same folder as the Rapid Reserver project, to reduce confusion when sharing or backing up files.

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Once the reserve model file has been generated, a block model summary is displayed for each loaded block model.

  • Use the Min/Max toggle to inspect the data for missing or rubbish values.

  • Check the material types, tonnes and grades for ballpark accuracy.

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Once satisfied, press blue play button to proceed to the next step.

Export

You can export the entire Reserves model to a CSV file. To do this, click the Export button on the top line and specify the path to the destination folder.

The new CSV file will contain all block models, with all the blocks and all the fields existing and added by the user.

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You can also narrow your Block Model Data export by selecting which parcels and fields you wish to export from the Reserves Summary.

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Selected parcels and fields of the Reserves model can be exported to Excel or to Text/CSV formats.

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