RR. Blast Renaming

Owned by iarmstrong
Sept 19, 2023
4 min read

The following are some examples on how to use the Designer tab Blasts Renaming tools.

Interactive Block Renamer

Using the icon of Interactive Block Renamer and its dropdown you can manually rename the whole project blast by blast.

Interactive Block Renamer tool

In the Block Renamer field select “Simple Counter” or “Type Counter” option.

Interactive Block Renamer dialog

Option

Description

Example

Option

Description

Example

Simple Counter

  1. Select Level name and set the Next number.

  2. Manually select blocks on a bench to be renumbered.

Type Counter

  1. Update the counter series for Production, Ramp, Trim, Contour and Free Dig Counter.

  2. Manually select blocks on a bench to be renumbered.

Bulk Block Renamer

Using the icon of Bulk Block Renamer you can rename all the blasts for a whole project.

You may select to bulk block rename with Selected Blasts, Current Bench or Visible Benches.

Column

Description and example

Column

Description and example

Starting ID and Ending ID

Specify Starting ID and Ending ID for each Blast type.

Bearing

Bearing column defines the direction in which blasts will be renamed.

This can be seen in the example below, where a bearing of 120 degrees has been applied.

Please note that the arrow shown is for illustration purposes only; no directional indicator will be displayed on the screen.

Overwrite Existing Conforming Names

Flag to overwrite existing names.

Increment

Specify the increment used when numbering blasts - i.e. Production blasts with an increment of 2 = 100, 102, 104, 106.

The default increment value is 1.

 

Padding Digits

Specify the number of digits to be used in the blast name - i.e. “3” for renaming to “100”, or “5“ for renaming to “00100“.

Strip Renamer

Strip Renamer tool allows users to name blasts according to direction and grid size, based on where they are spatially.

This tool is used quite selectively, by a limited number of users, so if you are interested and think this tool will be applicable for your operation, contact Alastri Support to discuss.

You may select to strip rename with Selected/Current/Visible Benches/Blasts/Digs.

Once the blasts shapes are created, select Vertical and Horizontal direction levels to rename.

Specify X and Y sizes and Bench offsets manually or using the Specify Graphically tool.

Strip Renamer takes the Starting name, and then based on the size increments or decrements the name by that size amount