SC. Conformance tab

Owned by iarmstrong
Last updated: Sept 19, 2023 by Todd Eggerman
7 min read

RU

Once you finish your conformance project setup, populating all the data required and running all the steps, the Conformance tab becomes available.

Overview

In this tab, you can review site conformance, display pit benches and dump lifts of interest, view and configure custom reports, export conformance data in various formats.

The Conformance tab consists of four main parts, some of which include additional tabs and panels. For a detailed description of each, see below:

Overlays panel

The Overlays panel is used to work with layers, surfaces and domains.

Overlays panel overview

Boundary Display Mode

Above the Layers panel you will find the Boundary Display Mode field, where you can choose how to display the polygons drawn around the areas of interest in the Polygons setup step.

Option

Description

Example

Option

Description

Example

None

Do not display drawn polygons around the conformance domains.

Line

Display the drawn polygons around the conformance domains as lines.

Fence

Display the drawn polygons around the conformance domains as vertical walls.

 

Layers panel

The top Layers panel is common for all Alastri apps and is used to add and toggle pits, dumps and topos layers. For a full description of the Layers panel tools see here.

Surfaces panel

The Surfaces panel is used to toggle surfaces to display in the viewport. These surfaces and their colors are configured in the Surface Sets setup step.

Domains panel

The Domains panel is used to toggle domains to display in the viewport. These domains and their colors are configured in the Domain Mapping setup step.

Viewport

The Viewport provides a graphical representation of all the 3D conformance solids of Reserves and Dumps on your mine site. The user can select the levels to be displayed (pit/stage/bench), switch to the display of dumps or open pits, display or hide schedule and production surfaces, zoom in to one or multiple solids, etc.

Toolbar

The toolbar is provided on top of the viewport. Use these tools to see and interact with the 3D design area.

Pan

Middle click and drag

Rotate

Right click and drag

Zoom

Scroll wheel

Zoom Extents

Left click on the compass widget

Vertical Exaggeration

-

<CTRL> + Scroll wheel

Grid

Toggle grid (only in plan view)

Measure Distances

Function for measuring the distance between marked points.

<ENTER> - Toggle Including Mouse-Point in Result

<BACKSPACE> - Remove Last Point

Place Drone

Places a drone into the Viewport which can be flown around.

  • <Q>, <E> keys: rotate drone;

  • <A>, <W>, <S>, <D> keys: move drone;

  • <CTRL> key: lowers drone;

  • Space bar: raises drone.

Cross-section

Drag and rotate in the viewport to define the breadth and bearing of the section plane.

Capture Screenshot

Save the viewport capture in a suitable resolution for later reference in reports or presentations.

Scale bar

 

Use the scale bar to estimate distances and scale in the viewport.

Compass

The compass widget sits in the top right of the viewport.

Plan View

Click on the axis cones to snap to orthogonal views

Zoom Extents

Click on the grey cube to zoom to extents

Night Mode

Click on the sun icon to toggle night mode

Information panel

The Information panel is the main area to review Polygons and Reserve information, interact with Cross-section tool, review Charts and tables, and Reserves data.

Cross-Section tab

Click in the Cross-Section panel to view cutaways of the conformance solids.

  1. Press the cross-section icon from the top toolbar to begin.

  2. Click and drag on the screen to define the breadth and bearing of the section plane.

  3. To reset the cross-section line, simply click in the desired location and start stretching the A<-->B line, or click the minus icon in the upper left corner of the bottom panel.

  4. Zoom, pan and vertically exaggerate the view inside the Cross-Section panel.

  5. Step forward and backward with the blue up/down arrow icons in the Cross-Section panel.

  6. Toggle layers in the Surfaces and Domains panels to display different Production or Schedule surfaces or Domains.

  7. Set the Step Size as required.

Reserves tab

Open the Reserves panel to compare the actual and scheduled reserves.

Section

Description

Example

Section

Description

Example

Domains

In the Domain list, use the checkboxes to show and hide different reserves groups.

Select the domains you want to report data on:

Fields

In the Fields dropdown, toggle fields you wish to display in the left list.

Tick required fields or press “Select All”:

Parcels

In the Parcels dropdown, toggle parcels you wish to display in the top row.

Tick required parcels or press “Select All”:

Min/Max

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

Toggle Min/Max icon to display Value, Min and Max columns:

Export

Use the Export button to export Reserves data to Excel, Text or CSV format.

Press the Export button to select an appropriate export option:

Table tab

The Table tab is where you can review the reports configured in the Table Options step. Configured reports will appear in the Table panel.

The settings in Setup > Settings > Options may cause greater or lesser degrees of accuracy in the solid calculations.

Each scheduled component in the Report table contains an Error row — the greater the error, the lower the accuracy of the result.

The difference in solid volume between the Total Solid and Parts Total → Error = 1 - (Parts Total / Total Solid).

Aim to keep Error-values lower than 1%. This can be achieved with tighter reserving grid sizes and lower minimum height thresholds.

Waterfall tab

Open the Waterfall tab to see the Conformance chart for the selected report.

  • Select polygon/bench from Benches panel to display a chart for it. You can select single RL or multiple using <CTRL> and <SHIFT> keys.

  • Use the Chart Field dropdown to select data to display (will be shown on the left).

  • Hover the mouse cursor over bars to see detailed information.

  • Press Copy to Clipboard button to save the current chart view.

Explanation of Waterfall Chart bars see in the table below:

Component

Explanation

Component

Explanation

Planned

The left "Planned" component is always 100%: it consists of “Cut in Plan” + “Cut Early” + “Planned not Cut”.

Production

The right "Production" component is the ratio of (Cut / Scheduled). It consists of “Cut in Plan” + “Cut Late” + “Cut Out of Plan” + “Cut Later.

 

The subtotals of each "Planned" and "Production" component are shown in the waterfall from left to right.

Benches panel

The Benches panel contains a tree structure listing all polygons/benches in a certain order, i.e. Pit - Stage - Bench.

  • By selecting a record, its polygons will display in the Viewport.

  • You may select the whole pit or stage by clicking on it.

  • Use <CTRL> and <SHIFT> hotkeys to select multiple Benches/Stages/Pits.

  • Double click on the tree level to zoom to its polygon in the Viewport.

Export

 

Various Export options available via Benches panel are described in the child section.