RR. Quick Start Tutorial

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Last updated: Apr 21, 2023
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This tutorial is based on Rapid Reserver versions 21.2 and older. Some features and options can be out of date. For the most recent information, please refer to the main documentation pages (access from here) and the latest version of Rapid Reserver Training booklet available in the Downloads. PDFs. Videos section.

The purpose of Rapid Reserver (RR) is to prepare geological reserves for scheduling in Alastri Tactical and Production Schedulers.

Rapid Reserver creates blast masters, dig floors, grade control blocks and scheduling blocks for the entire mining technical services team. It works by drawing lines to cut solids, so that mining blocks are automatically closed, validated and adjoined to their neighbours.

Solids, blast boundaries and reserves are dynamically displayed and can be exported to any mine design software, scheduler or fleet management system

This page provides step-by-step instructions for creating such a project, including instructions for setting parameters, creating solids based on the current survey, working with blasts and mining blocks, reporting and plotting the data of interest, as well as exporting the prepared reserve model file for further use in mine planning.

 

Rapid Reserver Designer tab view

Rapid Reserver is organized into four tabs:

  1. Setup tab - contains an ordered task list to prepare the project.

  2. Designer tab - contains the 3D work environment to cut solids from benches.

  3. Report tab - allows the user to QAQC the reserves without leaving the application.

  4. Solid Lab tab - may be used to create pit solids and dump solids.

Brief description of these tabs see below and detailed information is available by clicking on the links provided.

The exercises in this chapter are for familiarization purposes and are deliberately light on detail. More in-depth discussion follows in the next sections.

Unless otherwise noted, each exercise follows from the preceding exercise.

Accessing Rapid Reserver

Rapid Reserver is launched from the Alastri Hub, which manages all Alastri licenses and applications on your computer. 

  • To install the Hub, see Installation and Setup.

  • To run the Hub, double click the shortcut icon  on your desktop, or search for "Alastri Hub" via the Start menu.



Alastri Hub - license manager and app launcher

Once in the Hub:

  • Click the Rapid Reserver option.

  • Select the latest version.

  • Click START to launch the software.

Once in Rapid Reserver, click File > New to create a new project.

Setup Tab

The main steps to set your model in Rapid Reserver are listed below. Navigate through them in a specified order or go to RR. Setup tab section to get more details.

In the Setup tab data is imported and information required for the inventory model created.

  • Geological Block Models

  • Pit Phase solids

  • Current Mine Surveys for depletion

  • Client Grade Control Databases can be imported

Information can be added to the inventory:

  • Data hierarchy created

  • New properties can be added

  • Bench structure added to the reserves

  • Material can be depleted/removed for the current project

  • Wall control parameters can be added

Note, that in order to unlock Designer and Report tabs you have to complete and run all the Setup tasks listed.

  1. Settings step

  2. Tables step

  3. Block Model step

  4. Block Model Gap Filling step

  5. Phases step

  6. Phase Properties step

  7. Blast Properties step

  8. Dig Properties step

  9. Bench templates step

  10. Depletion Surfaces step

  11. Phase Exclusion Areas step

  12. Phase Details step

  13. Bench Preconditioning step

  14. Bench Depletion step

  15. Wall Controls step

  16. Wall Control Designs step

  17. Grade Control step.

Designer Tab

The Designer tab is the primary 3D work environment for the project, which allows the following:

  • View the entire solid inventory by pit, stage, or bench.

  • Show colour-coded block models in the background.

  • Inspect solid properties, reserves, and attributes.

  • Resolve errors in the Error List.

Full description of the Designer tab see here.

Solid Lab Tab

All benches in Rapid Reserver are cut from a master solid. If you do not already have a pit solid or dump solid, these can be created in the Solid Lab.

Solid Lab consists of four main sections, described in more detail in sections below.

Quick example of Solids Lab tab functionality is shown in RR. Solid Lab exercises section. To see detailed example of solids creation click here. Alternatively, see some solids operations exercises in the walk-thought example section.

Report Tab

The Report tab is displayed within the context of a given project and enables you to generate any standard and custom reports currently available for the project. In this tab you can generate a single report or multiple different reports simultaneously for the project. Once the generation of a report has completed, you may export and download the report in all its available formats.

There are three main types of reports you may create:

Full description of the Report tab see here.

 

To get more familiar with Rapid Reserver features, go through all the Setup steps and populate some sample data. It will help you to get a better understanding of how to deal with reserves database to later proceed with a mining scheduling. Example of filling in all the Setup Tasks, required for creating a valid project, and allowing you to generate and export complete reports, see in the section RR. Project Setup Example.

 

 

The best practice to use Rapid Reserver functionality is explained in the video below:

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