This step can be enabled in Setup > Settings > Options > Fill Block Model Gaps.
Option to fill voids in block models with a default material. This is useful where the current mining solid surface is outside of the Block Model extents.
Gap filling material should be waste or backfill material, if it could be anything else, discuss with the geologists who prepared the Block Model.
Select a parcel from a list of parcels preconfigured in the resmodel, or create a new one.
Volume is always = 1.
Specify default DryTonnes and WetTonnes density, and moisture, if applicable. You can also set grades etc as well, if known.
If gaps are present and gap fill is not used, the schedule will apply zero tonnes for this mining area.
In this example, wherever there is missing any block model information when it gets interrogated against phase solid, the created Gap Filling Preset is going to be used.
To fill Block Model gaps:
Create a new Gap Filling Preset, such as “waste”.
Assign the material type, volumes, tonnes, and other block model parameters, when applicable
If multiple gap fill material presets are created, in Setup > Phase Details, toggle which phases use which preset.
Areas outside of the Block Model extent will be calculated as containing material set as Gap Filling.
