Release Notes

Vulcan 10.1.3
Workbench 1.1.756
Shared Plugins 1.0.48

October 2017

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Workbench 1

Envisage 1
Analyse menu 1
Block menu 1
Design menu 1
File menu 2
Gantt menu 2
Geology menu 2
Grade Control menu 3
Grid Calc menu 3
Model menu 3
Open Pit menu 3
Workbench menu 4
Workbench
The Maptek Eureka installer will no longer be included with the Vulcan installer.
Corrected an issue which caused Workbench to fail on startup if the My Documents folder was unavailable.
Manage Maptek Account menu has been added to the Maptek Account user pop-up menu and appears only
when user signs in.
About
Restored support for project-relative remote folder links in the Explorer.
Start Page
The installed version of Maptek Evolution will now be displayed on the start page.

Envisage
Fixed an issue in which unsaved layers discarded during Envisage shutdown remained in the layer list in the Explorer.

Analyse menu
Data Analyser
Added a new option to display grid lines in a graph.
Added new cursors for VDA.
It is now possible to display all three models of an orthogonal variogram in one chart, each with custom colours
and markers.

Block menu
Grade Control Optimiser
Split Grade Control Optimiser into two options, one for block optimisation and one for polygon generation.
Added block selection to the Block Optimisation panel.
Manipulation > Assign Values
Resolved an issue in which assigning values in certain datasets resulted in an error.
Pit Optimiser > Edit
Corrected an issue with temp file creation.
Added debugging information in analysis.
Added the Scenario ID text into the Excel filename.
Added the Scenario ID in the subtitle for reports and charts.
The scenario ID tag has been added to the Excel report file.
Sequencing Accumulation and Reporting
Added an option providing customised names for triangulations output while in triangulation mode.
Resolved an issue in which Sequential Indicator Simulation was producing invalid distributions.
Viewing > Load Dynamic Model
Resolved an issue which caused Vulcan to fail when using block text with a block text scheme containing variables
different from the model.

Design menu
Create > Create Text
Corrected an issue in which clicking the Cancel button resulted in the remaining panels appearing.
Polygon Edit
Resolved an issue in which Vulcan would fail if a location outside the loaded polygon was selected with the
command to Edit Face Attribute.
Polygon Edit > Boolean
Enabled the selection of multiple objects and nested polygons for straight skeleton structures.
Transformation > Translate
Corrected an issue in which the collar symbol did not snap to the collar location as expected, but at random points
on the symbol.
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File menu
Added binary STL file import/export for Vulcan triangulations as executable files for use with 3D printing software.
Export
Resolved an issue in which exporting triangulations to Datamine failed if the working directory contained spaces in the
path name.
Import > ASCII
Resolved an issue in which attributes and metadata were not being imported correctly.
Resolved an issue in which drillhole synonyms were not being saved properly in a database.
Resolved an issue in which NULL fields in the database were not importing correctly.
Line Styles > Load
Resolved an issue in which edited line styles could not be saved.
Plot > Plot All Wizard
Corrected an issue in which elements were being relocated by the margin distance when using drafting sheet elements
such as image or scale.
Resolved an issue in which images would fail to plot.
Save Screen
Resolved an issue in which loading a saved screen resulted in an error message stating the specification file could not
be opened.

Gantt menu
Gantt Chart Scheduler
The current frame date and time will now be displayed in Envisage.
Added ability to choose whether exceptions are used from the project calendar as well as the resource calendar of an
activity.
Added the ability to colour bars by resource.
Added a view mode which does not allow content to be edited.
A planned start date concept was added to help account for work being done while the plan is being created.
Corrected an issue in which VGS would stop when a valid change was made to an Envisage DGD path in the activity
grid, but without a change to the layer and/or object.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Maptek > Open
Resolved an issue in which VGS would stop if loading a calendar with a large number of exception days.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Optimisation
A new version of Schedule Optimization Tool (SOT) has been merged into Vulcan.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Precedences > Setup
Resolved an issue in which the option Sync Report was not being saved in the VGANTT project file.
Resolved an issue in which the Summary Report did not calculate when all activities were removed and new activities
added.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Setup > Calendars
Changes to the Calendar Exception panel were made allowing a custom colour to be selected, only showing
calendars that have been selected.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Setup > Report Setup
Resolved an issue in which the Summary Report was out of alignment with the gantt chart.

Geology menu
3D Geological Sculpting
A new feature provides on-the-fly validation as a means of warning that further modification will cause the resulting
triangulation to fail.
Drilling Utilities > Drillhole Planning
Prevented the ability to close while the CSV save prompt is still active.
Resolved an issue in which drillholes were unable to be exported if Hole Length was not populated.

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 Resolved an issue in which Workbench failed when selecting a disconnected acQuire database and attempting to
save a drillhole.
Corrected an issue in which attempting to move the window or zoom caused Envisage to fail.
A specification file is no longer required when exporting to CSV.
Resolved an issue in which holes close to horizontal could not be created.
Resolved an issue in which duplicate drillholes were being created even though confirmation to overwrite the existing
drillholes had been done.
Resolved an issue in which drillholes were not being drawn if using Select by Collar and End Coordinate.
Sampling > Database Drift Analyser
To improve clarity, the output spreadsheet field Mean has been relabelled Weighted Average, and the field Average has
been relabelled Non-Weighted Average.

Grade Control menu

Blast Report
Resolved an issue in which the average blast grade was not calculating when existing data was selected.
Define Blast Solid > Solid Triangulation
Resolved an issue in which the order of the triangles during topology calculations was not preserved, causing an error.
Grade Control Polygon
Resolved an issue in which the name legend was not being honoured if using a name variable.
Setup > Calculation Rules
Corrected an issue in which using _date, _blast_name or hole_length in assignment rules would give a
validation error.

Grid Calc menu

Integrated Stratigraphic Modelling > Interpolate Drillhole Data (FixDHD)
Corrected an issue in which an error occurred when running FixDHD a second time using a database generated by
previous FixDHD run.

Model menu
Triangle Attributes > Edit Attributes
Corrected an issue in which an additional message would be displayed after the last triangulation was selected from
the screen.
Triangle Solid > Repair by Voxelation
New option to produce a triangulation that has a blocky appearance as if triangulation is wrapping a block model.
Triangle Solid > Split
New options allow triangulations to be saved below the target volume and specify whether or not to append the results
in one single triangulation.
Triangle Utility > Multi-Boolean
The ability to dictate how far in the Z direction to extend to a cutting triangulation has been added.

Open Pit menu

Drill and Blast
Added options to forcibly maintain collar or toe positions when changing dip or bearing irrespective of the design
specifications.
New display characteristics allow changing collar symbols, colour, line type, and primitives used on holes based on any
combination of blast hole attributes.
Open Pit Solids > Split Pit
A message will now be displayed when there are no triangulations loaded and the specifications require the user to
select triangulations.
It is now possible to select either triangulations or wall lines, or both, to define the faces.
A new feature will save the data entered into the workflow panel after editing to a specification file.

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 Open Pit Solids > Split Pit Setup
Resolved an issue in which nothing would happen after using the screen pick option for high wall surfaces.
A new feature will save the data entered into the workflow panel after editing to a specification file.
Ramps > Design Pit/Dump
Resolved an issue in which roads inserted after a switchback were not correct.
Resolved an issue in which strip offsets were being ignored when building ramps.

Workbench menu
Customise
Fixed hotkey display for hotkeys that contain numerical keys and other symbol keys such as forward slash.
Native tcsh > TRISIMPLIFY.EXE
Corrected an issue in which crossing triangles were being created under certain conditions.
Preferences
Restored support for dynamic mapping relative to the current working directory.
A pattern selector has been added to the Property Editor window.