New Tools and Features in MineSight® 3-D Versions 4.50 and 5.

New Tools and Features in MineSight® 3-D

Versions 4.50 and 5.0
Mintec, Ic. is pleased to announce the additions and enhancements to our flagship
application, MineSight 3-D (MS3D), for versions 4.50 (released in December 2008) and 5.0
(to be released later in 2009). There are a number of new tools and features, as well as a
sizable list of enhancements to existing tools and functions. This workshop is intended to
describe and demonstrate these new additions to the MineSight programs.

MS3D Version 4.50

Released in December 2008, MS3D Version 4.50 contains a number of new tools and menu
entries. New tools include the Polyline | Explode function, which splits a polyline into
its constituent line segments; the Surface | Verify function, which collects three previous
functions from the Surface menu (Surface | Openings, Surface | Duplicate Faces,
and Surface | Self-intersecting faces) into one convenient dialog; The Surface | Size
Parameters dialog, which reports surface area and volume data on user-selected surface
elements; Polyline | Polyline Offset with Vectors, which allows you to specify an offset
direction or directions to apply to all or part of a polyline for offset in certain situations;
and a new Virtual Elements option on the Utilities menu, which replaces the previous
Utility Marker nomenclature and functionality.
Significant enhancements have also been added to a number of existing MineSight tools.
New functionality allows the selection of LGO surfaces through the Object Contents
Browser when selecting for most surface functions; enhancements have been made to the
Grid Set creation dialog which allow the definition of a Grid Set between the start and
end points of a polyline and the specification of Grid and Cell size at creation; the Blast
Pattern Editor has received enhancements which allow more flexible BH naming, better
verification of BH spacing and more powerful Sorting and Export functionality. The Pit
Expansion Tool has a number of new features, including the ability to lock the Viewer
elevation to the planes of pit design, follow a ramp grade at the centerline and produce
inclined pit designs. The Ring Design Tool has been improved with the addition of the
ability to better filter element visibility and a new element called Primer for the storage of
detonator details. Polyline | Clip Polylines, Points and Labels tool has been enhanced
with the addition of the ability to close clipped polylines with the clipping boundary.
MineSight Interactive Planner (MSIP) now contains a direct function for the creation of
End-of-Period maps and the MineSight Haulage (MSHaulage) module has added the
Mintec, Inc. ability to subdivide lifts into subzones for more detailed destination modeling. The Model
Global View Properties dialog now allows filtering based on Python™ syntax, a feature which
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Since functionality also provides much better resistance to any issues that might result from the
1970 installation of other software that also uses Python.

New Tools and Menu Revisions in MS3D Version 4.50

Polyline Explode
Polyline Explode is a new CAD function found on the Polyline menu. This function
will ‘explode’ a selected polyline into its constituent line segments. Identification of the

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polyline elements to be exploded is made through left mouse click or Ctrl+A if you wish to
explode all selected polylines. Right-click both performs the ‘explode’ and terminates the
function.

Figure 1. Query illustrates single polyline.

Figure 2. Select polyline and choose Polyline | Explode.

Figure 3. Identify polyline(s) with left click, and then click Figure 4 - New query illustrates individual line segments.
right to ‘explode’ and end the function.

Polyline Offset with Vectors

This new CAD function allows a polyline (or portion of a polyline) to be offset using either Mintec, Inc.
relative or absolute vector definitions. This tool requires that the polyline to be offset be Global
selected, and is available for use on one polyline/polygon at a time. The options available in
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Figure 5. Select the data to be offset and choose Figure 6. Choose the line and click OK.
Polyline | Offset with Vectors.

Figure 7. The dialog appears with one default

vector.

Additional vectors can be added with the ‘plus’ button ( ) at the upper right of the
Polyline Offset with Vectors dialog; vectors can be deleted from the list with the ‘x’
button ( ). One vector can be selected at a time, indicated by the dark blue highlight; the
parameters of this vector can be edited in the Start Point, Azimuth, Dip, and Length fields
in the dialog or through the Viewer – click the ‘pick’ button ( ) to set the start point of the
vector, and the ‘digitize’ button ( ) to drag the vector location and length. Multiple vectors
can be defined for the polyline, and each vector can be defined independently. To update
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Figure 8. Polyline with three offset vectors.

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Once the vectors have been defined, the results can be previewed by clicking the Preview
button at the bottom of the dialog.

Figure 9. Preview with three different offset vectors.

Vectors can be defined either relative to the existing polyline segments (the default
behavior) or as absolute vectors. An additional option allows the definition of an offset for
the polyline segment between two vectors.

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Figure 10. Preview with vectors relative to segments (default).

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Figure 11. Preview with absolute vectors.

Note that in the two Previews above, the vector display remains constant, since the vector
definitions are constant. The difference in the results is the result of calculating the azimuth
relative to the line segment azimuth (default behavior) and using absolute vector values
with no account taken of the azimuth of the segment being offset.

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Figure 12. Preview of substring offset (between first and last vectors).

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Once a satisfactory Preview has been generated, clicking the Apply button at the bottom of the
dialog will save the Offset results to the Geometry Object containing the string being offset.

Figure 13. Result of polyline offset with vectors.

Some of the possible uses for this enhanced polyline offset include:
a. Design slope transition zones of different benches.
b. Design transition zones between roads of different widths.
c. Design ramps from crests or toes for pit expansion projects.

Verify and Repair Surfaces and Solids

This new addition to the Surface menu (Surface | Verify) provides a convenient single
interface which replaces the three previous Surface options Duplicate Faces, Openings,
and Self-intersecting Faces. To verify the surface(s) of interest, it is not necessary that they
be selected, while it is necessary to first select the surfaces to perform any repairs on them.
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Figure 14. Surface | Verify menu location. Figure 15. Verifying a surface for openings.

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To use one of the Verify options, choose Surface | Verify from the MS3D menu and click
left on the surface(s) you wish to verify; when finished choosing surfaces, click right to
activate the tool. Clicking Ctrl+A will select all of the surfaces in the Viewer. Confirm
that the options are correctly set; typically, it is not necessary to set a maximum area for
verifying or when patching triangulated solids, but this setting can prevent problems when
patching openings in an open surface such as the topo surface in this example. Click the
Verify button to get a report in the Message Window and orange indicator markers in the
Viewer showing where openings have been found. To convert these indicators into Virtual
Elements which can be saved, click the button to Convert Verify Highlights to Virtual
Elements. This will convert the orange highlight indicators to purple Virtual Elements
which can be saved using the Utilities | Virtual Elements | Move to Edit Object.
To repair the openings in the surface, it is necessary to select the surface for editing prior
to repair (if you select data with the Verify dialog open, the dialog will close). Choose the
surface(s) to repair as in the verify example above, but now the Repair option is active and
this choice will repair the opening(s) with triangulated patches. Optional check boxes allow
you to limit the largest area to be patched (necessary with open surface data) and/or save
the patches to a separate Geometry Object for independent examination and analysis.

Figure 16. Surface selected for Repair. Figure 17. Surface after repair.

The same techniques are available for use when verifying or repairing Duplicate Faces or
Self-intersecting Faces. This new interface provides a convenient single dialog with which
to perform these common surface functions.

Surface Size Parameters

This new tool on the MS3D Surface menu is the surface/solid counterpart to the often used
Mintec, Inc. Polyline | Size Parameters tool, which reports length and area for polylines and polygons
through the Viewer, and reports area and volume information. To access this new interface,
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Figure 18. Surface | Size Parameters menu location.

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Then simply click on the surface(s) for which you wish to list the size parameters.
Figure 19. Surface size
parameters reporting
dialog.

Virtual Elements Menu

The Virtual Elements menu is located under the Utilities menu in the MS3D interface. This
new menu entry replaces the previous Utility Markers menu, and there have been some
minor changes in the options on this menu.

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Figure 20. The Virtual Element menu in MS3D. Global
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The first change is in the Move to Edit Object option, which replaces the previous Copy
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from the Virtual Element, and the original Virtual Element is deleted. A last, even more
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Elements as opposed to the old terminology. The functionality of these options has not 1970
changed. The colors used to display the Virtual Elements can be modified using the Viewer
| Preferences dialog.

Enhancements to Existing Tools in MineSight Version 4.50

A number of existing tools have received a variety of enhancements, including the Large
Gridded Object (LGO), creation and management of Grid Sets, the Blast Pattern Editor

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(BPE), the Ring Design Tool, Polyline|Clip Polylines, Points and Labels, MSIP Period
Maps, Model View Properties, MSHaulage, and Mintec Python Installation (MPython).

Enhanced LGO Functionality

The LGO has been added as an option for surface selection through the Object Contents
Browser (OCB) option in tools and functions which allow the use of these surfaces. An
example of this can be found in the Intersect Surfaces Tool, as shown here. To select an LGO
surface through the OCB, click the OCB Selection button for the appropriate surface field.

Figure 21. The OCB Selection option in the Intersect Surfaces Tool.

When the OCB Selection button is clicked, the OCB Selection dialog appears; click the
LGO button as shown. This will bring up a selector in which you choose the desired LGO
View, and then click OK.
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This populates the OCB dialog with the surfaces stored in the specified LGO; you then
highlight the surface to be used in the particular tool, and click OK once again to populate
the field in the tool. The LGO selection can be used for either or both fields in this tool, and
is available for surface selection in Surface tools throughout MS3D.

Figure 22. The OCB dialog LGO Selection button.

Figure 23. LGO View Selection dialog.

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Figure 24. LGO surface selection.

Figure 25. Fields populated in Intersect Surfaces Tool.

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Blast Pattern Editor

The Blast Pattern Editor (BPE) has undergone numerous enhancements. The newly revised
tool is much more versatile, making blast pattern design and editing a simpler and more
effective process. In order to make the BPE more intuitive four additional tabs have been
added: Name, Verify, Export, and Options.
The Name tab is used to add unique, customized names to new blastholes being designed
and also allows existing blastholes to be renamed.

Figure 26. The BPE Name tab.

The Verify tab can be used to verify blasthole

and pattern parameters such as spacing and
naming as well as bootleg inconsistencies
between patterns.
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Figure 27. The BPE Verify tab.

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Figure 28. The BPE Verify tab with the report displayed in the MineSight® Messages window.

When it is necessary to export the created

blasthole patterns then one of the formats
on the Export page can be applied. Note:
blastholes need to be selected in the left side
of the dialog in order to apply the desired
functions on the Export page.

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Figure 29. The BPE Export tab.

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The Options tab has been added to allow various preferences to be set for the editor. For
example Check for duplicate names on close, Color Preferences, and Sort blastholes.

Figure 31. The Color Preference dialog.

Figure 30. The BPE Options tab. Figure 32. The BH sorting page.

For more information on the BPE and the new enhancements, please attend our Updated
Engineering Tools seminar workshop which includes a session on the Blast Pattern Editor.
Ring Design Tool
Enhancements to the MS3D Ring Design Tool used for underground blast design include
the ability to filter the Viewer display to only the current design plane, and the addition of
Primer (detonator) data for inclusion in the Ring Design Reports.

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1970 The MS3D Pit Expansion Tool has received a few updates in version 4.50, including the
ability to select more than pit base string on a single click of the Add button, display a
message in the MineSight Messages window indicating why a road or slot has aborted, and
a new option to save Base strings to a separate geometry object.
Additional new options allow you to specify road grade along the centerline of the road,
to create a centerline polyline during the expansion, and synchronization of the Viewer

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and the Expansion levels. Input toggles

for these new options are located on the
Advanced tab of the Pit Expansion Tool
interface, shown here.
For additional information on these new
features, be sure to attend the Updated
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contains a session on the Pit Expansion
Tool.

Figure 35. The Pit Expansion Tool Advanced tab.

Polyline|Clip Polylines, Points and Labels

An exciting new enhancement has been added to the Polyline Clipping Tool—the ability
to close clipped polylines to polygons using the clipping boundary. The clipping boundary
can be either a polygon or a surface, and the polygons clipped by the boundary will be
closed following the boundary, adding points as needed to match the clipping boundary.
The images below illustrate the usage of this new option using a set of interpreted vein
polygons that are to be clipped to the surface representing a fault. The Edit Grid option was
used since the clipping surface is vertical; default behavior assumes a generally horizontal
clipping surface.

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Figure 36. The Polyline Clip General tab and the polygon portions to be retained after clipping.

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Figure 37. The Polyline Clip Options tab and the portions of the polygons to be clipped.

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Figure 38. Detail of selected polygons.

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Figure 39. Detail after Preview.

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Figure 40. Detail after Apply.

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Grid Set Creation Enhancements
The Grid Set creation dialog has been streamlined and enhanced in MS3D Version 4.50,
with a new option to create Grid Sets between the end points of an existing polyline, and
options to specify the size of the major and minor axes, as well as the cell size in each
direction. When creating a Grid Set Perpendicular to polyline, a new option allows you to
specify vertical grids rather than fully perpendicular.

Figure 41. Enhanced Grid Set creation dialog.

Grid Set Between polyline end points is a new option found in the Grid Set creation
dialog. To use this option, a set of polyline can be selected either from the Viewer or through
the OCB selection option. Click right in the Viewer to end the selection, and then click OK to
create the Grid Set. The grid set is created with vertical planes oriented on the line between
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Figure 42. Polylines selected for Grid Set end point definition.

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Figure 43. Grid Set created Between polyline end points.

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Model View Editor Enhancements

MS3D version 4.50 provides one major enhancement to the Model View Editor; the Options
tab now contains the ability to filter the display based on an expression, much in the same
way that was previously provided for DH View filtering.

Figure 44. Advanced filtering option in Model View Editor.

Period Maps in MSIP

An addition to MSIP provides a new
interface for creating Period Maps
from the cuts stored in a plan. The
new tool is accessed through a new
Tools menu in the MSIP Cut Design
dialog. Choosing this menu option
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Figure 45. MSIP Cut Design Tool menu.

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To create EOP surfaces, a number of parameters are en-

tered or defined in the IP Period Maps dialog. Options
for starting surface, period attribute, start and end peri-
ods are chosen in the Period area of the dialog. This
area also contains check boxes allowing the selection of
use all periods and ignore cuts preceding the start-
ing period.
The Geometry area of the dialog contains a field to
select the target folder, check boxes for different types
of results, and entries for a variety of naming options.
The naming options can use certain wildcards to
automatically insert either the period name or period
number (or both) as part of the geometry object name,
and a zero padding specification can be entered.
The Options area provides an option to Assign
material using object name, options to use bench toe
or model item values to define elevations, and a cut
merging tolerance.
Once the various parameters are defined, a Preview
can be displayed by clicking the Preview button, and
the geometry will be created in the target folder when
Apply is clicked. Note that it is necessary to Refresh
the target folder in order to populate it with the results.

Figure 46. The IP Period Maps dialog.

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Figure 47. IP Period Maps Preview.

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Figure 48. Final surface result from IP Period Maps.

MineSight Haulage
MineSight Haulage (MSHaulage), released in MS3D version 4.10, has been enhanced in
a number of ways. New options now make it feasible to divide an ‘atomic’ reserve unit
for multiple destinations, and define subzones for those destinations. New convenience
enhancements will auto-populate elevations, rolling resistance and maximum speed fields
when a route is divided by the user. A new IP attribute can be used to store cut sequencing
information, as well as additional cut management functionality. Additional details
regarding MSHaulage will be available at the MSHaulage workshop at this year’s Annual
Mintec Seminar.

Summary of Specific Enhancements

A number of enhancements have been made to MS3D for version 4.50, and they are
Mintec, Inc. tabulated here. Some of these enhancements are transparent, consisting of improvements to
Global the underlying code; others resulted in visible changes to one or more dialogs, but with little
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Since • Point menu—There are some changes in the underlying code for the Point | Create
1970 at Center of Mass (polyline) functionality, but there is no change in the way the
tool is used; and the General Gridder Tool has been enhanced to allow the selection
of multiple surfaces. If the surfaces overlap, the highest surface will be gridded.
• Element menu—Element attribute has been re-coded to provide a faster operation
when attributing large amounts of data.

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• Polyline menu—Two new entries (Polyline | Explode and Polyline | Offset with
Vectors); Polyline | Offset and Polyline | Substring | Offset now can honor Edit
Grid orientation; Polyline | Clip Polylines, Points and Labels enhanced with
option to close clipped strings with boundary; the Polyline | Substring | Dynamic
Erase function has been updated; and Polyline | Size Parameters has also been
enhanced with a dialog update.
• Surface menu—Two new entries (Surface | Verify and Surface | Size
Parameters); additional warning message on Surface | Triangulate with
Selection; and enhanced Preview display in Surface | Create | Extrude Tool.

Other General Enhancements and Updates

Many enhancements have been made to internal routines within MS3D and other members
of the MineSight suite of software. Most of these enhancements will be completely
transparent to you. Some of the more obvious changes include implementation of six
decimals of precision throughout MSCompass procedure panels; faster processing in
standalone engines such as the union engine; better performance in MSDART when used
to find the limits of an ASCII file; better limit performance in the Isopachs Tool; improved
selection in the MS3D Viewer when displaying surface models as polylines; and the
addition of a new Python library (MPYTHON) intended to eliminate any problems if other
software utilizing Python is installed on the computer.
There are additional enhancements and additions to MineSight that are in process, or
targeted for the next release of MS3D (Version 5.0). These new enhancements will make
MS3D even more powerful and easy to use than ever before. Many of these new features are
outlined in the remainder of the workshop, and there are sure to be even more great new
features by the time this new version is released.

MS3D Version 5.0

In addition to the great new options already available in MS3D version 4.50, Mintec’s
developers have begun improvements to MS3D to be added for version 5.0, expected to be
released later in 2009. A substantial number of MineSight Grail (MSGrail) enhancements
have been added, allowing users of the MSGrail scripts to gain access to a wider variety of
data such as read/write access to *.srv, *.srg, and *.dxf files. These enhancements,
in addition to other tools that allow the creation of a Project and the MineSight Planning
Database (MSPD), add a much greater degree of flexibility for automating often-used
MineSight functionality through MSGrail. Additional enhancements are scheduled for the
Ring Design Tool, Model View Editor, and MSDART, as well as the first use of ‘plug-in’
technology to permit easier upgrading of various MineSight components.
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Non-orthogonal (parallel to the Edit Grid) digitizing in Point Editor. - 4.7 (RFE: 9259)
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Figure 49. Point Editor dialog.

Enhancements to Vertical Openings Tool (creating curved line)

Multiple enhancements have been added to the Vertical Opening Tool. First, the dialog
previously consisting of two tabs has now been merged into a single page dialog. In the
enhanced version of the tool, you can define the center line by a combination of Start Point
and End Point; Start Point and Direction; or Start Point, End Point, and Direction.
For additional information on these new features, be sure to attend the Updated
Engineering Tools workshop which contains a session on the Vertical Opening tool.

Figure 50. Vertical Opening Tool.

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Software tor is the ability to code to the model directly from a
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The same coding options available for coding with
solids are also available for coding from a surface; an
additional subtab is activated when selecting From Sur-
faces that allows you to specify coding above or below
the surface.

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Figure 52. Model View Editor surface storing options. Figure 53. Model View Editor Surface subtab.

One common coding task that will be improved with this new option is adding TOPO% to
the model; previous versions required a solid for this, but now a single surface will produce
the same result.

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Figure 54. Topo% coded from a single surface.

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INI file configuration is added to mscode

A new configuration has been added to mscode.exe standalone engine. This method works
the same way as mscode, and can be exported from the Model View Model Coding dialog
as an INI file. You will be prompted with a question on clicking the Save button Include
exported Geometry Set in INI file?. If you choose yes, this will export the geometry set to
the INI file.

Figure 55. Export of the INI file.

In the procedure runcmd.dat, the template option (-i) can be used with the INI file and the
following syntax as shown below:

Figure 56. runcmd.dat setup for INI file.

New option for “polygon partitioning” (building cuts) in Polyline Clip Tool
A new enhancement has been added to Polyline | Clip Polylines, Points and Labels.
The combination of Split at boundaries and the new Close polygons against boundary
option allows you to create MSIP cuts within a polygon boundary. One of the applications
is multiple cuts over a grade control block model and these cuts need to be clipped at a
boundary (polygon). MSIP cuts need to be selected, but not boundary polygon. Select a
boundary polygon as a boundary limit then either pick the MSIP cuts in the viewer or check
Entire Selection checkbox.
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Figure 57. Clip Polyline dialog.

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Before After

Figure 58. One of the possible applications.

The result can directly be imported into MSIP as 2D cuts for planning or to generate
reserves. Note: This function can only be performed with polygons.
Show Easting, Northing, and Elevation labels on the project axis is an enhancement added
in the Project Space Settings properties. You can display Axes Labels along Easting,
Northing, and Elevation axes by checking the Show Axes Labels.

Figure 59. Project Space Setting.

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Figure 60. Axes labels shown in MS3D Viewer.

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Enhancements to MSGrail
A number of new enhancements have been added to the MSGrail library of scripts. The
Surface Intersector Tool has been exposed to MSGrail, so this tool can be utilized in new
MSGrail scripts; creation of a new PCF or MineSight Model File has also been added to
the MSGrail library of functions to allow the automation of these tasks from a script; and
another new entry in the MSGrail library allows the use of existing MSCompass multi-run
data through a script as well.
Finally, the Database Manager script has been enhanced to allow the execution of a
Microsoft® SQL Query through MineSight directly.
The additions and enhancements to MS3D versions 4.50 and 5.0 illustrate the commitment
that Mintec has made to continue development of new solutions to the common problems
that our clients face on a daily basis. With continued input from you, our valued MineSight
users, we intend to continue to accelerate our development efforts to make MineSight the
premier mine planning and design software package.

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