Underground Manager - User Manual - ENG
Underground Manager - User Manual - ENG
Underground Manager - User Manual - ENG
Underground Manager
Version 1
Installation 8
System requirements................................................................................................................. 8
Compatibility with Tunnel Manager ....................................................................................... 8
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 8
Hardware key .......................................................................................................................... 10
Program overview 11
Program structure.................................................................................................................... 11
Starting Underground Manager ............................................................................................. 11
General ..................................................................................................................... 12
Rig families .............................................................................................................. 12
Features..................................................................................................................... 12
The main window ................................................................................................................... 13
Menu bar and toolbar.............................................................................................................. 13
Browser tree ............................................................................................................................ 14
Working area........................................................................................................................... 14
Explorer ................................................................................................................................... 15
Data handling 16
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 16
Containers and data items....................................................................................................... 16
Add, edit and delete items ...................................................................................................... 17
Add data item........................................................................................................... 17
Open view / Switch view......................................................................................... 17
Rename data item..................................................................................................... 18
Delete data item ....................................................................................................... 18
Cut, copy and paste................................................................................................................. 18
Drag & drop ............................................................................................................................ 19
Import and export.................................................................................................................... 19
Import ....................................................................................................................... 19
Export ....................................................................................................................... 20
File templates .......................................................................................................................... 21
Import / export file template ................................................................................... 22
Add / edit file template ............................................................................................ 22
Planning phase 24
Sites.......................................................................................................................................... 24
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 24
Site properties .......................................................................................................... 24
Importing / exporting sites ...................................................................................... 25
Site production report .............................................................................................. 25
Content i
Site settings .............................................................................................................. 26
Levels and areas ...................................................................................................................... 27
Fix points ................................................................................................................................. 28
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 28
Fix points view......................................................................................................... 28
Importing / exporting fix points .............................................................................. 28
Linking fix points to tunnel..................................................................................... 28
Rigs .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 29
Importing / exporting rigs........................................................................................ 29
Rig families .............................................................................................................. 29
Rig view.................................................................................................................... 29
Boomer rig geometry............................................................................................... 30
Simba rig geometry.................................................................................................. 31
Coordinate system (Simba) ..................................................................................... 32
Angle definitions (Simba) ....................................................................................... 33
Firing & charging.................................................................................................................... 35
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 35
Importing / exporting firing & charging items....................................................... 35
Surface delays .......................................................................................................... 35
Primers...................................................................................................................... 36
Explosives ................................................................................................................ 36
Detonator families.................................................................................................... 37
Charge combination templates................................................................................ 38
Drill plan rules ........................................................................................................................ 38
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 38
Importing / exporting drill plan rules ..................................................................... 38
General ..................................................................................................................... 39
Contour tab ............................................................................................................... 39
Area tab .................................................................................................................... 40
Advanced tab............................................................................................................ 41
Tunnels .................................................................................................................................... 41
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 41
Importing / exporting tunnels.................................................................................. 42
Importing tunnel with linked contours and fix points ........................................... 42
Tunnel line properties .............................................................................................. 42
The tunnel line table ................................................................................................ 43
Interpolate section.................................................................................................... 44
Compress tunnel line ............................................................................................... 44
Section number validation....................................................................................... 45
The tunnel graph ...................................................................................................... 46
Tunnel 3D view........................................................................................................ 48
Bolt report ................................................................................................................ 49
Tunnel line report..................................................................................................... 50
Lasers....................................................................................................................................... 50
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 50
Importing / exporting lasers .................................................................................... 50
Laser view ................................................................................................................ 50
Contours .................................................................................................................................. 52
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 52
Contour format conventions.................................................................................... 52
Importing / exporting contours ............................................................................... 52
Contour folders ........................................................................................................ 52
Edit a contour........................................................................................................... 53
Create standard contour........................................................................................... 55
Contour report .......................................................................................................... 57
Interpolate contours ................................................................................................. 57
Copy contour onto a drill plan as help lines........................................................... 58
Drill plans ................................................................................................................................ 58
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 58
Content ii
Drill plan properties ................................................................................................. 59
Importing / exporting drill plans ............................................................................. 59
Drill plan folders ...................................................................................................... 60
Connect with round logs.......................................................................................... 60
Drill plan designer .................................................................................................................. 60
Drill plan objects...................................................................................................... 61
Designer user interface............................................................................................ 61
Shortcut keys and the focus border......................................................................... 61
Designer area and designer toolbar......................................................................... 62
Interaction panel....................................................................................................... 66
Top toolbar............................................................................................................... 67
Home ........................................................................................................................ 67
Sequences (Boomer)................................................................................................ 81
Firing (Boomer) ....................................................................................................... 84
Charging (Boomer).................................................................................................. 89
Reports...................................................................................................................... 91
Settings ..................................................................................................................... 93
Linking data to the tunnel line ............................................................................................... 94
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 94
Assigning contours to tunnel sections .................................................................... 94
Assigning drill plans to tunnel sections.................................................................. 94
Remove drill plan/contour link ............................................................................... 95
Assigning bolt- and injection plans ........................................................................ 95
Linking fix points to tunnel..................................................................................... 96
Auto link fix points .................................................................................................. 96
Content iii
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 115
Hole and parameter selection ................................................................................ 116
Overview ................................................................................................................ 117
Detail graph ............................................................................................................ 118
3D view .................................................................................................................. 119
MWD mapping view ............................................................................................................ 120
MWD mapping report ........................................................................................... 121
MWD mapping settings......................................................................................... 122
MWD slicing view................................................................................................................ 123
MWD slicing settings ............................................................................................ 123
MWD slicing report ............................................................................................... 124
Raiseboring 128
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 128
Raiseboring MWD logs........................................................................................................ 128
Importing / exporting raiseboring MWD logs ..................................................... 128
Raiseboring MWD log view ................................................................................. 129
Raiseboring MWD logs view................................................................................ 129
Raiseboring MWD shaft view............................................................................... 130
Raiseboring make-up logs .................................................................................................... 130
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 130
Importing / exporting raiseboring make-up logs ................................................. 131
Raiseboring make-up logs view............................................................................ 131
Robbins status logs ............................................................................................................... 131
Importing / exporting status logs .......................................................................... 131
Status log view....................................................................................................... 131
Robbins event logs................................................................................................................ 132
Importing / exporting event logs........................................................................... 132
Event logs view...................................................................................................... 132
Time utilization view............................................................................................. 133
Index 135
Appendix 1 137
Mouse and keyboard conventions........................................................................................ 137
General conventions .............................................................................................. 137
Mouse conventions ................................................................................................ 137
Keyboard conventions ........................................................................................... 137
Appendix 2 138
Menu bar................................................................................................................................ 138
File menu ................................................................................................................ 138
Edit menu ............................................................................................................... 138
View menu ............................................................................................................. 138
Help menu .............................................................................................................. 139
Appendix 3 140
File formats ........................................................................................................................... 140
Site formats ............................................................................................................ 140
Content iv
Contour formats ..................................................................................................... 140
Drill plan formats................................................................................................... 140
Drill plan rule formats ........................................................................................... 141
Tunnel line formats................................................................................................ 141
Laser line formats .................................................................................................. 141
Fix point formats.................................................................................................... 141
Round log formats ................................................................................................. 142
MWD log formats .................................................................................................. 142
MWG log formats .................................................................................................. 142
Profile log formats ................................................................................................. 142
Raiseboring formats............................................................................................... 143
Content v
Introduction
General
Underground Manager from Atlas Copco is a support software package for planning,
administration and analysis of tunneling and mining projects.
Underground Manager exists in several different versions:
Underground Manager
Underground Manager Pro
Underground Manager MWD (extends Pro)
Underground Manager comprises several integrated functions, e.g.
1. Tunnel project administration
2. Tunnel line design
3. Laser design
4. Fix point definitions (Pro)
5. Tunnel contour design (Pro)
6. Drill plan design
7. Drill plan rule definitions1 (Pro)
8. Drill log report
9. MWD log handling 2 (Pro)
10. MWD analysis3 (MWD)
11. Profile log evaluation (Pro)
12. Drill rig- or tunnel site production reports
13. Raiseboring log and rig handling
14. Central database features
1 Drill plan rule definitions are a part of the old Drill Plan Generator
2 Measure While Drilling log file handling and presentations round by round.
3 Measure While Drilling evaluation of rock characteristics over a rock volume
Introduction 6
The Underground Manager user
This manual assumes that the user has a basic knowledge of the Windows'
environment.
It is a good routine to regularly back-up sites with the Export Site-function.
Introduction 7
Installation
System requirements
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3, Windows Vista or Windows 7
(the latest service pack is recommended)
Microsoft Word 2003 or later for report generation.
PDF-reader (e.g. Adobe Reader)
Underground Manager hardware license key
Intel Core 2 Duo processor or superior
2 GB RAM
1 GB free hard disk space for the software and additional disk space for
storing application data
Graphics card supporting, Shader model 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c, and has at
least 32 MB memory
Display screen resolution of at least 1280 x 1024
CD-ROM to install the software
USB or parallel port depending on the type of hardware license key
USB port, network connection or PCMCIA card, depending on type of drill
rig, for transferring data to and receive data from the drill rigs
Network connection to license server or central database storage if any of
these is used
Installation
To install Underground Manager, administrative rights for the computer are required.
Insert your installation media (e.g. CD, DVD or USB-stick) into your computer. The
installation should start automatically if Autostart is supported. If not, navigate to the
installation media in Windows Explorer and double click on the Underground
Manager setup executable file.
Follow the given instructions when the install menus appear. The components
Underground Manager needs to run will be installed before the actual Underground
Manager software is installed.
If necessary, the following components will be installed:
o Sentinel System Drivers for one type of hardware key.
Installation 8
o .NET Framework 4.0 (the foundation from Microsoft which Underground
Manager is built upon)
o XNA Framework Redistributable (Windows component for 3D graphics).
o Underground Manager application software.
Installation 9
Hardware key
When Underground Manager is started, a splash screen will be shown.
Installation 10
Program overview
Program structure
Underground Manager is based on a Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition
database, where all tunnel data (tunnel lines , laser lines, drill plans, contours, section
logs, MWD logs, etc.) are kept in a defined structure.
The topmost level of the structure is the site. As an option intermediate structures can
be defined as levels and areas. These structures are especially designed to adapt
Underground Manager for use in mines.
A site can comprise one or several tunnels, mostly operated from one office and by
the same drill rigs. A tunnel line is defined by sections in the tunnel line table where
the tunnel location is specified by section numbers and x, y, z coordinates.
In the database structure each tunnel line has nodes for different laser lines, drill
plans and contours, that can be used for the excavation of different sections of the
tunnel.
The tunnel also has nodes for log data from the excavation (section logs, MWD logs
and profiler logs) that can be analyzed and presented to improve drilling quality and
rock mass characterization.
Program overview 11
Figure 5 - Options
General
Select the language of choice. Changing language requires an application restart.
Rig families
Select different rig families depending on what you want to work with. The tree will
adjust accordingly. If you have multiple families activated some places in the tree
structure will add an extra level. For example, both Boomer and Simba use drill
plans, see Figure 6 and Figure 7.
When more than one rig family is active, the tree will be separated into different rig
family branches in certain cases.
Features
Different features may be enabled or disabled to make the tree structure easier to
read.
Program overview 12
The main window
When Underground Manager is started the main window will appear:
Program overview 13
Browser tree
The left part of the main window displays the Browser tree, or project tree. All
information handled by Underground Manager is organized in the browser tree.
Working area
The right part of the main window shows the working area. When opening views
from the browser tree they will appear as tabs to the right.
Program overview 14
Explorer
The explorer tab is always visible in the working area. The main purpose for this
view is to act similar to the regular explorer in Microsoft Windows. It enables you to
manipulate several items at a time. You may delete or drag and drop as many items
as you like in the explorer tab.
Figure 12 - Explorer
Program overview 15
Data handling
Introduction
Before we can dig into the core features of Underground Manager we need to
understand how we handle data items. This chapter will focus on common
functionality such as adding, modifying, deleting, importing and exporting data.
Data handling 16
Add, edit and delete items
You can do all the actions below in the explorer window as well.
Data handling 17
Different data from several projects can simultaneously be opened in the working
area, since each project is handled separately. Use the Window menu or the browser
tree to switch between opened projects.
Data handling 18
Figure 17 - Paste data item
Import
To import data items, right-click on the container for the item type and select
Import…
Data handling 19
Figure 18 - Import data item
In the dialog that appears, you may enter a folder path and press Refresh, or you can
choose to browse to a folder. The list will contain the files that match what you are
importing. Select the files you wish to import and press OK.
Export
To export a data item, right-click and select Export...
Data handling 20
Figure 20 - Export data item
A standard save file dialog will appear that allows you to select a destination folder
and file name for the exported file. For most types of data items you will be able to
select which file format you want to use.
File templates
File templates let you define a custom file format for the following items:
Tunnels
Contours
Fix points
Profile logs
Drill plans
MWD samples
File templates are capable of handling files that comes in a column format. Example:
Data handling 21
Figure 22 - Data file example
From the menu bar, choose View > Options... and click on the tab File Templates.
This is where you manage your file templates.
Data handling 22
The following options are available in the dialog.
Name The name of the file template. You may write anything
you want here.
Encoding Text files are saved to disc using different encodings. If
you use the recommended one – Unicode – you will most
likely don’t get any problem. However, if the file
template doesn’t give you the result you expect you might
need to specify another encoding. Tip: In the free
software Notepad++ you can change encoding while
viewing the file to figure out which one to use.
File Extension The file extension of the file without the dot (“.”).
Examples: “txt”, ”tli”, ”fix”
Data Starts at Row Depending on how many rows of header info there are in
number your file format you need to adjust this one. If there are
no header rows, just raw data, set this value to 1. If you
have one header row, set this value to 2 etc.
Delimiters Select one or more of the most common column
delimiters. You may also check Other and type any
character you like.
Treat Consecutive A common scenario is that the columns are separated with
Delimiters As One several spaces. Check this option to treat several spaces as
one column delimiter.
File template type Choose which data item the file template is based on.
Columns Choose which columns to read from the file and the order
of them. You may want to even ignore some columns
from the file that doesn’t fit into Underground Manager.
Preview You can preview how your file template will work using
this button.
Data handling 23
Planning phase
Sites
Introduction
A site symbolizes a worksite with one or several tunnels. If required a worksite can
be divided in several sites
Each site is identified by its name in the browser tree structure. All information about
a site is stored in the Underground Manager database.
Site properties
Right-click the site and select Site Properties... to open the properties dialog.
Planning phase 24
Signature: The signature of the site manager.
Date: The date of creation, for example.
Use Levels: A check-box to enable levels for the site.
Use Areas: A check-box to enable areas for the site.
Comment: Arbitrary comment to store along with the site.
Site
Tunnel
Drill rig
Section interval
Time interval
Create a production report by right-clicking the site and select Production Report...
Planning phase 25
Figure 27 - The production report dialog
The fields of this dialog are:
Tunnel One or all tunnels can be selected.
From/to-section You can delimit the report to specified sections.
Rig From the drop down list, you can delimit the report
to cover just one drill rig. Only rigs with serial
numbers in round logs in the site can be selected.
Date You can delimit the report to cover a specified range
of dates.
Settings By checking the box you can chose if you want to
have the detailed list of included log files or not.
All tunnels
A production report for all tunnels will contain the following:
Site information
Production summary – total drilling times, amount and length drilled for
different hole types, total hole count etc
Information regarding the rigs used
Single tunnel
A report with a single tunnel will produce an extra page including the tunnel graph.
Site settings
Each site has a Settings node that contains settings that applies to the entire site.
Planning phase 26
Figure 28 - Bolt report colors
This view contains a list of the current color intervals used in the bolt report, see page
49. The intervals are used for coloring holes of a specific length with a specific color.
So if, for example, the intervals in the figure above is used, a hole that is 3 meters
long will be colored in blue since all holes with lengths 1 to 4 meters will be in that
color.
Add, edit or delete color intervals according to your needs.
Planning phase 27
Fix points
Introduction
The reference or fix points used for navigation in the tunnel or mine are stored in a
fix points node. Fix points can be typed or imported into Underground Manager.
Id: The number of the fix point that will be shown in the drill rig
when navigating with a totalstation. This must be a unique
identifier.
Name: A user name of the fix point. For the moment not used in the
drill rig.
X, Y, Z The coordinates of the fix point.
Direction Optional. An end-point of the fix point vector showing in
X,Y,Z what direction the fix point is visible.
Origin Where the fix point was defined.
Date When the fix point was defined or updated.
Comment Optional comment.
Planning phase 28
Rigs
Introduction
The rig item represents a rig and its geometry. The purpose is to s upport the drill plan
designer with information about manual rotation angles and to have “Send data to
rig”-information in a suitable structure.
Rig families
Underground Manager supports four different rig families.
Boomer
Boltec
Simba
You can enable/disable the different rig families from the Options dialog, see page
12.
Rig view
Double-click a rig to open the view. The contents will vary depending on the current
rig type.
Planning phase 29
data will be exported to.
IREDES Version: When sending data to rig, this IREDES-version will
be used. Different file format does not support all
versions of IREDES. The most appropriate format will
then be used according to your choice.
Using subdirectories: Select if you want the data to be exported in a
hierarchical manner.
When Sending Data to a drill rig equipped with an
Atlas Copco Tunnel Profiler it is required that you use
subdirectories. The RCS system needs to receive data
in a hierarchical structure when the Tunnel Profiler is
present.
Boom
Available Indicates weather the rig has this boom.
Mounting Defines the boom mounting. T his has to be correct in order
for manual rotation angles to work properly.
Boom body Defines where the boom body is positioned in relation to the
rig laser. T he radius will define the size of the circle drawn
in drill plan designer.
Boom reach T he radius will define a circle around the boom body
indicating the boom reach.
Feed Affects the graphical representation of the feed in the drill
plan designer when using manual rotation angles.
Color T he color of the sequence lines in the drill plan designer.
Planning phase 30
The feed height and side distances are individual for each boom type. The following
table show nominal settings for some boom types:
Boom type Height Side
BUT35 Top-Left 0.9 0.0
BUT35 Top-Right 0.9 0.0
BUT35 Side-Left 0.5 0.6
BUT35 Side-Right 0.5 0.6
BUT45 Top 0.9 0.0
BUT45 Side-Left 0.6 0.7
BUT45 Side-Right 0.6 0.7
Planning phase 31
Coordinate system (Simba)
Planning phase 32
Figure 37 - Convert to rig system
If a drill plan with a different coordinate system is imported to the program then the
coordinate system will be incorrect.
Fix this by opening the drill plan’s properties (see page 59), connect a rig with the
same coordinate system as the drill plan and then finally press Convert to rig system.
This can only be done once; import the drill plan again if a mistake has been made.
Planning phase 33
Figure 39 - Tilt tab
Zero Position The zero position defines the orientation that the
work area has when tilt/rotation has a value of
zero.
Interval Interval specifies the interval of values used when
tilting/rotating.
The Reset button resets all values in the current tab to their initial values.
Planning phase 34
Firing & charging
Introduction
The data items in Firing & Charging are at the moment only used in the drill plan
designer. Since the node is placed under the site, these items are common for the
entire site.
Surface delays
Planning phase 35
Primers
Figure 44 - Primers
Use the primers view to add, remove or edit primers.
Figure 45 - Primer
A primer has a name and a weight, set in grams.
Explosives
Figure 46 - Explosives
Use the explosives view to add, remove or edit explosives.
Figure 47 - Explosive
Explosives have a name and a density.
Planning phase 36
Detonator families
Figure 50 - Detonator
A detonator has a number and a delay, set in milliseconds.
Planning phase 37
Charge combination templates
Planning phase 38
General
Contour tab
Displacement:
Distance tunnel wall – First contour.
Distance tunnel floor – Bottom holes.
Burden First contour:
Distance First contour - Second contour. Values are measured from
the bottom of the hole .
Burden Second contour: (if applicable)
Distance Second contour – easers. Values are measured from the
bottom of the hole .
Lookout:
The contour is made of two parts.
- Left/right wall and roof as first part
- the bottom as second part.
Positive values make the holes point outwards (downwards) from the
contour.
The second contour (if selected) is oriented such that it is parallel to
the first contour.
Bottom type first contour:
Independent Bottom creates a contour bottom which uses separate
parameters for hole space. These are entered at Hole space -> Bottom.
Planning phase 39
Area Bottom creates a contour bottom which uses parameters for hole
space from:
- if you are not using a cut area; Areas > Top > Hole space
- if you are using a cut area and Areas > Bottom > Hole space.
Contour Bottom creates a contour bottom which uses parameters for
hole space from Contour > Hole space > First contour
“Independent bottom” is the general setting, which is used for most
applications.
Area tab
Left/Right/Top/Bottom areas:
A contour with reaming/cut area is divided in 4 parts.
The area below the reaming area is called Bottom area.
The area directly left/right of the reaming area is called Left/Right area.
The area above is called Top area.
Planning phase 40
Important: When no reaming/cut area is set to be used for generation, the whole
contour will be filled with holes, using the settings for Top area.
Advanced tab
Figure 55 - Advanced
Lookup left/right/top/bottom:
When adding a reaming/cut area, the drill plan generation is split in four different
areas. Each area can have its own lookup of the drill holes. When no reaming/cut area
is available, the setting for “Lookup top” is applied. The setting is relative, i.e. it adds
to the value calculated by the generator, increasing or decreasing its value.
Tunnels
Introduction
Tunnel lines are used as a reference line inside or close to the tunnel. Tunnel lines
mostly have one or several reference points to the external geographic grid system.
Planning phase 41
Importing / exporting tunnels
For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 19.
Tunnel lines can be imported and exported in the .xml (IREDES), .tli and .tl8 file
formats.
It is also possible to import a tunnel line using file templates, as a table of
coordinates, from other programs or with other formats than the one specified above.
I.e. if the data originates from another computer program.
The format must, however, coincide with the first five columns in the tunnel line
table; see Figure 57 - The tunnel line table.
The columns can be blank- or tab delimited and a point (.) is required for decimals.
A header can be present but is not required.
Planning phase 42
The tunnel line table
The tunnel line table displays all data contained in, and connected to, the tunnel line.
The tunnel line table is opened by double-clicking on the tunnel line.
Planning phase 43
When the cursor moves to another line or beyond the fifth column, the new section is
entered into the table, and the cursor is put at the last line again.
The first column, the section number, is mandatory and must always have a value.
If only the section number is added, or if some of the other cells are left blank,
Underground Manager helps you to automatically interpolate the coordinates and/or
the camber based on the sections before and after the entered section. If the new
section is smaller or larger than any other sections, the coordinates and/or the
chamber is extrapolated based on the two lowest or highest values.
If the newly added tunnel section is not located at the end of the tunnel/tunnel line,
Underground Manager will correctly place the new section so that the section
numbers are oriented in a consecutive order.
Edit a section
If you want to edit values in the tunnel line table, double-click on the cell that you
want to change. Rewrite or move with left and right arrow. Confirm with Enter.
Delete a section
If you want to remove a section from the tunnel line table, mark the entire row by
pushing the row-“button” to the left and press the delete button.
Interpolate section
You can interpolate a section from other sections by using Interpolate Section.
Planning phase 44
the same or no contour is linked to the sections
the same or no drill plan is linked to the sections
Planning phase 45
Figure 63 - Section number validation
The result from the validation is given in a report. Alternatives are Ignore, Correct
(just this value) or Correct All.
Planning phase 46
Figure 64 - Tunnel graph
The left window shows the tunnel line and related data from above, i.e., data are
projected on a horizontal plan. The X and Y coordinate above and below the graph
refer to the window borders. “Grid” is the grid size for both X and Y direction .
The upper right window shows the tunnel line from the side: The section number is
the independent variable (x) of the graph. This means that, in this view, any turns of
the tunnel is straightened out. The Z coordinates above and below the window refers
to the window borders. Section numbers below the window refers to the window
borders. “Grid XY” is the grid size from left to right representing the length of the
tunnel in the XY-plane. Grid Z is the height of the tunnel.
The lower right window shows the contour and/or drill plan of the currently selected
section. If there is a valid laser line for the section, the position of the laser will be
represented by a red dot.
The circular green mark on the tunnel line in both graphs represents the position of
the selected section. To select a different section, use the left and right arrow keys or
left-click in the graph. The lower left of the view, under Section, displays section
specific data.
It is possible to zoom by using the toolbar or rolling the mouse-wheel.
The visibility of each graph can also be toggled from the Show-settings in the left of
the view.
The Refresh button can be used if data has changed outside the graph. For instance if
the coordinates of the tunnel line has changed or a laser has been added.
All Tunnels can be used to toggle the visibility of other tunnel lines in the same site.
Planning phase 47
Tunnel 3D view
Right-click the tunnel and select Show 3D View… to open the 3D view. This view
shows a graphical 3D representation of the tunnel.
Planning phase 48
Figure 66 - Linked contours
Bolt report
Right-click the tunnel in the browser tree and select Show Bolt Report… to open the
bolt report view.
Planning phase 49
the small tunnel view in the upper-left corner. You can set the selected range by
entering the values manually, by using the arrow buttons, or by clicking directly in
the top-down view.
Section Step can be used to display length markers in the graph.
Bolt Navigation Mode can either be set to Absolute (real coordinates) or Relative (for
non-navigated bolts).
The Report button will generate a report based on the selected criteria containing:
Graph images (varies depending on the report settings)
Table with hole information per section number
The graphs from the tunnel graph view, and an additional graph for camber.
Optionally – A table containing the section information from the tunnel line table.
Lasers
Introduction
In a tunneling operation a laser line or a navigation laser is a specified line used for
navigation of production machines, for example drill rigs. The laser definitions define
the coordinates of the navigation laser in the tunnel.
Laser view
The laser view contains fields for entering and editing laser line properties. The laser
view is opened by double-clicking on the laser in the browser tree.
It is possible to use a laser definition with two or three points. The third point is an
optional middle point added mostly for control when manually entering the laser. The
middle point is activated by navigating to View > Options and checking Show
Middle Points.
Planning phase 50
Figure 68 - Laser view
The fields of the laser view are:
Laser Name of the laser.
Date Creation date of the laser definition.
From Section The section where the laser is mounted.
To Section: The “theoretical” end point of the laser. Normally
initially somewhere inside the rock mass in front of
the face.
At Laser (X, Y, Z) Coordinates of the starting point of the laser.
Middle (X, Y, Z) A point on the laser line. All three points must form a
Optional straight line.
At Face (X, Y, Z) Coordinates of the end point of the laser.
The view also contains a checkbox labeled Show in Graph which indicates whether
the laser line should be visible in the tunnel graph window or not.
Additionally, a Validate Laser button is available, see below.
Validation of a laser
The button Validate Laser will check the consistency of the laser. In the validation
check Underground Manager controls that:
The direction of the laser specified by the coordinates for the laser (At Laser, At
Face) agree with the direction of the section interval specified by From Section
and To Section, i.e. that the laser definition and the tunnel line correspond.
The laser is valid within the tunnel sections and none of the From Section or To
Section is defined outside the tunnel. N.B. the x, y, z coordinates can however be
defined outside the tunnel, but must be consistent with the tunnel.
If the third (middle point) point is selected the validity check also controls if the
three points are on a straight line.
If a laser line is valid the OK is shown beside the Validate Laser button. If the laser is
not consistent (the rules above are violated) you will receive a warning.
Laser report
A Word laser report can be generated by right-clicking a laser in the browser
tree/explorer and selecting Laser Report… The report contains details about the
specific laser, e.g. from/to sections, laser coordinates and the inclination.
Planning phase 51
Contours
Introduction
In Underground Manager, tunnel contours can be designed, edited, imported,
organized and utilized for the design and realization of a tunnel project. Contours for
the tunnel or drift can be used as a basis for design of drill plans and for control of a
varying tunnel contour.
For each tunnel you can store all contours designed for that specific tunnel. You can
also assign these contours to the corresponding sections or to specified drill plans.
Underground Manager also offers a consistency check that the designed drill plan and
the designed contour match.
The contour must form a closed loop; neither open forms nor free extra lines are
accepted.
When designed and exported from AutoCAD, the dimensions of the tunnel
contour shall be metric and in meters.
The origin (x=0 and y=0) of the drawing will be interpreted as the tunnel axis.
It is recommended that the contour is defined clockwise starting from the left low
corner.
Contour folders
You can, optionally, create contour sub folders inside the Contours node. You can
use these folders to organize your contours.
Planning phase 52
You can also work with the folders in same manner as normal data items. Folders can
be cut/copied to other Contours nodes, renamed or deleted.
Edit a contour
Start the contour editor by double-clicking on the contour.
Method – X, Y, R
The contour is always defined clock-wise from the left low corner.
The contour is always designed in the direction of the tunnel line.
The table defines the breakpoints of the contour.
The first column (Right) defines the horizontal coordinate, positive sign to
the right.
The second column (Up) defines the vertical coordinate, positive sign
upwards.
The third column (Radius) defines the radius of the next contour segment. A
straight line is defined by Radius = 0.
The contour is always displayed closed back to the first point, i.e. while defining the
contour it gradually opens up.
Method – Angle
An alternate method to define a contour is to use the Angle method.
Planning phase 53
Figure 71 - Contour editor (angle)
The table defines the breakpoints of the contour.
The first column (Center Right) defines the horizontal coordinate for the
center of the circular arc, positive sign to the right.
The second column (Center Up) defines the vertical coordinate for the center
of the circular arc, positive sign upwards.
The third column (Radius) defines the radius of the next circular arc. A
straight line is defined by Radius = 0.
The fourth column (Angle) is the angle for start of the circular arc.
The contour is always displayed closed back to the first point, i.e. while defining the
contour it gradually opens up.
Planning phase 54
Figure 73 - Graphical contour design
Planning phase 55
Figure 75 - Create standard contour
In this dialog, you can modify the different values for the currently selected contour
template before creating the contour.
By clicking on the Contour Template drop down-list you can access a list of contour
templates, see below.
Planning phase 56
Contour report
A Word report can be generated from the contour editor. The report contains:
General contour information, e.g. name, area and total length
Contour point data in tabular format
Contour image
Interpolate contours
Interpolation of contours is performed in the tunnel table, see page 42. Use the tunnel
table to interpolate. Select the contour or contours you want to interpolate as in the
image below and press the Interpolate Contour button.
Planning phase 57
Below is the result of an interpolation between two quite different contours using the
tangent method.
Drill plans
Introduction
One of the most essential parts of Underground Manager is designing and assigning
different drill plans for the sections in the tunnel line. Furthermore, Underground
Manager handles the import and export of drill plans back and forth to the drill rig.
Planning phase 58
Drill plan properties
Each drill plan has assigned properties. Right-click on the drill plan and select Drill
Plan Properties.
Name The name you assign to the drill plan. This is the
name that will be used in the drill rig.
Rig The rig which the drill plan is connected to.
Contour The contour, if any, that is assigned to this drill plan.
Linking a contour to a drill plan will make it
possible to display a background contour in the
designer. The linked contour will appear next to the
name of the drill plan in the browser tree.
Planning phase 59
Drill plan folders
You can, optionally, create drill plan sub folders inside the Drill Plans -node. You
can use these folders to organize your drill plans according to your needs.
Planning phase 60
Figure 91 - Drill plan designer
Planning phase 61
Cut (CTRL + X)
Copy (CTRL + C)
Paste (CTRL + V)
Delete (DEL)
It is important to know how and when the designer responds to these actions since it
depends on which part of the designer that is in focus. When the designer area has
focus it is indicated with a Focus Border, a thin rectangle. View the image below.
Although it might seem like a fuzzy indicator, it appears clearly when workin g in the
application.
Use the arrow to select one object at the time. If you Select rectangle
hold down SHIFT, the clicked object’s selection status will
be inverted while keeping the selection of the other objects.
Planning phase 62
to add more objects to the current selection. Use ALT to
remove objects from the selection.
When the arrow is positioned above a selected object, the
mouse cursor indicates that you can move the objects. Push
the left mouse button and drag the objects to the desired
location. Move objects
Selection filter -
The selection filter is related to the selection of three of the drill plan objects: Lines,
holes and texts. These types of objects have a corresponding button in the toolbar
above. If none of the buttons are checked, like the image above, all objects will be
selected using the selection tools. Toggling a button will result in a filter which will
make it possible to select only that kind of object. You may combine the selection by
toggling for instance both holes and texts, but not lines.
Surface Delays are a special case that don’t use filters and that you can always select.
The last button in the toolbar indicates group selecting. Toggling this button
will result in selecting not only the clicked object but also the group it belongs to.
Read more about grouping later in this chapter.
Grouping objects
Objects can be grouped to simplify selection and simplify movement when using
lines.
To group objects, select objects of only one type (lines, holes or texts) and push the
group button. To ungroup objects, select the objects and press ungroup.
Grouping lines differ a bit from the other types of objects. When grouping lines they
have to be adjacent. Moving a grouped line will also move the adjacent lines.
Planning phase 63
Ruler –
The ruler can be used to measure an arbitrary distance in the drill plan. Just click with
the left mouse button somewhere in the designer area and a start point for the ruler
will be set. Click the left mouse button again in another location to set the ruler end
point. The distance will be displayed right next to the ruler end point.
Figure 94 - Ruler
Properties panel
In the properties panel you can change the properties of the selected object or objects.
By selecting only one type of objects the properties appear as in the picture below,
which shows the properties for a line.
Planning phase 64
Hole properties
Planning phase 65
Line properties
Text properties
Interaction panel
The interaction panel will automatically be shown when performing an action that
requires additional input, e.g. when clicking Move on the top toolbar Home tab, see
figure below.
Planning phase 66
Figure 99 - Interaction panel
In this example, you can enter values for how much the selected object(s) will be
moved in the X, Y and Z-directions.
Top toolbar
Home
Lines
Planning phase 67
Figure 102 - Home > Lines > Add Lines from Contour
Add Existing Contour allows you to use the lines from an existing contour.
Add Standard Contour opens the Add Standard Contour dialog, see page 55, and use
the lines from this contour.
Interpolate Contour allows you to interpolate a new contour for the drill plan by using
the linked tunnel contours. When the Section box is set the program will use the
contour defined on that section; if the set section is between two tunnel sections with
different contours an interpolated contour will be created. Use Include End Contour
to create a second contour at a specified depth from the first.
Holes
Planning phase 68
Figure 105 - Home > Holes (Simba)
Add Hole allows you to add holes in the designer are by clicking with the mouse.
Planning phase 69
holes.
Planning phase 70
There are three different tilt operations that can be performed: align to tilt plane,
adjust start point and adjust end point.
Align to tilt plane
Using align to tilt plane will align the selected holes to the tilt plane of any other
unselected hole in the drill plan. If there are multiple different tilt planes available in
the drill plan the selected holes will cycle between them for each time the button is
pressed.
For example, if Adjust Start Point is pressed for Figure 111 the start point will be
moved as shown in Figure 112. If pressed again it will cycle back it to its original
position since there are no more lines to extend the start point to. Adjust End Point
works the same way except for adjusting the end point.
Planning phase 71
Drill plan generation (Boomer)
Generate has several sub choices. They are all used for generating an entire drill plan
based on a set of predefined settings.
Contour
Planning phase 72
The Face and Bottom Contours-option uses two contours in the drill plan to generate
holes between them. The contour with the most positive Z-axis is assumed to be the
face contour and the other contour is assumed to be the bottom contour.
If Face Contour and Depth is used then only one contour is needed; a second bottom
contour is copied from the face contour and placed at the specified depth from the
face contour.
The spacing selection defines if the spacing defined in the Spacing tab uses the face
or bottom contour when placing holes.
Spacing
Contour
Lookout Defines how much lookout the contour holes
should have, measured in meters from the bottom
contour.
Spacing Walls Amount of space between each contour hole on
the walls, measured in meters.
Spacing Roof Amount of space between each contour hole on
the roof, measured in meters.
Bottom
Lookout Defines how much lookout the bottom holes
should have, measured in meters from the bottom
contour.
Spacing Amount of space between each bottom hole,
measured in meters.
Second Contour
Burden Distance in meters between the contour and
second contour holes.
Spacing Amount of space between each second contour
hole, measured in meters.
Easer
Planning phase 73
Burden Distance in meters between easer holes
vertically.
Spacing Distance in meters between each easer holes,
horizontally.
Bowl
Planning phase 74
Figure 118 - Old drill plan generation
Generate Injection Plan
Planning phase 75
Figure 120 - Generate injection holes parameters
The Face and Bottom Contours-option uses two contours in the drill plan to generate
holes. The contour with the most positive Z-axis is assumed to be the face contour
and the other contour is assumed to be the bottom contour.
If Face Contour and Depth is used then only one contour is needed; a second bottom
contour is copied from the face contour and placed at the specified depth from the
face contour.
The parameters under the Holes section are:
Lookout Defines how much lookout the injection
holes should have, measured in meters
from the bottom contour.
Spacing Walls Amount of space between each injection,
measured in meters.
Distance to Line Distance in meters between the generated
holes and the face contour. Positive value
moves the holes towards the middle of
the contour.
Exclude floor Excludes floor holes in the drill plan
during drill plan generation.
Free Space at Wall Start/End Defines the amount of free space there
should be at the start and end of the
contour.
Planning phase 76
Figure 122 - Create fan
Select any connected lines to see a preview of the holes; if you are satisfied, click
Add.
Texts
Planning phase 77
Figure 125 - Insert from drill plan dialog
First, select the tunnel that contains the drill plan you want to insert items from. Then
select the correct drill plan in the drill plan list. Finally, specify hole types and
whether to insert help lines or not.
The bottom part of the dialog displays a preview of what will be inserted into the
current drill plan.
Show
Planning phase 78
Figure 127 - Hole number and hole length
The hole number is displayed in the upper right corner of the hole (54 in the figure)
and the length is displayed in the lower right corner (3.420 in the figure).
Hole Shape has three sub options.
Planning phase 79
Restore Colors restores the default colors.
The All button selects all hole types and the None button deselects all hole types.
Clipboard
Move
Scale
Planning phase 80
Rotate
Flip
Sequences (Boomer)
Strategy
The ABC Total option in the RCS (Rig Control System) on the drill rig has different
strategies for different types of holes. As a general strategy the feed is rotated to show
as much of the drill steel to the operator as possible.
For:
Contour holes: The feed is rotated to get the drill steel as close to the wall as
possible without risk for colliding with the surrounding rock.
When a contour hole is drilled the boom is moved a bit inwards and then to
the next contour hole (if in sequence) still maintaining the same lookout
angle.
Second contour
Easers
Bottom holes. The feed is moved so that no part of the boom will be below
the bottom (hole line) of the tunnel.
Cut holes
Reamer holes are normally not part of an automatic sequence. If included
they are treated as easer holes.
Bolt holes. Not included in automatic sequences.
Injection/grout holes. Not included in automatic sequences.
Planning phase 81
Edit sequences
Planning phase 82
handle to another hole and release the button. The hole will then be added to the
sequence after the hole you started to drag from.
Simulate
Manual rotation
Planning phase 83
Manually defined rotation angles are only valid for the drill rig that they were defined
for. That means that if you have drill rigs with different boom configurations you
need to duplicate the drill plan.
Make sure you have a rig connected to your drill plan, see page 59 for more
information.
Show
Firing (Boomer)
Detonators
Planning phase 84
Figure 151 - Set a detonator
With a detonator selected the cursor in the designer area should be in the shape of a
circle with a plus-sign in the upper right corner. Press the left mouse-button and drag
the circle with the mouse over holes in the drill plan to set the detonator to the one
selected in the interaction panel.
Click Remove Detonator to remove already set detonators. Just as with setting
detonators, press and drag the left mouse-button over the holes that have detonators
you want to remove.
Surface delays
Planning phase 85
Figure 154 - Add surface delay
To connect surface delays to each other in a chain select Connect Surface Delays.
Click on two surface delays in order to create a connection between the two. The
direction of the connection is determined by order of selection so the first selected
surface delay will be the start and the second one will be the end of the connection.
Planning phase 86
Figure 157 - Set a surface delay
It’s only possible to set surface delays on holes that have a detonator.
Remove a set surface delay from a hole by selecting Remove Surface Delay. Press
and drag the mouse over the holes you want to remove the detonator from.
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You can also click the Change To Different Surface Delay… button if you want to
change the selected surface delay to another surface delay.
Delay table
Restart will reset the currently selected delay to the first one in the list.
Previous goes back one step to the previous delay.
Next steps forward to the next delay.
The text between the previous and next buttons shows which row-number that has
been selected out of the total number of delays in the list.
Planning phase 88
Show settings
Charging (Boomer)
Setting charge combinations
Planning phase 89
Name and weight of the primer
Name, weight per meter and length of the bottom and column explosive
The total and uncharged length of the hole
Select a charge combination by clicking on it in the list. When the cursor is in the
designer area it will be a circle with a plus-sign. Set charge combinations on holes by
pressing and dragging the circle over the desired holes.
Create manually
Click Add… and fill out the required information about the charge combination as
described on page 38 and press OK.
Planning phase 90
Click Import… and in the Import from Template tab select a site in the top box. Then
select a charge combination template in the list below the Site box and press OK.
Reports
Show settings
The Label on All Holes setting switches so that instead of putting the charge
combination label on an entire color block it will show the charge combination label
on each hole.
Reports
Planning phase 91
The reports tab in the top toolbar enables you to make drill plan reports.
Graphical report
The report consists of:
Some general information displaying the site, tunnel, date, comments, round
information and some statistics regarding the holes.
Front, top, side and free view depending on what areas that is currently visible.
Hole report
This report consists of some general drill plan information and a table with details
about all the holes in the drill plan.
Print
Clicking the Print button opens the Print dialog. From here you can print the drill
plan front view. There are several options available for you that can be customized.
For instance, you can choose page orientation, scaling the drill plan, setting text size,
selecting printer and paper size.
Note that you can move, resize and pan the drill plan inside the Print dialog to
customize what part of the drill plan you want to print.
Planning phase 92
Settings
Rig settings
Boom Body toggles visibility of the boom locations.
Boom Reach can be checked if you want to see how far the booms can reach. The
boom reach will be indicated with a large circle in the designer.
Note that these settings are only visible when editing a Boomer drill plan which has a
rig connected. A rig can be connected to the drill plan through the drill plan
properties dialog, see page 59.
Contour settings
Show Connected can be checked if the drill plan designer should draw the contour
connected to the drill plan.
You can connect a contour in the drill plan properties dialog, see page 59.
Planning phase 93
Ruler settings
Snap to Lines can be checked if you wish that when using the ruler in the designer
toolbar – the ruler start and end points will automatically be snapped to nearby holes
or lines.
Introduction
A tunnel project is normally designed in advance, specifying both the location of the
tunnel and the geometry and design of different parts of the tunnel.
From an engineering point of view the tunnel location is specified as a tunnel line and
the geometry and design of the tunnel in different contours associated to different
sections of the tunnel line. In order to accomplish the final tunnel layout - different
drill plans, bolt plans and injection plans are used for different section of the tunnel.
In Underground Manager this is done by assigning contours, drill plans, bolt plans
and injection plans to different tunnel sections in the tunnel line table. It is also
possible to assign specific drill plans to specific contours in order to simplify work
and reduce mistakes.
Planning phase 94
Figure 175 - Drag the drill plan to the marked sections
Figure 176 - Release the mouse button to assign the drill plan to the sections
Planning phase 95
Linking fix points to tunnel
To decide which fix points that belongs to which tunnel there is a linking feature in
Underground Manager.
Double-click on the Fix Points node to open the view. Now push Link...
Planning phase 96
If Keep Existing Tunnel Links is unchecked the existing links will first be removed,
then all fix points within the valid distance will be added. Keep this box checked if
you don’t want to remove links, just add new ones.
Planning phase 97
Data to the rig
Introduction
Underground Manager is a planning and evaluation software integrated with the drill
rigs that are used in the tunneling operation. Transferring data from the program to
the rig and from the rig and back to the program is therefore an essential part in order
to achieve maximal function of the system.
Designed tunnel lines, laser lines, drill plans and fix points are initially transferred to
the rig and used for conducting the drilling operation. After drilling, log data is
transferred back to Underground Manager for analysis and evaluation in order to
improve planning of the next round.
Introduction
A round log file is generated for every drilled round. The log contains geometrical
information of the round such as hole length and collaring points. The file also
contains time and statistical information from the round such as start and stop times
and average parameter values etc. This information provides an important foundation
for improving the drilling quality and the production rate.
Round logs are, like all other data, administrated in the browser tree. You can store
multiple round logs on the same section in the browser tree. Different round logs on
the same section are separated using the round log time stamp.
Show tab
Under the Show tab, a number of choices of what to show in the log are available:
Report tab
The Log Summary button shows a summary of the log information - see Round
report.
The Report button generates a Word document with the log information.
The report is divided into four different sections.
Round Data – general information about the log
Hole Data – specific hole drilling information and hole types involved
Boom Data – Data for each boom
Drill Graphs – same images as seen in the view
Round report
By pressing the Log Summary button in the Report tab the following dialog will
appear.
Introduction
The following section is only applicable if the hardware license key has the MWG
option available. An MWG log contains measured parameter values collected while
grouting for a hole.
Graph view
MWG report
In addition to the report you can generate from inside the graph view, you can also
generate a grout report by right-clicking an MWG log in the browser tree and
selecting MWG Report.
A Word report will be generated containing the following:
General grout data
Detailed information about the selected holes/parameters.
Penetration/impact view image if a drill plan is connected to the log
Introduction
The following section is valid completely for Underground Manager MWD and
partially for Underground Manager Pro.
MWD is a technique to characterize the mechanical properties of the rock mass. It is
done by monitoring all relevant drill parameters during production drilling. Through
analysis, where variations due to interference by operator or control system are
removed from the data, only rock dependent parameter variation will remain. This
provides a true characterization of the penetrated rock mass.
Compared to other methods for characterization of the rock mass, MWD technique
provides:
Very high data resolution since data is extracted with a few cm interval in all
production holes.
Very low cost since monitoring of data is conducted automatically during normal
production drilling.
Very low data risk, since monitoring is performed during the drilling of the hole,
and no instruments have to be inserted after drilling is completed.
Minimal disturbance of production. MWD will require very limited extra work
for the operator.
MWD technique is available on all computerized drill rigs from Atlas Copco.
An MWD log file is generated for every hole that has been drilled with the MWD
option active. The raw data parameters that will be monitored are:
Depth (mm)
Rock hardness
Rock fracturing
A relative color scale with only max and min values for the color range.
A fixed color scale (Advanced Colors) that offers full freedom concerning colors
and intervals. With this scale a detailed calibration of calculated parameters can
be done for a specific site. Based on mapping or other available geo-mechanical
data, color intervals can be specified to represent defined intervals of rock
strength, fracturing or any other parameter. Based on this defined site calibration,
rock properties for new data can be predicted and presented graphically.
Parameter details
By selecting a parameter and pressing the Details… button a color overview will be
shown. Depending on color mode the dialog will look a little different.
MWD view
Introduction
Open the MWD view by double-clicking an MWD log node in the browser tree or
explorer.
MWD logs can only be imported from the .mwd-format.
Detail Graph - Provide detailed curves for single holes and parameters.
By pressing the button it is possible to color a single graph with the color settings
for that parameter. If multiple holes or parameters is selected the graphs will get a
predefined color.
3D view
In the 3D View tab data from one entire round can be displayed in a 3D projection,
see Figure 205.
The 3D View tab is only available when view mode Holes is selected.
To the right you can select which holes that should be colored. The selected holes
will be colored using the currently selected MWD parameter color settings.
To the left there is a check box Show Unmarked Holes. If this checkbox is checked
the unselected hole will be displayed in a grey tone. If the box is un-checked the
holes will not appear in the graph.
Use the buttons in the toolbar to zoom, pan and rotate.
The Hole Size slider can be adjusted to configure the hole size.
Figure 206 - Rock masses in the roof and walls that form the foundation for the
graphical mapping.
To open the MWD mapping view, right-click on a tunnel and select Show MWD
Mapping.
The tunnel mapping window contains a number of settings and two graphical areas.
The left area show the entire tunnel line and the selected calculation interval (marked
with red lines). In the right area the calculated mapping data is presented.
Use the button to toggle drill hole visibility. Use the button to toggle
visibility of the mapping outline, and use to toggle tunnel width visibility.
You can choose which MWD parameter you want to look at and modify your
mapping. After you change parameter or modify settings you have to recalculate
using the Calculate button.
When calculating MWD mapping the
interval on where to calculate has to be
selected. You could either enter the section
numbers manually or use the arrows to
step to the section. In the Step-dropdown
you can adjust how fast the stepping will
be.
It’s possible to display section markers in the mapping area by changing the Section
Step dropdown-list value.
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Profile logs
Introduction
Profile log files, scanned with the drill rig, can be imported, evaluated one-by-one or
evaluated over the tunnel.
Navigation details
Section Number Section number for the log.
Log T ype T ells the operator that the file came from a profiler.
Number of Points T he actual number of recorded points in this log file.
Introduction
The raiseboring functionality requires a specific license option on the hardware key,
and when this license is active – another data item called Shafts will be accessible
under the site node. This node will contain the shafts in the current site.
From the Shafts node you can administer the shafts in the site. You can add, delete or
rename your shafts as you like.
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Raiseboring MWD log view
Access the raiseboring MWD log view by double-clicking a raiseboring MWD log in
the browser tree.
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left part shows some general MWD information and functionality for selecting the
active parameters.
Same as when showing a single log, Show Data As Normalized under Graph
modifies the graph to show the data in percentages of the minimum and maximum
values for the samples in each parameter. This makes it easier to compare between
different parameters even if the sample values are far from each other.
The Report button generates a Word report with the log data in the view.
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Importing / exporting raiseboring make-up logs
For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 19.
Underground Manager only supports import of raiseboring make-up logs in IREDES
format (.xml). No export is available.
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Figure 223 - Robbins status log view
This view shows a graph with temperatures of the thrust, drive, and lube tank over a
time period. It’s possible to hide temperatures from the graph and you can modify the
dates in the From- and To date fields if you want to look at a specific time period.
The Report button will generate a report with the graph image and the temperatures
in a tabular format.
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Figure 224 - Robbins event log view
This view displays all rig events in a list. You can alter the From- and To fields if you
want to look at events in a specific time period.
The Report button generates a Microsoft Word document with the events.
Pipe Change Report creates a Microsoft Word document with a table of all the pipe
changes performed in the events.
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The Report button generates a Word report including the bar chart in the view and a
machine state duration details table.
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F
File format................................................ 140, 141, 142
File menu................................................................... 138
Index Fixpoint ......................................6, 28, 38, 42, 141, 142
Free space.................................................................... 69
G
General conventions ................................................. 137
Generate ...................................................................... 43
H
A
Hardware key ..........................................................8, 10
ABC Regular.................................................... 141, 142 Help menu ................................................................. 138
ABC Total .................................................. 81, 141, 142 Hole info ................................................................... 102
Achieved spacing ........................................................69 Holes along line .......................................................... 69
Add ...................................................62, 69, 74, 82, 114
Advanced colour scale..............................................114 I
Area..................... 18, 40, 41, 63, 94, 98, 105, 122, 124 Import .................................. 6, 28, 38, 42, 58, 138, 141
Assigning.............................................................. 94, 95 Injection plan ................................................. 43, 94, 95
AutoCAD............................................................ 52, 140 Installation directory..................................................... 9
B IREDES............................................ 140, 141, 142, 143
Bever Control................................................... 141, 142 K
Bolt plan ............................................................... 43, 94 Keyboard conventions.............................................. 137
Boom Configuration ...................................................84
Boom sequence ...........................................................81 L
Boomer ..................................................... 106, 141, 142 Laser line formats ..................................................... 141
352 ................................................................ 141, 142 Laser lines ..............................6, 11, 46, 47, 50, 98, 141
353 .........................................................................142 LAS-file.............................................................141, 142
Browser tree ......................................................... 14, 24 Linking data to the tunnel line ................................... 94
C LOG file .................................................................... 142
LOG file formats ..............................................140, 142
Camber ................................................................. 43, 44 Look-out................................................... 69, 70, 73, 77
Clicking .....................................................................137
Colour.............................. 101, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 M
Colour scale......................................111, 113, 114, 115 Mark ............................................................... 47, 58, 94
Contour.... 6, 11, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, Menu bar .............................................................13, 138
59, 68, 74, 81, 94, 95, 99, 103, 105, 117, 140, 141, Menu bar and toolbar ................................................. 13
142 Middlepoint................................................................. 51
Conventions...............................................................137 Mouse conventions................................................... 137
Copy.............................................................. 58, 62, 138 Move...................................... 44, 62, 63, 80, 81, 82, 84
D MWD 3D................................................................... 119
MWD file formats .................................................... 142
Data to the Boomer.....................................................98 MWD log ........................................... 11, 110, 111, 142
Delete..............................................44, 62, 95, 114, 138 MWD mapping .................................................120, 121
DetailGraph ...............................................................118 MWD tunnel slicing ................................................. 123
Direction ................................ 28, 47, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59 MWD window .......................................................... 115
Distance to line............................................................69
Double clicking .........................................................137 O
DPC file .....................................................................141 Overview................................................................... 117
Drill plan design..........................................................58
Drill plan formats......................................................140 P
Drill plan properties ....................................................59 PC card ................................................................98, 111
Drill plans ......................................................... 6, 43, 60 Position................................................. 47, 81, 117, 118
DxF ............................................................................140 Production report ........................................................ 25
E Profiler......................................................................... 30
Program description ................................................... 24
Edit..................................... 43, 44, 50, 53, 60, 114, 138 Program icon............................................................... 11
Edit menu ..................................................................138 Program overview ...................................................... 11
Export ....................................................... 7, 25, 58, 138
Index 135
Program structure........................................................11 The main window....................................................... 13
Project tree...................................................................14 The MWD window................................................... 115
R The tunnel line table................................................... 43
tl8-file ........................................................................ 141
Radius ............................................................. 53, 54, 66 tli-file ......................................................................... 141
Remove........................................................... 44, 62, 95 Tunnel contours .......................................................... 52
Remove Drill Plan ......................................................95 Tunnel line .....6, 11, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52,
Remove Profile Link ..................................................95 53, 58, 59, 94, 95, 98, 106, 117, 120, 123, 141
Reports...........................................................................6 Tunnel line formats .................................................. 141
Required spacing............................................ 69, 70, 77 Tunnel Line properties ............................................... 42
Rotate...........................................................................81 Tunnel lines.......................................................6, 41, 42
Round log ..................................................................100 Tunnel Manager user.................................................... 7
Round report..............................................................105 Tunnel sections .....................................................43, 47
S Tunnel site...............................................................6, 24
Tunnelling project ........................................................ 6
Scale................................... 80, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 V,W
Section log.......................................................... 11, 100
Send Data To Rig........................................................98 Validation of a laser ................................................... 51
Simple colour scale...................................................113 View menu ................................................................ 138
sit file .........................................................................140 Window menu........................................................... 138
Site .................................................................. 14, 24, 25 Work site..................................................................... 24
Site project format ....................................................140 Working area.........................................................13, 14
Starting Tunnel Manager............................................11
T
The laser window........................................................50
Index 136
Appendix 1
Mouse conventions
• Clicking means pushing and releasing the mouse button without moving
the mouse.
Keyboard conventions
• Key names follow normal conventions.
• The return key and the enter key perform the same operation
• A plus sign (+) between two names means that both keys have to be
pushed simultaneously. Push CTRL + O means pushing both the Ctrl-key
and the O-key.
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Appendix 2
Menu bar
The menu bar consists of the following menus:
File
Edit
View
Window
Help
File menu
The file menu is valid for import, export, report and exiting the application.
Edit menu
All commands in the edit menu are context sensitive, i.e. which commands that
are available and their behavior depend on what item(s) that is selected.
The Edit menu offers the following commands:
View menu
The View menu offers the following commands:
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License information
Options
Configure the application to fit your needs, see page 12.
Help menu
The help menu offers the following commands:
PDF Manual... opens this manual in a PDF reader if one is installed.
About... opens an about dialog with information about Underground
Manager.
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Appendix 3
File formats
Underground Manager supports both import and export of the described file
formats if not stated otherwise.
Site formats
SITX
Site file format for storing the entire content of a site.
SIT
Old site file format used by Tunnel Manager 1.5 and previous versions for
storing all data in a site.
Import only.
Contour formats
XML
IREDES standardized format for contour files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
TUN
.tun-files from Geo software.
Import only.
DXF, DWG
File formats for AutoCAD drawings. Underground Manager supports release 14
and release 13/LT95, but not release 12/LT2.
Import only.
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DPC
File format for storing drill plan information to the Atlas Copco Boomer ABC
Regular or ABC Total drill rigs.
The DPC file format support sequences for maximum three booms.
TUN
Drill plans can be exported to .tun-files.
Export only.
TL8
File format for storing all tunnel line information for an Atlas Copco Boomer
ABC Regular or ABC Total drill rigs. The file contains information on the
associated drill plans linked to sections.
TLI
File format for storing tunnel line information for older versions of Atlas Copco
Boomer Regular, i.e. with rig control system less than RCS 2.0 and for Atlas
Copco Boomer 352/353 drill rigs with Bever Contour Control system.
This file format can also be used for information exchange with other systems,
since the file format is open.
LAS
File format for storing laser information. Underground Manager can import laser
groups but will handle each laser as its own unit. Exported files from
Underground Manager contain just one laser.
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FIX
File format for storing fix points.
Import only.
LOG
File format for log files from Atlas Copco Boomer ABC Regular or ABC Total
drill rigs and from Atlas Copco Boomer 352/353 drill rigs with Bever Contour
Control system.
The LOG file format supports maximum three booms.
XML
IREDES standardized format for MWD files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Export only.
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Import only.
Raiseboring formats
MWD logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for raiseboring MWD logs. For details and
specification see www.iredes.org.
Import only.
Make-up logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for make-up logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.
Status logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for status logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.
Event logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for event logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.
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