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You are here: Tutorials > Pit Design > Pit Design Tutorial > Waste dump design

> Task: Design a waste dump

Waste dump design


This section will show you how to use Surpac to create a dump design and a digital terrain model (DTM) of that design.
You will then generate a volume report, and a bench volume report of material that can be stored on each bench.
You will perform the dump design on the combined surface of the topography and the pit design. A key objective of this
exercise is to show you how to set up an all-cut ramp.
Task: Design a waste dump
1. Open pit_and_topo2.str in Graphics.
The pit and topography is displayed.

2. Open dcl1.str in Graphics.


The decline is displayed.
3. Open dtop1045.str in Graphics.
4. Rescale Graphics using a combination of window, zoom, and pan tools until the data looks approximately like the
following image:

The top of the dump is approximately 50 metres above the topography, at an elevation of 1045 metres. The
gradient of the centre line will be set during the dump design process.
5. Choose Pit design > Select slope method.
6. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

7. Choose Pit design > Set slope gradient.


8. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.
The new design gradient is shown in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

9. Choose Display > Point > Markers.


10. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

11. Choose Pit design > New ramp.


12. Select two points on the dump top, one on either side of the ramp centre line as shown.
13. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

14. Following the prompt, select the ramp centre line anywhere where there are no other strings which you may
accidentally snap to.
After selecting the ramp centre line, the dump top outline is modified slightly as shown in the following image.
This change is made to resolve geometry problems at the start of the ramp.

Note: In this design you will only have one safety berm at 1025 metres in this dump.
15. Choose Expand string > To elevation, and click on the dump outline.
16. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

The display is updated, as shown.

You will now create a 10 metre berm at this elevation.


17. Choose Display > Point > Numbers.
18. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

19. Check the point numbers to identify overlapping and close points.
20. Choose Expand segment > By berm width.
21. Select string 2.
22. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

Now project the dump outline to the DTM of the topographic surface.
23. Choose Pit design > Load a DTM surface and load top1, leaving the display DTM at N.

24. Choose Expand segment > To DTM surface, and click the outline of the dump.
25. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

26. Choose Edit > Point > Delete.


27. Delete any points that are close to each other, overlapping, or unwanted.
The image below is displayed.
28. Choose Pit design > Display DTM surface offsets.
This will show the DTM offsets to check that the base of the Dump has been extended to match the DTM surface.

29. Choose File > Save > string/DTM.


30. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

31. Choose Surfaces > DTM File functions > Create DTM from string file.
32. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

Next you will clip a hole in the topographic surface around the dump design. For a boundary string, you will use
the dump design string that lies on the topographic surface (string #4). Then you will append the clipped
topographic string file and dump design strings, and create a DTM of the surface. To achieve this you will use the
previously created topographic surface which has already been combined with the pit design strings. The two files
to combine are pit_and_topo2.str and dumpdesign1.str .

33. Click Reset graphics .


34. Open pit_and_topo2.str.
The pit and topograhy are displayed.

35. Select File tools > Apply boundary string, and enter the parameters as shown below.

36. Open dumpdesign1.str to the current layer using the replace option.
37. Open temp10.str, appending it to the current layer.

38. Choose File > Save > string/DTM.


39. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

40. Create a DTM of pit_dump_and_topo2.str.


41. Open pit_dump_and_topo2.dtm into the same layer as the string file, replacing the string file.
Note: To see all of the steps performed in this task, run _17_waste_dump_design.tcl. You need to click Apply on any
forms presented.
Task: Calculate dump volume
Now you will calculate the total volume of the dump.
1. Choose Surfaces > Volumes > Net volume between DTMs.
2. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

3. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.

The form below gives you the option of saving the DTM clipped within the boundary string. This is done for
visualization purposes as this allows you to colour the dump differently to the surrounding topography.

Note: As a general rule of thumb you should only use clipped DTMs for visualization, and not for other DTM
functions.
After you apply the second Save A Modified Dtm form, the volume is calculated and written to a note file called
top1.not.
4. View top1.not in a text editor.
The report is displayed.

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