Minex

ReleaseNotes
LastModified: Wednesday,6April2016

Minex6.5.0
Enhancements
Core

AcQuireinterfaceupgradedtoversion4.5.2
TheacQuireinterfacehasbeenupgradedtoversion4.5.2.Theupgradehasnewcaching
capabilities,whichprovideperformanceimprovementswhenyouaccessdatafromanacQuire
database.
Newcompanylogoandtitleblockadded
AcompanylogoandtitleblockforMultiHarpanUtama(MHU)arenowavailableinMinex.

Hubintegrationupgraded
TheversionofHubintegratedwithMinexhasbeenupgradedfrom1.7.1to1.7.2.

Minex6.5.0supportsWindows10
Minex6.5.0canbeinstalledandoperatedonaWindows10OperatingSystem.

Minex6.5.0supportsMicrosoftOffice2013and2016
Minex6.5.0supportsthelatestversionsofMicrosoftOffice2013andMicrosoftOffice2016.

RevisionnumberisincludedintheTitleBar
WhenyouupdateMinexwithahotfixorCumulativeUpdate,whenyourunMinex,therevision
numberisnowincludedintheTitlebar,forexample,GEOVIAMinex6.4.2.1.Therevisionnumber
detailsarealsoincludedinHelp>About>DetailsastheProductVersion-therevisionnumber
appearsnexttothefullbuildnumber.Forexample,GEOVIAMinex6.4.xxxx.2Update1.
Borehole

Boreholeplottingatactualelevation
Whenyouplotaboreholeprofile,thereisanewoptiontoalignboreholesonelevation.Youcan
AlignonCollar,AlignonToe,orAlignonElevation.
NewImportLithologySymbolscommand
YoucanusethenewImportLithologySymbolscommandtoimportsymbolsfromDXF-formatted
symbolfiles.Inaddition,thenumberofsymbolsMinexsupportsinthelithologysymbolfilehasbeen
increasedto400.

SeamModelling

NewSeamValidationoptiontoexcludeduplicateseams
WhenyouruntheReportSeamValidationcommand,thereisnowanoptiontoexcludeanylines
thataretheresultofduplicateseampicksinaborehole.WhenyouselectthenewExclude
duplicateseampickscheckbox,anythingrelatedtoduplicateseampicksinanyboreholeis
excludedfromthevalidationreport.
Display

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DraftingGraphicswindowtabsnowshowthemountname
WhenyouperformaDraftonMountcommandonanymapmount,thenameofthemountisshown
onthetabforthenewDraftingGraphicswindow.InsteadofatabnamesuchasGraphics1,
Graphics2,thetabsnowhavethesamenameastheplanorsectionmount,forexample,pit10KA1.
ClearselectedGraphicswindow
YoucanusethenewClearCurrentGraphicscommandtoclearonlythecurrent(selected)
Graphicswindowandassociatedgraphicsobjects.Theexistingcommand,ClearGraphics,has
beenrenamedClearAllGraphics,andstillclearsalldisplaysandremovesallgraphicalobjects.
OpenPit

ScheduleDetailedReportcannowbelimitedbyarea
WhenyouruntheScheduleDetailedReport,youcanusethenewUseLimitingPolygoncheck
boxtolimitthereportbyarea.Whenthecheckboxisselected,youcandigitise,pick,orselectfrom
alist,alimitingpolygonwhichlimitsthereportingtoblocksthatarefullyorpartiallyinsidethe
polygon.
CoalWashability

NewSaveZeroResultsoptionsinCoalWashabilityupdateoftheBoreholeDatabase
WhenyouupdatetheboreholedatabasefromcoalwashabilityusingtheBHDBWashability
Updatecommand,youcannowchoosehowanycomputedzerovaluesaresaved.Previously,any
zerovaluesweresavedasanullvalue.Now,youcansaveanycomputedwashabilityzerovalues
aseitheranullorazero(0)valueintheboreholedatabase.
IssuesFixed
OpenPit

WhenselectingblocksusingEquipmentMove,miningdirectionisnotupdated
Inopenpitscheduling,whenyouusetheEquipment Moveformandselectblocks,themining
directionisnowautomaticallyupdatedbasedontheselectedblockrange.Alow-to-highblockrange
resultsinaLeft(toright)miningdirection,andahigh-to-lowblockrangeresultsinaRight(toleft)
miningdirection.YoucanusetheUpdateMiningDirectioncheckboxtoenableordisablethis
feature.
SequenceGeneratorStartfromHighBlockEndoptiondoesnotincludethefirststrip
Previously,whenyouusedtheSequenceGeneratorcommand,andselectedtheStartfromHigh
BlockEndoption,thefirststripwasexcludedfromthesequencefile.Thisissuehasbeenfixed,and
thefirststripisnowalwaysincluded.
SeamDilutiongivesincorrectresultwhendifferentvariablesareselected
WhenyouusetheSeamDilutioncommand,andtheoutputdilutedvariablesaredifferentfromthe
inputvariables,thedilutedqualityvaluesarenowcorrect.Theresultswhendifferentoutputvariables
areselectedarenowcorrectandwillmatchtheresultswhentheinputandoutputvariablesarethe
same.
PitDesigndoesnotworkcorrectlyforanti-clockwiseramps
Previously,whenyoucreatedapitdesignwithramps,ifyouattemptedananti-clockwiseramp,the
followingmessageappeared:TherampgradientforRamp"{0}"istoosteeptocreateaRamp
forthisSegment.YoumustUseaShallowerRampGradient.Thelinesthatweredrawn
extendedpastthegraphicsarea.Thisissuehasbeenfixedandyoucannowcreateapitdesignwith
clockwiseoranti-clockwiseramps.
SequenceGeneratordoesnotminethefirstblockinthepit
Previously,whenyouusedtheSequenceGeneratorcommand,thefirstblockintheselectedpit
wasexcludedfromthesequencefile.Thisissuehasbeenfixed,andthefirstblockisnowalways
includedinthesequencefilewhenthesequenceisfromlowtohighblocknumbers(thatis,the
StartfromHighBlockEndoptioniscleared).

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PitDesignSlopedoesnothonourMaskoptionwhencleared
WhenyouusethePit/DumpDesigncommand,MinexnowhonourswhethertheSlopeMaskoption
isselectedorcleared.
PitDesigndigitizefunctionimproved
WhenyouusethePit/Dumpdesigncommandtocreatestrings,thedigitizedstringsnowhave
coordinateswithanaccuracyofuptothreedigitsafterthedecimalpoint.
PitDesignlayoutlinescrossforV-shapedstartandendlines
WhenyouusethePit/DumpDesigncommand,andselectDesignBlockandLayoutPatternto
createblocklayoutlines,ifthedigitisedstartandendlinesforma"V"shape,thentheinterpolated
layoutlinesarenowformedcorrectlyanddonotcross.Theinterpolatedlayoutlinesarealways
correctforstartandendlinesinanydirection.
Core

MinexexitswhenimportinganinvalidMincomdumpgrid
WhenyouimportaMincomgridwhichisnotinthecorrectformat,Minexraisesan
appropriatemessageanddoesnotexitunexpectedly.
OutputWindowcontentsissometimessavedandclearedtoofrequently
ThecontentsoftheOutputWindowissavedtoanoutputfile(output.txt)andthewindowis
clearedlessfrequentlythaninpreviousversionsofMinex.YoucanusethenewoptionunderTools
>OptionstocontroltheminimumamountoffreememorythatexistsbeforetheOutputWindow
contentissavedandcleared.
MinexcannotperformaGraphicsCapturetoDXFusingreservedcharacters
WhendisplayedstringshavereservedAutoCADcharactersintheirnames(GMIC),suchas<>/\:
;?*|=or',youcanperformaGraphicsCapturetoAutoCADDXF.
Minexopensincorrectprojectdirectorywhenopeningafile
WhenyouopenafileusingtheOpen Fileform,Minexnowopensthecorrectprojectdirectoryforthe
selectedfiletype.
StringExtendbearingmaybeincorrect
Previously,whenyouusedtheString>Extendcommand,thevalueintheBearingfieldmayhave
beeninaccurateafterastringwasselected.Thiscouldresultinaninaccurateextensionofthe
selectedstring.Thisissuehasbeenfixed,andtheBearingvalueisnowcorrect,andtheresulting
extensionoftheselectedstringisaccurate.
AcQuireexitsunexpectedlywhendownloadingboreholedata
Previously,Minexexitedunexpectedlywhenyouattemptedtoselectanddownloadboreholedata
fromanacQuireserver.Thisissuehasbeenfixed.
Borehole

Updatingboreholedatafromagridusesincorrectseamlocation
Previously,whenyouupdatedtheboreholedatabasefromagridusingtheUpdateVariablefrom
Gridcommand,forsomeboreholesnovalueoranincorrectvaluewasupdated.Thisissuehas
beenfixed,andtheboreholedatabaseisnowupdatedcorrectlyfromagridforbothverticaland
inclinedboreholes.
BoreholeSectionDisplaytracehas"steps"
Whenyoudisplayaninclinedboreholeusingsectionswithdoglegs,theboreholetracemayhave
"steps".YoucanusethenewSmoothDoglegTraceStepsoptionontheBorehole Sectionformto
smoothoutthetracestepsofinclinedboreholes.
Incorrect2DsymbolsforBoreholesinnewprojects
Previously,afteryoucreatedanew,organisedproject,theBorehole Displayformwouldshowthe
wronglistfortheCollarSymbol.Thisissuehasbeenfixed,andthecorrect2Dsymbolsarealways
listedfortheCollarSymbol.
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Seamreportnowincludesalldata
Whenyoureportseamdatausingthe Report Seam Data command, the seamreportnowincludes
allthedataforanyselectedvariablesinanyboreholedatabase,evenifithasalargenumberof
variables(morethan128).
PlottingvariablelegendinBoreholePlanLocationcausesMinextostopresponding
IntheBorehole Plan Locationform,whenyouselectthePlotVariableLegendandDigitize
Positionoptions,Minexnolongerstopsresponding.
StructuralsymbolsinBoreholePlanLocationcauseMinextoexitunexpectedly
IntheBorehole Plan Locationform,ifyouchoosetodisplayStructuralSymbols,theyarenow
displayedcorrectlyandMinexdoesnotexitunexpectedly.
SeamModelling

ModelBuildusesinputstructuregridstocomputeinterburdengrids
TheModelBuildseammodeloperationnowusestheoutput(built)gridsto
computeinterburden(IB)grids,ratherthantheinputstructuregrids.
StrippingRatiohasnoupperlimit
WhenyouruntheSeamModelOperationscommandandselecttheStripratiooperation,youcan
nowdefineanupperlimitforthecomputedstrippingratio.Whenyoudefineanupperlimit,any
computedratiosarelimitedtothisvalue.
GenerateFaultBlocksnolongershowserrormessage
WhenyoupickfaultstringsusingtheUnfault and Refault command,andclickGenerate Fault
Blocks ,anerrormessageaboutnotbeingabletofindthetrianglefile(s)nolongerappears.
SeamModelBuildoperationerrormessageformissingthicknessgrids
WhenyouusetheSeamModelOperationscommandandperformaBuildoperation,theerror
messagefunctionhasbeenimprovedwhentherearemissingthicknessgrids.Youcanusethenew
optiononthemissingseamthicknessmessagetostopfurthermessagesfromappearing.
Refaultingnolongershowsinvalidmessages
WhenyourefaultanunfaultedmodelusingtheUnfaultandRefaultcommand,invalidmessages
aboutmissingseamgridsnolongerappear.
Dump

WasheryorStockpilenumbernotshowninreportheader
WhenyourunaDetailedDumpScheduleReport,theWasheryorStockpilenumberarenow
showninthePitfieldofthereportheader.
WhengeneratingrampdistancesMinexoccasionallyexits
WhenyougeneraterampdistancesduringDumpScheduling,Minexnowreportsanymissingblocks
inanystripinsteadofexitingunexpectedly.
Licensing

Irrelevantmissinglicensemessage
Previously,whenyouusedMinexwithoutanOpenPitDumpSchedulinglicense,andopeneda
ReservesDatabase,amessagewouldappearsayingMinexnotlicensedforfunction
"RESERVES_UPDATE_WASTE_PILE".ThisissuehasbeenfixedandMinexnolongershowsthis
irrelevantmissinglicensemessage.

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