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Release Notes Datamine Studio RM v1.2.45.0 (32-bit) (English) Datamine Studio RM v1.2.45.0 (64-bit) (English)



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Table of Contents What’s New for Datamine Studio RM v1.2



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Main Messages for Datamine Studio RM v1.2



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RELEASE NOTES – STUDIO RM 1.2



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Core System Commands & Processes



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User Interface



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Visualization



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Data Transfer



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Utilities & Supporting Services



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Documentation



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This documentation is confidential and may not be disclosed to third parties without the prior written permission of Datamine Software Limited.



© Datamine Software Limited



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WHAT’S NEW FOR DATAMINE STUDIO RM V1.2



Studio RM is Datamine’s latest Resource Modelling solution, and represents a major step forward for Datamine customers worldwide. Studio RM is built on the proven Datamine Studio RM platform.



Main Messages for Datamine Studio RM v1.2 New!! Advanced Estimation Module The Advanced Estimation module contains multivariate estimation, improved variography with auto fitting as well as Kriging Neighbourhood Analysis. It has been developed as part of Datamine’s collaboration with Geovariances. With univariate Kriging each block estimate is calculated from the sample values for a single variable (grade). The multivariate coKriging method uses values from other grades that are correlated to the grade being estimated. Advanced Estimation is an additional module to the core system of Studio RM.



New!! MSO Version 3 Studio RM 1.2 contains an early-access version of MSO v3.0. Consult your online Help for more information on the substantial improvements that are now available for stope optimization. A separate license is required to access this feature. Contact your Datamine representative for information on licensing and usage.



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New!! New Processes and Process Improvements New processes are available in this version, including



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WFEXPND: A new process – WFEXPND has been created to expand an existing wireframe in three dimensions. Similar to the expand-string function, you can control the level of expansion and tolerance setting.



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WFCODE: A new process has been created to assign wireframe surface zone values to X,Y,Z locations. This could be useful, for example, to code a block model with multiple classification wireframes, or update a drillhole file with domain information that is modelled as wireframe surfaces.



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COMPSE: o The maximum number of samples per drillhole has been increased from 1000 to 5000. o



An optional HOLESOUT file can be created. This has the same sample geometry as the input file but contains composited values for the VALUE field. It can optionally contain an OWCODE field containing values of 1 or zero to identify samples as ore or waste respectively.



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An optional ZONE field can be specified to constrain samples within which compositing occurs. No output composites are created from samples with different ZONE values.



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An optional Ore/Waste flag field can be output. The default name is OWFLAG. If an output composite is ore then its value of OWFLAG is 1. Other composites will have a value of zero. This can be useful because it is possible that output composites can have a grade value higher than the CUTOFF but due to internal waste and/or minimum ore constraints they are flagged as waste.



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An optional MINGLEN parameter can be used to define the minimum value of grade * composite length. This can be used to force COMPSE to treat relatively short samples whose length is less than the minimum length to be treated as ore if their length * grade is greater than this value.



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A new parameter, ANYORE2, can be set to 0 or 1 to control the behaviour of the second compositing rule.



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In some cases output composites could contain consecutive waste samples with a total length that was greater then the specified internal waste



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MAXWASTE. This has been fixed. o



The COMPSE documentation has been updated to more clearly describe the rules that are applied in the process.



New!! Visualization Improvements The popular 3D window has been enhanced again with this update, including the following improvements: •



3D Variogram window: To support the new Advanced Estimation module, a dedicated 3D Variogram contour window provides a clear view of the anisotropic trend in any direction. This window is supported by dedicated tools that display the model in 3 perpendicular planes, with enhanced section rotation tools to accurately define your directional variograms. Rotation information is dynamically linked to the new Advanced Estimation workflow UI (see above).



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View-independent clipping: You can now choose to "Ignore Clipping" in any data view independently, giving you more flexibility in how you present your data. This allows you to show clipping in the main application but disable it in one of your external 3D windows, for example.



New! Gemcom Model Conversion Utility A new conversion utility has been provided to import Gemcom format models without cell size fields.



New! Hosted Licensing Support In addition to supporting the latest products from Datamine, the version of License Services installed with this update includes support for hosted licensing, allowing you to connect your clients to a Datamine-hosted licensing environment. For more information on license hosting, please contact your local Datamine representative.



…and many other improvements made since the last release of Studio RM. A full list of changes is available in the “Release Notes” section further below.



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RELEASE NOTES – STUDIO RM 1.2 The following cases have been resolved since the last released version of Studio RM



Core System Commands & Processes ID



Type



Description



Advanced Grade Estimation + KNA has been implemented in this version. Multiple



This includes support for fitting models in both univariate and multivariate instances and a new visualization window for the analysis of variograph maps (“Variogram”). Consult your online help for more information. Studio RM 1.2 will be used to showcase a pre-beta version of the MSO v3 ribbon – this will take the form of a new command that will enable the ribbon and panel access for demo purposes.



Multiple MSO v3 is currently scheduled for release as part of Studio RM 1.3. Studio RM v1.2 will only be used to showcase a technical preview for consultants only. STUDIO-830



A new process has been introduced – WFEXPND – to allow a wireframe to be expanded in a similar way to the expand-string command.



STUDIO-892



PROMOD now combines subcells which fill a parent cell, into a single parent cell.



CORE-1606



Drive linking commands are now available in Studio RM via the command line.



CORE-1599



Several enhancements have been made to the COMPSE process – consult your online documentation for more details.



CORE-307



A new process – WFCODE – has been implemented to permit zone field decoding into model or drillhole files.



STUDIO-3845



REBLOCK now provides more detail regarding output mass (tonnes) weighting fields



STUDIO-3844



An issue that could force REBLOCK and the system to become unresponsive has been resolved.



STUDIO-3656



TONGRAD will now support file names greater than 20 characters in length



STUDIO-3648



Error messages have been extended and improved in REBLOCK



STUDIO-3632



The Volumetric Block Modelling function now allows you to specify a Control Perimeter file.



STUDIO-3609



SURTRI will now accept a string file containing up to 60,000 strings. The previous limit was 25,000 strings.



STUDIO-1254



Studio installation folder path lengths are now permitted up to 256 characters in length.



STUDIO-1148



The Log View Properties dialog no longer limits the display of available holes to 100.



STUDIO-956



The maximum number of permissible samples in COMPSE has been increased.



CORE-3663 STUDIO-3570



The WGTFIELD and DATAFILE fields in the STATS output file are now explicit.



CORE-1588



REBLOCK now includes the option to use mass to determine dominant values as opposed to volume.



CORE-1570



Wireframe volume calculations for zones over 50 will now display a message indicating that the process may take a while to complete.



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CORE-1536



SORT and OUTPUT commands are now supported by the LINK command in macros.



CORE-1508



REBLOCK now allows model names to contain underscore characters



CORE-1460



The super-processes NSCORE, SGSIM and BACKTR can now be used where a project path length is up to 256 characters in length



CORE-1445



STATS can now be used to report where the number of records equals zero (useful for validating mine planning models).



CORE-1414



A vertex snap option has been added to the wireframe-clean function.



CORE-1406



The “Field weighted by” value during dynamic string evaluation is now based on % of cell . A new “Full Cell Evaluation” option has been added which can be used by all weighting options.



CORE-1384



The maximum number of lags in VGRAM has been increased to 10000



CORE-1331



TONGRAD now supports the use of retrieval criteria



CORE-1230



New options have been added to the context menu for points, strings, drillholes and planes to allow the contents of entire objects to be selected or deselected.



STUDIO-3821



File renaming using the Project files control bar has been reinstated



STUDIO-3745 STUDIO-3743 STUDIO-3727 STUDIO-3719 STUDIO-3641



Unexpected results running SORT, MGSORT and OUTPUT commands with very large files (64-bit application) has been resolved. A data corruption issue caused by reversing a string after merging string segments has been resolved. TRIVAL was incorrectly reporting tonnes and grades where the NOSID parameter was set to 0 and an unverified wireframe was set as an input. This has been resolved. An issue preventing the wireframe-create-from-points command to operate in Studio RM has been resolved. An issue causing the failure to assign a BLOCKID attribute during evaluate-all-strings has been resolved.



STUDIO-3638



An issue preventing the successful execution of MSO has been resolved.



STUDIO-3617



The problem causing the system to halt unexpectedly with a specific combination of unloadall, evaluate-one-string and evaluate-all-strings, has been resolved.



STUDIO-3600



Evaluate wireframe commands no longer remove the filter applied to the model.



STUDIO-3597 CORE-1503



Unloading data no longer removes filters from the remaining loaded data objects.



STUDIO-3566



The field DIST_2D in the output file from CLOSEPTS is now correctly calculated.



STUDIO-3216



An issue preventing the completion of the MRO tutorial has been resolved.



STUDIO-3079 STUDIO-2151 STUDIO-1050



An issue preventing CORREL from completing when an alphanumeric entry exists in the specified ZONE field has been resolved. An issue preventing Shrink model option in MRO from being accessible in Studio RM has been resolved. An issue whereby different single- and extended-precision results from COMPSE were generated has been resolved.



STUDIO-892



PROMOD will now combine subcells that create a parent cell where expected.



CORE-1638



An issue preventing REBLOCK from completing (related to the underlying SORT process) has been resolved.



CORE-1613



STATS no longer fills the DATAFILE field with unexpected data on the 64-bit RM system



CORE-1560



An issue that could force the system to halt unexpectedly when running ‘update-vr-objects’ has been identified and resolved.



CORE-1553



An issue whereby DECODE could return incorrect values when forced into an error state has been resolved.



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CORE-1545



OUTPUT now exports implicit values as expected.



CORE-1549



generate-outlines and generate-outlines-attrib will no longer flatten strings if the outl-planeswitch is not set



CORE-1484



In the previous version, MODSPLIT was incorrectly treating the @PLANE parameter as ‘XY’ regardless of its setting. This has been resolved.



CORE-1460



NSCORE, SGSIM and BACKTR superprocesses can now operate in conjunction with project path lengths > 48 characters. The extended 256 character limit imposed for other processes is now supported by these superprocesses.



CORE-1450



TRIPOI now works as expected.



CORE-1434



Generate-outlines no longer generates unexpected results for values with greater than 3 decimal places



CORE-1431



Evaluation with a single string will now produce expected results when working with vertical sections.



CORE-1430



Cleaned wireframes now preserve the keyfield attribute.



CORE-1426 CORE-1500



You can now rename a file using the Project Files control bar.



CORE-1408 CORE-501



Commas are now correctly applied between retrieval criteria when recording a macro.



CORE-1351



Using TRIFIL with @MODLTYPE=2.0 no longer creates models with missing cells.



CORE-1260



DECODE is now generating expected results in all cases



CORE-1154



A data-specific instance of COMPSE not processing a drillhole file correctly has been resolved.



CORE-830



The IJKGEN process now correctly includes rotated model fields when copying attributes



CORE-143



CONPOL will now create a closed perimeter.



User Interface ID



Type



Description



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A new data window has been added to Studio RM – Variogram – to display/analyse generated variogram maps resulting from Studio RM’s Advanced Estimation module



STUDIO-3878



The VCONTOUR user interface has been updated to match a standard visual style



STUDIO-3877



The MRO user interface has been updated to match a standard visual style



STUDIO-3653



The “Close Points” (CLOSEPTS) command has been added to the Sample Analysis ribbon.



STUDIO-3637



By request, the command wireframe-surface-project has been added to the Structure ribbon in Studio RM.



STUDIO-1148



You are no longer restricted to a 100 hole list limit in the Log View Properties dialog



CORE-1610



“Write Selected Strings” has been added to the Data ribbon



STUDIO-3898



The Datamine Script Converter’s Start menu entry no longer references “Studio”



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STUDIO-3899



The Studio RM start menu shortcut now launches the application as expected on all operating systems.



STUDIO-3806



The correct version number for the installed Mesh.exe component is now shown in the Help | About dialog on 64 bit systems.



STUDIO-3774



Context menu sheets bar “Link to EPS” commands have been removed from the respective menus as they are not relevant to this product.



STUDIO-3633



A typographic error in the ‘Select Outlines Individually’ tooltip has been corrected.



STUDIO-3630



You can now access a hole dropdown list for log sheets.



CORE-1546



Typographic errors in WFCODE process dialog have been corrected.



Visualization ID



Type



Description



STUDIO-3877



MRO has been overhauled to provide an improved user experience.



CORE-1468



An option to disable clipping in any view (independently) has been added to the View ribbon for the 3D window, and the external 3D window menu.



STUDIO-3603



A problem preventing the application of the default ‘on-load’ display template for drillholes has been resolved.



CORE-1557



The Ignore Clipping option no longer causes unexpected results if displayed data contains labels.



CORE-1464



Labels applied to drillholes are now correctly filtered according to the current display filter.



CORE-1457



An issue causing an unexpected 180 degree rotation when using the section controller has been resolved.



CORE-1427



Unexpected results when using infinite clipping have been resolved.



CORE-1354



An issue preventing the application of filters when applied via script has been resolved.



CORE-1334



An issue preventing access to font size editing for scatterplots and histograms has been resolved.



CORE-1123



An issue preventing the display of dynamic holes after create-plot-view has been resolved.



CORE-411



The 3D window section will now rotate as expected when an azimuth is applied with a zero dip value.



Data Transfer ID



Type



Description



CORE-1550



A conversion utility has been provided to import Gemcom format models without cell size fields.



CORE-1266



You can now export data in DGN format (points, strings and wireframes)



CORE-1611



INPUTD has been added to the Data ribbon.



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CORE-511



The DWG import facility is now able to detect and manage subdivided wireframe entities. Exporting data to Microsoft®Excel® from the Loaded Data control bar will now permit export of the maximum number of rows permitted by your currently-installed version of Excel (system resources permitting) Studio RM no longer displays the Save Project reminder when nothing has been edited during the current session.



CORE-299 STUDIO-3839 STUDIO-3834



An issue saving the system profile when closing down the latest RM 1.2 test version has been resolved.



STUDIO-3826 CORE-1581



An issue preventing a Data Converter (DSDIE3) object from being instantiated through script, where a 64 bit application is in use, has been resolved.



STUDIO-3802



A specific instance of the system halting unexpectedly when opening an archive created in an earlier version, using the Windows 8.1 operating system, has been resolved.



STUDIO-3621



The problem reported in the previous version, whereby exporting Plots/Logs information to DXF vectors would cause the system to halt unexpectedly, has been resolved.



STUDIO-3619



An issue preventing access to the Earthworks ODBC driver in the 64-bit RM system has been resolved.



CORE-1244



An issue preventing the successful import of a particular Vulcan .isis file has been resolved.



CORE-1550



An issue introduced with the new Gemcom-model importer which could cause a side-side installation issue with MineTrust has been resolved.



CORE-1548



The “Upload to Summit” function is now operating as expected.



CORE-1539



The Data Converter utility will no longer report failures to find licenses for all supported products. It will now only report an issue if no licenses can be found.



CORE-1506



The Data Converter utility now saves/loads XML configuration files as expected.



CORE-1467



The Datamine Data Converter can now be used with a Studio RM license.



Utilities & Supporting Services ID



Type



Description



STUDIO-3589



Integration work has been completed to connect to the new ALS Coreviewer® website



STUDIO-1254



The installation path length for Studio RM has been increased to 256 characters



STUDIO-3618



The crash reporting mechanism has been standardized for both 32- and 64-bit systems.



STUDIO-2800



An issue whereby extraneous runtimes were installed on the host machine in certain cases has been resolved.



CORE-1483



An obscure issue that caused unexpected behaviour in Studio RM after uninstalling Studio 5D Planner has been resolved. An obscure (and longstanding) side-side issue (caused by one of the remaining shared components) could, in some cases, prevent Studio 5D Planner from working correctly after uninstalling Studio RM. The symptom was a “Error compiling a list of Project Files” message when running one of the prepare commands. This has been resolved.



CORE-1480



Documentation ID



Type



Description



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STUDIO-3664 STUDIO-3606



The documentation for the Advanced Estimation processes is complete.



STUDIO-3897



The Datamine Script Converter online help has been rebranded to “Datamine”



STUDIO-3877



The MRO tutorial has been rewritten, in line with the recent UI changes



STUDIO-3569



Additional information ha been added to the STATS help file to explain how MAD and percentile calculations operate with respect to the WEIGHT field.



STUDIO-3119



Minor changes and enhancements have been made to the Grade Estimation tutorial



CORE-1546



Minor updates have been made to the WFCODE online help.



CORE-1485



The Mining Power Pack help file has been rebranded from CAE to Datamine.



CORE-1473



The Studio RM Macros tutorial has been rebranded to “Datamine”



CORE-1470



The MRO Help file has been rebranded to the new company logo and name.



CORE-1456



QT Licensing information has been added to the Studio RM help file.



STUDIO-3657



The REBLOCK help file has been extended to explain the usage of FILLVOL and VOIDVOL fields



STUDIO-3626



The Unfold wizard will now display context-sensitive help when using



STUDIO-3659



The LUNICOND help link no longer incorrectly displays context-sensitive help for the UNIFCOND process.



STUDIO-3622



An issue causing the Studio RM (64-bit edition) to halt unexpectedly, when accessing contextsensitive help from the Transform Coordinates dialog, has been resolved.



STUDIO-3614



You can now view context-sensitive help for the Expression Builder dialog.



STUDIO-3610



The Expression Builder dialog will now display context-sensitive help when using



STUDIO-3567



The context-sensitive help file for CLOSEPTS is now displayed as expected



STUDIO-3383



Missing documentation for the convert-wf-hull command is now complete.



STUDIO-3344



A handful of incorrect branding (CAE) references in Studio RM help pages have been corrected.



STUDIO-2606



Errors in the LUNICON, UNIFCOND and SUPPCORR process help pages have been corrected



LICSERV-188



Several missing help links have been reinstated in the License Services help file.



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