O-Pitblast Manual v.3.0

User Manual
V 2.0
Blast
Design&Optimization
Platform
User Manual
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O-Pitblast® 2018 v2.0 – User Manual
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1. LICENSE
By receiving, opening the file package, and/or using O-Pitblast V2.0("Software") containing this software, you agree
that this End User User License Agreement(EULA) is a legally binding and valid contract and agree to be bound by it.
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without right to sub-license, to use O-Pitblast V2.0 in accordance with this Agreement and any other written agreement
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3. USER AGREEMENT
3.1 Use
Your license to use O-Pitblast V2.0 is limited to the number of licenses purchased by you. You shall not allow others to
use, copy or evaluate copies of O-Pitblast V2.0.
3.2 Use Restrictions
You shall use O-Pitblast V2.0 in compliance with all applicable laws and not for any unlawful purpose. Without limiting
the foregoing, use, display or distribution of O-Pitblast V2.0 together with material that is pornographic, racist, vulgar,
obscene, defamatory, libelous, abusive, promoting hatred, discriminating or displaying prejudice based on religion,
ethnic heritage, race, sexual orientation or age is strictly prohibited.
Each licensed copy of O-Pitblast V2.0 may be used on one single computer location by one user. Use of O-Pitblast V2.0
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separately.
You may make one copy of O-Pitblast V2.0 for backup purposes, providing you only have one copy installed on one
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the use of O-Pitblast V2.0. If any person other than yourself uses O-Pitblast V2.0 registered in your name, regardless of
whether it is at the same time or different times, then this agreement is being violated and you are responsible for that
violation!
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This Software contains copyrighted material, trade secrets and other proprietary material. You shall not, and shall not
attempt to, modify, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile O-Pitblast V2.0. Nor can you create any derivative
works or other works that are based upon or derived from O-Pitblast V2.0 in whole or in part.
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No program, code, part, image, audio sample, or text may be copied or used in any way by the user except as intended
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Software.
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distributors be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever (including,
without limitation, damages for loss of profits, loss of use, business interruption, loss of information or data, or
pecuniary loss), in connection with or arising out of or related to this Agreement, O-Pitblast V2.0 or the use or inability
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of the Software (maximum being the lesser of the amount paid by you and the suggested retail price as listed by O-
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that constitute a transfer of license from the customer back to O-Pitblast, Lda..
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implied warranties of merchantable quality or fitness for a particular purpose.
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affect the validity and enforceability of any other provisions.
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termination of this license. Upon termination of this license granted herein for any reason, you agree to immediately
cease use of O-Pitblast V2.0 and destroy all copies of O-Pitblast V2.0 supplied under this Agreement. The financial
obligations incurred by you shall survive the expiration or termination of this license.
4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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Table of contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 13
2. System Requirements (Recommended) .............................................................................. 13
3. Installing O-Pitblast® Platform .............................................................................................. 13
4. Updates ............................................................................................................................... 14
5. Registering O-Pitblast® Platform .......................................................................................... 15
6. O-Pitblast® Overview ............................................................................................................ 17
6.1. Main Control Bar ............................................................................................................. 17
6.2. Quick access bar .............................................................................................................. 18
6.3. Files Tab ........................................................................................................................... 18
Create a New project ........................................................................................... 19
Save and Save As the current project .................................................................. 19
Open an existent file ............................................................................................ 19
Open a recent file ................................................................................................ 20
Database .............................................................................................................. 20
Creating Detonators ........................................................................................ 20
Creating Boosters ............................................................................................ 21
Creating Bulk Explosives .................................................................................. 21
Creating Cartridge Explosives .......................................................................... 22
Creating Rocks ................................................................................................. 22
Creating Drilling Costs ...................................................................................... 23
Creating Attenuation Law ................................................................................ 23
Sharing database information.......................................................................... 24
Send to cloud ................................................................................................... 24
Download from Cloud ...................................................................................... 25
Print the Blast Plan .............................................................................................. 26
Preview fill PDF ................................................................................................ 26
Configure PDF .................................................................................................. 26
Page Options.................................................................................................... 27
General Information ........................................................................................ 27
Plans Information ............................................................................................ 31
Plans Options ................................................................................................... 32
Save Configuration........................................................................................... 33
Options ................................................................................................................ 33
Volume calculation .......................................................................................... 35
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Clearance zone ................................................................................................ 36

Visible options ..................................................................................................... 37
Help ..................................................................................................................... 38
Ask for help ...................................................................................................... 38
Exit ....................................................................................................................... 38
6.4. Tool Box ........................................................................................................................... 39
Lighting Control - ............................................................................................ 39
Terrain Color - .................................................................................................. 40
Background Color - ......................................................................................... 40
Bench Bottom Control - ................................................................................... 41
Grid Control ......................................................................................................... 42
Hole Control - .................................................................................................. 42
Timing Control - ............................................................................................... 42
Ruler .................................................................................................................... 43
6.5. Work Environment .......................................................................................................... 44
6.6. View Pane ........................................................................................................................ 44
6.7. Operation Control Tab ..................................................................................................... 45
6.8. Borehole Radial Menu - .............................................................................................. 46
7. Home ................................................................................................................................... 46
7.1. Add, move and delete points ................................................................ 47

Add, move and delete one point ......................................................................... 48
7.2. Create lines, rows and polygon .............................................................. 48
Import polygon ................................................................................................ 50
Merge ............................................................................................................ 50
7.3. Zone Menu ...................................................................................................................... 51
8. Topography.......................................................................................................................... 52
8.1. Topography preparation .................................................................................................. 53
Importing terrain - .......................................................................................... 53
Coordinate system ...................................................................................... 55
Import Layer ................................................................................................... 57

Terrain Style -....................................................................................................... 58
Contour lines ....................................................................................................... 58
Cutting terrain - ............................................................................................... 58
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Expand Terrain - .............................................................................................. 59

Bench Bottom - ............................................................................................... 59
Edit Cloud ................................................................................................... 59
Eliminate triangles ....................................................................................... 60

Views ................................................................................................................... 61
Select type of rock ............................................................................................... 62
9. Free-face.............................................................................................................................. 63
9.1. Importing Free-Face - .................................................................................................. 63
Importing options ................................................................................................ 65
Hole offset ....................................................................................................... 66
Add as extra points .......................................................................................... 66
Clockwise ......................................................................................................... 67
Change data coordinate system ...................................................................... 67
Multiple Station ........................................................................................... 67
General information ................................................................................... 67
9.2. Editing Crest/Toe - .................................................................................................. 68
Import .................................................................................................................. 69
Edit crest/toe altitude .......................................................................................... 69
9.3. Borehole deviation data .................................................................................................. 70
Rodded ................................................................................................................ 70
Cabled .................................................................................................................. 71
From device and from file ....................................................................... 72

Swap hole, delete, select and edit ....................................................................... 72
10. Boreholes......................................................................................................................... 73
10.1. Boreholes Edition......................................................................................................... 73
Add holes - ...................................................................................................... 73
Edit Holes - ......................................................................................................... 74
Hole Burden/Spacing ....................................................................................... 75
Holes Inclination and Bench Bottom adjustment ........................................ 76
Holes Azimuth .............................................................................................. 77
Delete Holes - .................................................................................................. 77
Move Holes - ................................................................................................... 77
Edit Toe - ......................................................................................................... 78

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Select Holes - ................................................................................................... 79

Use crest .......................................................................................................... 80
Free-Face Profile Control - .............................................................................. 81
Straight/Critical Profile style ............................................................................ 81
Analyzing Critical Burden ................................................................................. 81
10.2. Table ...................................................................................................................... 83
10.3. Burden and Spacing ......................................................................................... 83

10.4. Visible/invisible and renumber .................................................................................... 85
Visible or invisibles holes ........................................................................ 85
Renumber .................................................................................................... 86
Floating holes................................................................................................... 87
Edit hole’s label................................................................................................ 88
10.5. Update altitude ....................................................................................................... 89

10.6. Rows: Creation and Edition.......................................................................................... 89
Add row ..................................................................................................... 89

Line Editor............................................................................................................ 90
Prepare rows ....................................................................................................... 91
10.7. Pattern ......................................................................................................................... 92
Pattern Creation - ............................................................................................ 93
Attenuated pattern adjusted to crest, to or crest and toe .................................. 94
Attenuation...................................................................................................... 94
Import Pattern - .............................................................................................. 97
Rotate Pattern - ........................................................................................... 98
Import Polygon - ........................................................................................... 99
Type - ............................................................................................................ 100
10.8. Export pattern ........................................................................................................... 100
11. Charge ........................................................................................................................... 101
11.1. Add Charge - ......................................................................................................... 102
Add Primer (Booster) ......................................................................................... 102
Add Column Charge ........................................................................................... 103
Add Cartridges ................................................................................................... 103
Apply Charge Rule.............................................................................................. 104
11.2. Edit Charge Rule - .................................................................................................. 105

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Discharge - ..................................................................................................... 105

Select - ........................................................................................................... 106
11.3. Import charge ....................................................................................................... 106
11.4. By powder factor .................................................................................................. 107
11.5. Manually feeding .................................................................................................. 107
11.6. Complete charge .................................................................................................. 108
11.7. Extra charge ........................................................................................................ 108

12. Non-electronic detonators ............................................................................................ 109
Add Timing - .............................................................................................. 110
Line - ......................................................................................................... 110
Edit Timing - .............................................................................................. 110
Initiation Hole – ........................................................................................ 111
Time tool - .......................................................................................... 111

Delete Connections – ................................................................................ 112
Select Connections – ................................................................................. 113
Surface & In-holes Detonators – ...................................................... 113

Dual Detonators - ...................................................................................... 113
Tie-Up Warnings - ..................................................................... 115
Simulation .......................................................................................................... 116
Isolines - .................................................................................................... 116
Histogram - ............................................................................................... 116
Play - ..................................................................................................... 118
12.2. Decks ......................................................................................................................... 118
12.3. Add extra detonators ................................................................................................. 120
13. Electronic Detonators .................................................................................................... 121
13.1. Direction Vector ........................................................................................... 122

PolyLine Tool...................................................................................................... 122
13.2. Center Lift - .................................................................................................... 124
13.3. Time tool - ...................................................................................................... 125

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By click and Drag and Connect tool .................................................. 126
13.4. Edit Time - ....................................................................................................... 128
13.5. Delete connections - ........................................................................................ 129
Translate .................................................................................................... 129

13.6. Isolines, Histogram, Play and Pause ........................................................................... 130
13.7. Decks ......................................................................................................................... 131
13.8. Davey Bickford (Blast Machine) ................................................................................. 131
Path ............................................................................................................ 131
Export to blast machine ............................................................................... 132
Compare data ............................................................................................ 134

14. Blast results ................................................................................................................... 136
14.1. Prediction .................................................................................................................. 136
14.2. Add or reset a fragmentation curve .......................................................................... 137
14.3. Calibration ................................................................................................................. 137
14.4. Optimization .............................................................................................................. 138
Find optimized values ........................................................................................ 139
Apply pattern ..................................................................................................... 140
Get Values from Design ..................................................................................... 140
14.5. Search: Geometry, Structures and Connections .................................... 140

14.6. Wave.......................................................................................................................... 141
14.7. Download QAQC ........................................................................................................ 141
14.8. Add costs ........................................................................................................... 142

14.9. Burden distribution.................................................................................................... 143
14.10. Relief Tool ......................................................................................................... 143

15. Attenuation Law ............................................................................................................ 144
15.1. Import data ................................................................................................................ 144
Overview of the imported data ......................................................................... 145
Regression/Scaled Distance ............................................................................... 146
Logarithmic Scale and Confidence level ............................................................ 147
Outliers ............................................................................................................. 147
Attenuation law ................................................................................................. 148

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16. Map ............................................................................................................................... 149

16.1. Hemisphere and UTM Zone ....................................................................................... 149
16.2. Views ......................................................................................................................... 150
16.3. PPV contour lines ....................................................................................................... 151
16.4. Time Window............................................................................................................. 152
16.5. Structure .................................................................................................................... 152
Add Structure ........................................................................................... 152

Charge limits .................................................................................................. 153
Edit charge limits ................................................................................ 153

Critical Blast Zone .............................................................................................. 154
16.6. Safety zone ......................................................................................................... 155

Export Safety zone (for Davey Bickford System) ................................................ 155
17. Blast information .................................................................................................... 156

18. O-PitCloud ..................................................................................................................... 157
Projects area ...................................................................................................... 157
Create a new project .................................................................................... 157
Invite users.................................................................................................... 158
Views details ................................................................................................. 158
Upload information....................................................................................... 159
Seismographic Data ................................................................................... 159
Load file ............................................................................................................................. 160
Upload to the server ......................................................................................................... 160
Uncheck all (no visible) ...................................................................................................... 161
Filter data .......................................................................................................................... 163
Create structure ................................................................................................................ 163
Blast area ........................................................................................................... 165
Update, delete and upload blasts ................................................................. 166
Download a blast .................................................................................... 167

Download a QAQC information ................................................................ 167
Copy to another project ......................................................................... 167
Plan and report by e-mail ....................................................................... 168

Share code with co-workers (share database information) ............................... 168
19. Short cuts....................................................................................................................... 168

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20. Image Index ................................................................................................................... 171

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1. Introduction
O-Pitblast® 2017 V2.0, is a PC Windows-based application software designed for the planning,
control and optimization of rock blasting operations. Developed by O-Pitblast©, is an application
that pretends to fulfill all the need of blast engineers in order to optimize, control, reduce costs
and increase safety in their blasts.
This platform allows the user to import terrain features, like topography and rock characteristics,
and design the best blast for each operation. This is possible due to the artificial intelligence
module that identifies potential safety risks and KPI’s capable to generate savings. Besides all the
operation modules, it has a management section that permits the recording of blast data,
generation of blast plans and reports, KPI control graphics, track & trace technology, user control
and multiple-projects management.
This software is user friendly and this manual will guide the user throughout all the basic features
needed to learn and control it.
2. System Requirements
(Recommended)
Operating System Windows 7 or later
Productivity Tools Adobe PDF
Processor Type Core i5 Processor or higher
Memory 8 GB RAM or higher
Graphics Card 512 MB Video Memory or higher
Free Hard Drive Space 5 GB
Minimum Resolution 1152x768
3. Installing O-Pitblast® Platform

To install the O-Pitblast ® Platform, download the file from: http://downloads.o-pitblast.com/ and
after the download of the file, double click on the O-Pitblast® Platform executable (.msi) icon (Fig.
1) and follow the onscreen instruction of the Setup program.
Fig. 1 - O-Pitblast Installation icon
After the welcome window appears (Fig. 3), click Next and select the Typical installation method.
Previously you must agree with the EULA (End-user license agreement) and select INSTALL to
execute the installation of the software (Fig. 5).
A desktop icon (Fig. 2) is created and you must click on it to execute O-Pitblast® Platform.

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Fig. 2 - O-Pitblast Desktop icon
Fig. 3 - O-Pitblast Welcome Window
Fig. 4 O-Pitblast Installation Type
Fig. 5 - O-Pitblast Ready to Install
Fig. 6 - O-Pitblast Installation Finished
4. Updates
O-Pitblast® update installation is automatic. If an update is available, and the user is connected
to internet a pop-up window will appear advising to proceed with the installation of the update.
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5. Registering O-Pitblast® Platform

When clicking in the O-Pitblast desktop icon a loading screen (Fig. 7) and an authentication
window (Fig. 8) will be available for the user registration. Your login credentials must be given by
O-Pitblast Technical Support ([email protected]). Introduce your user credentials and
confirm.
Fig. 7 - O-Pitblast Loading Screen
Fig. 8 - O-Pitblast User Login Window

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6. O-Pitblast® Overview
O-Pitblast® interface is showed in Fig. 9 and it is composed by 5 sectors:
A. Main Control Bar

B. Toolbox
C. Work environment
D. View Pane
E. Status Bar
C
D
E
Fig. 9 - O-Pitblast Overview
6.1. Main Control Bar

The main control bar controls all the functionaloties of the Software on it is possible to save a
project, open existents projects, share files, and edit an entire plan.
Quick Access
O-Pitblast Analytics Blast Cloud
(website)
Toolbar Information services
Tool
Ribbon
tabs Section
C
Fig. 10 - Main Control Bar Check for new

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6.2. Quick access bar

Here the user as several options:
- Save the actual file;

- Open a new file;
- Print report;
- Undo;
- Re-do;
- Open tool box, check for updates and news, tutorials, download the manual and see the
list of shortcuts (Fig. 12).
Fig. 11 - Quick access bar
Fig. 12 - Option inside of quick access bar
6.3. Files Tab

On the files tab (Fig. 13) the user can manage the files and project options.

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Fig. 13 - Files Tab
Create a New project

By clicking on the New project, the user opens a new instance of O-Pitblast Software.
Save and Save As the current project

O-Pitblast allows the user to save each project by generating a file with *.opit extension (Fig. 14).
Fig. 14 - Save *.opit File
The Save option will save the project by updating an existent one, in the other hand, the Save As
option will generate a new file.
Open an existent file

To open an existent file, the user can click twice on the saved file icon (Fig. 13) on the Windows
File Explorer.

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Fig. 15 - O-Pitblast icon
Another option is through the Files Tab, by selecting the Open service.
Open a recent file

O-Pitblast stores up to 20 files on the recent tab (Fig. 16). The user can select the file and it will
open automatically.
Fig. 16 - Recent Files
Database
The database allows the storage of explosives types and explosives accessories.
Creating Detonators
To create a new detonator, the user must click in the add button , add the Name/Description
of the element, the Type (Dual Detonator, Surface Connector or In-Hole Detonator), the Surface
Delay (ms), the In-Hole Delay (ms), the Scatter (%), the Price, the Length (m), the Color and the
Discount (%). To delete an element, it is necessary click on the delete button and, if the user
needs to change some characteristics of any detonator, there is the update button . The user
can also import their product information by clicking on the import button .
Fig. 17 - Detonators Database (Adding detonator)

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Creating Boosters
To create a new booster, the user must click in the add button , add the Name/Description of
the element, the Length (mm), the Diameter (mm), the Weight (g), Price and Discount (%). To
delete an element, it is necessary click on the delete button and, if the user needs to change
some characteristics of any booster, there is the update button . The user can also import their
product information by clicking on the import button.
Fig. 18 - Booster Database (Adding booster)
Creating Bulk Explosives

To create a new Bulk explosive, the user must click in the add button , add the
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Name/Description of the element, RWS, the Density (g/cm ), the Price and the Discount. To delete
an element, it is necessary click on the delete button and, if the user needs to change some
characteristics of any bulk explosive, there is the update button . The user can also import their
product information by clicking on the import button .
Fig. 19 - Bulk Database (Adding bulk explosives)

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Creating Cartridge Explosives

To create a new Cartridge explosive, the user must click in the add button , add the
Name/Description of the element, the Length (mm), the Diameter (mm), Weight (g), RWS, the
Density (g/cm3), the Price and the Discount. The user can also choose if he wants per Kg or per
Unit by clicking on those options. To delete an element, it is necessary click on the delete button
and, if the user needs to change some characteristics of any bulk explosive, there is the update
button . The user can also import their product information by clicking on the import button
. .
Fig. 20- Cartridge Database (Adding cartridge explosives)
Creating Rocks
To create a new Rock, the user must click in the add button , add the Name/Description of
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the element, the Rock density (g/cm ), the Unc. Compressive Strengh (Mpa), the Young’s Modulus
(Gpa) and the Rock Fator . To delete an element, it is necessary click on the delete button
and, if the user needs to change some characteristics of any bulk explosive, there is the update
button . The user can also import their rock properties information by clicking on the import
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Fig. 21 - Rock Database (Adding rock types)
Creating Drilling Costs

To create a new Drilling Cost, the user must click in the add button , add the Description of
the element, the Diameter (mm) and the Price. To delete an element, it is necessary click on the
delete button and, if the user needs to change some characteristics of any bulk explosive,
there is the update button .
Fig. 22 – Drilling Cost Database (Adding drilling costs)
Creating Attenuation Law

To create a new Attenuation Law, the user must click in the add button , add the
Name/Description of the element and the K, α and β factors. To delete an element, it is necessary
click on the delete button and, if the user needs to change some characteristics of any bulk
explosive, there is the update button .

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Fig. 23 – Attenuation Law Database (Adding attenuation law)
Sharing database information

Send to cloud
On the database, inside of each product, click on the “Send to cloud” button (Fig. 24). This option
will send all the product information to the O-PitCloud (for example, to appear in the O-PitApp
when creating a new products).
Fig. 24 - "Send to Cloud" option

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Download from Cloud

On the option “Download from the Cloud” (Fig. 25), the user can insert a code (check Chapter XX
to find how to generate this code) to download the information from other O-Pitblast users’
database.
Fig. 25 - "Download from Cloud" button
After inserting the code, the user will see a list with all the information and will be able to choose
which one he wants to import (Fig. 26).
Fig. 26 – Window with items for importation (example)

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Print the Blast Plan

In the Blast Plan Print Tab, the user can preview the blast plan pages. Is possible to edit the final
model by checking and un-checking each available option.
Preview fill PDF

When the user is in “Print”, it has on the bottom left size the option “Preview Full PDF”. This
allows the user to see the report before he prints it.
Fig. 27 - Preview PDF button
Configure PDF
In this button the user can configure the report. It can change the color, size and connector label
size.
Fig. 28 - Configure report button
Fig. 29 - Configure Report tab

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Page Options
On the Size Options section is possible to select the page size for the general information pages,
and for the Plans pages. (Fig. 30).
Fig. 30 - Printing Blast Plan - Page Options
Also, in the page options (Fig. 31), the user has the possibility to insert a logo for the online report
, select logo for report or delete the logo used .
Fig. 31 - Page options
General Information
The General Information section (Fig. 33) allows the selection of Explosive Ordering, Accessories
Ordering, Blast Resume, Comments, Charge Rule Design, Rows, Driller’s Report, (Fig. 34), Borehole
Information (Fig. 35), Profile First Row, Cost, Rows, Detonator Profile, Fit Booster to BB and Extra
Detonators List, Map Details (Fig. 36), Driller’s log (with D.I option – only showing information on
the report of holes with deviation data), Path Logger (list with Path ID, path order, number of hole
associated and delays per detonators), Fragmentation, Histogram and Theoretical Bench Height
(this option uses the Edit Theoretical information (Fig. 33). This last option refers to the theoretical
information (Fig. 32) that can be added to appear on the theoretical volume calculations.

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Fig. 32 - Edit Theoretical Information
Fig. 33 – Printing Blast Plan - General Information

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Fig. 34 - Blast Plan- General Information
Fig. 35 - Boreholes Info

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It’s important to refer that the user needs to take a picture of the map (see Map Module) to get
that information in the report.
Fig. 36 - Map info
The user can also add new pictures to the report, by clicking on “Add Pic” (Fig. 37) on the General
Information.
Fig. 37 - Add picture option
Then just need to choose how many pictures wants to add (maximum 4) and add them on the
plus sign (Fig. 38).
Fig. 38 - Add pictures to the report

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Plans Information
O-Pitblast generates six types of plans, Drill Plan (Fig. 40), Tie-Up Plan (Fig. 41), Offset Plan (Fig.
42), Charge Plan, EDZ plan and Electronic Differences Plan that can be managed in the section of
Fig. 39.
Fig. 39 - Printing Plan – Plans
Fig. 40 - Drill Plan
Fig. 41 – Tie-Up Plan

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Fig. 42 - Offset Plan
Fig. 43 - Charge Plan
Plans Options
The Plans Options section permits the selection of some element to be present on plans: Azimuth
and Angle, Contour Lines, Crest and Toe, Grid (selection of default values), Time Isolines, Connector
Label, Scale, Best Fit, Show Detonators Time, Use Label (instead of number of hole), Show Hole ID,
Extra Detonators Time, Stemming/Length on Charge, Comments, Legend, Driller’s Report Length
(shows the longitude on driller’s report), Electronic Path, Double Tie-Up Report, Print Zones
(option to appear zones in the report, for example polygons) and Print Points (option to appear
points in the report, for example points from lines). The Best Fit option generates the best
adjustment of the holes, crest and toe in the printed paper and it. If the user deselects this option,
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Fig. 44 - Printing Plan - Plans Options
Save Configuration
The user can save the configuration that he wants in all report from there. Just need to create a
configuration and save it to future refer. It also can delete a configuration.
Fig. 45 - Save Configuration. Buttons from left to right: load configuration, delete configuration and save a new
configuration.
Options
Here the user has access to general options to change currency (Fig. 46), unit system - Fig. 47 -
(the change it only be applied when you restart O-Pitblast), terrain detail - Fig. 48 - (up to a
maximum of 500000 points), auto save - Fig. 49 - (that allows to automatically save the user work
in .opit files - in a defined interval), volume calculation (Chapter 6.3.7.1), line aspect (solid line or
traditional line - Fig. 50 and Fig. 51), clearance zone (Chapter 6.3.7.2) and possibility to see the
initial step by step (that appears the first time that the user opens O-Pitblast).

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Fig. 46 - Change currency
Fig. 47 - Change to metric/imperial system
Fig. 48 - Change terrain detail
Fig. 49 - Auto Save option
Fig. 50 – Solid line

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Fig. 51 - Traditional line
Volume calculation
On the tab “Options”, the user has the possibility to choose different ways to calculate the blast
volume.
Below are described the different options to calculate the blast volume. Inside of each options
the user as the option to include the subdrilling, to use the bench bottom (for Convex Hull
calculation, instead of average length of the holes) to use a theoretical bench height value
(inserted manually) or use only collar burden on first row (instead of average burden - Fig. 52).
Fig. 52 - Collar burden vs average burden
Fig. 53 - Volume calculation "By holes"

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Fig. 54 - Volume calculation using "Convex Hull"
Fig. 55 - Volume calculation using convex Hull until bench bottom (instead of holes average length)
On the option “Manual Polygon” (Fig. 56), the user needs to design a polygon on the area he
wants to be part of the volume calculation, right click over the zone and select the option “set as
blast volume”.
Fig. 56 - Volume calculation using manual polygon
Clearance zone
This option allows the user to define some factors for the clearance zone. The user must define
an empirical constant K, as higher this constant as harder is the rock, and a safety factor for
personal and equipment (Fig. 57).
Like shown in the picture bellow (Fig. 58), the software will calculate the fly rock risk based in 3
different types: face burst, cratering and rifling. Then, it will have in account the worst case and
will multiple the result for the safety factors.

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Fig. 57 - Calculation of Clearance zone
Fig. 58 - Face burst, cratering and rifling calculation
Another way to calculate it, it’s to give manual values for the clearance zone (Fig. 59).
Fig. 59 - Manual input for clearance zone
Visible options
The visible options allow the user to mark de option that he wants to see in the ribbon. The user
can mark and unmark the Topography label, Free-Face label, Borehole label, Charge Label, Non-
Electronic label, Electronic label, Home label, Attenuation Law label, Blast Results label and Map
label.
Fig. 60 – Visible options tab

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Help
Through the Help tab, the O-Pitblast user will have access to O-Pitblast Website, to a platform to
Contact O-Pitblast team, several Movie Tutorials and other interest connections.
Fig. 61 - Help Tab
Ask for help

This option (Fig. 62) allows the user to open a new ticket where the O-Pitblast file is send to the
server with the error reported. Also, the user can add a tittle (referring the question/problem),
comments explaining the problem/question and pictures (on the plus sign).
Fig. 62 - Ask for help tab
Exit
By clicking in the Exit tab, O-Pitblast will shut down.

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6.4. Tool Box

Tool box centralize all the useful means to control the visual effects of the working environment.
It is divided in 7 sub-categories with an extra Centralize button to center the terrain in the user
screen and an extra Ruler button that will help the user to make measurements on the terrain
and check the angles. To all these sub-categories, the actions will only be applied after clicking in
the confirmation button Ok.
Lighting Control
Terrain Color
Background Color
Bench Bottom Control
Grid Control
Hole Control
Timing Control
Centralize View
Ruller
Fig. 63 - Tool Box Window
Lighting Control -
In the Lighting Control Window (Fig. 64), the user is able to control the light Intensity as also as
the incident lighting vector direction (X and Y).
Fig. 64 - Lighting Control Window

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Fig. 65 - Lighting Control
Terrain Color -
To change the terrain visualization characteristics, in the Terrain Color Window (Fig. 66), the user
can modify:
• Main terrain Color or Layer color

• Triangulation type (Solid or Wire)
• Scan points
• Transparency
• Delete layers
Fig. 66 - Terrain Color Window
Fig. 67 - Terrain Color Edition
Background Color -
The Background Color Windows (Fig. 68) allows the user the change the Background color

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Fig. 68 - Background Color Window
Bench Bottom Control -

In the Bench Bottom Control Window (Fig. 69), the user can adjust the bench bottom level,
inclination, azimuth, color and triangulation type (solid or wire). Also, the user as the option to
“Set layer” where he can create new layers of work (Fig. 71 - Two layers of work (red and black)
Fig. 69 - Bench Bottom Control Window
Fig. 70 - Bench Bottom Edition
Fig. 71 - Two layers of work (red and black)

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Grid Control
The Grid Control allows the user the change the grid (meters), color or if is visible or not.
Fig. 72 - Grid control
Hole Control -
The Hole Control Window (Fig. 73) controls the hole visualization characteristics such as type
color, diameter scale.
Fig. 73 - Hole Control Window
Fig. 74 - Holes visualization control
Timing Control -
In the Timing Control Window (Fig. 75), the user can establish the visualization of the nominal
times of connectors or/and cumulative blast delays of each hole. Besides that, is possible to
control de size of connector cylinders and text sizes.

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Fig. 75 - Timing Control Window
Fig. 76 - Editing Connectors
Ruler
In the Ruler options the user can measure any part of the terrain, such as length of borehole or
the burden between two holes. Just click on the ruler option and click in a point on the terrain.
Then drag the mouse until the other point (the two points of measure).
Fig. 77 – Ruler tool (measurement view)
One left-click on the measurement and it will appear the angles.
Fig. 78 - Ruler tool (angles view)

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And finally, two left-clicks and it will pop up a window to create a new label to that measurement.
Fig. 79 - Label window
To see the distance between a collar and a bottom (of two different holes), the user needs to click
in CRTL + on the sphere above the hole. The same thing to see the distance between two bottoms
(Fig. 80 - Distance between two bottoms (CRTL + click on orange spheres)).Fig. 1
Fig. 80 - Distance between two bottoms (CRTL + click on orange spheres)
To delete the ruler, the user must click on CRTL plus the right button over the ruler.
6.5. Work Environment

The work environment is the area where the project terrain will be shown which the user can
edit, change and add planning elements. It has three views (2D, 3D: parallel (orthogonal) view
and perspective).
Fig. 81 – From the left to the right: 2D view, 3D view, orthogonal view and perspective view.
6.6. View Pane

The view pane allows the user to select several view options.

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Fig. 82 - View Pane
6.7. Operation Control Tab

In the Operation Control Tab (Fig. 83) the user can observe information like:
• Mouse coordinates
• Terrain volume
• Terrain area
• Hided holes
• Status info
• Status bar
• View perspectives
• Control zoom
• Stage info
Fig. 83 - Operation Control Tab

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6.8. Borehole Radial Menu -

The Borehole Radial Menu pretends to be an easy and useful tool to use key functions. This radial
menu appears when pressing the mouse with the right-click button in one hole. Fig. 84 displays
the main functions available in this menu.
Fig. 84 - Borehole Radial Menu
7. Home
Home module includes tools that allows to add points, polygons, circles, arrows, etc.
Fig. 85 – Home module
Icon Description
Add point Add a new point and use it to create lines, arrows, etc.
Move point Update the position of a point
Delete point Delete all points
Line Add a new line
Arrow Add a new arrow

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Polygon Create a new polygon

Circle Add a new circle
Import Import several polygons from an external file
Merge Merge zones and create new ones
7.1. Add, move and delete points

The user can add a new point by clicking on the Add symbol and by pressing the left button of the
mouse on the terrain.
Fig. 86 – Add new points
The user can move a point by clicking on the Move button by left-clicking on a point and drag it
to another place.
Finally, the user can delete all points by clicking on the Delete button.

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Add, move and delete one point

The user can do the same things just to one point with the singular menu. This menu appears
when pressing the mouse with the right-click button in one point. The picture bellow displays the
main functions available in this menu.
Move point
Coordinates Delete point
Clear all points

Fig. 87 – Menu of a singular point
The Coordinates option opens a window that allows the user to input the coordinates that he
wants.
Fig. 88 -Coordinates window
7.2. Create lines, rows and polygon

The user can create a new line and a new row by clicking on the Line button and click in any place
of the terrain and drag the mouse (without drop) to another point.

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Fig. 89 – Create a new line
Also, inside of the line option (Fig. 90), the user as the option to import a file with the coordinates
of a line and to create a vertical line that will show him the distance (vertical distance) from that
point until the bench bottom - left click on the terrain to mark the point - (Fig. 91)
Fig. 90 - Option to import line and see a vertical line
Fig. 91 - Vertical line option (left click on the terrain to mark the point)
To create polygon the user must left-click on the mouse in the terrain and draw the polygon that
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Fig. 92 – Create a new polygon
Also, inside of the polygon icon the user as the option use crest (Fig. 93). If there is a crest defined
the user can use this option. This button will use the crest point the help the user to easily create
a new polygon.
Fig. 93 - Use crest option
Import polygon
To import a polygon the user can click on the button Import and upload .dxf .xml .csv files. Also,
the user as the option to change the coordinate system of the data (see Topic 52).
Merge
The user can merge different polygons to create a new one. First, he clicks on the button Merge
and it will pop up a window (Fig. 94) to choose the zone that the user wants to merge. Then he
can delete the selected zones by checking the box that said Delete selected zones.

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Fig. 94 – Merge zones window
Fig. 95 –Left (A): Two separated polygons; Right (B): Merged zone
7.3. Zone Menu

This module also as another menu, that appear when a polygon is created and the user right-
clicks inside of the polygon zone. In the picture bellow we’ll see the main options.
Clicking on the Delete and Delete Points button the user will erase the polygon/points of the
polygon. By clicking on the Add Hole button will create a pattern (10.7.1) inside of the polygon
area. Clicking on Edit Label will create a label – the user must insert a name/description for that
label. The Change Polygon Color button will allow the user to change the polygon color. The
button Export Zones Points will generate a .csv file with coordinate system of the points of the
polygon. The Show Volume button will tell the user the volume of the terrain inside of the
polygon. Finally, the button Edit timing (Fig. 98) will let the user to add a translation delay (ms) in
the timing of the boreholes (when using electronic detonators). Also, the user as the Volume
Calculation option, where he can set the zone to be included or excluded on the volume
calculations (Chapter 6.3.7.1 and Fig. 97).

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Fig. 96 – Zone Menu
Fig. 97 - Blast volume calculation options
Fig. 98 – Add Timing Window
8. Topography
Topography module includes all the important tools for terrain importation and edition.
Fig. 99 – Topography module

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8.1. Topography preparation

Icon Description
Import Terrain Import terrain from file (.xyz, .xls .str .csv)
Import Layer from file. A Layer can be a terrain element,
Import Layer
orebody stratum or any geometrical shape.
Geo-Reference a terrain tool. This tool allows the geo-reference
Geo-Reference
a terrain or free face scan, having field reference points.
Outliers detection tool. Some terrains or Laser scans have
outliers’ points such as out of range pick-ups or dust refraction
Outliers
point. This algorithm eliminates those noises to the minimum
level.
Terrain Terrain outlier elimination tool.
Crest/Toe Crest/Tool outlier elimination tool.

This tool allows the user to create or use a pre-stipulated
Terrain Styles
topography.
Elevation edition tool. This tool allows the manual edition of the
Elevation
terrain, selectin an area and changing its elevation
Cut terrain tool. This tool permits the cutting of a determinate
Cut Terrain
terrain in order to define a precise work area.
Expand terrain tool. With this tool the user can expand a
Expand Terrain
determinate work terrain.
Bench Bottom Bench Bottom control. Bench bottom definition tool
This tool allows the user to see some crucial points of the
Views
terrain like the free-face and isolines.
The user can export their data about the terrain and contour
Export
(.csv files).
The user can change the bench bottom elevation, inclination
Bench Bottom
and azimuth.
The user can see the terrain isolines and define the interval
Contour Lines
(meters) and if want them visible or invisible.
Edit Cloud The user can eliminate cloud points from the terrain.
Eliminate
The user can eliminate triangulation triangles from the terrain.
Triangles
Select The user can select the type of rock associated to that terrain.
Importing terrain -
By clicking in the import terrain icon, a selection window will appear in order to select the terrain
file (Fig. 100).

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Fig. 100 - Import terrain window
The user must attribute the X, Y and Z values to North coordinates, East coordinates and elevation
coordinates, respectively (Fig. 101) and click Import coordinates (Fig. 102).
Fig. 101 - Correlating XYZ values with North, East and Elevation
Fig. 102 - Importing terrain

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Fig. 103 - Loading Terrain
Coordinate system
With this option the user as the possibility to change the X, Y, and Z from one coordinate system
to other.
First, the user must choose the X, Y and Z of raw data (Fig. 101). Then clicks on the coordinate
system ( ) icon on the import terrain system window.
After that it will pop up a window (Fig. 104) where the user has to choose from/to which
coordinate system that he wants.
Fig. 104 - Choose from/to coordinate system window
Then the handler chooses magnifier glass (Fig. 105) to search for new coordinate systems.
Fig. 105 - Search new coordinate system
This will open a new window (Fig. 106) here the user can search for the new coordinate system
through:
- ETRS;

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- Name;
- UTM ZONE.
Fig. 106 – New coordinate system window
After inputting a parameter in the search method chosen (ETRS, Name or UTM Zone) the user
clicks again in the magnifier glass on top right to get the results (Fig. 107).
Search results
Fig. 107 - Search results
To add the pretend system to the main window the user must click on the plus sign ( ) and it
will appear a message confirming the action “Data added successfully”.
Otherwise, if the user pretends to delete the coordinates that he previously saved it must click
on the cross ( ). This option will open all database previously added and the user can choose
which ones he wants to eliminate.
Finally, the user just chooses from and to (Fig. 108) which coordinate system he wants to change
and clicks in OK button.

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Fig. 108 - Coordinate system present in the database
Import Layer
In this option the user can import a terrain as a layer (it works as a normal importation). After
that it can treat the new layer has a new bench bottom adjusting the pattern until the layer (Fig.
109) or, for example, change layer color (Fig. 110).
Fig. 109 - Adjust hole until layer
Fig. 110 - Change layer color

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Terrain Style -
At this step the user can create or use one of the terrains that are available on the software.
When the user clicks on Create Style it will appear a new window (Fig. 111) with some parameters
like Longitude, Toe (m), Altitude (m), Angle (°) and Azimuth (°) to fill in to create a new style.
Fig. 111 – Topography’s available and Create Style Button
Contour lines
The user can hide/unhide the contour lines of the terrain and choose the isolines interval in
meters.
Fig. 112 - Isolines visible on the terrain
Cutting terrain -
To cut a terrain region the Cut Terrain icon allows the user to select a work area and erase the
surround zones. The user must click in the terrain to define the cutting borders and press the
Enter or Double-Click in order to execute the command (Fig. 113).

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Fig. 113 – Area selection and terrain cutting
Expand Terrain -
The terrain expansion tool generates a new set of points that allows the actual terrain expansion.
In Fig. 114 is possible to observe results of this tool and it can be applied. The user must select
the percentage of terrain expansion and click in Apply.
Fig. 114 - Expansion terrain tool results
Bench Bottom -
The Bench Bottom tool permits the adjusting the bench bottom level, inclination and azimuth
(Fig. 115).
Fig. 115 - Bench Bottom edition
Edit Cloud
In this option the user can edit cloud points.
First, he needs to check if the points are visible or not. If not, needs to put them visible (Topic
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After clicking on Edit Cloud button it will pop a window (Fig. 116) explaining how to delete points.
Fig. 116 - Delete cloud points window
The user must click over a point with the left mouse button, press ctrl and drag the mouse on the
terrain until all points that he wants to delete are select (Fig. 117). After that just click in delete
the select points.
Fig. 117 - Area with selected points
It’s important to refer that select points will turn red (Fig. 118), before that they are in the terrain
color.
Fig. 118 - Red points: selected
Eliminate triangles
This option allows the user to eliminate triangles that create the triangulation of the terrain.
After clicking in this tool, it will appear a window (Fig. 119) explaining how to use it.

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Fig. 119 - Eliminate triangles window
The user can select the triangles by clicking in left mouse button and ctrl. After that, they will turn
red (Fig. 120) and if the user clicks in OK the triangles will be eliminated.
Fig. 120 - Selected triangles (in red)
Views
This tool will help the user to see some important aspects of the terrain. The user will be able to
see the Free Face, the Crest and Toe, Dots or Isolines, as shown above.
View All View all elements in the project
View Free-Face View free-face data
View Crest/Toe View crest and toe reference lines
View Dots View terrain cloud point
View Isolines View terrain isolines
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View All
View Free-Face
View Crest/Toe
View Dots
View Isolines
Select type of rock

In this option the user can select the type of rock that it’s associated to that terrain (Fig. 121).

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Fig. 121 - Selection of the type of rock
9. Free-face
Free-face module includes all the important tools for the free-face importation and edition, like
hole deviation data.
Fig. 122 – Free-Face Module
In the next table the user can see the main options of this module.
Icon Description
Free-Face importing tool – Renishaw (.FSC) and Quarryman
Import Free-Face
(.CDU)
Free Face Edit Free Face edition tool.
Crest Crest definition tool. Edit previous measures – Add or remove
Edition existent points
Toe definition tool. Edit previous measures – Add or remove
Toe Edition
existent points
From Device Import the borehole deviation data directly from device
From file Import the borehole deviation that from a local file
Rodded Import the rodded boretrak information
Cabled Import the cabled boretrak information
9.1. Importing Free-Face -

In order to import a free face model, the user must select the origin of it (Fig. 123) and the
correspondent codes. For *.fsc and *.cdu codes the platform has the default values, because of
that the importation is automatic. Also, the user can define the bar length used (if it’s not on the
laser information) and which flied he wants to apply that bar length information.

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Fig. 123 - Importing free face data and code selection
The Import Data table (Fig. 124) shows the raw data divided by codes. With the objective to
improve the visualization of pattern holes, O-Pitblast has a Pattern Definition Algorithm, which
erases outliers point in the pattern area that will decrease the definition of the terrain surface.
The user can select or unselect this function by clicking in the check-box in Import data window.
Also, if the user used a bar length on the field and didn’t insert the length in the laser can insert
now (Fig. 123).
Fig. 124 - Import free-face data
3D Laser user understand that some point obtained by this tool can be out of free-face range.
This outlier points can be generated by:
• Dust
• Obstructing objects
• Wide scan window
O-Pitblast has an automatic detection algorithm for these cases and, when importing a free-
face, the following message is presented (Fig. 125).

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Fig. 125 - Outliers detection algorithm
The result from the use of this tool can be observed in Fig. 126.
Fig. 126 - Outliers detection algorithm results (Left: without outlier detection; Right: With outlier detection)
If the imported data does not have the hole length the user is directed to choose this value. From
Fig. 127 is possible to observe that there are two options:
• Select the bench bottom level and design the hole length until that level
• Select a determinate length value for all the holes
Fig. 127 - Borehole length definition
The results from the borehole length definition can be analyzed in Fig. 128.
Fig. 128 - Borehole length definition (Left: Bench bottom position; Right: Borehole length)
Importing options
The user, when importing a laser file, as some option to optimize the importation ().
- Hole Offset

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- Add as extra points

- Clockwise
- Coordinate system
- Multiple station
- Georeferentiation of the terrain
Fig. 129 - Importation option
Hole offset
Once on the field, the conditions sometimes are difficult. If the operator can’t get to the hole near
to the free face, for example, can put the laser aside from the hole (with some offset) and once
importing it add that information on the tool appropriate for that.
Fig. 130 - Example of the laser position (arrow is the offset)
Add as extra points

When importing laser information, you can add that data to the actual one. This will keep the
points of the actual one and insert the new points on the terrain.

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Clockwise
If the user has Counter Clock option defined as default on the laser, it can turn it on here. This will
define the rotation of the laser counter clock side.
Change data coordinate system

Check Topic 8.1.2 to know how to use this option.
Multiple Station
In the field sometimes, the operator needs to make multiple scans from different places. If the
that that the user is importing was made using multiple stations this option must be selected.
After that the user must choose the way that it was made on the field and merge the information
(Fig. 131):
• GPS information for each laser position and reference;

• Two fixed references for each free face (to see how it was to be made on the field click
on question button );
• Based on previous laser position (to see how it was to be made on the field click on
question button ).
Fig. 131 - Merge information tab
General information
Here the user can import GPS information to georeferenced the terrain (Fig. 132). It can put
manually, get reference from GPS file, use previous information or use rotation option.

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Fig. 132 - General information tab
9.2. Editing Crest/Toe -

With the Crest/Toe tool is possible to create or edit a crest and toe reference lines. When the tool
is selected, using the mouse left-click in the crest or toe real points, a new reference line will be
generated. To erase existent points is just right-click above them. These reference lines will be
used for the calculation of critical profile/burden.
Fig. 133 - Crest/Toe tool

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Fig. 134 - Crest reference line edition
Fig. 135 - Toe reference line edition
Import
The user can import crest and toe directly from file.
Edit crest/toe altitude

In this option the user can change the altitude of crest and toe.
To do this the user must choose between crest and toe, put an altitude (meters) and click in apply.
Fig. 136 - Update altitude window

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Fig. 137 - Example of changed altitude in crest (minus 5 meters from top).
9.3. Borehole deviation data

With Roddded, Cabled, Swap hole, Delete, Select and Edit the user can import, edit and interact
with boretrak information.
Rodded
Clicking on Rodded the user can import the boretrak information. It will pop a window like the
one bellow. The user can import .cdp files to Probe data and .cdl files to CDU Data.
Fig. 138 - Import boretrak information window (1)
When the user inserts the data, it will appear a message saying, “Data uploaded successfully”.
Fig. 139 – Message about the boretrak data
Then the user applies the boretrak information to the respective holes - Fig. 140 and click on the
“OK” button.
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Fig. 140 - Import boretrak information window (2)
Fig. 141 - Boretrak information successfully imported
Cabled
The user can import cabled boretrak information. All data files must be. rhd type. When the user
inserts the data, it will appear a message saying, “Data uploaded successfully”.
Fig. 142 – Import cabled boretrak information windows
Then the user applies the boretrak information to the respective holes (like we saw in 9.3.1) and
click on the “OK” button.

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From device and from file

In these two options the user can import information directly from a file or by connecting the
borehole deviation device directly to the computer.
First the user must connect the device to the computer, then choose the COM PORT associate
with it and finally give order to the device to send the data to O-Pitblast (Fig. 143).
Fig. 143 – Sending data from device
Also, O-Pitblast ask the user if he wants to save a local file from borehole deviation device (Fig.
144).
Fig. 144 - Save local file
Then the process is the same explained on the rodded and cabled.
Swap hole, delete, select and edit

In the table below the user can see the main boretrak interaction buttons from Free-Face module.
Change the The user clicks on the first hole and drags the
Swap boretrak mouse until the second hole to change the holes
hole information boretrak information.
between holes
Delete the boretrak The user can delete all boretrak information or
Delete
information just the information he selects.
The user must left-click in the terrain and build
the polygon around a conjunct of holes. To finish
Select Select a set of holes
the selection is necessary to right-click in order to
close the polygon.

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The user can drag the arrow (that appears after

Change the azimuth
Edit the user clicks on Edit button) to point to the
of the boretrak data
azimuth that he wants.
10. Boreholes
The Boreholes Tab presents all the tools and applications for borehole design and edition.
Fig. 145 – Boreholes Module
10.1. Boreholes Edition

Icon Description
Add Holes Add holes to an existent terrain
Edit Holes Edit a single hole or a conjunct of holes
Delete Holes Delete a single hole or a conjunct of holes
Move Holes Move a single hole or a conjunct of holes
Edit Toe Edition of toe position of a single hole or a conjunct of holes
Select Holes Holes selection tool
Hole shape Hole not charge
Hole Shape Hole charged (no detonator)
Add holes -
To add individual holes, the user must select the Add Hole icon and then Left-Click in the terrain
surface.
Fig. 146 - Add Holes tool

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Edit Holes -
To edit a hole, the user can either click twice over a determinate hole or recur to Radial Menu
(Chapter 6.8) and select the edit hole icon. In a single hole edition is possible to analyze and edit
several characteristics (Fig. 149).
By clicking in Edit icon the user will be able to choose wich type of holes he wants to change: All
Blastholes, Production Blastholes, Buffer Blastholes, Contour Blastholes and Ghost Blastholes. The
user can also edit the information from the First Row of boreholes or the information of a labeled
borehole by clicking in Label.
Fig. 147 – Types of boreholes that can be edit
The user can create label, a comment or a water column by double-clicking in the borehole and
going to Others menu – Fig. 148.
Fig. 148 – Others menu: create label, comment or water column
In the case of the selection of more than one hole the Borehole Information Window will be
presented like the example of Fig. 150.
This screen alows the user to control the geometrical characteristics of multiple holes. To change
the Burden and Spacing it is necessary an individual selection, since this option is not available in
the multiselection holes edition. In the other hand, if the user pretends to change parameters like
Bench Height, Hole Length, Stemming, Subdrilling, Inclination and Azimuth they can be modifiyed
by checking the CheckBox and clicking in Apply Changes. If the checkbox, of any item, presents
this shape - - means that there are more than one hole with differente features.

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Fig. 149 - Borehole Information Window
Fig. 150 - Borehole Information Window (Several holes selected)
Hole Burden/Spacing
This information is showed if there is a row associated to the holes (Fig. 151). O-Pitblast calculates
automatically the burden and spacing and, for that, it is necessary the definition of each row in
order to identify the closest rows and neighbor holes. You can define your rows like is explained
is chapter 10.6.
Fig. 151 - Burden/Spacing info - Rows definition
Holes Inclination and Bench Bottom

adjustment
To change the inclination of a set of holes the user must select them and click on the Edit Hole
icon, check the Inclination Checkbox and make the desired changes. In the example of Fig. 152 is
possible to observe that the subdrill of the edited holes was not achieved. To correct this
situation, the user must select the Adjust Bottom button and click Apply Changes (Fig. 153). Also,
the user can choose until where he wants to adjust holes: bench bottom or layers.
Fig. 152 - Changing holes' inclination (no bottom correction)

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Fig. 153 - Changing holes' inclination (with bottom correction)
Holes Azimuth
If the azimuth of the holes is not defined, when the user changes the inclination direction can
take a wrong value – Fig. 154 - A.
To correct this issue, the user can either put the azimuth value manually or, if the crest and toe
are defined, select the Adjust Azimuth button - Fig. 154 – B.
Fig. 154 - Adjusting azimuth. A (left): azimuth not adjusted; B (right): azimuth adjusted automatically
Delete Holes -
The Delete holes icon if clicked will erase all the existent holes in the project. To delete individual
holes the user must use the Radial Menu (Chapter 6.8).
To delete a conjunct of holes is necessary to use the Select tool (point: 10.1.6) and click in the
Delete icon.
Move Holes -
To move individual holes, the Move tool must be selected and then, with left-click, drag the hole
to the new position (Fig. 155).

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Fig. 155 - Moving a single hole
To move more than one hole is necessarily select polygon (point: 10.1.6), left-click in one hole
and drag all the holes to their new positions.
Fig. 156 - Moving a conjunct of holes
Edit Toe -
Hole inclination is directly connected with toe position. To change it, the user must click on the
Edit Toe and orange dots will appear on top of the hole’s collars. With the left-click the user must
drag these dots in order to positioning the hole’s toe (Fig. 157).

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Fig. 157 - Toe Edition (Single hole)
For a conjunct of holes, the procedure is to select them (point: 10.1.6) and drag to the desired
position.
Fig. 158 – Selecting a conjunct of holes
Fig. 159 - Dragging a conjunct of holes
Select Holes -
The Select tool allows the selection of a set of holes in order to delete them or change their
characteristics. To proceed, the user must left-click in the terrain and build the polygon around a
conjunct of holes. To finish the selection is necessary to right-click in order to close the polygon
(Fig. 160).

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Fig. 160 - Holes Selection tool
Other way to select holes is to press ctrl and left mouse button over the holes (Fig. 161).
Fig. 161 - Holes selection one by one
To move, delete or add polygon points, the user must left-click on polygon points and use the
Polygon Selection Radial Menu (Fig. 162) to proceed with the desired action.
Fig. 162 – Polygon Selection Radial Menu
Use crest
The user can select using crest points – like shown in polygon using crest (chapter 7.2)

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Free-Face Profile Control -

O-Pitblast® determines the free face profile for the all holes. After defining the rows, the user can
check each profile on Edit Hole Window (Chapter 10.1.2).
Straight/Critical Profile style

This option permits select the views between a straight profile or a critical one (Fig. 163). The
Straight View defines a straight profile in accordance with the free face. In the other hand, the
Critical profile identifies the line that connects all the critical points along the free face.
Fig. 163 - Profile Style: Straight/Critical
Analyzing Critical Burden

To analyze the critical zones of each hole the user must define the Ideal Burden, the percentage
Tolerance, the Face Points and the visualization Interval (Fig. 164).
Fig. 164 - Critical Burden Definition
This info is important to identify projections potential risk zones (like the red zones) (Fig. 165). In
order to eliminate this risk zones, the user can, in advance, adjust the crest burden or inclination
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Fig. 165 - Projection potential risk zones
For better viewing by the user, is possible to define a 3D limit zones and analyze with a full
definition (Fig. 166).
Fig. 166 - 3D Burden Limit Zones
To see the critical profile of the holes that are not in the first row the user has to click on critical
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Fig. 167 - Critical burden
10.2. Table
Here the user can see all the information of the holes on a list. Also, he can put visible or invisible
the holes on the terrain (one by one) by check or uncheck the option Visible.
Fig. 168 - List of information of the boreholes
10.3. Burden and Spacing

By clicking on this option, the user will be able to see the burden and spacing design by the
topography and holes pattern (Fig. 169 and Fig. 170).

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Fig. 169 - Burden tool
Fig. 170 - Spacing tool
If the user wants to change the burden defined by the software, he needs to click on the arrow
present in burden/spacing tool near to holes and drag it to the place he pretends (Fig. 171).
Fig. 171 - On the left: first position of the burden; on the right: new burden position
Another option inside of this tool, is the option to see the radial menu by clicking on the arrow
present on burden/spacing option. The user can:
- Reset burden/spacing
- Get coordinates of the position of that burden/spacing
- See the size of burden/spacing

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Fig. 172 - Radial menu of burden/spacing tool
10.4. Visible/invisible and renumber

By choosing a star point the user can renumber de boreholes
Renumber
that he wants.
Edit’s hole label
Automatic Saves the last number that the user use to renumber the next
Increment borehole.
Renumber all Renumber automatically all boreholes
Visible All boreholes get visible.
Invisible The selected boreholes get invisible.
With deviation
The boreholes with boretrak information get invisible.
data
Visible or invisibles holes

The user can hide the select holes in the terrain by clicking on the Invisible button ( ). To put
them back visible just click on the Visible button ( ).

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Fig. 173 – Left (a): visible boreholes; Right (B): invisible boreholes (with deviation data).
Another option inside of the Invisible button (Fig. 174) is to with all holes with borehole deviation
data.
Fig. 174 . Option to hide holes with borehole data
Renumber
The user has many ways to renumber the holes. First way is clicking on the renumber tool ( ),
choose a start number and start dragging the hole between holes (Fig. 176). If the “Automatic
Increment” ( ) is on, when the user take the mouse out, the starting point will be automatically
update to the next number where the user were. If it is off, it will keep the number defined in the
start point.
Fig. 175 - Renumber tool and start point
Fig. 176 – Renumber tool
If the user uses the option renumber all ( ) it will automatically update all hole’s number.

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Floating holes
In this option the user will be able to import holes from previous blasts. It’s important to
remember that the user must have terrain and the holes that he’s importing must be inside of
the coordinates of that terrain.
After clicking on the importation option (Fig. 177) and choose X, Y and Z for collar and toe (of the
floating holes), the pattern will appear like shown on the pictures (transparent).
Fig. 177 – Importation of floating holes
Fig. 178 - Example of floating holes
After that the user can create the new pattern based on the previous position of the previous
blast and prevent, for example, deviation of the new holes during the drilling process.
The user can also delete the holes (Fig. 177) and create a critical distance (Fig. 177). This last
option will allow the user to define a critical distance and O-Pitblast will calculate if the new
pattern it’s too close to the old pattern.
Fig. 179 - Option to define the critical distance

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Fig. 180 - Critical distance between previous hole (from previous blast) and new hole (for the new blast)
In the case shown on Fig. 180, the user can see that it was defined a critical distance (1.20 meters)
between holes. In this case it’s a green line because the holes are at a bigger distance (1.41m). If
the holes where less than 1.20m of distance of each other the line would be red.
Edit hole’s label

In this tool the user can create a label hole by hole or automatically.
If the option one by one is checked, the user can choose a text, a number to attached to the text
and if he wants that number to increase automatically (if yes must click on” Increase Number”).
Fig. 181 – One by labeling
If the option automatically is checked, the user must define for each row what text he wants, the
number that will start in each hole (of a row) and after that click in apply.
Fig. 182 - Automatic labelling

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10.5. Update altitude

This option allows the user to update the altitude of the boreholes. Clicking in this tool it will
appear and option to open a file (this file must contain hole numbers and new altitude of the
hole). After choosing the file it will pop up a window to connect hole number with altitude (Fig.
183). After that the user clicks on the download button and the altitude of the holes will be
updated.
Fig. 183 - Update altitude window
10.6. Rows: Creation and Edition

Icon Description
Add row Create a new row
One by one Create a row near to other

Line Editor Select holes to define from which row they are.
Hole by Hole Define rows by holes individual select

By line Define rows by drawing a line over a conjunct of holes
Clear all Eliminate all rows
Add row
When the user clicks on the Add row icon ( ) it will pop up a window to define the row number
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Fig. 184 - Add row window
After defining the parameters, the user must click one time on the field (1) and then drag the
mouse until the place where he wants to build the row (2) - Fig. 185.
1 2
Fig. 185 - Creating new row
On the other wand if the user wants to create a row near to other it has one option for that. On
create row near to another ( ) the user it will be forwarded to a window with the option to
define spacing, burden, after which row, he wants to put the new one, the row number and type
of pattern.
Fig. 186 - Create row near to another
Line Editor
The Line Editor tool permits the attribution of a row ID to each hole. There are two main options:

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• Hole by hole: The user must define the row number in the Row Control Box and drag the
mouse over a hole to assign a row ID (Fig. 187).
• By line: The user must define the row number in the Row Control Box and draw a line
over a set of holes to assign a row ID (Fig. 188)
Fig. 187 - Line Editor: One by one
Fig. 188 - Line Editor: By Line
• To delete the information of the rows the user just must click on Clear All button.
Prepare rows
When the user uses this option, it will pop up a window that works the same way AS the Row
Control Box. If select a row or numerous rows the holes with hole deviation measurements will
appear all align on the report (as they were on the same row). To delete the information of these
tool just click on reset button.
Fig. 189 - Prepare rows window

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Fig. 190 - Reset tool
10.7. Pattern
Icon Description
Pattern Creation Create a pattern over an existent terrain
Import Pattern Import holes from file

Rotate Pattern
Rotate 90º to the Rotate the entire pattern or a conjunct of selected
Right holes 90º to the right
Rotate 90º to the Rotate the entire pattern or a conjunct of selected
Left holes 90º to the left
Turn the entire pattern or a conjunct of selected
Turn Vertically
holes vertically
Turn the entire pattern or a conjunct of selected
Turn Horizontally
holes horizontally
Import Zone Import blast polygon from file
Type
Production Attribute the Production Blasthole ID to a hole or a
Blastholes conjunct of holes
Attribute the Buffer Blasthole ID to a hole or a
Buffer Blastholes
conjunct of holes
Attribute the Countour Blasthole ID to a hole or a
Contour Blastholes
conjunct of holes
Attribute the Ghost Blasthole ID to a hole or a
Ghost Blastholes
conjunct of holes
Attribute the 1st hole ID to the holes that where
1st Hole
defined as the first row
Export Export your borehole information (only .csv files)

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Pattern Creation -
For the simple pattern creation, over an existent terrain, the user must select the Pattern Creation
tool. It is necessary select the pattern characteristics on the Pattern Window (Fig. 191) and then,
left-click in the terrain.
Fig. 191 - Pattern Characteristics Window
The user can pre-visualize the hole’s position in the terrain (by clicking on the terrain once) and
do changes in the characteristics before confirming the final position (Fig. 192).
Fig. 192 - Changing Pattern Characteristics
Besides that, the pattern position can be manualy adjusted by moving the Pattern Position
Adjustment icon and the azymuth can be changed in the Pattern Characteristics Window or by
dragging the Rotating icon .
The user can check the option Multiple Burden/Spacing to creat a partten with multiples burdens
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Fig. 193 – Multiple burden per row
The user clicks on the Plus button to add the number the rows that he wants. To delete just click
on the Delete button. To change the burden just click on the row you want to change and write
the number of burdens/spacings.
Fig. 194 – Editing the burden between rows
Attenuated pattern adjusted to crest, to

or crest and toe
In this option the user can (if the crest and toe is defined) attenuate the pattern to the crest, toe
or both.
Attenuation
If this option is on, the user will have an attenuation on the burden. This value means that the
burden in attenuated by, for example, 15% in each row (Fig. 195).
Fig. 195 - Attenuation option

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For example, if the user wants the last line horizontal, the attenuation between rows must
increase (Fig. 196).
Fig. 196 - Last row horizontal
After that the user has three options. Adjust only to crest (Fig. 197), only to toe (Fig. 198) or crest
and toe (Fig. 199).
Fig. 197 - Adjusted to crest
Fig. 198 - Adjusted to toe (the blue circles represent the toe of the borehole)

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Fig. 199 - Adjusted to crest and toe
If the user clearly sees that the line from one point of the blast to another (on the free face is not
well defined can change it) by right-clicking on the purple spheres (Fig. 200).
Fig. 200 - Purple spheres (on both sides)
It will pop up a radial menu where the user can:
- Move the point

- Eliminate the point
- Clear all points
- See the coordinates of the points

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Fig. 201 - Radial menu of attenuation points
Import Pattern -
To import a pattern, the user must have a list with hole coordinates. This list can be imported by
pressing the Import Pattern icon in order to open the importation window (Fig. 202).
Fig. 202 - Selecting hole coordinates file for importation
The user must define the X, Y and Z coordinates (Fig. 203) and all parameters in Fig. 204 and
define if the terrain can be generated by the borehole’s collar position (Fig. 205). Also, the user
can change the diameter units and change the coordinate system (see chapter 8.1.2).
Fig. 203 - X, Y and Z coordinates definition

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Fig. 204 - Parameters to import holes
Fig. 205 - Terrain from borehole's collar
The final stage of hole’s importation, and if the hole’s length was not imported, it is necessary to
define it. It can be possible by defining the Bench Bottom Position or by establishing a Borehole
Length (Fig. 206).
Fig. 206 - Borehole length definition
Rotate Pattern -
The Rotate Pattern tool allow the user to rotate each pattern in the following ways:
• Rotate 90º to the right

• Rotate 90º to the left
• Turn vertically
• Turn horizontally

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Original Pattern
Rotate 90º to the Rotate 90º to the

Turn vertically Turn horizontally
right left
To use this tool is necessary to have one point into consideration: if the transformed holes are
positioned out of the existent terrain they will not be moved. For that the user must expand the
terrain previously to the pattern transformation.
Import Polygon -
To import a blast polygon, the user must select the Import Polygon icon, selecting the polygon file
and define the X and Y coordinates (Fig. 207).
Fig. 207 - Polygon importation (file selection)
Automatically, the pattern creation tool will generate holes inside the polygon which ones the
user will be able to edit their characteristics on the Pattern Characteristics Window and confirm
that action (Fig. 208).

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Fig. 208 - Edition of polygon pattern
Type -
In order to define the hole type ID (for a conjunct of holes), the user must do a selection around
a set of holes and, in the Type expansion tab, select the color for each selection (Fig. 209).
Fig. 209 - Hole type selection
To edit the Type ID to an individual hole the user can appeal the Radial Menu (Chapter: 6.8).
Note: the ghost holes will appear in a different way, like shown on picture bellow.
Fig. 210 - Ghost holes (with a cross on top of the holes).
10.8. Export pattern

The user can export the pattern no .csv, IREDES or .dxf. Also, it can export the coordinates of the
center of the blast in .txt.

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Fig. 211 - Export pattern options
When exporting, the user has the option to choose between some fields that he wants to be
exported (Fig. 212).
Fig. 212 - .dxf and .csv fields to export
11. Charge
On this module the user has multiple options to help him charging the holes in different ways.

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Icon Description
Edit Rule Edit charge rules
Add Charge Add charge
Discharge Unload holes
Select Select holes
Import charge Import a local file with charge information
By powder factor Charge your holes by defining a limit of powder factor
11.1. Add Charge -

In the charge edition panel, the user will be able to define the charge of individual or a conjunct
of holes. When the holes are charged, a red circle will appear around the holes. Through the
Radial Menu the user can access to the charge tab of each hole and apply the desired charge by
adding elements in the Quantity of Elements option (Fig. 213).
Fig. 213 - Charge Tab Window
Add Primer (Booster)

To add a primer (booster) the user must select it from the dropdown list of the added element
and introduce the quantity of the components. The percentage (%) is not available for this
element.

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Fig. 214 - Adding primer
Add Column Charge

To add the column, charge the user must add another element and select from the dropdown
menu the desired component. There are two options to add cartridges or bulk explosives:
- by percentage: the user selects the hole percentage to be filled by the product (Fig. 215 A)
- by meters: the user selects the meters to be completed by using the product (Fig. 215 B)
Fig. 215 - Left (A): Adding column charge by percentage; Right(B): Adding column charge by meters
Add Cartridges
The addition of more than one product must follow an order, this means, that the first element
to be added will be plotted in the bottom of the hole and the following ones above each other’s.
To add a cartridge, the user can also select by quantity or percentage. Nevertheless, in this case
the charge model will present the number of cartridges to be loaded (Fig. 216). After creating the
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charge column, the user can apply a packing factor to all boreholes (on the top of the page) and
define the percentage that he wants.
Fig. 216 - Add Cartridges and packing factor
Apply Charge Rule

The user can mark the option Apply and choose which holes he wants to apply the charge rule.
Fig. 217 – Apply button
To enable the option to apply a saved rule to a set of holes, the user must check the Checkbox on
the Charge Tab (Fig. 218).
Fig. 218 - Applying Charge Rule
The user must select the charge and the selection to apply the rule and click in the Add Charge
icon (Fig. 219).
Fig. 219 - Apply Charge rule to a type of holes

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11.2. Edit Charge Rule -

To create a rule, the user must define it by selecting the elements on the Borehole Information
Window. With the charge defined, the user must click on the Save Charge Rule button and
generate a new charge rule - Fig. 220.
To edit a current rule, the user must click on the Edit Rule icon, select the rule to be update,
change its parameters and click in the update icon - - Fig. 221.
Fig. 220 - Create Charge Rule
Fig. 221 - Edit Charge Rule Window
Discharge -
The Discharge option, when clicked, will eliminate all the charge from the totality of holes or a
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Select -
The Selection tool allows the user to select a set of holes and apply or erase a charge rule (Fig.
219). The user can also use the crest to select, like shown on the polygon (chapter 7.2).
Fig. 222 - Applying charge rule to a selection of holes
11.3. Import charge

In this option the user can import a local file with boreholes charge information. First, it will open
a window to connect the information to the hole number and the respective charge (Fig. 223).
Then the user has to select the type of explosive (Fig. 224) and then, select the holes that wants
to be charged with that explosive (Fig. 224).
Fig. 223 - Import data (charge) window

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Fig. 224 - Choose type of explosive and associate to boreholes
11.4. By powder factor

The user can charge the holes up to a limit of powder factor. First, needs to choose the type of
explosive that he wants to charge the holes. Then needs to define the limit of powder factor to
be apply to every hole. Finally clicks on Apply changes. All holes will be charge only until the limit
of powder factor (considering the borehole length of each hole).
11.5. Manually feeding

The user can charge the holes manually.
First, he needs to add ( ) the number of products that he wants to use. To delete must click on
the cross ( ).
After that, the user chooses the total quantity of explosive that he wants to use, and it will have
automatically the kg that will be distributed per hole in average. To complete the action, just
needs to click on Apply.

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Fig. 225 - Manually charge window
11.6. Complete charge

If in the end the user has some left boreholes that need to be charged with a certain quantity of
explosive, he can use this option.
It will open a window equal to Manually Feeding but it will open apply the explosive to hole not
charged yet (topic 11.5 to know how to use this window).
11.7. Extra charge

If the user wants to order extra charge to the supplier, just need to add it here. It only appears
the extra charge on the report (this charge will not charge the holes) as extra charge.
To use it, the user must add ( ) the how many types of explosive he wants to order, the type and
associate a quantity (Fig. 226).
To delete needs to click in the button.
Fig. 226 - Extra charge window

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12. Non-electronic detonators

This tab will allow the user to add, edit and delete timing to the boreholes with non-electronic
detonators.
Fig. 227 – Non-electronic detonators module
Icon Description
Add Timing Add a single connection
Line Connect holes by drawing a line over them
Edit Timing Edit In-hole delay
Initiation Hole Select the Initiation point
Time Tool Make connections by giving a choose interval between the

holes
Delete Delete connection
Select Select a conjunct of connections
Surface Surface detonator delay selection

Detonator
In-hole Detonator In-hole detonator delay Selection
Dual Detonator Dual detonator delay selection
Hole Shape Hole not loaded with dual detonator
Hole Shape Hole with deck and dual detonator
Hole Shape Hole not loaded with In-hole detonator
Hole Shape Hole with deck and in-hole detonator
Tie-up Warning Hole not connected/without detonator

Tie-up Warning Extra Dual Detonator inside a hole
Tie-up Warning In-hole and Dual Detonator inside a hole
Isolines Show time isolines
Histogram Show histogram
Play Play blasting simulation
Pause Pause the blasting simulation

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Fig. 228 - Non-Electric connections
Add Timing -
To add a connection, the user must select the surface detonator, in-hole detonator or dual
detonator to be used on it. Then, with the Add Timing icon selected, is just draw a line between
two holes to connect them (Fig. 229).
Fig. 229 - Single hole connection
Line -
The Line button allows the user to draw a line over a set of holes and connect them automatically.
To increase the hole’s influence area (in the Toolbox Chapter: 6.4) is possible to enhance the hole
diameter scale, in order to facilitate the line connection.
Fig. 230 - Line connection
Edit Timing -
The Edit Timing tool allows the user to change the in-hole detonator of each hole or a set of them
(Fig. 231). This option can be accessed by the Radial Menu (Chapter: 6.8) or by the Timing Tab.

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Fig. 231 - Editing in-hole detonator
Initiation Hole –
To define the initiation hole, the user must select the Initiation Hole icon and left-click on the
desired hole. The initiation hole will be marked with the symbol and it is possible to mark several
initial holes.
Fig. 232 - Initial hole
Time tool -
With this tool the user can make connections with a giving interval between holes. To use it the
user must input the number of Jump Holes in the tab that will pop-up and click in the hole he
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Fig. 233 – Time tool window: first row number of “Jump holes” equals 1; fourth row number of “Jump holes” equals 2
Delete Connections –
Clicking in the Delete Connections icon, a prompt-message will appear confirming to delete all
connections.
Fig. 234 - Deleting all connections
To delete a single connector, the user can right-click above the connector’s cylinder.
In order to delete a conjunct of connections the user must create a selection area (Point: 12.1.1.7)
and click on Delete Connection icon (Fig. 235). Note: the detonator cylinder must be inside the
selected area.
Fig. 235 - Delete a conjunct of connections

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Select Connections –
The Select tool allows the selection of a set of connections in order to delete them or changer
their characteristics. To proceed, the user must left-click in the terrain and build the polygon
around a conjunct of connections (the cylinder must be inside the polygon boundaries) (Fig. 236).
To finish the selection is necessary to right-click in order to close the polygon.
Fig. 236 - Selecting detonators
Surface & In-holes Detonators –

Surface detonators are use in the connections of down-lines in each hole. To design a time
sequencing recurring a surface connector and in-hole detonators it is necessary to select each
item from the validation boxes in the Boreholes Tab.
Fig. 237 - Selecting Surface Connector and In-hole detonator
Two holes connected with a surface delay and in-holes detonators presents the scheme of Fig.
239.
Fig. 238 - Surface delays and in-hole detonator visual feedback
Dual Detonators -
Since the application of dual detonators don’t require the usage of in-hole delays, so that, the
option to select it is blocked (Fig. 239).

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Fig. 239 - Dual Detonator Selection
For dual detonators the visual feedback is presented in the Fig. 240.
Fig. 240 - Dual Connectors visual feedback

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Tie-Up Warnings -
O-Pitblast has sever warning signs. The objective of these visual feedbacks is to indicate some tie-
up mistakes to the blast engineer (Tab. 1).
Tab. 1 – Tie-Up Warnings
Warning
O-Pitblast Example Description
Sign
Hole not
connected/without
detonator
Extra Dual
Detonator inside a
hole
In-hole and Dual

Detonator inside a
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Simulation
Isolines -
After defining the Initiation hole (Chapter: 12.1.1.4) and activating the Isolines icon the user will
be able to observe the time isolines (Fig. 241).
Fig. 241 - Time Isolines
To change the time isoline’s interval, in the simulation section, the user must adjust the box
presented in the Fig. 242.
Fig. 242 - Adjust Isoline's Interval
Histogram -
The Histogram gives a graphic feedback of the behavior of the tie-up applied to the project.
Analyzing the blast histogram is possible to identify the number of holes initiated at the same
time and the maximum instantaneous charge (MIC) (Fig. 244). For the last one, the user must
check the Use Charge checkbox.
Fig. 243 - Histogram - Number of Holes per Delay

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Fig. 244 - Histogram - Charge per Delay
Tab. 2 - Simulation
Simulation Histogram – Nº Holes/Delay Histogram – Charge/Delay

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Play -
The Play button will start the blasting simulation. During the simulation, user can press the
play/pause button to freeze the image and evaluate possible issues from the time design.
By the Simulation Speed buttons, it is possible to adjust the simulation velocity (Fig. 245).
Fig. 245 - Simulation Speed Adjustment
Tab. 3 - Blasting Simulation

Blasting Simulation
12.2. Decks
Fig. 246 - Decks options
This option allows the user to add timing to holes with decks. First of all, the user must choose
the decks that he wants to use by clicking on the pencil ( ). The user chooses the detonators
that he wants to use on decks () and add them by click on the arrow ( ).

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Fig. 247 - Add detonator window
After choosing the time for the decks, the user must define if wants to connect from the bottom
or from the top ( ). Then chooses the Mode to connect decks: surface in-hole, dual in-hole or in-
hole connection (Fig. 248).
Fig. 248 - Type of deck connections
After those steps, the user clicks on connect decks button ( ) and left click on the holes he wants
to connect.
Fig. 249 - One deck per hole (decks with connector of 450ms)

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If the user clicks on Show Decks will see how many decks every hole has and the timing.
Fig. 250 - Show decks option
Fig. 251 - Relief tools
12.3. Add extra detonators

The user can add extra detonators in one (or more) holes. Just needs to left click twice in one hole
and open the timing tab ().
He clicks on plus sign ( ) to add extra detonators and left clicks along the hole to position them.
To delete just clicks inn the garbage sign ( ).

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Fig. 252 - Adding extra detonators
13. Electronic Detonators

This tab will allow the user to add, edit and delete timing to the boreholes with electronic
detonators.
Fig. 253 – Electronic Detonators Module
Icon Description
Direction Make connection with the possibly to define the direction of the
Vector blasting
Center Lift Make a center lift blasting
Multiple directions
Time Tool Make Inter-Rows and Inter-Holes connections
Edit Time Change time connections individually (hole by hole)
Delete Delete connection
Isolines Show time isolines

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Histogram Show histogram
Play Play blasting simulation
Pause Pause the blasting simulation
13.1. Direction Vector

To use this button the user must have boreholes. Then the user must select the direction that he
wants for the blast.
Is possible to change the Burden Relief Burden, Burden Relief Spacing, Angle and Azimuth of the
vector that the user wants for the blast.
Fig. 254 – Parameters that change the direction vector
The user can move the arrow or point it to anyplace he wants.
Fig. 255 – Direction Vector window
PolyLine Tool
Inside of this option, the user as “Polyline tool” (Fig. 256).

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Fig. 256 - PolyLine tool
On this section, the user will be able to create a polyline in the position of the terrain here he
wants to direct the blast (Fig. 257).
Fig. 257 - Two example of blast direction, depending on the polyline position
To change the BRB, the user must left-click twice over the tool and a pop-up window (Fig. 258)
will appear with the possibility to change the BRB and to define the starting time, for the first
borehole.
Fig. 258 - Window to change BRB and starting time
To move the tool, the user must click in CTRL + left click and drag for another position.
To delete the polyline the user must click in CRTL + right click (over the polyline).

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13.2. Center Lift -

The user can simulate a center lift blasting by click on the Center Lift button. It will appear a blue
circle that can be moved around the blasting area, to create the condition that the user wants.
Fig. 259 – Center lift window
Inside of this option the user can use the tool multiple direction. The user draws the direction
arrows from the center lift point and choose which BRB will be associate to that arrow (they are
referenced by color). To move the center lift, the user must use crtl and with left button of mouse
drag the point.
Fig. 260 - Multiple direction option

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13.3. Time tool -

With this tool the user can create different times between rows and lines. It will pop-up a window
that allows the user to choose the time that he wants and change the time Inter-Rows or Inter-
Holes.
Fig. 261 - Time tool tab
Fig. 262 - Timing between Rows
Fig. 263 – Timing between Holes

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To use it the user needs to define if he wants to connect first inter-rows or inter-holes, choose
the time and start dragging the mouse to create the connection between rows/holes. Also, he
can define the first time (of the first borehole). Clicking on Auto the connection will be made
automatically in inter-holes.
Fig. 264 - Time tool window
To delete a connection the user must right click on the first borehole that he pretends to keep.
The connections and all information’s after that borehole will be deleted.
By click and Drag and Connect tool

Below the Time Tool option the user as two different tools: By Click and Drag and Connect.
Fig. 265 - By click and Drag and Connect tool
On the first case, By Click, the user just needs to left click over the holes to apply a time to them.
The user can choose the actual time (first click will have the actual time) and then a step. This
step will be applied in every click. For example, if the user chooses 100ms for the actual time and
10ms for the step, the first hole where he clicks will have 100ms, the second will have 110ms, the
third will have 120ms, etc.
Fig. 266 - By click tool

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To remove a time from a hole, the user needs to right click over the hole.
In relation to the tool Drag and Connect, the user needs necessarily to select a node (first hole to
start the connection) or to choose the option automatically, where the software will recognize
the timings that are already in the holes, so there’s no need to have a starter time (because the
starter time will be the one that it’s already in the holes).
For example, the user chooses the delay and the starting time and starts to make the connections
by dragging the mouse between holes. The timings will be applied when the user chooses the
option “Select Node” and left click over the hole that he elects to be the first of the connections.
Fig. 267 - Select node option
The red numbers define the times that will be applied after clicking in “OK”.
On a second example, the user wants to keep the start time of the first row and add 100ms to
the second line. He must choose the “Automatically” option and drag the mouse to the holes of
the next row. O-Pitblast will recognize the timings of the holes of the first row and add 100ms to
that time (Fig. 268).

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Fig. 268 - Automatically option (timing of the first row was already defined previously)
To delete the connection the user just need to left click over the hole where the connect that he
wants to delete starts.
13.4. Edit Time -

This tool allows the user to change timing individually (hole by hole). By clicking on Edit Time
button a window will appear. In that window the user will be able to edit the in the desired hole.
Fig. 269 – Edit Time window

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13.5. Delete connections -

By clicking on the Delete button the user will delete all connections.
To delete a single connector, the user can right-click above the connector’s cylinder.
In order to delete a conjunct of connections the user must create a selection area (Point: 12.1.1.7)
and click on Delete Connection icon. Note: the detonator cylinder must be inside the selected
area.
Fig. 270 – Delete all connections.
Translate
Below the option Edit time the user has the option to add a delay to the global pattern. For
example, if the user wants to start the blast at the second 1000ms, just needs to click on translate
and define the translation time as 1000ms. It will be added a 1000ms delay to each hole.
Fig. 271 - Translate (delay) option

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13.6. Isolines, Histogram, Play and Pause

All this button works the same way as the Non-Electronic module. The user can check how this
Simulation buttons works on Chapter 12.1.2. The only exception is that the user can Fix the
blasting time automatically.
Holes Blasting at the same time can be fixed on the option fix inside of the Histogram. The user
chooses the interval in milliseconds that wants to work (by clicking on the plus sign).
Fig. 272 - Fix delay option
Fig. 273 - Holes blasting at the same time (before fix tool)
Fig. 274 - Holes not blasting at the same time (after fix tool)

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13.7. Decks
In these options, the user needs to choose the delay inter decks, the delay inner decks and if it
will start from bottom or top (Fig. 275).
Fig. 275 - Decks options
13.8. Davey Bickford (Blast Machine)
Fig. 276 - Blast Machine communication (Davey Bickford)
Path
This option allows the user to prepare the path that it will be made by the PU. The pattern can
have multiple path or just one.
It’s important to have in mind that ALL holes must have timing associated or it won’t be possible
to export to the blast machine.
To do the pattern the user clicks on button and start dragging the mouse between holes to
start making the path. To a quick connection just need to click on the middle mouse button.
Fig. 277 - Multiple paths

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Fig. 278 - Path (quick way)
To delete a path the user must right click on the first borehole that he pretends to keep. The path
and all information’s after that borehole will be deleted.
Export to blast machine

This option will allow the user to export the paths to one or more PU’s. Also, it can save .rhd files
(blast plan with the path).
After open the Export Blast Machine window the user can change display name, full name, site,
location and add comments.
Fig. 279 - Export to blast machine window
Inside of this window the user can click on button and save a local file (.rhd).
To export to blast machine the user needs:
1. Connect the PU to computer;

2. The software will recognize the PU number and the user can associate to a path (Fig.
280);
3. Repeat the previous points if has more than one PU;
4. In the end the user will have every path associated to a PU (Fig. 281);

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5. After that, clicks on RFID ( ) button and it will pop up a window asking if he wants to
load the path to the PU (Fig. 282);
6. The exportation is complete (Fig. 283).
Fig. 280 - Connect path to PU
Fig. 281 - Confirmation Path-PU
Fig. 282 - Confirmation message to exportation

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Fig. 283 - Message of successful exportation
Compare data
This option allows the user to:
- Transfer the timing inside PU to the timing on O-Pitblast
- Transfer the timing on O-Pitblast and Update the timing in the PU
• Put to computer
1. Inside of the PU you have the previous information
2. Click on the button “PU to computer” to transfer the timing of the PU to O-Pitblast (Fig. 286).
Fig. 284 - Time programed inside of the PU
Fig. 285 - Timing on O-Pitblast that the user wants to transfer to the PU

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Fig. 286 - Option "PU to computer"
• Update timing in the PU after it’s programmed

1. The user clicks on the button “Intended to be programmed” (Fig. 287).
2. Clicks on the button “Update PU” (Fig. 288).
3. Confirmation message (Fig. 288).
Fig. 287 - Intended delay to being programmed

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Fig. 288 - Update to PU option
14. Blast results

The Blast results Tab presents all the tools and applications for prediction and optimization of
fragmentation. Also shows the costs of the selected blast.
Fig. 289 – Blast Results module.
14.1. Prediction
By clicking on the prediction button, it will pop out a window that shows every parameter that
the user can adjust and all the actual fragmentation results of the selected curve. The user can
also change de Rock Type (Chapter 6.3.5.5).

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Actual fragmentation curve
Actual/Selected fragmentation curve results

The user can adjust the RWS, Density (g/cm2), Burden (m), Spacing (m), Diameter (mm), Drill
Accuracy Standard Deviation (m), Stemming, Subdrilling(m) and Length (m).
Adjustable Values
14.2. Add or reset a fragmentation curve

The user can add a new fragmentation curve with new values by clicking on the button Add and
writing a new name. To delete the user must click on the button Delete . The user can also clear
all the curve by clicking on Clear List button .
Fig. 290 – Tab to create or delete a new fragmentation curve
14.3. Calibration
By clicking in the calibration button, the user can input the real values (that were the result of the
blasting). Then, the model used in O-Pitblast will update the rock factor and a window will appear

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asking if the user wants to confirm the changes (Fig. 291). If the user confirms the rock factor will
be updated.
Fig. 291 – Calibration of the rock factor windows.
After this step, the user can save that rock factor by click on the Update button .
14.4. Optimization
At this point, the user can make, and optimization of the parameters present on the window
bellow. The user can input some information like Costs of Initiation (per hole), Explosive (per Kg),
Drilling (per meter) (Fig. 292-A). The operator can also add the Density (Kg/m2) and RWS (Fig. 292
- A).
The user can see the data of the select project (values of the actual design) (Fig. 292-B), that
includes the Diameter (mm), Bench High (m), Burden (m), Spacing (m), Subdrilling (m), Stemming
(m), Number of holes, Number os Rows, Volume (m2) and Rock Factor.
Then the user can define the constraints. Both for Fragmentations or Geometry. The user can
define the Limit (%) of fragmentation and the Oversize (mm) (Fig. 292-C). Can also define the
constraints of the Spacing by burden, Stemming by burden, Subdrilling by burden, Uniformity
Index, Stiffness Ratio, Volume (m2) and Oversize (mm) (Fig. 292-E).
Finally, the user can see the Cost information in dollar (Fig. 292-F).

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Fig. 292 – A: Input information; B: Project Data; C: Fragmentation Constraints; D: Addicional information; E: Geometry
constraints; F: Cost information.
Find optimized values

By clicking in this button, the software will find the better values to fit in the Burden, Spacing,
Subdrilling and Stemming.
Fig. 293- Optimized value button
If everything is marked green, all the values are optimized and according to the constraints (Fig.
294).
Fig. 294 – Optimized values

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Apply pattern
With this button the user can create a new pattern with the new optimized values.
Fig. 295 – Apply pattern button
Get Values from Design

By clicking on the button Get Values from Design the user makes a reset to all the optimized values
and gets the values from the beginning.
Fig. 296 - Get Values from Design button
14.5. Search: Geometry, Structures and

Connections
The search button looks for abnormalities in some parameters like burden, spacing, subdrilling,
stemming, length of the borehole (geometric parameters) and if the user as vibration data, this
application also shows the critical structures that are going to be affected by the blast (structures
parameters). Also, it gives problems with borehole connections, for example, too short detonator
(connection parameters). You can see some examples of this messages in Fig. 297.
Fig. 297 – Search button results

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14.6. Wave
This option will allow the user to compare the detonation time of holes with the signature hole
wave.
Once the blast is load and with timing, it’s possible for use to see the peaks of each hole blasting
on the wave window (Fig. 298).
Fig. 298 - Wave Analysis window
After that the user can import the seismographic information (time and
vertical/transversal/longitudinal or SUM vector).
The user will be able to put an off-set (Fig. 299) to combine the first measurement from the
seismograph with the first hole blasting (Fig. 300) and make the analyze based on those results.
Fig. 299 - Off-set
Fig. 300 - Seismographic information combined with the detonation time of holes
14.7. Download QAQC

In this option the user will be able to download the information obtained on OPITAPP and bring
it to the O-Pitblast software, meaning change that he registers on the field (on the app) it can be
download to the software.
The first step it’s to choose the Project and Blast (on O-PitCloud) that he wants to download the
new information and download the select blast .
After that clicks on the Download QAQC option and choose again the same blast. If there’s any
new information, it will pop-up a new window with the new information of each hole.

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Fig. 301 - Download QAQC window
The user as the possibility to see the:
• Matched holes (that exist on the computer and in the app) and update this new
information;
• Deleted on the computer (holes that here deleted on the software);
• New holes (holes that where created on the app) and create these holes on the software.
Also, on the bottom of the windows the user as the option to delete unmatched holes (holes that
don’t have any information in the app or computer) and update the charge information, for
example to another type of explosive.
14.8. Add costs

In this option the user can add extra costs to the blast.
First chooses the costs that wants to add, then chooses the quantity that want to add and finally
apply all changes.

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Fig. 302 - Add costs window
14.9. Burden distribution

This option allows the user to see the pattern geometry distribution.
The red part tells us that you have a bad distribution (inclination of the holes, burden, stemming,
etc.). The green part tells that it’s well distributed (for example, inclination of the first row is well
distance of the free face). In case it’s blue, tells that is too far from the free face, for example.
Fig. 303 - Distribution tool
14.10. Relief Tool

The relief tool shows the relative difference of blasting time of each hole in one pattern.
Once selected the user will see a column with color and timing in (ms) and the gradient of colors
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15. Attenuation Law

The Attenuation Law tab presents all the tools and applications to predict and visualize different
attenuation laws.
Fig. 304 – Attenuation Law module
15.1. Import data

To start the user can import their data by clicking in the button Import Data.
Fig. 305 - Import seismography data
Then for each column the user must put the correct parameter or open a XYZ coordinates file by
clicking in the Open file button . When everything is ready the user must click on Import the
coordinates button (Fig. 306).

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Fig. 306 – Import PPV data window
Fig. 307 – Final result of importing data
Overview of the imported data

The window will show three important screens. The channel data (Fig. 308 – A): along of that
channel the user can see multiple choices of graphics that are associated to the information that
was imported. The raw data that was imported by the user (Fig. 308 – B) and the PPV/SD Graphic
were the user can see the graphics and all the field points and the law and confidence level curve
(Fig. 308 – C).

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Fig. 308 – A: Channel data; B: Raw data; C: PPV/SD Graphic
Regression/Scaled Distance
At this point the user can define the best way to represent their field information. The operator
has four options: using the Least Square or Least Residue; using the Square root to Scaled
Distance or Cubic root.
Regression
Scaled Distance
Fig. 309 – Left (A): Regression with L. Residue and Square Scaled Distance; Right (B): Regression with L. Square and
Square Scaled Distance

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Fig. 310 – Left (A): Regression with L. Residue and Cube Scaled Distance; Right (B): Regression with L. Square and Cube
Scaled Distance
Logarithmic Scale and Confidence level

The user can press the button Logarithmic Scale to visualize the graphic at a logarithmic scale. The
button will say ON when the logarithmic scale is appearing. The user can also change the
confidence level up to 99% - this modification will change the confidence level and the
attenuation law curve.
Fig. 311 – Logarithmic Scale and Confidence level tabs
Fig. 312 – Left (A): Confidence level 55%; Right (B): Confidence level 99%
Outliers
Also in Attenuation Law module exist outliers (9.1) and the user can delete them by clicking on
the Delete All button . If the user wants to recover the outlier’s information he has to click
on the Reset Values button .

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Fig. 313 – Left (A): PPV/SD Graphic with outliers; Right (B): PPV/SD Graphic without outliers
Attenuation law
On this tab the user can see the attenuation law that he defined (confidence level: chapter 147)
and if the user wants he can save the attenuation law as a new one by clicking in the add button
and put the Name/Description of that law Fig. 314. The yellow line correspond to the
attenuation law at 50% level of confidence and it never changes; the red line corresponds to the
level of confidence that the user choose.
Fig. 314 – Attenuation law to the selected information
Fig. 315 – Add a new attenuation Law
Fig. 316 – Curves/lines and their respective attenuation law

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16. Map
The Map tab presents all the tools and applications to visualize your blast in Google Maps and
register critical structures around your site.
Fig. 317 – Map Module
16.1. Hemisphere and UTM Zone

To use this tool, the user must have coordinates information about the terrain in the data that
was imported. Then he as to define the Hemisphere that he’s working and the UTM Zone – as
shown in Fig. 318 – Hemispheres and UTM zones.
Fig. 318 – Hemispheres and UTM zones.
The user can also change the local coordinates to UTM coordinates by using the tools of UTM
correction. When it’s on the user can change the X and Y of those coordinates.
Fig. 319 – UTM Correction window

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16.2. Views
There are three types of views: Map (Fig. 320 – Map view), Satellite (Fig. 321) and Open Street
Map (Fig. 322).
Fig. 320 – Map view
Fig. 321 – Satellite view
Fig. 322 – Open Street Map view

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16.3. PPV contour lines

If the box PPV Prediction is checked it will appear in the map some circular lines that defines the
isolines to different distances and PPV (Fig. 324).
Fig. 323 – PPV prediction box
Fig. 324 - PPV isolines
If the user passes the mouse over one of the isolines it will show the PPV at that distance and the
respective distance (Fig. 325).
Fig. 325 – Information of the isolines
To change the number of isolines the user must define how many meters they must be separated
of each other in the tab Interval (Fig. 326).

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Fig. 326 – Interval tab
Finally, the user can choose one of their attenuation law. In this case there’s Best Fit law that
comes as a default, but the user can add a new one at any moment (6.3.5.7).
Fig. 327 – Attenuation Law: Best Fit
16.4. Time Window

On this tab the user can change the time window, in better words, this option allows you to define
a time interval and calculate the number of holes blasting inside that range. This factor will change
the MIC constantly.
Fig. 328 – Time Window Tab
16.5. Structure
Add Structure
The user can add any structure he wants by clicking in Add Structure icon. There are some inputs
that must be defined such as PPV Limit, UTM X, UTM Y, Latitude, Longitude and Color.
Fig. 329 – Add structure window

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To see them, the user must check the Structures box.
Fig. 330 – Structures box
Charge limits
By checking the box Charge Limits the user can see the isoline that defines the charge limit of the
structure selected. If the user passes the mouse over it will see the Kg of charge applied to a
specific isoline.
Fig. 331 – Charge limits area
Edit charge limits

The user has the possibility to change the Charge (Kg) of the isolines and the color associated to
them. To validate their changes the user must click on Merge (Fig. 332).
Fig. 332 – Edit Charge and Color window

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Critical Blast Zone

If the user as the Critical Blast Zone box checked, it will appear a black contour that shows the
critical zone. For example, the user can analyses if the blast will make some damage to the near
structures.
Fig. 333 – Critical Blast Zone box
Fig. 334 – Critical Blast area
By clicking on the Search (Chapter 14.5) button the user can look for problems with the blast and
with the structures.
Fig. 335 – Detection of problems with the structures.

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16.6. Safety zone

This option allows the user to see the safety zone of the quarry or mine (see Chapter 6.3.7.2 to
set the parameters for the clearance zone).
Fig. 336 - Example of safety zone for personnel and equipment
In the case shown above, the red line represents 500m to personnel and the purple line
represents 300m for equipment.
Export Safety zone (for Davey Bickford

System)
In this case, the user can export two files to insert (by USB) on the Blast Machine. To do the
exportation (Fig. 338) the user must follow the next steps:
1. Define the number of blast zones;

2. Define the safety distance of your blast (in meters);
3. Click “Calculate”;
4. Click on “Export”;
5. Define UTM Zone (Fig. 337);
6. Define the file name;
7. And finally, it will have the 2 files in the destination choose by the user.
Fig. 337 - UTM Zone definition

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Fig. 338 – Safety Zone
17. Blast information

In this area the user can save information of the blast. It will appear lots of information to write
in like Site Name, Country, Location, Shotfirer, DB Responsible, Date, Type of rock and Comments.
To save the information the user must click on the Save button .
The user can also reload previews information and put some pre-loaded comments by clicking on
the button signalized in (Fig. 339).
Pre-loaded comments Reload previews information
Fig. 339 – Blast information area

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18. O-PitCloud
O-PitCloud is the area were the user can, for example, send blast reports to others users, upload
new blasts and invite new people for a project.
The user as some information about their account and bellow he was the projects and blasts that
their account is associated.
Projects area
In this area the user can Reload Projects Lists, Check Details from some project, invite O-Pitblast
users and Create or delete a project, as shown on the picture bellow.
View details Upload Delete

information
Reload Invite Create

Fig. 340 – Projects menu
Create a new project

To create a new project the user must click on the button Create a new project and create a
new name for the project.
Fig. 341 – Create a new project window

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Invite users
The user can invite a new user by clicking in te button Invite . It will pop up a window that
requires the e-mail of the new user.
Fig. 342 – E-mail invitation window
The new user will receive a message saying “You have new invitation”.
Fig. 343 – Message received by the new user
When the new user accepts the invitation, the user will received a message saying “(…) accepted
your invitation”.
Fig. 344 – Project to accept
Fig. 345 – Message received when the new user accepts the invitation
Views details
At this point the user can check for the details of any selected project, by clicking in View Details
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Fig. 346 – Project details window
Upload information
In this bottom the user can upload different tipe of information to O-PitCloud.
Fig. 347 – Upload information window
Seismographic Data
Fig. 348 – Seismograph (data) window

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On this window - Fig. 348 –the user can Load a new file (it supports .xsl, CSV .txt) that contains
seismographic data and Update that information to the server (O-PitCloud). Also, the user can
Create a new attenuation law, Filter the data and Create Structures.
Load file
On this icon the user can import the file with all the seismographic data. It will pop up a window
to fill with all the information per column (like shown on Fig. 349). The columns that belong to
the coordinates (X, Y) and to the seismographic information (Transversal, Vertical, Longitudinal,
Sum), Charge and Distance (shown in Fig. 349) must be rightly fill up to be possible to export.
Fig. 349 - Export data window
Once the user exports the data, all the seismographs will be placed on the map. If the markers
are yellow that means that the data is NOT on the server yet.
Fig. 350 – Seismographs placed on the map (yellow markers)
Upload to the server

After loading the information, the user can choose the data that we want and upload to the
server.
When he unchecks the data, the yellow markers will pass to black (so the user can know what
seismograph is not checked) like shown on Fig. 351.

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Fig. 351 – Check and uncheck the data to upload
After that selection the user clicks on the Upload bottom and all the markers will be pink. That
means that the information is now on the server (Fig. 352).
Fig. 352 - Seismograph data uploaded to the server (pink)
Uncheck all (no visible)

On this option the user can unselect all the data he wants by clicking on it. The only thing that is
important to do is putting the data visible on the map. After that all the information that is no on
sight will disappear (uncheck) – Fig. 353.

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Fig. 353 – Uncheck all (no visible) seismographs
Create Attenuation Law
By clicking on this bottom, the user will create a new attenuation law with all the data that he
selected.
In case of having some previous information, will pop-up a window asking if we want to attached
the information, or delete all the information and create a new attenuation law with the new
values (data) - Fig. 354.

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Fig. 354 – Overlap data tab
In the case of choosing “Sim” (yes), the data will be attached. In case on “No” (não), a new data
will be used.
Filter data
In this option the user can filter the data that he wants by innumerous parameters like: Name,
Latitude, Longitude, X, Y, Transversal, Longitudinal, Vertical and Sum. The user chooses the range
of any parameter (or more than one) that he wants, and the filter will be applied, by clicking on
the bottom “Apply” - Fig. 355.
Fig. 355 - Filter window
Create structure
Before you use this option is important to know that the PPV information is mandatory to fill (Fig.
356): Fk, V1, Acceleration and Frequency, to become possible to create the structures. If you start
filling up the first column, you must fill out the four of them.

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Fig. 356 – PPV information columns
After that if you have the PPV information, you can create structures by clicking on Create
Structures bottom . This means that, in the place where the seismographs are placed, it will
be added new structures on the map - Fig. 357.
Fig. 357 – Creating new structures on the map
In case of overlap information, it will pop-up a window that allows the user to choose 3 options
(Fig. 358):
• Replace the structure: will make a new structure on that exact place;
• Change the position (by 10 meters): will create a new structure 10 meters aside of the
other one - Fig. 359;
• Don’t create will not be add the new structure.
Also, the user as the option to “Repeat this option” that allows him to apply the decision to every
“overlap” structure.

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Fig. 358 – “Overlap” structures window
Fig. 359 – Creating new structures (10 meters aside)
Blast area
In the blast area the user can Download the selected blast, download the QAQC information, copy
the selected blast to another project, plan and report by e-mail, update, delete or upload the
selected blast.

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Fig. 360 – Blast area
Update, delete and upload blasts

To update or delete your blast just click on the button Update/Delete and the blast, that must be
selected, will be updated/deleted.
To upload a blast the user just have to press the blast button and write the new blast name.
Fig. 361 – Create a new blast window
If you have a shared project with blasts, when you upload a new blast the other users will receive
an alert message (e-mail) saying that the blast was uploaded and with an attachment of the new
blast.
Fig. 362 – E-mail received by the other users

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Download a blast
To download a blast the user must press the Download button after selected a blast. After the
loading is completed the blast will appear in the software.
Fig. 363 – Download a select blast window
Download a QAQC information

By clicking in this button, the user can download the QAQC information to compare the theorical
values with the real values. The user can upload excel and CSV files.
The user can also download the Blast report (the one that it’s sends directly from the app).
Copy to another project

By clicking in this button, the user can make a copy of a blast to another existing project. It will
appear a window with all the projects that that account is connected and the user must choose
where he wants to copy the file.
Fig. 364 – Copy the selected blast to another project window

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Plan and report by e-mail

The user must click on report symbol. At this point the user as two choices: send a blast report or
send a blast plan. After making that choose it will pop up a window to confirm the decision and
the e-mail will be sent.
Fig. 365 – Send a report window
Share code with co-workers (share

database information)
This option (Fig. 366) allows the user to generate a code, that he can share with another O-Pitblast
users (see chapter XX to find where to paste this code).
The user can copy the code or generate a new one (if the old code it’s not updated with
all the information present on the database).
Fig. 366 - Share code option
19. Short cuts

The following table presents the short cuts keys for each action mentioned in this Manual.
Icon Function Shortcut

Save Ctrl+S
Open Ctrl+O
Print Ctrl+P
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
Toolbox Ctrl+W
Lighting Control Lighting Control L
Terrain Control C
Change Transparency Right-Click
Background Color S
Bench Bottom Control B

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Show/Hide Bench Bottom Right-Click
Hole Control H
Timing Control T
Centralize Ctrl+1
Import Terrain Ctrl+T
Import Layer Ctrl+L
Geo-Reference Ctrl+G
Cut Terrain Ctrl+X
Add Holes Ctrl+H
Edit Holes Ctrl+E
Delete Holes Ctrl+Del
Move Holes Ctrl+M
Edit Toe Ctrl+Shift+T
Select Holes Ctrl+Q

Pattern Creation Ctrl+Shift+P
Import Pattern Ctrl+P
Import Polygon Ctrl+L
Add Connection Ctrl+Shift+A
Line Connection Ctrl+Shift+L
Edit Timing Ctrl+Shift+E
Initiation Hole Ctrl+Shift+I
Delete Ctrl+Shift+D
Select Ctrl+Shift+Q
Play Space
Quick Zoom
Scroll + A

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20. Image Index

Fig. 1 - O-Pitblast Installation icon ............................................................................................... 13
Fig. 2 - O-Pitblast Desktop icon .................................................................................................... 14
Fig. 3 - O-Pitblast Welcome Window ........................................................................................... 14
Fig. 4 O-Pitblast Installation Type ................................................................................................ 14
Fig. 5 - O-Pitblast Ready to Install ................................................................................................ 14
Fig. 6 - O-Pitblast Installation Finished......................................................................................... 14
Fig. 7 - O-Pitblast Loading Screen ................................................................................................ 15
Fig. 8 - O-Pitblast User Login Window ......................................................................................... 15
Fig. 9 - O-Pitblast Overview ......................................................................................................... 17
Fig. 10 - Main Control Bar ............................................................................................................ 17
Fig. 11 - Quick access bar ............................................................................................................. 18
Fig. 12 - Option inside of quick access bar ................................................................................... 18
Fig. 13 - Files Tab ......................................................................................................................... 19
Fig. 14 - Save *.opit File ............................................................................................................... 19
Fig. 15 - O-Pitblast icon ................................................................................................................ 20
Fig. 16 - Recent Files .................................................................................................................... 20
Fig. 17 - Detonators Database (Adding detonator) ...................................................................... 20
Fig. 18 - Booster Database (Adding booster) ............................................................................... 21
Fig. 19 - Bulk Database (Adding bulk explosives) ......................................................................... 21
Fig. 20- Cartridge Database (Adding cartridge explosives) .......................................................... 22
Fig. 21 - Rock Database (Adding rock types) ................................................................................ 23
Fig. 22 – Drilling Cost Database (Adding drilling costs) ................................................................ 23
Fig. 23 – Attenuation Law Database (Adding attenuation law) ................................................... 24
Fig. 24 - Preview PDF button ....................................................................................................... 26
Fig. 25 - Configure report button................................................................................................. 26
Fig. 26 - Configure Report tab...................................................................................................... 26
Fig. 27 - Printing Blast Plan - Page Options .................................................................................. 27
Fig. 28 – Printing Blast Plan - General Information ...................................................................... 28
Fig. 29 - Blast Plan- General Information ..................................................................................... 29
Fig. 30 - Boreholes Info ................................................................................................................ 29
Fig. 31 - Map info ......................................................................................................................... 30
Fig. 32 - Printing Plan – Plans ....................................................................................................... 31
Fig. 33 - Drill Plan ......................................................................................................................... 31
Fig. 34 – Tie-Up Plan .................................................................................................................... 31
Fig. 35 - Offset Plan...................................................................................................................... 32
Fig. 36 - Charge Plan .................................................................................................................... 32
Fig. 37 - Printing Plan - Plans Options .......................................................................................... 33
Fig. 38 - Save Configuration. Buttons from left to right: load configuration, delete configuration
and save a new configuration. ..................................................................................................... 33
Fig. 39 - Change currency ............................................................................................................ 34
Fig. 40 - Change to metric/imperial system ................................................................................. 34
Fig. 41 - Change terrain detail...................................................................................................... 34
Fig. 42 - Auto Save option ............................................................................................................ 34
Fig. 43 – Visible options tab ......................................................................................................... 37

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Fig. 44 - Help Tab ......................................................................................................................... 38

Fig. 45 - Ask for help tab ............................................................................................................. 38
Fig. 46 - Tool Box Window ........................................................................................................... 39
Fig. 47 - Lighting Control Window ............................................................................................... 39
Fig. 48 - Lighting Control .............................................................................................................. 40
Fig. 49 - Terrain Color Window .................................................................................................... 40
Fig. 50 - Terrain Color Edition ...................................................................................................... 40
Fig. 51 - Background Color Window ............................................................................................ 41
Fig. 52 - Bench Bottom Control Window ..................................................................................... 41
Fig. 53 - Bench Bottom Edition .................................................................................................... 41
Fig. 54 - Grid control .................................................................................................................... 42
Fig. 55 - Hole Control Window ..................................................................................................... 42
Fig. 56 - Holes visualization control ............................................................................................. 42
Fig. 57 - Timing Control Window ................................................................................................. 43
Fig. 58 - Editing Connectors ......................................................................................................... 43
Fig. 59 – Ruler tool (measurement view) ..................................................................................... 43
Fig. 60 - Ruler tool (angles view) ................................................................................................. 43
Fig. 61 - Label window ................................................................................................................. 44
Fig. 62 – From the left to the right: 2D view, 3D view, orthogonal view and perspective view. .. 44
Fig. 63 - View Pane ...................................................................................................................... 45
Fig. 64 - Operation Control Tab ................................................................................................... 45
Fig. 65 - Borehole Radial Menu.................................................................................................... 46
Fig. 66 – Home module................................................................................................................ 46
Fig. 67 – Add new points ............................................................................................................. 47
Fig. 68 – Menu of a singular point ............................................................................................... 48
Fig. 69 -Coordinates window ....................................................................................................... 48
Fig. 70 – Create a new line........................................................................................................... 49
Fig. 71 – Create a new polygon.................................................................................................... 50
Fig. 72 - Use crest option ............................................................................................................. 50
Fig. 73 – Merge zones window .................................................................................................... 51
Fig. 74 –Left (A): Two separated polygons; Right (B): Merged zone ............................................ 51
Fig. 75 – Zone Menu .................................................................................................................... 52
Fig. 76 – Add Timing Window ...................................................................................................... 52
Fig. 77 – Topography module ...................................................................................................... 52
Fig. 78 - Import terrain window ................................................................................................... 54
Fig. 79 - Correlating XYZ values with North, East and Elevation .................................................. 54
Fig. 80 - Importing terrain............................................................................................................ 54
Fig. 81 - Loading Terrain .............................................................................................................. 55
Fig. 82 - Choose from/to coordinate system window .................................................................. 55
Fig. 83 - Search new coordinate system ..................................................................................... 55
Fig. 84 – New coordinate system window ................................................................................... 56
Fig. 85 - Search results ................................................................................................................. 56
Fig. 86 - Coordinate system present in the database .................................................................. 57
Fig. 87 - Adjust hole until layer .................................................................................................... 57
Fig. 88 - Change layer color ......................................................................................................... 57
Fig. 89 – Topography’s available and Create Style Button ........................................................... 58
Fig. 90 - Isolines visibles on the terrain ........................................................................................ 58

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Fig. 91 – Area selection and terrain cutting ................................................................................. 59

Fig. 92 - Expansion terrain tool results ........................................................................................ 59
Fig. 93 - Bench Bottom edition .................................................................................................... 59
Fig. 94 - Delete cloud points window........................................................................................... 60
Fig. 95 - Area with selected points............................................................................................... 60
Fig. 96 - Red points: selected ....................................................................................................... 60
Fig. 97 - Eliminate triangles window ............................................................................................ 61
Fig. 98 - Selected triangles (in red) .............................................................................................. 61
Fig. 99 – Free-Face Module ......................................................................................................... 63
Fig. 100 - Importing free face data and code selection ............................................................... 64
Fig. 101 - Import free-face data ................................................................................................... 64
Fig. 102 - Outliers detection algorithm ........................................................................................ 65
Fig. 103 - Outliers detection algorithm results (Left: without outlier detection; Right: With outlier
detection) .................................................................................................................................... 65
Fig. 104 - Borehole length definition ........................................................................................... 65
Fig. 105 - Borehole length definition (Left: Bench bottom position; Right: Borehole length) ..... 65
Fig. 106 - Importation option....................................................................................................... 66
Fig. 107 - Example of the laser position (arrow is the offset) ...................................................... 66
Fig. 108 - Merge information tab................................................................................................. 67
Fig. 109 - General information tab .............................................................................................. 68
Fig. 110 - Crest/Toe tool .............................................................................................................. 68
Fig. 111 - Crest reference line edition ......................................................................................... 69
Fig. 112 - Toe reference line edition ............................................................................................ 69
Fig. 113 - Update altitude window............................................................................................... 69
Fig. 114 - Example of changed altitude in crest (minus 5 meters from top). ............................... 70
Fig. 115 - Import boretrak information window (1) .................................................................... 70
Fig. 116 – Message about the boretrak data ............................................................................... 70
Fig. 117 - Import boretrak information window (2) ..................................................................... 71
Fig. 118 - Boretrak information successfully imported ................................................................ 71
Fig. 119 – Import cabled boretrak information windows ............................................................ 71
Fig. 120 – Sending data from device ............................................................................................ 72
Fig. 121 - Save local file................................................................................................................ 72
Fig. 122 – Boreholes Module ....................................................................................................... 73
Fig. 123 - Add Holes tool .............................................................................................................. 73
Fig. 124 – Types of boreholes that can be edit ............................................................................ 74
Fig. 125 – Others menu: create label, comment or water column .............................................. 74
Fig. 126 - Borehole Information Window .................................................................................... 75
Fig. 127 - Borehole Information Window (Several holes selected) .............................................. 75
Fig. 128 - Burden/Spacing info - Rows definition ......................................................................... 76
Fig. 129 - Changing holes' inclination (no bottom correction) ..................................................... 76
Fig. 130 - Changing holes' inclination (with bottom correction) .................................................. 77
Fig. 131 - Adjusting azimuth. A (left): azimuth not adjusted; B (right): azimuth adjusted
automatically ............................................................................................................................... 77
Fig. 132 - Moving a single hole .................................................................................................... 78
Fig. 133 - Moving a conjunct of holes .......................................................................................... 78
Fig. 134 - Toe Edition (Single hole) .............................................................................................. 79
Fig. 135 – Selecting a conjunct of holes ....................................................................................... 79

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Fig. 136 - Dragging a conjunct of holes ........................................................................................ 79

Fig. 137 - Holes Selection tool ..................................................................................................... 80
Fig. 138 - Holes selection one by one .......................................................................................... 80
Fig. 139 – Polygon Selection Radial Menu ................................................................................... 80
Fig. 140 - Profile Style: Straight/Critical ....................................................................................... 81
Fig. 141 - Critical Burden Definition ............................................................................................. 81
Fig. 142 - Projection potential risk zones ..................................................................................... 82
Fig. 143 - 3D Burden Limit Zones ................................................................................................. 82
Fig. 144 - Critical burden.............................................................................................................. 83
Fig. 145 - List of information of the boreholes ............................................................................ 83
Fig. 146 - Burden tool .................................................................................................................. 84
Fig. 147 - Spacing tool.................................................................................................................. 84
Fig. 148 - On the left: first position of the burden; on the right: new burden position ............... 84
Fig. 149 - Radial menu of burden/spacing tool ............................................................................ 85
Fig. 150 – Left (a): visible boreholes; Right (B): invisible boreholes (with deviation data). .......... 86
Fig. 151 . Option to hide holes with borehole data ..................................................................... 86
Fig. 152 - Renumber tool and start point..................................................................................... 86
Fig. 153 – Renumber tool ............................................................................................................ 86
Fig. 154 – One by labeling............................................................................................................ 88
Fig. 155 - Automatic labelling ...................................................................................................... 88
Fig. 156 - Update altitude window............................................................................................... 89
Fig. 157 - Add row window .......................................................................................................... 90
Fig. 158 - Creating new row ......................................................................................................... 90
Fig. 159 - Create row near to another ......................................................................................... 90
Fig. 160 - Line Editor: One by one................................................................................................ 91
Fig. 161 - Line Editor: By Line ....................................................................................................... 91
Fig. 162 - Prepare rows window .................................................................................................. 91
Fig. 163 - Reset tool ..................................................................................................................... 92
Fig. 164 - Pattern Characteristics Window................................................................................... 93
Fig. 165 - Changing Pattern Characteristics ................................................................................. 93
Fig. 166 – Multiple burden per row ............................................................................................. 94
Fig. 167 – Editing the burden between rows ............................................................................... 94
Fig. 168 - Attenuation option....................................................................................................... 94
Fig. 169 - Last row horizontal....................................................................................................... 95
Fig. 170 - Adjusted to crest .......................................................................................................... 95
Fig. 171 - Adjusted to toe (the blue circles represent the toe of the borehole) .......................... 95
Fig. 172 - Adjusted to crest and toe ............................................................................................. 96
Fig. 173 - Purple spheres (on both sides)..................................................................................... 96
Fig. 174 - Radial menu of attenuation points............................................................................... 97
Fig. 175 - Selecting hole coordinates file for importation ............................................................ 97
Fig. 176 - X, Y and Z coordinates definition.................................................................................. 97
Fig. 177 - Parameters to import holes ......................................................................................... 98
Fig. 178 - Terrain from borehole's collar...................................................................................... 98
Fig. 179 - Borehole length definition ........................................................................................... 98
Fig. 180 - Polygon importation (file selection) ............................................................................. 99
Fig. 181 - Edition of polygon pattern ......................................................................................... 100
Fig. 182 - Hole type selection .................................................................................................... 100

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Fig. 183 - Export pattern options ............................................................................................... 101

Fig. 184 - .dxf and .csv fields to export ...................................................................................... 101
Fig. 185 - Charge Tab Window ................................................................................................... 102
Fig. 186 - Adding primer ............................................................................................................ 103
Fig. 187 - Left (A): Adding column charge by percentage; Right(B): Adding column charge by
meters ....................................................................................................................................... 103
Fig. 188 - Add Cartridges and packing factor ............................................................................. 104
Fig. 189 – Apply button.............................................................................................................. 104
Fig. 190 - Applying Charge Rule ................................................................................................. 104
Fig. 191 - Apply Charge rule to a type of holes .......................................................................... 104
Fig. 192 - Create Charge Rule .................................................................................................... 105
Fig. 193 - Edit Charge Rule Window........................................................................................... 105
Fig. 194 - Applying charge rule to a selection of holes .............................................................. 106
Fig. 195 - Import data (charge) window .................................................................................... 106
Fig. 196 - Choose type of explosive and associate to boreholes................................................ 107
Fig. 197 - Manually charge window ........................................................................................... 108
Fig. 198 - Extra charge window .................................................................................................. 108
Fig. 199 – Non-electronic detonators module ........................................................................... 109
Fig. 200 - Non-Electric connections ........................................................................................... 110
Fig. 201 - Single hole connection ............................................................................................... 110
Fig. 202 - Line connection .......................................................................................................... 110
Fig. 203 - Editing in-hole detonator ........................................................................................... 111
Fig. 204 - Initial hole .................................................................................................................. 111
Fig. 205 – Time tool window: first row number of “Jump holes” equals 1; fourth row number of
“Jump holes” equals 2 ............................................................................................................... 112
Fig. 206 - Deleting all connections ............................................................................................. 112
Fig. 207 - Delete a conjunct of connections............................................................................... 112
Fig. 208 - Selecting detonators .................................................................................................. 113
Fig. 209 - Selecting Surface Connector and In-hole detonator .................................................. 113
Fig. 210 - Surface delays and in-hole detonator visual feedback ............................................... 113
Fig. 211 - Dual Detonator Selection ........................................................................................... 114
Fig. 212 - Dual Connectors visual feedback ............................................................................... 114
Fig. 213 - Time Isolines .............................................................................................................. 116
Fig. 214 - Adjust Isoline's Interval .............................................................................................. 116
Fig. 215 - Histogram - Number of Holes per Delay .................................................................... 116
Fig. 216 - Histogram - Charge per Delay .................................................................................... 117
Fig. 217 - Simulation Speed Adjustment .................................................................................... 118
Fig. 218 - Decks options ............................................................................................................. 118
Fig. 219 - Add detonator window .............................................................................................. 119
Fig. 220 - Type of deck connections........................................................................................... 119
Fig. 221 - One deck per hole (decks with connector of 450ms)................................................. 119
Fig. 222 - Show decks option ..................................................................................................... 120
Fig. 223 - Relief tools ................................................................................................................. 120
Fig. 224 - Adding extra detonators ............................................................................................ 121
Fig. 225 – Electronic Detonators Module .................................................................................. 121
Fig. 226 – Parameters that change the direction vector ........................................................... 122
Fig. 227 – Direction Vector window........................................................................................... 122

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Fig. 228 – Center lift window ..................................................................................................... 124

Fig. 229 - Multiple direction option ........................................................................................... 124
Fig. 230 - Time tool tab .............................................................................................................. 125
Fig. 231 - Timing between Rows ................................................................................................ 125
Fig. 232 – Timing between Holes ............................................................................................... 125
Fig. 233 - Time tool window...................................................................................................... 126
Fig. 234 – Edit Time window ...................................................................................................... 128
Fig. 235 – Delete all connections. .............................................................................................. 129
Fig. 236 - Fix delay option .......................................................................................................... 130
Fig. 237 - Holes blasting at the same time (before fix tool) ....................................................... 130
Fig. 238 - Holes not blasting at the same time (after fix tool).................................................... 130
Fig. 239 - Decks options ............................................................................................................. 131
Fig. 240 - Blast Machine communication (Davey Bickford)....................................................... 131
Fig. 241 - Multiple paths ............................................................................................................ 131
Fig. 242 - Path (quick way) ......................................................................................................... 132
Fig. 243 - Export to blast machine window................................................................................ 132
Fig. 244 - Connect path to PU .................................................................................................... 133
Fig. 245 - Confirmation Path-PU ................................................................................................ 133
Fig. 246 - Confirmation message to exportation ....................................................................... 133
Fig. 247 - Message of successful exportation ............................................................................ 134
Fig. 248 - Time programed inside of the PU .............................................................................. 134
Fig. 249 - Timing on O-Pitblast that the user wants to transfer to the PU ................................. 134
Fig. 250 - Option "PU to computer" ........................................................................................... 135
Fig. 251 - Intented delay to being programmed ........................................................................ 135
Fig. 252 - Update to PU option .................................................................................................. 136
Fig. 253 – Blast Results module. ................................................................................................ 136
Fig. 254 – Tab to create or delete a new fragmentation curve.................................................. 137
Fig. 255 – Calibration of the rock factor windows. .................................................................... 138
Fig. 256 – A: Input information; B: Project Data; C: Fragmentation Constraints; D: Addicional
information; E: Geometry constraints; F: Cost information. ..................................................... 139
Fig. 257- Optimized value button .............................................................................................. 139
Fig. 258 – Optimized values ....................................................................................................... 139
Fig. 259 – Apply pattern button ................................................................................................. 140
Fig. 260 - Get Values from Design button .................................................................................. 140
Fig. 261 – Search button results ................................................................................................ 140
Fig. 262 - Add costs window ...................................................................................................... 143
Fig. 263 - Distribution tool ......................................................................................................... 143
Fig. 264 – Attenuation Law module ........................................................................................... 144
Fig. 265 - Import seismography data ......................................................................................... 144
Fig. 266 – Import PPV data window ........................................................................................... 145
Fig. 267 – Final result of importing data .................................................................................... 145
Fig. 268 – A: Channel data; B: Raw data; C: PPV/SD Graphic ..................................................... 146
Fig. 269 – Left (A): Regression with L. Residue and Square Scaled Distance; Right (B): Regression
with L. Square and Square Scaled Distance ............................................................................... 146
Fig. 270 – Left (A): Regression with L. Residue and Cube Scaled Distance; Right (B): Regression
with L. Square and Cube Scaled Distance .................................................................................. 147
Fig. 271 – Logarithmic Scale and Confidence level tabs ............................................................ 147

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Fig. 272 – Left (A): Confidence level 55%; Right (B): Confidence level 99% ............................... 147
Fig. 273 – Left (A): PPV/SD Graphic with outliers; Right (B): PPV/SD Graphic without outliers . 148
Fig. 274 – Attenuation law to the selected information ............................................................ 148
Fig. 275 – Add a new attenuation Law....................................................................................... 148
Fig. 276 – Curves/lines and their respective attenuation law .................................................... 148
Fig. 277 – Map Module .............................................................................................................. 149
Fig. 278 – Hemispheres and UTM zones. ................................................................................... 149
Fig. 279 – UTM Correction window ........................................................................................... 149
Fig. 280 – Creat an API Key window................................................... Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 281 – Create/sign in with a google account ................................ Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 282 – API Key choice window...................................................... Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 283 – API Key created ................................................................. Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 284 – Introduce the API Key window .......................................... Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 285 – Import map window .......................................................... Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 286 – Select area window ........................................................... Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 287 – Terrain preview. ................................................................ Erro! Marcador não definido.
Fig. 288 – Map view ................................................................................................................... 150
Fig. 289 – Satellite view ............................................................................................................. 150
Fig. 290 – Open Street Map view............................................................................................... 150
Fig. 291 – PPV prediction box .................................................................................................... 151
Fig. 292 - PPV isolines ................................................................................................................ 151
Fig. 293 – Information of the isolines ........................................................................................ 151
Fig. 294 – Interval tab ................................................................................................................ 152
Fig. 295 – Attenuation Law: Best Fit .......................................................................................... 152
Fig. 296 – Time Window Tab ..................................................................................................... 152
Fig. 297 – Add structure window ............................................................................................... 152
Fig. 298 – Structures box ........................................................................................................... 153
Fig. 299 – Charge limits area...................................................................................................... 153
Fig. 300 – Edit Charge and Color window .................................................................................. 153
Fig. 301 – Critical Blast Zone box ............................................................................................... 154
Fig. 302 – Critical Blast area ....................................................................................................... 154
Fig. 303 – Detection of problems with the structures. .............................................................. 154
Fig. 304 – Blast information area ............................................................................................... 156
Fig. 305 – Projects menu ........................................................................................................... 157
Fig. 306 – Create a new project window ................................................................................... 157
Fig. 307 – E-mail invitation window ........................................................................................... 158
Fig. 308 – Message received by the new user ........................................................................... 158
Fig. 309 – Project to accept ....................................................................................................... 158
Fig. 310 – Message received when the new user accepts the invitation ................................... 158
Fig. 311 – Project details window .............................................................................................. 159
Fig. 312 – Upload information window ..................................................................................... 159
Fig. 313 – Seismograph (data) window ...................................................................................... 159
Fig. 314 - Export data window .................................................................................................. 160
Fig. 315 – Seismographs placed on the map (yellow markers) .................................................. 160
Fig. 316 – Check and uncheck the data to upload ..................................................................... 161
Fig. 317 - Seismograph data uploaded to the server (pink) ....................................................... 161
Fig. 318 – Uncheck all (no visible) seismographs ....................................................................... 162

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Fig. 319 – Overlap data tab........................................................................................................ 163

Fig. 320 - Filter window ............................................................................................................. 163
Fig. 321 – PPV information columns .......................................................................................... 164
Fig. 322 – Creating new structures on the map ......................................................................... 164
Fig. 323 – “Overlap” structures window .................................................................................... 165
Fig. 324 – Creating new structures (10 meters aside) ............................................................... 165
Fig. 325 – Blast area................................................................................................................... 166
Fig. 326 – Create a new blast window ....................................................................................... 166
Fig. 327 – E-mail received by the other users ............................................................................ 166
Fig. 328 – Dowload a select blast window ................................................................................. 167
Fig. 329 – Copy the selected blast to another project window ................................................. 167
Fig. 330 – Send a repport window ............................................................................................. 168

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Clearance zone ................................................................................................ 36

7.1. Add, move and delete points ................................................................ 47

7.2. Create lines, rows and polygon .............................................................. 48

Import polygon ................................................................................................ 50

Coordinate system ...................................................................................... 55

Import Layer ................................................................................................... 57

Expand Terrain - .............................................................................................. 59

Edit Cloud ................................................................................................... 59

Eliminate triangles ....................................................................................... 60

From device and from file ....................................................................... 72

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Select Holes - ................................................................................................... 79

10.3. Burden and Spacing ......................................................................................... 83

Visible or invisibles holes ........................................................................ 85

10.5. Update altitude ....................................................................................................... 89

Add row ..................................................................................................... 89

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Discharge - ..................................................................................................... 105

11.3. Import charge ....................................................................................................... 106

11.4. By powder factor .................................................................................................. 107

11.5. Manually feeding .................................................................................................. 107

11.6. Complete charge .................................................................................................. 108

11.7. Extra charge ........................................................................................................ 108

Time tool - .......................................................................................... 111

Surface & In-holes Detonators – ...................................................... 113

13.1. Direction Vector ........................................................................................... 122

13.2. Center Lift - .................................................................................................... 124

13.3. Time tool - ...................................................................................................... 125

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By click and Drag and Connect tool .................................................. 126

13.4. Edit Time - ....................................................................................................... 128

13.5. Delete connections - ........................................................................................ 129

Translate .................................................................................................... 129

Path ............................................................................................................ 131

Export to blast machine ............................................................................... 132

Compare data ............................................................................................ 134

14.5. Search: Geometry, Structures and Connections .................................... 140

14.8. Add costs ........................................................................................................... 142

14.10. Relief Tool ......................................................................................................... 143

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16. Map ............................................................................................................................... 149

Add Structure ........................................................................................... 152

Edit charge limits ................................................................................ 153

16.6. Safety zone ......................................................................................................... 155

17. Blast information .................................................................................................... 156

Download a blast .................................................................................... 167

Copy to another project ......................................................................... 167

Plan and report by e-mail ....................................................................... 168

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20. Image Index ................................................................................................................... 171

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3. Installing O-Pitblast® Platform

Fig. 1 - O-Pitblast Installation icon