To utilize this Autorun file, turn on the
option in the Surface Mine Reserves window for "Use Auto-Run" as
circled below. Once this is on, the program will prompt to select
the *.SMA file this command created.This command is the setup routine to create the autorun file for batch processing of multiple benches with one run of the Surface Mine Reserves command. Without this predefined autorun file, then the Surface Mine Reserves command needs to be run separately for each bench. With this Autorun file, all benches are predefined by the Geologic Model file, a top and bottom Grid or TIN, or an Elevation.
The steps necessary to create or edit the file are detailed
below. Choosing Add or Edit will bring up the Edit Auto-Run window.
This is where the Bench# is set. The Strata to Process can either
be set to one, multiple, or all to define the benches. If coming
out of the Geologic Model file, then the elevation grids defined in
there will define the benches here. Alternately, the benches can be
other grid or TIN surfaces, or flat elevations, and they will be
intersected by the seams that appear in the Geologic Model file.
To utilize this Autorun file, turn on the
option in the Surface Mine Reserves window for "Use Auto-Run" as
circled below. Once this is on, the program will prompt to select
the *.SMA file this command created.
Pull down Menu Location:
StrataCalc
Keyboard Command: mtntop_autorun
Prerequisite: Grids and PRE Calculated Grids file, named
pits