This is the best method to place many panels fast. The panel is
directed by text orientation with centerline going through text
insertion point. The text itself becomes a panel name and it has to
be in layer PANELNM to be found. User can specify retreat options,
difficulty factors and entry width to be used for all panels before
running command. To place the text in the panels easily use Draw
Sequential Numbers, found under the Draw dropdown menu.
All panels created in one run become a single connected mine plan with no equipment assigned.
When you note the prompts below for entry width you will want to place the "longwall panels" and "room and pillar" works in two steps in order to get the correct advance distances reported. For this example the room and pillar works are on 20ft width, and the longwall width is 1,000 feet. Placing them in two steps will create two mine plans that can be connected using the Connect Mine Plans option.
Assign zero retreat extraction [Yes/<No>]?
Y
Advance difficulty <1.0> :
Entry width <20.0> : Use the panel width for
longwalls, entry width for room and pillar panels.
Pulldown Menu Location: UnderGnd
Keyboard Command: auto_place