Configure Section Info

This command configures the names, abbreviations, and density of the various strata that appear in your underground mine. Also, the appearance of the section is specified by this routine. This information is needed for placing sections on the drawing which in turn are needed for Quantities by Average and Grid Method. If you reconfigure section info of an existing coal section, the sample points placed using the previous section info will become invalid and must be replaced.

The strata of a section can be configured as either individual or composite. With the individual configuration, each strata has its own name and density. With composites, each strata is still named separately but they also are divided into groups that have a group name and density. The principle advantage to composites is that it allows you to enter and list out each strata height and then combine the strata into their corresponding composite category when generating tonnage quantities.

This command creates a block drawing for the coal section with block attributes for each strata. The default folder for this .dwg file is your current SUP support folder which works fine for an individual user of the section info. To share the coal section with others, both the section .sc file and block .dwg file should be stored on a shared network folder. The location of the block .dwg file is stored inside the .sc file.

If you have a drawing with existing coal sections but don't still have the associated .SC file, then you can use this command to recreate the .SC file. Near the beginning of the command prompting, answer Yes to the Select existing coal section for strata names prompt. Then the program will prompt to pick an existing coal section and will read the strata names from this section. The program still needs to prompt for the full strata names, densities and some format options.

Warning: After Configuring Section Info be sure to save your drawing. This will get AutoCAD to update the section Block information. Otherwise there can be a conflict between the version of the Block settings and the *.SC file which Carlson creates during Configure Section Info.

Prompts

For an Individual Section:
Enter Coal Section Configuration file name <Drawing_name.SC>: SECTION1 (Or the name of your choice.)
Mine Name: Enter a name.
Select existing coal section for strata names [Yes/<No>]? press Enter
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: C This name is drawn next to the corresponding height when a section is located in the drawing.
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Coal This name is used in quantity reports.
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: B
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Bone
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: R
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Rock
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: press Enter
Enter Individual densities or Composite densities (I/C) <I>: press Enter
Average wt. of C (Coal) [lbs/ft^3]: 80
Average wt. of B (Bone) [lbs/ft^3]: 150
Average wt. of R (Rock) [lbs/ft^3]: 150
Circle the Coal Section (y/<n>)? Y This specifies whether a circle is drawn around the section when it is placed in the drawing.
Plot the Numeric Value Only (y/<n>)? press Enter
Text Size <6.0>: press Enter
Prompt for entry width (Yes/<No>)? press Enter The entry width value is used in Quantities by Centerlines.

For a composite section:
Enter Coal Section Configuration file name <Drawing_name.SC>: SECTION2 (Or the name of your choice.)
Mine Name: Enter a name.
Select existing coal section for strata names [Yes/<No>]? press Enter
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: TC
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Top Coal
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: TR
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Top Rock
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: BC
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Bottom Coal
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: BR
Enter The Full Strata Name <C>: Bottom Rock
Enter Abbreviated Strata Name/<ENTER> to End: press Enter
Enter Individual densities or Composite densities (I/C) <I>: C
Coal Section Block To Write Specify dwg file name

Define the Composite Categories:
Enter Composite Category/<Enter> to END: Coal
Average wt. of COAL [lbs/ft^3]: 80
Enter Composite Category/<Enter> to END: Rock
Average wt. of ROCK [lbs/ft^3]: 150
Enter Composite Category/<Enter> to END: press Enter

Assign the strata to a composite category:
Enter Composite Category for Top Coal TC (COAL ROCK ): coal
Enter Composite Category for Top Rock TR (COAL ROCK ): rock
Enter Composite Category for Bottom Coal BC (COAL ROCK ): coal
Enter Composite Category for Bottom Rock TC (COAL ROCK ): rock
Circle the Coal Section (y/<n>)? press Enter
Plot the Numeric Value Only (y/<n>)? press Enter
Text Size <6.0>: press Enter
Prompt for entry width (Yes/<No>)? press Enter The entry width value is used in Quantities by Centerlines.
Coal Section Block To Write Specify dwg file name

Sample Coal Sections

Pulldown Menu Location: Works
Keyboard Command: csconfig
Prerequisite: None