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Visual Tunneling Report: Operating Instructions
Visual Tunneling Report: Operating Instructions
TABLE CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Document description
This document describes the use of the Visual Tunneling Report program. VT
Report is used for:
- -Transferring the drilling data into a database
- -Studying the profile data of the drilling in both 2D and 3D
- -Studying the cumulative data of the drilling rig
- -Printing round and hole reports.
The reports show the actual starting point and direction of the hole based on the
positioning accuracy of the drilling rig. The coordinates of the actual hole bottom
does not take into consideration the possible deviation of the hole.
If you are about to install Visual Tunneling on your computer please read chapters
‘Visual Tunneling Requirements’ and ‘Installing Visual Tunneling’.
The next chapters give you a detailed explanation on various steps and
operations you would do while operating on Round reports. The chapters are
organized in sequence similar to what would be your course of actions.
The basic hardware requirements for Visual Tunneling are the same as for MS
Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME or Windows 2000. The display
resolution should be set to 1024x768 and the colour resolution to ‘High colour 16
Bit’.
Visual Tunneling requires 64Mb of memory to run smoothly. A 500 MHz Pentium
processor is also recommended for smooth operation. Visual Tunneling Design
works with any printer that is supported by Windows.
To start the program, double-click on the Visual Tunneling icon on the desktop.
After this, choose Report from the Visual Tunneling selection window. The first
window of VT Report is the user data window. Figure 1
Write the name of the operator into the User name text box of the Opening
window. To fill this text box is not compulsory and leaving it blank will not effect
the programme by any means. The User name is however used as default for
Report printing. To exit the programme click the Cancel button. Press OK to
continue to the Main window.
The A-drive is the default drive but other drives can also be used if desired. If the
floppy disk is not in drive A the following dialog box appears:
Insert the floppy disk of transferred round data into drive A and click OK to open
the Round list. Select the round.
If you click ”Cancel” the display of the list of files and directories will appear. From
here you can search the round data file. Select the correct drive and directory.
NOTE!
The extension portion of the Round data file transferred from the drilling rig is
always new.
To exit the programme click the Cancel button or click the Control-menu box twice
(-).
Every Round data on the floppy disk or on the hard disk to be transferred will
appear on the file list box.
Select the round to be transferred from the file list and click ”Append to Database”
button to start the transfer. The Dialog box ”Round to Append” will appear.
Based on the information of this Dialog box make your decision whether to
transfer the data or not. Click OK to continue the transfer or Cancel not to do the
transfer.
Click OK if the new data will replace the old one. If not press Exit to cancel the
command.
Dialog box will appear also if the round data to be transferred includes additional
data for the existing transferred round data.
Select the new round data or return back to Main window after the transfer is
completed.
The transferred round data will have a new name in the VT Report database. For
example, the name will change from rnd00001.new to rnd00001.rdy. To transfer
the round data again it must re-named with extension .new.
Open Select Round dialog box by clicking Round from the Data menu of the Main
window. Select the desired round. If there is no data collected during the selected
time period no rounds will be shown. Choose a round and click Select to open
round data.
The quantity of the selected rounds can be reduced in Select Round dialog box
by specifying the drilling rig and the round. Select the drill rig and the round by
clicking the arrow at the right side of Rig and Drift box to open the list of all the
drill rigs and the rounds in the programme.
Select the time period by adding the amount of the days into the Last days box or
add search starting and ending dates in the From and To boxes. The dialog box
will appear if no data is found for these time periods.
Choose the round from ”Rounds for given conditions box”. Double click the
selected round to open the Round Data dialog box with the selected round data.
The condition of the Round Data dialog box will be saved and it will be the same
when the dialog box is opened next time. By filling only the From box of the Select
Time Period and leaving the To box blank the ending date will be the current day.
Round Data window shows the general data of the round. The Show Holes
function in the Data menu will open the window with a hole diagram. Move the
mouse pointer on top of the hole number to change it to (+) symbol. Click the left
button of the mouse to show the profile data of the hole. Click the right button to
open a table with all the data of the hole.
To view MWD data for the holes, please, select the desired hole using the mouse
and click the right mouse button. The MWD profile axes can be modified using the
Axes - function in the Tools menu.
The Hole Data is shown in the Hole Parameters dialog box. To exit the Hole
Parameters dialog box please, click the cross in the upper right hand side corner
of the window.
Select the printing option in the File menu. There is a separate selection for round
data and round and MWD data.
Select Print Round and MWD data. Select the desired information to be printed.
To print the report press the OK-button. Press Cancel to cancel printing.
The condition of the Print Round and MWD data dialog box will be saved into a
configuration file and it will be the same when the dialog box is opened next time.
Show hole depths command will print the length of the hole instead of the number
of the hole.
NOTE!
The data for the Planned holes shown on the reports and the screen are based
on the drill plan. The reports for Actual holes will show the actual starting point
and direction of the hole based on the positioning accuracy of the drilling rig. The
coordinates of the actual hole bottom are calculated and the possible deviation of
the hole is not taken into consideration.
1. Hold left mouse button down and drag to choose the desired area to be moved
into the Clipboard.
2. From Copy menu choose Copy Selection to move the area into the Windows
Clipboard from where you can copy it for example into Excel or into some other
Window based programmes.
It is also possible to open the Visual Tunneling database directly without using the
VT Report user interface. The database filename is report.mdb. The database
can be opened with Microsoft Access 97.
To maintain the database, choose Database from the File menu. The dialog box
for the Password opens. The purpose of the Password is to prevent any
unauthorized users from entering the Database and making unwanted changes
into it.
Enter the Password or return back to the main window by pressing Cancel.
The Delete MWD Data- command will delete MWD data of all the holes but
leaves the round data. Select the round to be deleted by using the arrow at the
right side of the Delete Profile Data for Selected Round list. Delete All Data will
delete all data of the selected round. Enter the dates between which all data
should be deleted. To exit this dialog box select the cross in the upper right hand
side corner.
Select Rig Cumulative Data from the Main window Data menu Report selection to
open the dialog box for the cumulative data of selected drilling rig.
Select User Data from the Main window Tools menu to enter a name for a rig.
The user can also specify a user name and Work site information for the printed
reports. The selections in this dialog box will be taken into use when the Visual
Tunneling Report program is opened next time.
Save
The save button saves the user data and returns to the main window.
Cancel
Cancel exits the User data window without saving its contents.
Company
Enter the name of the company using the VT Report software. The information is
used in the printed reports.
User name
Text box for the user identification. The information is used in the printed reports.
Round
Open the Select Round dialog box.
In this dialog box you can select the round to be retrieved from the database.
Using the following functions you can choose the range of rounds to be viewed.
Rig
Drop-down list box to show the available rig choices or ANY (ANY=All available
rigs).
Drift
Drop-down list box to show the available round choices or ANY. (ANY=All
available drifts).
Search
Button to update the list.
Every boom round and the drilling basic data is shown in Round Data dialog box.
Curve Data
A button to open the Curve Data box.
Inclination
A button to open the rig Inclination Data box.
Cumulative Data
A button to open the window for the Cumulative Data of the Rig.
Rig
The name of the drilling rig. Please complete this box in User Data dialog box.
Round Code
Code for the round given by the operator.
Drift code
Given by the operator.
Tunnel depth
Given by the operator.
Drillplan name
Name of the drillplan that was used.
Navigation time
Date and the time the navigation is done.
Drilling started
The time when the first boom started drilling.
Drilling stopped
The time when the last boom finished drilling.
Total time
The time between the first boom started and the last boom finished drilling.
Drilling Rate
The drill meters divided by the total time to drill the round.
Holes in drillplan
The amount of the holes in the drillplan for one boom.
Holes drilled
The amount of the drilled holes with one boom.
Holes corrected
The amount of the holes corrected by pressing the Correct hole button.
Drill meters
The amount of the drill meters with one boom.
Drilling time
The time which the percussion has been on to drill the holes. (= Percussion
hours)
Gross penetration
The drill meters of the boom divided by the drilling time of the boom.
Powerpack time
The time which the powerpack has been on to drill the round.
Collaring time
The time used to collar the holes. The switch for collaring must be on to count the
collaring time.
MAN + DIR
The time which the boom moves while drilling the round with the mode in
question.
Idletime
Total time - (Percussion hours + MAN+DIR + AUTO transfer time).
User Name
Contents of this text box will be shown in the report.
Comments
Contents of this text box will be shown in the report. It can contain 3 rows of text.
Show Axis
Select if the axis are shown for hole and rollover graphs.
Select All
Print all holes from the holes selection list.
Unselect All
Cancel all the selected holes from the hole list.
OK
After all the selections are made press OK-button to start printing.
Cancel
Press Cancel-button to Exit without printing.
Point the hole number of the figure and press one of the mouse buttons to make
the following commands:
Open the Hole Data dialog box for the selected hole.
View
Zoom
Original The original size of the display.
Zoom -10% Reduces down the Graph display 10%.
Zoom 10% Enlarges the Graph display 10%.
Zoom 75% Enlarges the Graph display 75% from the original.
Zoom 150% Enlarges the Graph display 150% from the
original.
Zoom 200% Enlarges the Graph display 200% from the
original.
Data
Display
Planned Holes
Actual holes (default command)
Both planned and actual holes
Planned rollover
Actual rollover
Planned and actual rollover
Show table
Planned Opens the Hole Table-dialog box of planned holes
Actual Opens the Hole Table-dialog box of actual holes.
Show MWD-Graphs
Button opens MWD Graph dialog box for a selected hole. The hole must be
indicated with “MWD”.
Cancel
Press Cancel to Exit .
3.6.2 MWD-graphs
Available commands
Point a single profile graph and press one of the mouse buttons to make the
following commands:
Press the left mouse button to open and enlarge
Opens and enlarges Profile Graphs dialog box for the selected Profile Graph.
-Press the right mouse button
Removes the selected Profile graph from the dialog box.
-Press the left mouse button and simultaneously SHIFT-button
Opens the Profile Data Table dialog box for the selected profile.
penetration
rotation pressure
percussion pressure
feed pressure
flushing flow switch
setting of the percussion pressure
Tools
Axes
- Automatic creating of the X-axis to show in meters (default
setting) all the Profile Data in the Database. There is an option to
show the X-axis in five meters intervals.
Y-axis
- Opens the Format Y-axis dialog box.
Commands
Style
Default The minimum value of Y-axis is zero and the maximum
changes according the data.
Variable The minimum and maximum value of Y-axis changes
according the data.
User The minimum and maximum value of Y-axis are set by the
user. (default settings)
Min / Max Set the minimum and maximum value of Y-axis if the
selected style is User.
Ticks Set the quantity of the ticks if the selected style is User.
OK Closes the dialog box and saves the settings into the
configuration file of the programme.
3.6.4 Hole parameters
Edit
Copy
Copies the selected area to the clipboard. From the clipboard data can be
transferred for example to MS Excel.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 6
8 MIRRORING FUNCTIONS.......................................................................................... 49
9.1 Selecting.................................................................................................................. 50
9.1.1 Basic Mouse Selecting ....................................................................................... 50
9.1.2 Advanced Mouse Selecting ................................................................................ 50
9.1.3 Selecting with Menu Commands ........................................................................ 51
9.1.4 Selecting a Single Dot ........................................................................................ 51
9.1.5 Selecting an Element.......................................................................................... 51
9.1.6 Selecting a Shape Object ................................................................................... 51
9.1.7 Selecting a Rectangle Area ................................................................................ 52
9.1.8 Selecting All Holes of Certain Type .................................................................... 52
16 APPENDIXES ............................................................................................................. 65
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Document Description
This document describes the use of the Visual Tunneling Design program. Design
is used to create, modify and transfer drill plans to Sandvik DT/DD/DB equipped
with either TCAD or TDATA systems..
Chapter ‘Introduction’ gives you an overview of this document. It also contains
explanations of some terms and definitions.
If you are about to install Visual Tunneling on your computer please read chapters
‘Visual Tunneling Requirements’ and ‘Installing Visual Tunneling’.
If you are new to VT Design, please read chapters ‘Starting and Quitting VT Design
’ and ‘Tutorial - the First Drill Plan’. ‘Tutorial’ gives you an easy example of making
a complete drill plan.
For a deeper understanding on how to fully use the program read chapter ‘General
Concepts and Principles’ which describes the basic concepts used in VT Design
and makes it easier to understand the logic of the program.
Chapter ‘Program Configuration and Setup’ explains how you can customize the
program and change different settings.
The next chapters give you a detailed explanation on various steps and operations
you would do while operating on drill plans. They are organized in sequence similar
to what would be your course of actions.
Finally, chapter ‘Appendixes’ includes summaries of mouse actions, accelerator
keys etc.
1.2 Terms and Definitions
Aid row
Aid row is a set of holes that follows the shape of the profile at a given distance.
Arc, arc of holes
An arc is part of circle. It has starting and ending points and a radius. Arc can
contain holes (e.g. arc of easer holes) or it can be part of a shape without holes
(e.g. one part of pilot tunnel).
Boom
Part of the rig consisting of arms and joints that has a rock drill connected to it.
Click with mouse
‘Clicking’ means that you move the mouse to the desired place and press mouse’s
right or left button once. Clicking is normally used to select items in a menu or point
desired objects or places at the drill plan.
Contour hole
Contour holes are holes that are drilled along the tunnel profile line.
Cut, cut hole
Cut holes are holes that are used to make the first opening. It is possible to define
several standard plans of cut holes and save each into a file. These standard cut
plans are called cuts. A cut can be inserted into a drill plan.
Dialog box
When the program needs some specific information from the user it displays a
dialog box. Dialog box comes up on top of other windows and it has fields for
entering data. User enters data into these fields using keyboard and mouse and
accepts data by clicking the ‘OK’ button. User can also cancel data entry by
pressing ‘Cancel’ button. After user accepts or cancels data entry the dialog box
disappears. See an example of a dialog box in chapter 7.1.1.
Double click
‘Double clicking’ means that you move the mouse to the desired place and press
mouse’s right or left button rapidly twice. In ‘Visual Tunneling Design’ you can use
left double click to add hole to drill sequence (see chapter 12.2) and to exit
program (see chapter 4).
Drag with mouse
Dragging with mouse means that you press down the left (or right) mouse button,
hold it down while moving the mouse to a new location and then releasing the
mouse button. Dragging is used for example in moving and copying objects.
Drill Plan
Drill plan is a plan consisting of complete set of holes and associated data for
drilling one ‘step’ deeper into the tunnel. Each drill plan is stored into a separate
file.
Dummy hole
A hole that is not drilled but is needed in order to move the boom to a safe position
before moving to the next hole.
DT/DD/DB
The rig that does the actual drilling.
Laser point
Laser beam is used in locating the rig in tunnel. Laser point is the point (X, Z) in the
drill plane where the laser beam intercepts the drill plane.
Line, Line of holes
Line is an element that has starting and ending points. A line can have holes (e.g.
easer line) or it can be part of a shape without holes (e.g. part of pilot tunnel).
Look -out angle
Look-out angles are a property of a hole. Angle U is the tilting of the hole in
horizontal direction. Positive values tilt to right and negative values tilt to left. Angle
V is the tilting of the hole in vertical direction. Positive values tilt upwards and
negative values tilt downwards. If both angles (U and V) are zero then the hole is
perpendicular to the drilling plane. Look-out angles are given in degrees or meters
depending on program configuration.
Main menu
Line of selection words at the top of the window: File, Edit, Select, Create, Drill
seq., Tools, Options, View, Window. Clicking one of these words opens up a
submenu for more selections.
Origin
Point in the drill plan relative to which all coordinates are measured. The Origin is
displayed as a large cross in the drill plan.
Pilot tunnel
An area in the drill plan that has no material to be drilled. Defining a pilot tunnel
aids the designer not to put holes in places where there is nothing to drill.
Profile
The outline (shape) of the tunnel.
Ream hole
A hole that is usually used in a cut. Ream holes are not intended to be filled with
explosives.
Rollover angle
The angle which describes how much the feed rail has to be rotated such that we
are able to drill the desired hole. This angle must be defined for each hole.
Selecting
When the user wants to modify some parts of the drill plan first (s)he must define
the parts (s)he wants to modify. This is called selecting. Selecting can be done
using the mouse or menu commands. Selected objects change their colour (The
colour can be configured ; see chapter 7.1.7.)
Shortcut keys
Shortcuts are key sequences that duplicate menu commands. You can e.g. access
‘New’-command in the ‘File’-menu by pressing CTRL+N.
Status bar
Status bar is the horizontal line at the bottom of window containing drill plan
information, see chapter 7.2.4.
Submenu
A menu that opens up when user selects an item from another menu (e.g. look at
picture in chapter 8.2.).
Title bar
The upper part of the window where you can see program’s name or other header
type text.
Toolbar
Toolbar is the horizontal region under main menu containing buttons which you can
press to apply the most common operations. Toolbar can be hidden, see chapter
7.2.3.
Visual Tunneling Curve
Program for defining tunnel curve data, calculating the required laser offsets and
sending them to jumbo.
Window
Area on the screen that encloses and presents some information. Normally a
window has borders and a title bar (refer to chapter 6.2. ‘Working with Windows’).
After this a selection window appears. In this window you may choose either
Curve, Design or Report. Click Design to start Visual Tunneling Design.
The program then shows a dialog box from where you can choose either drill plan
or cut.
If you wish to create a new drill plan please select ‘Drill Plan’ and press OK. If you
wish to create a new cut then select ‘Cut’ and press OK. To edit an existing drill
plan then select ‘Open an existing document’ and press OK. To select any of these
options press ‘Cancel’
To quit Visual Tunneling Design select ‘Exit’ from the ‘File’ menu. You can also use
the familiar Windows methods of exiting: click the cross at the upper right corner of
the window.
Select ‘Circle Top’ at upper left corner and you get a dialog box to enter the profile
dimensions:
In this case we accept the default values displayed and click on ‘OK’ button. This
creates a profile shape.
Note that the area of the profile is now displayed in the status bar.
NOTE! The area is calculated using a graphical approximation. The value should
be regarded as approximate.
In the status bar you see that there are 36 holes in the drill plan.
You can repeat this process by giving different distance from profile to create more
aidrows.
If you think the drill plan has too many things on the screen and starts to look
confusing you can hide the hole numbers by selecting ‘Hole Number’ from the
‘View’ menu. Selecting the same again redisplays the hole numbers. You should
also try other options of view menu now.
If you made a mistake, you can delete the hole. First select the hole by clicking on
it with the left mouse button. The hole becomes highlighted to indicate that it is
selected. To delete the hole select delete from the Edit menu. - You can create
separate holes also by using the menu : select ‘Separate’ from the ‘Create’ menu
or by pressing hole button on toolbar, then proceed as instructed above.
The program creates holes at both ends of the line and as many holes in between
as produces the distance between holes as close as possible to the requested
value.
Creating an arc of holes is similar to creating a line of holes except, that you go to
the start point, press down the SHIFT key and the right mouse button, move to the
end point and release the mouse right button and the SHIFT key. The dialog box
that appears has an additional radius field with a default value that would create a
half circle:
Add all holes you want for the sequence of boom 1. Then select boom 2. Add all
holes you want to the sequence of boom 2. Repeat for boom 3.
If you make a mistake you can remove a hole from a drill sequence by first clicking
on that hole and then clicking on the ‘Remove’ button in the dialog box.
You can remove all holes from sequence by selecting ‘Delete sequence’ from the
‘Edit’ menu and then select desired sequence from that sub menu.
If you need dummy holes while you are creating drill sequences, you can create
them by clicking with the mouse RIGHT button on the position where you want the
dummy hole. You get the same dialog box as with creating separate holes. Change
hole type to dummy and then enter/change any other fields and press OK to create
the hole. Or you can push create dummy hole button on the toolbar.
When you wish to finish creating drill sequences click button at toolbar to change
back to ‘edit hole mode’.
Click first on the hole for which rollover is to be changed. Note that you are able to
edit only the rollover angle of a hole which belongs to a sequence. Next, indicate
the rollover angle by clicking on a point in the drillplan window. The rollover angle
will be defined by a line taken from the hole position to the point clicked on in the
drillplan window. Now select a group of holes and change the rollover of all of them
in the same way as for one hole, by clicking on a point in the drillplan window. A
hole can be selected either by selecting it with the mouse or by defining its
coordinates for the Hole function in the Select menu.
You may also double click on a hole or use the ‘Rollover’ function in the `Edit`
menu to open a dialog where the rollover can be set.
When you want to finish defining rollover angles, click button at toolbar to change
back to ‘edit hole mode’.
View options are automatically changed so that detonator types are shown.
Open dialog box by double clicking on hole. Set detonator type to hole and then
press `OK`. Dialog can be opened also by first selecting hole and then selecting
`Detonator` from `Edit` menu. Now Select group of holes (use mouse or menu
command) then open dialog by selecting `Detonator` from `Edit` menu.
After entering summary info press `OK`. Then dialog box to fill in the directory and
filename is displayed:
Select here the directory where you want to save your drill plan and type a
filename (test.pla) and press OK. Now it is safe to exit Visual Tunneling Design and
continue with your drill plan later.
If you are using a floppy select ‘File’ and you get a file dialog box where you select
the floppy drive (typically A:) and enter a filename. Pressing ‘OK’ opens dialog
where you select the floppy drive from the ‘Drives’ field. Select the correct directory
and enter the desired filename. Note that the extension must be ‘.TPL’ as in
”Transfer Plan”.
NOTE! For Datajumbo –1995: If you are transferring the drillplan directly from the
PC with a laptop specify the com port ‘COM1’ or ‘COM2’. After sending data to rig
a message is printed that tells if the transmission was successful or not.
When you select ‘Settings’ from ‘Options’ menu you get the following dialog box:
Click on the colour you want and press OK. The currently selected colour has a
square around it.
In this menu, you will select which details you wish to see and which ones should
be hidden in the current window. Note that some options of the view menu are
automatically selected / unselected. These automatically selected items are: Hole
Number, Hole Direction, Hole Depth, Drill Sequences, Rollover angles. You can
select them, but when ‘edit mode’ is changed these options are changed too.
In front of the items you can see the check mark (√). It indicates that the respective
menu item property is displayed on the screen. If you don’t want one of them to be
shown you choose that item and the check mark disappears and the corresponding
property is hidden. When you choose the same item again the check mark and the
corresponding property reappear. Thus these features are on/off.
Selecting these items off only makes the corresponding item invisible. It does not
delete the item.
You can set these settings separately for each window.
6.2.1 Zoom In
You can increase the size of the drill plan picture by selecting ‘Zoom in’ from ‘View’
menu. Picture size is increased by 10%. This can also be done from the toolbar
button with a plus sign inside a magnifying glass:
Left side of the status bar shows a brief help text, e.g.. when you are about to
choose ‘Toolbar’ from the ‘View’ menu by holding the mouse left button down you
see the text ‘Show or hide the toolbar’ in the status bar.
The following information is shown at the right side of the status bar:
• x and z coordinates of the mouse pointer.
• Selected boom or ‘No boom’
• Lookout angles units (‘deg’ or ‘met’).
• Number of holes in the drill plan.
• Area of the profile in m2.
Selecting ‘Status Bar’ from the ‘View’ menu displays/hides the status bar.
6.2.6 Hole Number
Selecting ‘Hole Number’ from the ‘View’ menu hides/displays the numbering of
holes. Holes are numbered automatically starting from one. Numbers are assigned
in the same order the holes are created.
6.2.7 Hole Direction
Selecting ‘Hole direction’ from the ‘View’ menu helps you visualize some properties
of the hole by showing a line starting from the hole. The direction and length of the
line represents the direction (angles U and V) and depth of the hole. The end of the
line shows the X-Z projection of the end of the hole.
Clicking again the ‘Hole direction’ hides these lines and only the hole symbol
(which shows its type) is displayed.
6.2.8 Hole Depth
Selecting ‘Hole Depth’ from the ‘View’ menu displays/hides hole depths at text
format.
6.2.9 Drill Sequences (TDATA only)
This menu item checked shows the defined drill sequence with a line from the first
to the last hole in the sequence for each boom.
6.2.16 View 3D
The View 3D function shows the current drillplan in 3D. A new window is opened
for the 3D view and the user can rotate the view, zoom it and drive a plane through
the 3D drillplan.
The plane in the 3d view can be turned on and off. The user can also define a
transparency factor for the plane. By checking the turn 90 degrees box the plane
can be driven through the drillplan from the side. The projection of the view can be
toggled on and off by checking the box beside the square.
The image can be rotated by pressing the left mouse button and by simultaneously
dragging the mouse.
To zoom the image press the right mouse button and simultaneous drag the
mouse.
The viewpoint of the image can be shifted to another location. This is accomplished
by pressing shift and the left mouse button and moving the mouse at the same
time.
In this box you have 6 standard profiles and one user definable profile to select
from.
Standard profile is a predefined shape for which you need to give only necessary
dimensions. Custom profile is a free shape profile built from any number of lines
and arcs.
You select the desired profile by pressing the button under the respective picture.
Pressing ‘Cancel’ returns to the main menu with no profile creation.
After the profile is created, the program calculates the area of the profile. This is
not an exact mathematical calculation but rather an approximation calculated from
the display picture.
D-Tunnel:
Horseshoe Straight:
Horseshoe Curved:
Rectangle:
After you have defined the profile, program shows the area of the profile into the
status bar field.
Here you enter the starting and ending points of the line/arc. If you wish to make a
line, give the radius as 0. Giving a positive radius creates an arc turning clockwise
and entering a negative radius creates an arc turning counterclockwise (from
starthole to endhole).
By checking ‘Elliptical’ option you can make quarter ellipse, defined by the start
and end coordinates.
Pressing ‘OK’ draws the given line/arc and redisplays the dialog box to ask values
for the next line/arc. Pressing ‘Cancel’ deletes the profile and erases the custom
profile. Preview draws the line/arc and asks values for the same line/arc again, this
will allow you to experiment with different values.
Checking the box ‘Connect end to first’ forces the line/arc to connect to the starting
point of the first line/arc. This also completes the custom profile and no more
line/arc values are asked.
After the profile is created the drawing area is adjusted to cover the profile and
existing objects.
When inserting holes, the distance between holes is adjusted (either incremented
or decremented) to produce even spacing between corner holes. The
increment/decrement is chosen according to which requires smaller adjustment to
the requested spacing.
Select ‘Contour’ from the ‘Create’ menu:
For each line/arc in the profile you enter the depth and lookout angles for the
starting and ending points and hole spacing.
This procedure is repeated as long as there are elements (lines/arcs) in the profile.
‘OK’ button moves to the next element. Pressing ‘Delete’ deletes all the contour
holes. The Cancel button exits the dialog without finishing all the elements’ contour
holes and you can continue creating contour holes later.
For each element the values of the endpoint of the previous element are copied as
default for the starting point of the current element. For the last element the values
of the starting point are preset as default for the endpoint.
Here you enter the start and end hole values (angles U, V and depth), hole spacing
and the distance from the corresponding profile element. While this dialog box is
on the display the corresponding profile element is highlighted.
Hole spacing is the desired space between two holes. Program calculates the
closest possible equivalent that will produce even spacing for the element.
You accept the values with ‘OK’ button. Program keeps popping this dialog boxes
as long as needed (while there are profile elements) or the user presses ‘Cancel’.
‘Cancel’ removes the aidrow in progress.
In this dialog box you enter the position of the hole either numerically in the x- and
z-fields or selecting the mouse focus and clicking with mouse left button on the
desired position. This copies the clicked coordinates to the x- and z-fields.
Then you enter depth and the lookout angles for the hole. You can enter the
lookout angle also with mouse in the following manner:
Click on the ‘Mouse focus’ box on top of the lookout angles. This switches the
following mouse clicks to copy coordinate values to lookout angle fields. Then click
on the desired hole end position (where you want the bottom of the hole to be) and
the program calculates the lookout angles for you. You must enter the depth before
entering U and V angles with mouse. The depth of the hole is entered either as
“Along the hole” or in the direction of the round.
You accept the data by entering ‘OK’ after which the program draws the hole.
You can enter the radius from keyboard. Positive radius means that the arc turns
clockwise from startpoint to endpoint, negative radius means that arc turns
counterclockwise from startpoint to the endpoint.
You can also enter the radius by mouse. Click the mouse focus box on top of the
radius fields and then click with mouse left button to a point through which you
want the arc to go.
When you give two endpoints and the radius of an arc, there are still two
possibilities to draw the arc: one that is greater then 180 degrees and one that is
smaller (if you imagine a line between the endpoints, then the centre of the arc can
be on either side of that line). Checking the ‘Large arc’ box creates the over 180
degrees arc and leaving it unchecked creates the under 180 degrees arc. As with
line of holes you accept the values with OK button and reject them with CANCEL
button. The same hole spacing adjustment is made as in line of holes.
In this dialog box you enter the X and Z coordinates and U and V angles. The
angles are always given in degrees, even if the ‘Hole Units’ is set to ‘Meters’ in the
‘Options’ menu. This is because there is no ‘meters projection’ for angles without
depth.
After you accept the values with OK button, the laser point is drawn as a small
cross surrounded by circle on the drill plan.
7.7 Creating a Pilot Tunnel
Select ‘Pilot tunnel’ from the ‘Create’ menu (see picture in chapter ‘Creating a New
Drill Plan’). This pops up the same dialog box as when creating a profile (6
standard shapes and a custom shape), see picture in chapter ‘Creating a Profile’.
From this box you select the desired shape.
After this you enter the pilot tunnel parameters the same way as creating a profile.
Finally you get a dialog box asking for starting point coordinates of the pilot tunnel.
You accept the values by pressing OK.
NOTE! Pilot tunnel is not displayed (although it is created) if the selection ‘Pilot
Tunnel’ in the ‘View’ menu is not set.
8 MIRRORING FUNCTIONS
8.1 Making a mirrored copy, transferring sequences
You can make horizontally flipped copy of your plan by selecting ‘Mirror plan’ from
‘Edit’ menu. After this a dialog box is opened to prompt you about sequence
transfer:
Select here which boom’s sequence is moved to each boom. Then press ‘OK’.
Pressing ‘Cancel’ closes dialog and sequences are not transferred.
A new window is opened for the mirrored image plan. These two copies are
different drill plans, action to mirrored copy does not have any effects to original
plan and vice versa.
Sequences can also be transferred without copy mirroring by selecting ‘Transfer
Sequences’ from ‘Edit’ menu.
8.2 Mirroring selected holes
To mirror only selected holes in the drillplan you need to:
• Select the holes to be mirrored
• Define a line through which the holes should be mirrored
The mirroring function is called ‘Mirror Holes’ and is found in the Edit menu. Before
starting the mirror holes function you need to select the holes to be mirrored. This
can be done using the mouse or the functions is the Select menu. After selection
choose Mirror holes.
The function requires the user to define two points (x0,z0 and x1,z1) which define
the mirror line.
9.1 Selecting
You use different commands to select different types of objects. You can use
select commands from the select menu or most often use the mouse.
Normally objects are drawn in black. When an object is selected it’s colour
changes.
For a complete chart of mouse selection commands refer to Appendix.
Here you can enter the new coordinates from the keyboard and accept the values
by pressing OK. The selected object(s) is (are) moved to the new location.
The coordinates of the first selected object are shown in the dialog box. On
element and shape objects the coordinates are those of the first point that was
created for that object. For example for tunnel profile and pilot tunnel the starting
point coordinates are used.
When there are more than one object selected then the coordinates you enter here
are the new position of the first object. All other objects are moved the same
distance and direction.
A faster way to move selected object(s) with mouse is to press down the CTRL key
and drag object(s) to a new location. For copying ALT key is used instead of CTRL.
NOTE! There can be only one origin, laser point and rig position so copying these
is not possible, they can only be moved. Copy on those objects does nothing.
Do not move aidrows or other fixes objects.
9.3 Moving with bottom fixed
You can move hole’s starting point so that the bottom of the hole stays at its
original place. This changes the hole depth and U and V angles.
Select ‘Hole’ from the ‘Edit’ menu. A dialog box is displayed:
Select ´Bottom fixed´ option and then enter the values x and z in the fields or set
mouse focus and click with the mouse left hand button on the drill plan.
When you accept this operation by pressing the OK button the hole’s starting point
is moved to the new position and new values for look-out angles U, V and depth
are calculated.
If the new position would result in illegal U, V angles then an error message is
displayed and the operation is aborted.
If there are more than one hole selected then you have to first select ´Relative´ and
after that ´Bottom fixed’. All holes (actually their start points) are moved given
amount. If that would result in illegal angles for some holes then an error message
is displayed and those holes are not moved.
9.4 Deleting
Select Delete from the Edit menu. All selected objects are removed from the drill
plan.
NOTE! It is not possible to delete origin
9.5 Changing Hole Properties
First select the hole(s) you want to edit. Then select ‘Hole’ from the ‘Edit’ menu. A
dialog box appears:
Here you give the position X and Z, the look-out angles U and V and Depth. Values
of the first selected hole are displayed as default values. You enter the values of
angles in meters or degrees depending on your ‘Options’ settings. You enter the
values in the corresponding fields or set mouse focus and click the mouse left
button at the desired endpoint of the hole. You can also set hole as datalogging
hole in this dialog. Press OK to accept.
If more than one hole is selected position can be edited only if ‘Relative’ option is
selected. All selected holes will now have the same look-out angles and depths
and they are moved given amount. . If illegal angles or depth given for some holes
then an error message is displayed and holes are not moved.
Checking ‘Relative’ means that current value is increased or decreased by given
amount.
Hole type can be changed just by selecting new type to hole.
Here you have start and end coordinates of the line and start and end hole depths
and angles and the requested distance between holes. You can change any values
from the keyboard. You can change position or angle values by setting the
appropriate mouse focus and clicking with mouse left button.
Pressing OK causes the appropriate changes to take affect, CANCEL leaves the
original values intact. Holes are recreated and depth and angle values are
interpolated for holes between the endpoints.
The ‘Distance between holes’ field is actually the requested distance between
holes. When you change it the program calculates the distance between holes as
close as possible to the requested one that produces holes evenly distributed
along the line.
The difference with changing a line is that you have the ‘Radius of arc’ field and
‘Large arc’ checkbox. Change any values you like and press OK.
10 OTHER OPERATIONS
10.1 Displaying the Rig on the Drill Plan
If you wish to use other than the default rig data, see section ‘Selecting the Rig’ in
chapter ‘Program Configuration and Setup’. Then check that displaying rig profile
and boom coverage are enabled in the ‘View’ menu.
This will create a window for your new cut. Adjust the scale as desired (see chapter
‘Scaling and Zooming’).
Select ‘Create’ menu:
Creating one cut hole is similar to creating a separate hole and creating a line or
arc of cut holes is similar to creating easer line/arc. See chapter ‘Creating a New
Drill Plan’.
Select ‘Ream’ to create a ream hole. This is also similar to creating a separate
hole.
11.2 Saving Cuts
You save your cut into a file with ‘Save’ or ‘Save as’ commands from the ‘File’
menu. See chapter ‘Saving Your Work’. Note that file extension have to be ‘.cut’.
Enter the X-Z coordinates. The position you enter will be the position of the origin
of the cut.
Then a list of all existing cut files (files having the extension ‘.CUT’) in the current
working directory appears. Change the directory as needed. Select the cut file you
want to insert to your drill plan. Press OK to accept the insertion.
You can now modify the cut in the drill plan by using the same commands as when
modifying any other holes.
Before you start defining drill sequences the status bar text is ‘No boom’. When
you select a boom Status bar shows the number of the current boom. When you
are finished defining drill sequences you can again select ‘Edit hole mode’.
NOTE! The datajumbo requires a hole sequence for each boom. Otherwise, the
drilling control system will not operate.
12.1 Selecting a Boom
Before making a drill sequence you must first select a boom.
Press one of following buttons to select correct boom and change to ‘Edit
Sequence mode’:
You can see the selected boom in the status bar. Boom blind areas ( areas inside
the boom coverage area which cannot be reached by the booms ) and coverage
can be shown with the ‘View’ menu settings.
12.2 Adding Holes
Click with the mouse left button on the hole to add it into the current boom’s
sequence at last position or doubleclick it to open dialog box, where you enter the
desired position in sequence and you may also define rollover angle. You can open
the dialog also by using command on submenu of `Edit` - `Sequence`.
Select where you want to insert the hole ( at end, at beginning or at defined
position). You can also enter the value for rollover angle now if you want, but is
common that rollover angles are defined after all sequences are designed..
Repeat this process until you have added all holes you want to the sequence. Then
select another boom and repeat this.
If you have the menu item ‘Drill sequences’ marked in the ‘View’ menu a line is
shown between the holes that belong to a drill sequence. If you want that the
rollover angles are shown you have to select the menu item ‘Rollover angles’ in
the ‘View’ menu. See ‘Selecting What Is Displayed’ in chapter ‘Program
Configuration and Setup’.
12.3 Removing Holes
Click with the mouse left button on the hole that is already in sequence to open
‘Edit sequence’ dialog. Then press ‘Remove’. This operation only removes holes
from the drill sequence but they still exist in the drill plan.
If you want to remove all holes from the boom’s sequence select ‘Delete sequence’
from the ‘Edit menu’ menu:
Then a message “All holes will be removed from the sequence” is displayed .
Press ‘OK’ or ‘Cancel’ as needed.
12.4 Creating Dummy Holes (TDATA only)
Select ‘Dummy’ from the ‘Create’ menu (see picture in chapter ‘Creating Contour
Holes’). This operation proceeds the same way as when creating a separate hole,
see ‘Creating Separate Holes’ in chapter ‘Creating a New Drill Pattern’.
A faster way to create a dummy hole is clicking with the right hand mouse button
and set holetype to dummy.
Enter the name you want into the ‘File Name’ field and press OK.
You can also change the directory and drive by clicking on the ‘Directories’ and
‘Drives’ fields.
If you are editing a drill pattern that already has been saved earlier in this session
or you are editing an existing drill pattern and you don’t want to change it’s name
then you can simply select ‘Save’ from the ‘File’ menu. This saves your work using
the old filename.
If you have a serial cable connected between your PC and Data Jumbo (-1995)
then select ‘COM1’ or ‘COM2’. This will copy the drill plan directly to the Data
Jumbo. After sending data to rig a message is printed that tells if the transmission
was successful or not.
Otherwise you need to send the data to a floppy drive. Select ‘Disk’. Then pressing
‘OK’ opens dialog where you select the floppy drive from the ‘Drives’ field. Select
the correct directory and enter the desired filename. The extension must be ‘.TPL’
as in ”Transfer PLan”.
16 APPENDIXES
16.1 Mouse Action Summary
Table of mouse commands:
left click left left drag right right right
double click double drag
click click
Edit hole select dot open edit select area create create
mode hole hole easer
dialog line
Sequence add hole create create
mode to hole easer
sequence line
Rollover select open edit select area create create
mode hole/ rollover hole easer
define dialog line
rollover
with SHIFT add to add area create
previous to easer
selection previous arc
selection
with CTRL select move
element selected
with ALT select copy
shape selected
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3
2 FUNCTIONALITY.......................................................................................................... 4
3 PROMPTS................................................................................................................... 25
4 APPENDIX 1 ............................................................................................................... 38
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
Visual Tunneling Curve is a program designed to create and edit tunnel line data.
Using Visual Tunneling Curve you can insert, load, save, print or send data to a
Jumbo.
This document describes the use of the Visual Tunneling Curve software.
If you wish to know more about topics like ‘Installing’, ‘System Requirements’
please refer to Visual Tunneling Installation instructions .
2 FUNCTIONALITY
The operation of the software, its windows and their usage are presented in the
Functionality chapter.
2.1 General
In this part all functions of the software are presented separately. The goal is to
demonstrate the functions and how they are located in the software
Visual Tunneling Curve always displays the main window at start. In the main
window, functions are started through the menus, using the shortcut keys in the
button bar or by using the menu which is opened with the right mouse button.
Figure 1 shows a map of all windows of the software and the path to each window
Window chart
Curve
2.3 Functions
The main window opens always at startup. After execution, all subfunctions return
back to the main window.
The software is operated through the main window, which contains menus (1), a
shortcut bar (2) , the table of points (3), the 3D view (4), the side view (5), the top
view (6) and the window adjustment borders (7).
The Toolbar (2) contains the most common functions. All the functions on the
toolbar can also be found in the menus.
The Table of Points (3) comprise the coordinate point number, distance from
start, X,Y,Z coordinates and tunnel Camber.
The 3D view (4) shows the tunnel centre line and a wire model of the tunnel. The
coordinate Axes , a compass, tunnel lasers and distance points are also shown. If
the tunnel Camber is unequal to zero, the model will change colour.
The Side view (5) shows a horizontal side projection of the tunnel. The view point
can be changed to north, south, west and east. A part of the side projection may
be selected for closer observation. The selection is done by dragging a box
around the desired area with the mouse.
The Top View (6) shows the tunnel as seen from above. The viewpoint can be
changed to north or south. A section of the tunnel can be studied in more detail by
selecting it with the mouse.
The adjustable borders (7) of the different windows can be used to give more
room to some particular window. These adjustments also affect the printed
reports.
When the arrow is located on the Table of points, 3D view, side view or top
view, a popup menu which contains window specific functions, can be opened by
pressing the right mouse button. In the popup menu of the table of points there
are some copy and paste functions available.
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2.3.2 Printing
The printing window is opened through the shortcut button bar or through the File
- menu print selection. The user name can be entered through the print window.
The default user name is the same as the computer user name. Additional
information about the tunnel can be entered before printing.
The printed report can be configured; The user can select a cover page which
contains a cover picture and a table of contents. The tunnel properties selection
adds the information from the properties window to the report. The point table
selection adds the complete table of centerline points to the report.
The range of pictures included in the report can be configured. The pictures which
can be added are the 3D view, side view and the top view. The laser window and
tunnel profile windows can also be printed if they are opened when choosing
print.
Table borders and page breaks can be selected for printing using the designated
checkboxes.
The report is printed in HTML format with the attached pictures into the software’s
TEMP directory.
The printed report can be previewed using the Internet Explorer browser. The
report can also be printed from the browser.
2.3.3 Properties
The Properties window can be opened from the File menu Properties selection.
The properties window contains information on the tunnel such as name,
designer, starting point and step. There is a separate page for additional notes.
All changes are saved when pressing OK.
The Tunnel Drivethrough is activated from the Tools menu Drive3D selection or
from the shortcut bar. Drive 3D shows the tunnel walls textured with a bitmap as
defined in the Profile window. In addition, lasers and distance markers are shown.
If the tunnel camber deviates from zero the tunnel view will change colour and the
camber value is shown. A compass which shows the direction in real time is
shown in the tunnel.
The tunnel can be driven forward and backwards. The textures and distance
markers can be turned on and off. There is a slider for adjusting the position and
driving speed. The driving can be interrupted and frames can be scrolled forward
and backwards. The driving can be set to start from a specific point or from the
beginning. The drive through is terminated by closing the window from the upper
right-hand side corner.
2.3.6 Interpolation
The interpolation window is opened from the Tools menu or by starting data
transfer to Jumbo (File - menu, ToJumbo selection).
A desired tunnel section can be selected from the tunnel view in the same way as
from the main window top and side views. The selected segment is copied to the
table of points in which it can be edited. Points can be added and removed from
the beginning and end.
When the table has been selected, it can be interpolated by pressing the
Interpolate button. The function finds the starting point and recalculates the table
to the selected step distance.
The new table cab be transferred to the jumbo by pressing the ToJumbo button.
The table can also be saved as a new tunnel file or printed. The interpolation can
be discarded with the Reload button, which retrieves the original table.
Interpolation, saving and printing do not affect the original tunnel information.
Interpolation always saves the data into a new tunnel file.
Figure 8 Interpolation
2.3.7 Lasers
The Lasers window is opened using the Lasers selection in the Edit - menu. The
window is used for maintaining the tunnel laser starting and end coordinates,
calculated inclination percent. Lasers can also be marked as selected or
measured.
The window shows the default tunnel profile. The profile can be changed but the
changes will not be stored. The profiles can be edited in the Profiles window.
The location of the tunnel profile and the lasers can be set to the centre or bottom
of the window. The size of the displayed profile can be changed using the zoom
buttons.
The changes are stored by exiting the laser window using the OK button. If the
window is closed from the cross in the upper right-hand side corner the changes
are confirmed before saving.
Only the laser information in the table is saved. The information used in the
visualization is not saved.
The Profile and Pivot point window is opened through the Edit menu Profiles
selection.
The Profile and Pivot point window is used for editing the tunnel profile used in
the visualisations. The Pivot point around which the profile can be rotated
(Camber) is also defined in this window. Clockwise rotation is defined as the
positive direction and counterclockwise as negative.
The pivot point coordinates are entered into the available text boxes in the upper
right corner. The pivot point is shown as a red box in the profile.
The tunnel profile is defined as a range of line or arc segments in the profile plane
(Horizontal X and Vertical Z) . The line segments are defined by two points (start
and end) and the arcs by two points and a radius. All segments, both line and arc,
can be defined as textured. There are some sample bitmap textures available in
the Pictures subdirectory. The tunnel textures are used in the tunnel 3D
drivethrough.
The window shows the profile defined in the tunnel properties by default. The
profile can also be selected and the elements of the selected profile are loaded
into the table of profile elements. The tunnel profile information is saved when the
OK button is pressed. If the information has changed, the saving will be confirmed
when the window is closed using the Close button. The profile information can
also be saved into a separate profile file (Profiles directory) for later use.
The tunnel profile and the pivot point can be placed in the centre of the window or
in the bottom of the window. The displayed size can be changed using the Zoom
buttons
The text import wizard is activated through the File - menu Import selection. The
wizard reads text files into the points table. The data is appended to the table.
The wizard works stepwise; start, file selection, selection of columns and read
data. The Next and Back selections are used in the navigation between steps.
The operation can be interrupted at any stage using the Cancel button. After the
selection of columns, the import can be started using the Finish button or the
selection can be saved for future use (Save filter) .
The import can be started at the Select column stage using the Finish button. The
Finish button will close the window after the import has been completed.
In the beginning the import can be interrupted by clicking Cancel. The import is
continued by selecting Next.
The filename can also be input into the textbox. The import can be interrupted by
choosing Cancel. The navigation between the stages is done using the Back and
Next buttons.
In the column selection stage it is posible to select one or more field separator
characters. Using the ”Use more than one separator” selection. The user can
select his own separator by entering it into the textbox on the right hand side of
the Other - selection.
With the selection ”First row contains fieldnames” the program reads the field
names from the first row of the textfile. Valid fieldnames are D,X,Y,Z and G.
The field name for a column is selected by activating the column and by choosing
the fieldname from the above list box. By choosing <none> the specific column is
ignored in the import. The selected layout can be stored for future use using the
Save filter button. A previous layout can be reloaded using the ”Select a saved
import filter” field.
The import can be started immediately with the Finish button or after the next
stage. The window is closed automatically after the import is complete.
The Export Wizard is started from the File - menu Export selection. The wizard
requires a name for the file into which the data is to be exported. After this the
Export window is opened.
The Export wizard copies the tunnel data into a text file. The data to be exported
and the separator character can be selected. The header information can also be
defined.
The wizard operation proceeds according to the following stages: start, export
data, data presentation, and target file. The navigation between the stages is
accomplished with the Back and Next buttons.
The wizard can be interrupted at any stage with the Cancel button. After selecting
the data to be exported and the visual representation, the export can be started
with the Finish button. The finish button will close the window after the export is
completed. The data can also be copied to the clipboard with the Copy button.
The separator character and the general format are defined in the data and
format stage. The field names can also be added to the exported data. The data
groups are selected using the checkboxes. The window also shows a sample of
the current format of the data. The format is automatically updated when changes
are made to the selections
The target file is selected in the File select stage. The file name can either be
typed into the textbox or selected using the button on the right hand side of the
box
The wizard can be exited using the Cancel button. To proceed to the next stage
press Next.
2.3.11 Options
The parameter groups are 3D colour, which define the properties of the 3D views,
Colours, which define the colours of the user interface and Coordinates, which
define the names of the coordinate Axes names in the user interface and in the
texts.
Functions
- A colour is changed by clicking the colour box with the mouse and by
selecting a desired colour from the colour selection window.
- A Text is changed by typing a new text into the textbox.
- The OK button saves the changes and closes the window.
- The Cancel –button will close the window without saving the changes
Profile colours
Grid = Colour of the meter grid
Pivot point = Colour of the pivot point
Origin = Colour of the origin.
Profile line = Colour of the Tunnel profile line
Table colours
3 PROMPTS
This section lists the prompts of the software. The prompt itself, its context, cause
and ID number are presented. The ID is used for reference to the language files.
The prompts are defined in the [TEXTS] part of the language file. The prompts
are indexed using the ID number.
Situation of appearance:
The initialization file cannot be found (Curve.ini in the installation directory is
missing or corrupted).
The program cannot be started.
Actions:
OK: The program startup is abandoned
Prompts (9989,9990,9991,9992,9993,9994):
Situation of appearance:
The program’s software version number differs from either the language file’s or
initialization file’s version.
Actions:
Yes: The version numbers of the initialization file and the language file are
updated to correspond with the program version. NOTE! There may occur
disturbances in the operation of the program if the program has been significantly
modified.
No: The program is started.
Cancel: The program is not started.
Situation of appearance:
An unexpected error has occurred. Diagnostics information has been saved into a
logfile. The operation of the program has become unstable. The program might
perform in an unexpected manner and might terminate.
Actions:
OK: Acknowledgement of the error.
Situation of appearance:
Component call failed when reading data with the import filter. The installation of
the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
Component registration failed when reading data with the import filter. The
installation of the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Prompt 10003: Could not initialize OLE in order to register file '<file>'
Situation of appearance:
The import filter component initialization in the windows environment failed. The
installation of the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
File load error when reading a file with the import filter. The installation of the filter
must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
There is no registration subroutine available when reading data with the import
filter. The installation of the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
The registration call returned an error when reading data with the import filter. The
installation of the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
Component program file not found when reading data with the import filter. The
installation of the filter must be checked.
Actions:
OK: The function will be terminated.
Situation of appearance:
A file which is on the list of recently used files in the File menu cannot be found.
The file has been deleted or renamed.
Actions:
OK: The selected file could not be opened.
Situation of appearance:
After changing the language of the program Curve should be restarted. After
restart the new settings will take effect.
Actions:
Yes: The program is automatically restarted. Possible changes will be stored or
abandoned after confirmation. The restart can be cancelled from the confirmation
prompt.
No: The program will not be restarted automatically. The changes will take effect
after the next startup.
Situation of appearance:
The user is attempting to paste a table of different size (rows, columns) than the
target area.
Actions:
Yes: The target area is filled with data from the clipboard.
No: The operation is cancelled.
Prompt 11004: The data you are going to paste has many rows/columns. Do
You still want to paste it to a single cell.
Situation of appearance:
The user is attempting to paste data containing several rows/columns into one
cell in the table. The target cells should be selected to enable paste into several
cells.
Actions:
Yes: Data containing multiple rows/cells is pasted into one cell
No: Paste is cancelled.
Prompt 11007: No measured lasers has been selected for this transfer. Do
you want to select a laser.
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. There is no laser
selected for transfer.
Actions:
Yes: The Lasers window will be opened and a laser can be selected. After closing
the Lasers window, the transfer will be continued.
No: There is no laser selected. The laser information fields will be left empty.
At most only one laser may be active and selected when transferring data to a
drill rig. Selected laser must also be measured. Do You want to check laser
settings.
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. There are several
lasers selected for transfer.
Actions:
Yes: The Lasers window will be opened and the extra lasers can be deselected.
After closing the Lasers window, the transfer will be continued. The laser settings
will be re-checked before the transfer is continued.
No: The transfer will be cancelled. The transferred curvetable can contain only
one laser.
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. The points in the
table are not evenly distributed. The drilling rig requires a evenly distributed curve
table.
Actions:
Yes: The interpolation window is opened and the interpolated data can be
transferred to the jumbo. No: Data transfer is interrupted. Points must be evenly
distributed before transfer.
Prompt 11010: Point table is not evenly distributed. Interpolate the points
first.
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the Interpolation window ToJumbo
function. The points in the table are not evenly distributed. The drilling rig requires
a evenly distributed curve table.
Actions:
OK: Data will not be transferred if the points are unevenly distributed.
Prompt 11011: You have selected to copy all points to Jumbo. Do you want
to select the points first (with interpolation window)
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. The range of
points can be selected using the interpolation window.
Actions:
Yes: The interpolation window is opened and the range of points can be selected.
The transfer can be continued using the interpolation window ToJumbo function.
No: The range of points will not be limited. The entire table will be transferred.
Prompt 11012: The filename <name> is too long or has special characters!
You can only send to Jumbo files with a so called short filename (DOS 8.3
names).
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. The given
filename is too long or contains special non-US ASCII characters. The file which
will be taken to the rig must be of format 8 characters and the .TCU extension. It
must only contain only US ASCII characters.
Actions:
OK: The file selection window will be reopened and the filename can be changed.
The file selection window Cancel button abandons the file transfer.
Situation of appearance:
Data is being transferred to the rig using the ToJumbo function. The file has been
saved into the given file.
Actions:
OK: The transfer was completed.
Prompt 11014: Current tunnel data is changed and these changes are not
saved. Do you want to save the changed data?
Situation of appearance:
The program execution is being terminated or the tunnel file is being changed.
Actions:
Yes: The modified data will be saved.
No: The modified data will be abandoned.
Cancel: The exit procedure will be cancelled.
Prompt 11016: Remember to include few (at least 3) tunnel points before
and after the designed tunnel to enable drill rig navigation
Situation of appearance:
The prompt will be displayed when starting a new tunnel line file.
Actions:
OK: The prompt is acknowledged.
Prompt 11019: This is a 16-bit WCURVE file. If you save data later with this
same name, the data format will be changed to current XML-format.
Situation of appearance:
The file to be opened has been created with an earlier version of Curve. The
format is not supported in this version but the file can be converted to the current
format.
Actions:
OK: The tunneldata is read and converted to the current format.
Cancel: Old tunnel data will not be read. The operation will be cancelled.
Situation of appearance:
The file which was created with an earlier version of Curve could not be read and
converted to the current format. The data format is invalid.
Actions:
OK: The operation is cancelled.
Prompt 11024: Rows or columns has been selected from table, remove the
selection by clicking a cell where You want to add these rows.
Situation of appearance:
Rows are being pasted to the main window points’ table using the Add rows -
function. However, there are some selected rows in the table. The selection must
be removed and a cell must be selected above which the new rows will be added.
Actions:
OK: The function is cancelled
Prompt 11025: Tunnel has less than required minimum of %d points to take
a drive.
Situation of appearance:
The tunnel drivethrough is being started in a situation in which there are too few
points defined in the table. The drivethrough would not be meaningful.
Actions:
OK: The function is interrupted.
Situation of appearance:
Tunnel data are being saved or transferred in a situation in which there are empty
invalid cells in the table. One or many cells may contain nonnumeric data. Data
cannot be transferred or saved if the table is not valid.
Actions:
OK: The operation will be cancelled.
Prompt 11033: Tunnel data fields ( %s ) have characters which are not
allowed to send to Jumbo. Action is Cancelled.
Situation of appearance:
Tunnel data is being sent to the rig. The tunneldata information fields contain
characters which cannot be sent to the jumbo.
Actions:
OK: The function is interrupted.
Situation of appearance:
Data which contains disallowed characters are being pasted to the table of points.
Only numerical data can be pasted to the table.
Actions:
OK: The function is interrupted
Situation of appearance:
The distance marker checkbox has been changed from the drive through control
panel. The tunnel model must be recreated.
Actions:
OK: Recreation starts.
Situation of appearance:
The textures checkbox has been changed from the drive through control panel.
The tunnel model must be recreated.
Actions:
OK: Recreation starts.
Situation of appearance:
The Export wizard will be closed. The closing is confirmed.
Actions:
Yes: The function is interrupted and the window is closed.
No: The window will not be closed.
Situation of appearance:
The operator selectable separator character option has been chosen. The
character must be entered into the textbox.
Actions:
OK: The separator character can be entered into the textbox
Situation of appearance:
The closing of the text import wizard is being confirmed.
Actions:
Yes: The function is interrupted and the window will be closed
No: The window will not be closed. The wizard execution continues.
Prompt 15010: Import file has nonnumeric data (starting with: %s), action is
cancelled.
Situation of appearance:
The data read by the Text Import Wizard contains nonnumeric data. Only numeric
data can be imported.
Actions:
OK: The wizard is interrupted.
Prompt 16006: Start point is less than first point in table. Do You want to
start from <distance>
Situation of appearance:
The given starting point of the interpolation is less than the first point of the tunnel.
Actions:
Yes: The interpolation starts from the first point of the table
No: The function is interrupted.
Situation of appearance:
A profile file is being read to the Lasers window. The given file does not exist.
Actions:
OK: The function is interrupted.
Prompt 17010: Laser data has been changed. Do You want to save the
changes before closing the Laser Window
Situation of appearance:
The Lasers window is being closed but the data has not been saved..
Actions:
Yes: The laser data will be saved
No: The laser data will not be saved
Cancel: The closing of the window is cancelled.
Prompt 19006: Profile data has been changed. Do You want to save the
changes before closing the Profiles Windows
Situation of appearance:
The profiles window is being closed but the changes have not been saved.
Actions:
Yes: The profile data will be saved
No: The profile data will not be saved
Cancel: The closing of the window is cancelled.
Situation of appearance:
A profile file is being read to the Profiles window. The given file does not exist.
Actions:
OK: The function is interrupted.
4 APPENDIX 1
This is a sample project which describes how the Visual Tunneling Curve
software can be used. Figure 21 shows a plan of a tunnel centerline. The tunnel is
planned in the x, y plane with the z coordinate constant. The coordinates for the
given depth points have been taken from the graph of the tunnel.
The corresponding table of points can be extracted from Figure 21 by taking the
coordinates for each depth point. In this case the vertical axis is labelled as X and
the horizontal as Y. The tunnel consists of three elements; a straight line, an arc
and a straight line. The tunnel centerline is 170 meters long and the entrance to
the tunnel is at depth point 50 m. The coordinate points have been taken at 10
meter intervals.
The Sandvik TCAD and TDATA systems require that there are minimum of 3
points in the curve table before and after each drilling location. The curve table
must be designed as increasing distance points (D).
The laserlines are defined as two points in space. The coordinates of the points,
which define the three laserlines in this project can be derived from Figure 21.
Figure 23 shows the Lasers window in which the laser information is entered.
When the laser information has been entered a section of the tunnel can be
selected and transferred to the jumbo. VT curve checks whether or not the
coordinate points are evenly distributed before the table is transferred. The table
will first be interpolated and then sent to the rig. Figure 24 shows the interpolation
window in which the first section of the tunnel has been selected.
This interpolated section can sent to the jumbo. The interpolation wizard
recalculates the points to even distances. The algorithm does not consider the
distance (D) markings but only the x, y, and z coordinates of the points. If the
distance markings and the coordinate points do not correspond to each other, the
result of the interpolation may be surprising.
NOTE! The location of the drillplan origin must follow the tunnelline defined by the
point table.
Visual Tunneling
Version 1.0
Installation instructions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Users..........................................................................................................................3
2 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Requirements............................................................................................................ 4
2.2 Installation................................................................................................................. 4
2.2.1 Start of the installation.........................................................................................................5
2.2.2 Welcome ..............................................................................................................................6
2.2.3 License agreement ...............................................................................................................7
2.2.4 Destination folder ................................................................................................................8
2.2.5 Setup type ............................................................................................................................9
2.2.6 Ready to install ..................................................................................................................10
2.2.7 Installing Visual Tunneling ...............................................................................................11
2.2.8 Installation complete..........................................................................................................12
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Users
This manual is intended to be used by personnel using the Visual Tunneling
software. The manual is also intended for Sandvik service and training staff.
The users are assumed to have a basic understanding of the TDATA or TCAD
systems. The user must also be familiar with the basics of the MS Windows
environments, user interfaces and vocabulary.
This document describes how Visual Tunneling can be installed and how to get
started. The Visual Tunneling CD contains additional information on Sandvik
equipment related topics.
The software collects an internal error log, which is saved in the program
directory. In case of a software malfunction, please contact Sandvik Service. You
should be able to describe exactly what happened and in what situation the error
occurred. You should be prepared to answer questions regarding:
• The hardware configuration (processor speed, memory, display adapter,
computer type)
• Operating system, major software packages installed on the computer.
2 INSTALLATION
2.1 Requirements
The software and its files can be backed up when the program is not running. It is
recommended that a backup copy is made of the whole program directory and all
its subdirectories.
The program can be executed in Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows
NT4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP environments.
2.2 Installation
There are no user level limitations in the Windows 98 and ME operating systems.
In the beginning of the installation the title picture is shown. The following options
are available:
2.2.2 Welcome
From the Welcome window you may choose:
Picture 2 Welcome
The destination folder for the installation can be modified by clicking the Change
button in the Destination folder window. Available options are:
Systems with Reporting options – Install the complete Visual Tunneling package
including Visual Tunneling Report. This selection assumes that the Rig’s
TCAD/TDATA system is equipped with the DLOG option.
Systems without Reporting options – Installs Visual Tunneling Design and Curve
but leaves Report uninstalled
The Visual tunneling installation utility will create a shortcut on your Desktop. The
program can also be started through Start->Programs->Visual Tunneling -
>Visual.
The Visual Tunneling menu can be closed by clicking the cross in the upper right-
hand side corner.