Release Notes

Vulcan 10.1.3
Workbench 1.1.756
Shared Plugins 1.0.48

October 2017

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Contents
Workbench 1

Envisage 1
Analyse menu 1
Block menu 1
Design menu 1
File menu 2
Gantt menu 2
Geology menu 2
Grade Control menu 3
Grid Calc menu 3
Model menu 3
Open Pit menu 3
Workbench menu 4
Workbench
• The Maptek Eureka™ installer will no longer be included with the Vulcan installer.
• Corrected an issue which caused Workbench to fail on startup if the My Documents folder was unavailable.
• Manage Maptek Account menu has been added to the Maptek Account user pop-up menu and appears only
when user signs in.
About
• Restored support for project-relative remote folder links in the Explorer.
Start Page
• The installed version of Maptek Evolution will now be displayed on the start page.

Envisage
• Fixed an issue in which unsaved layers discarded during Envisage shutdown remained in the layer list in the Explorer.

Analyse menu
Data Analyser
• Added a new option to display grid lines in a graph.
• Added new cursors for VDA.
• It is now possible to display all three models of an orthogonal variogram in one chart, each with custom colours
and markers.

Block menu
Grade Control Optimiser
• Split Grade Control Optimiser into two options, one for block optimisation and one for polygon generation.
• Added block selection to the Block Optimisation panel.
Manipulation > Assign Values
• Resolved an issue in which assigning values in certain datasets resulted in an error.
Pit Optimiser > Edit
• Corrected an issue with temp file creation.
• Added debugging information in analysis.
• Added the Scenario ID text into the Excel filename.
• Added the Scenario ID in the subtitle for reports and charts.
• The scenario ID tag has been added to the Excel report file.
Sequencing Accumulation and Reporting
• Added an option providing customised names for triangulations output while in triangulation mode.
• Resolved an issue in which Sequential Indicator Simulation was producing invalid distributions.
Viewing > Load Dynamic Model
• Resolved an issue which caused Vulcan to fail when using block text with a block text scheme containing variables
different from the model.

Design menu
Create > Create Text
• Corrected an issue in which clicking the Cancel button resulted in the remaining panels appearing.
Polygon Edit
• Resolved an issue in which Vulcan would fail if a location outside the loaded polygon was selected with the
command to Edit Face Attribute.
Polygon Edit > Boolean
• Enabled the selection of multiple objects and nested polygons for straight skeleton structures.
Transformation > Translate
• Corrected an issue in which the collar symbol did not snap to the collar location as expected, but at random points
on the symbol.
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File menu
• Added binary STL file import/export for Vulcan triangulations as executable files for use with 3D printing software.
Export
• Resolved an issue in which exporting triangulations to Datamine failed if the working directory contained spaces in the
path name.
Import > ASCII
• Resolved an issue in which attributes and metadata were not being imported correctly.
• Resolved an issue in which drillhole synonyms were not being saved properly in a database.
• Resolved an issue in which NULL fields in the database were not importing correctly.
Line Styles > Load
• Resolved an issue in which edited line styles could not be saved.
Plot > Plot All Wizard
• Corrected an issue in which elements were being relocated by the margin distance when using drafting sheet elements
such as image or scale.
• Resolved an issue in which images would fail to plot.
Save Screen
• Resolved an issue in which loading a saved screen resulted in an error message stating the specification file could not
be opened.

Gantt menu
Gantt Chart Scheduler
• The current frame date and time will now be displayed in Envisage.
• Added ability to choose whether exceptions are used from the project calendar as well as the resource calendar of an
activity.
• Added the ability to colour bars by resource.
• Added a view mode which does not allow content to be edited.
• A planned start date concept was added to help account for work being done while the plan is being created.
• Corrected an issue in which VGS would stop when a valid change was made to an Envisage DGD path in the activity
grid, but without a change to the layer and/or object.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Maptek > Open
• Resolved an issue in which VGS would stop if loading a calendar with a large number of exception days.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Optimisation
• A new version of Schedule Optimization Tool (SOT) has been merged into Vulcan.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Precedences > Setup
• Resolved an issue in which the option Sync Report was not being saved in the VGANTT project file.
• Resolved an issue in which the Summary Report did not calculate when all activities were removed and new activities
added.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Setup > Calendars
• Changes to the Calendar Exception panel were made allowing a custom colour to be selected, only showing
calendars that have been selected.
Gantt Chart Scheduler > Setup > Report Setup
• Resolved an issue in which the Summary Report was out of alignment with the gantt chart.

Geology menu
3D Geological Sculpting
• A new feature provides on-the-fly validation as a means of warning that further modification will cause the resulting
triangulation to fail.
Drilling Utilities > Drillhole Planning
• Prevented the ability to close while the CSV save prompt is still active.
• Resolved an issue in which drillholes were unable to be exported if Hole Length was not populated.

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 • Resolved an issue in which Workbench failed when selecting a disconnected acQuire database and attempting to
save a drillhole.
• Corrected an issue in which attempting to move the window or zoom caused Envisage to fail.
• A specification file is no longer required when exporting to CSV.
• Resolved an issue in which holes close to horizontal could not be created.
• Resolved an issue in which duplicate drillholes were being created even though confirmation to overwrite the existing
drillholes had been done.
• Resolved an issue in which drillholes were not being drawn if using Select by Collar and End Coordinate.
Sampling > Database Drift Analyser
• To improve clarity, the output spreadsheet field Mean has been relabelled Weighted Average, and the field Average has
been relabelled Non-Weighted Average.

Grade Control menu

Blast Report
• Resolved an issue in which the average blast grade was not calculating when existing data was selected.
Define Blast Solid > Solid Triangulation
• Resolved an issue in which the order of the triangles during topology calculations was not preserved, causing an error.
Grade Control Polygon
• Resolved an issue in which the name legend was not being honoured if using a name variable.
Setup > Calculation Rules
• Corrected an issue in which using _date, _blast_name or hole_length in assignment rules would give a
validation error.

Grid Calc menu

Integrated Stratigraphic Modelling > Interpolate Drillhole Data (FixDHD)
• Corrected an issue in which an error occurred when running FixDHD a second time using a database generated by
previous FixDHD run.

Model menu
Triangle Attributes > Edit Attributes
• Corrected an issue in which an additional message would be displayed after the last triangulation was selected from
the screen.
Triangle Solid > Repair by Voxelation
• New option to produce a triangulation that has a blocky appearance as if triangulation is wrapping a block model.
Triangle Solid > Split
• New options allow triangulations to be saved below the target volume and specify whether or not to append the results
in one single triangulation.
Triangle Utility > Multi-Boolean
• The ability to dictate how far in the Z direction to extend to a cutting triangulation has been added.

Open Pit menu

Drill and Blast
• Added options to forcibly maintain collar or toe positions when changing dip or bearing irrespective of the design
specifications.
• New display characteristics allow changing collar symbols, colour, line type, and primitives used on holes based on any
combination of blast hole attributes.
Open Pit Solids > Split Pit
• A message will now be displayed when there are no triangulations loaded and the specifications require the user to
select triangulations.
• It is now possible to select either triangulations or wall lines, or both, to define the faces.
• A new feature will save the data entered into the workflow panel after editing to a specification file.

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 Open Pit Solids > Split Pit Setup
• Resolved an issue in which nothing would happen after using the screen pick option for high wall surfaces.
• A new feature will save the data entered into the workflow panel after editing to a specification file.
Ramps > Design Pit/Dump
• Resolved an issue in which roads inserted after a switchback were not correct.
• Resolved an issue in which strip offsets were being ignored when building ramps.

Workbench menu
Customise
• Fixed hotkey display for hotkeys that contain numerical keys and other symbol keys such as forward slash.
Native tcsh > TRISIMPLIFY.EXE
• Corrected an issue in which crossing triangles were being created under certain conditions.
Preferences
• Restored support for dynamic mapping relative to the current working directory.
• A pattern selector has been added to the Property Editor window.