MineSight Torque

New Tools and Enhancements

for better data management
• MSTorque Introduction and Background
• Summary of Enhancements:
o MSTorque 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 (released in the past year)
o MSTorque 2.5 (soon to be released)
• MSTorque Drillhole Compositing
• MSTorque General Importer
• Increased Support throughout MineSight
• Other Enhancements
• Future Plans
A database management system for drillholes,
blastholes and other sample data

• Drillholes • Project Setup • MS3D

• Blastholes • Import • MSBasis
• Samples • Tools & Reports • MSDA

Database Bridge to
Database Tools MineSight
MSTorque 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5

SUMMARY OF ENHANCEMENTS
 Core Coordinate GUI Serialization Integrated
MSTorque 1.0

MSTorque 1.1

MSTorque 1.5

MSTorque 2.0
Functionality System & Units Calculated Compositing
Management Attributes
Project Folders History Tool
Deployment by
Script
Coverage Overlay
Enhancements
Import File
Splitter
Workflow & Interpolation
Performance Programs now
Enhancements read MSTorque

May 2010 Aug 2010 Jan 2011 Summer 2011

 General Importer: General Importer ARC Reports

MSTorque 2.5
MSTorque 2.2
MSTorque 2.1

Enhancements: Seam Compositing

. ODBC
. C-S-A Text Files Coverage Overlay
64-bit Support
. Composites Enhancements
Improved Database
Merge Engine

Added support
MSDA now reads for more MS3D
MSTorque data & MSBasis Tools

Nov 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012

MSTorque 2.0

DRILLHOLE COMPOSITING
General / Organization
• Advanced User Interface
• Integrated with MSTorque Manager
• Composites Manager tracks run details

MSTorque Database
• Reads samples from MSTorque
• Saves composites in MSTorque

Configuration / Modes
• MSTorque Manager (Windows)
• Standalone Windows
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
Integration with Other Products
• MSTorque Manager
• MS3D, including coding
• Interpolation and other MSBasis Programs
• MSDA

Features and Technical Details

• Bench; Seam; Fixed Length; Sample; Hole
• Honor geology
• Weighted average or dominant type
MSTorque 2.1 / 2.2

GENERAL IMPORTER
 • Geared to MSBasis Survey • Import from SQL Server,
MS Import Wizard

General Importer
and Assay files (11,12) ODBC, & Text Files; more
• Import Collar, Survey, to come…
Assay data together • Import C,S,A individually
• Includes Text Import • Import Composites
• Wizard & Command Line • Run in MSTorque Mgr,
Formats then review and Save
• Import size limited to • Cmd Line & Standalone
memory; use splitter • Unlimited import size in
• Existing drillholes Cmd Line & Standalone
overwritten entirely • Uses new Database
Merge Engine (DBME)
 Within MSTorque Manager

Import data to Browse &Validate in Save (merge) to

MSTorque Manager MSTorque Manager MSTorque Database

Standalone or Command Line

Connect to Foreign Import directly to

Data Source MSTorque Database
MSTorque 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5

INCREASED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT

MINESIGHT (MS3D, MSBASIS, MSDA)
• MSTorque support almost complete
o Most MineSight client programs have been upgraded
o Remainder in next release, or shortly thereafter
• Initially no outward change to client programs
• In future, client programs will support richer MSTorque
data types such as longer names, enumerations, dates
MSTorque

• Interpolation
Programs
available now
• Others
available
Summer 2012

MS-BASIS
 DATA TYPES
MST 1.0, MST 1.5 MST 2.0, MST 2.5
1.1 2.1, 2.2
Samples CSA’s Comp.’s
MS3D 5.5, MST 1.0
6.0, 6.1 “Bundle” MST 1.0 MST 1.0 MST 1.0
DH Views
FEATURES

MS3D 6.5,
MST 2.0
6.6, 7.0 MST 2.0
“Bundle”
Coding
MS3D 7.5 MST 2.5
DH Editing “Bundle”
 Back
Coding
(m617) Point
Others, e.g.
pdhgrd, Validation
grdslp (m524)

Declustering
User Calc’s
and other
(208, 508)
statistical
MSTorque

Cmp User
Subs, e.g. Uniform
cmpint, Conditioning
pcmpvc
Assay User
Subs, e.g. Conditional
pdhmin, Simulation
pdhtag
MSTorque 2.5

OTHER ENHANCEMENTS:
ARC REPORTS, SEAM COMPOSITING
AND MORE !
• Coverage Overlay enhancements
• Set Sample Attribute Value
• Delete Coverage (from Project Settings)
• 64 Bit Support
• Various GUI enhancements
2012 and Beyond

FUTURE PLANS
Multi-Run Support

Auto-compositing (“rule based”)

AcQuire Importer

Security and Auditing

QA/QC
• Workshops (Tech Support)
o Several throughout seminar
• 1-on-1 rooms (Tech Support)
o Open throughout seminar
• MSTorque Client Technical Meeting (Jim Foote)
o Thursday @ 4pm
• Any time: Jim Foote; Reza Pakdel; Peter Borovina