Whittle

ReleaseNotes
LastModified: Tuesday,October18,2016

Whittle4.7.0.1
IssuesFixed
DataExport

DXFpitshellsexportfailedforlargeblockmodels
TheExportDXFfilesfromthePitshellsfunctionhasbeenfixedandnowsuccessfullyexportspit
shellsinspecificcaseswhereitpreviouslyfailed.
PitShellGeneration

Addedundefinedwastetoblockgradecalculationinuserexpressions
WhenWhittleretrievestheelementgradeofablockaspartofauser-definedexpression,itnow
includesundefinedwasteaspartoftheblockinthegradecalculation.Asaresult,ifablockina
blockmodeldoesnotexplicitlydefinewasteinablock,andauserexpressiontriestousethegrade
ofanelementinthisblock,the'undefined'wasteisnowincludedintheblock'sgradecalculation.
ProcessingtabonPitshellsnodecouldnotbeusedwithdifferentrecoveriesperrock
type
Previously,whenyoueditedanyfieldintheProcessingDetailstablocatedinthePitshellsnode,
allnewchangeswerepropagatedtootherdefinedprocessingmethods.Thisbehaviourhasbeen
modifiedandchangesarenowappliedtoonlytheprocessingmethodthatisedited.
DataImport

TheImportSurfacefunctiondidnotworkwhenamulti-minemodelhadamine0
YoucannowusetheImportSurfacesnodeforblockmodelswheretheminenumberstartsfrom0.

SimultaneousOptimisation

Tonnageofwastedidnotincluderejectedwaste
WhenyourunaSIMOSchedulereport,theoutputsforTonnageofwasterock,Tonnageof
pushback<n>aswasterock,andTonnageofwastefrom<mine>nowincluderejectedwaste.
ImportedpitshellsdidnotworkwithsomeSIMOprojects
Previously,therewasanissuethatpreventedtheSimultaneousOptimisationnodefromworking
withcertainimportedpitshellprojects.Thisissuehasbeenresolved.
SIMOsummaryshowedpit101
WhenyouruntheSIMOandSIMOSchedulereportwithmultiplemines,orwiththeUselargestpit
scheduleoptioninasinglemineproject,thereportsummaryscreensnolongerincludeaSummary
forpit101.Forasinglemineproject,thesesummariesnowdisplaythecorrectmaximumpit.Fora
multimineproject,nopitnumberisdisplayedaseachminemayhaveadifferentmaximumpit.

Spreadsheetcode:Gradeof<element>minedinputto<method>
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheGradeof<element>minedinputto
<method>.
Spreadsheetcode:Gradeof<element>Inputtoprocessingfromminingandstockpile
combined
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheGradeofelementinputtoprocessing
fromminingandstockpilecombined.

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Spreadsheetcode:Tonnageof<mine>inputtoprocessing
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheTonnageof<mine>inputto
processing.
Spreadsheetcode:Tonnagerejected
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheTonnagerejected,Tonnagerejected
bypushback,andTonnagerejectedbymine.
Spreadsheetcode:Openpitvalue
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheOpenpitvalueandDiscountedopen
pitvalue.
Spreadsheetcode:Discountedopenpitvalue
YoucannowusetheSIMOSchedulereporttoreporttheDiscountedopenpitvalue.

Deployment
SinglemineSIMOfailedtorunwhenreadingbinaryfilesgeneratedfromthePitShells
node
YoucannowuseSIMOwithbinaryfilesgeneratedbythePitShellsnode.Binaryfilegeneratedby
previousversionsofWhittledonotwork;youmustregeneratethosefilestousethemwithSIMO.
Miscellaneous

SIMOreportingspreadsheetdidnotworkwith64-bitMicrosoftOfficesoftware
TheSIMOreportingspreadsheetnowsupportsMicrosoftOffice64-bit.

MSQFileexport
WhenWhittleexportsindividualMSQfilesforeachmineinamultimineproject,itnowgenerates
oneparameter(PAR)fileforeachmineexported.ThePARfileisasingleminetypePARfilewith
theorigincorrectlysetsothattheMSQcanbecorrectlyimportedintoSurpac.
SIMOReporting
TheSIMOreportingtemplatefilenamehasbeenrationalised,andisnowcalled
SimoReporting.xlsbinsteadofSimoReporting_<versionnumber>.xlsb.Versioninformationis
containedwithinthespreadsheetitself.Inaddition,thetemplateoverwritesanyexistingtemplate(of
thesamename)withintheworkingdirectory,ensuringthattheSIMOreportgeneratedisalwaysthe
latestone.
OtherArea

BlockValuenoderetrievedblocksatwrongcoordinates
TheBlockValuenodenowretrievesblocksfromthecoordinatesdefinedbytheuser.

Licensing

Revalidatinglicencesdeletedprojectdata
Previously,ifaninvalidlicencewasrevalidated,allprojectdatawasdeleted.Thisissuehasbeen
resolved,andifalicensebecomesinvalid,whenthelicenseisre-established,theprogressinthe
Whittleprojectisretained.
UserInterface

3DViewerdisplayedinaccurateblockgradedata
WhenWhittlecalculatesthegradeofablocktodisplayonthecanvas,the3DViewernowincludes
undefinedblocktonnage(whichisconsideredwaste).
ScenarioAnalysis

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Longexpressionssometimescausedanodetofail
Previously,longexpressionssometimescausedtheWhittleenginestofailduringevaluationin
certainprojects.Theseissueshavenowbeenresolved.

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