Highlights of MineSched 2021 Refresh 1. released in March 2021, include:

General Enhancements:

• New ability to use SDM files when setting up the Haulage process, providing a consistent data format across the whole Tactical Mine Planning solution.
• Improved experience when utilizing D fields for Haul road names. The undesirable suffix applied when using D Fields to define road names has been removed.
• Improved experience when exporting Graphical Results.
• Users are now directed to the correct 3DSupport website when logging a request.
• Users can now select the reports they wish to Export to MS Access or ODBC, which will be a significant time saver if large reports exist.

Stability Improvements:

• Correction to mismatched values for a Plant and Stockpile on the material movement tab
• A rounding issue that prevented Fill locations being marked as full was resolved
• Material Movement rules now correctly recognize ratio/priority values of 0
• A material movement reporting mismatch was resolved
• Warning flags now appear for the following cases:
  • When production rates exceed capacities;
  • When Haulage routes are incorrectly set up;
  • When Stockpile starting balances do not contain both a Volume and Mass value
  • When a schedule is set up to run outside the minimum and maximum date range
• The issue that resulted in a blank Animation Canvas after the schedule was completed has been resolved
• Users that use a blank space to define the hundred and thousand number differentiator can now do so
• An issue with the use of certain Cyrillic characters when creating Detailed Haulage Reports has been resolved
• The symbol «Б» can now be used in the Wildcard expression builder
• A flaw discovered when defining material ratio targets for multiple destinations has been fixed

A full list of work completed in MineSched 2021 Refresh 1 is available in the Release Notes document.

Highlights of MineSched 2021 Refresh 2, released in June 2021, include:

Enhancements:

A new Standard Reports option has been added to allow key precedence rule reports to be created for underground scenarios. These reports will allow for a seamless transition to DELMIA Short Term Planning solutions for underground operations.

Once the short-term plans have been implemented, Production and Development progress updates can automatically be made to the most recent MineSched scenario via command line. This will ensure that when the next Tactical mine plan is created, the development and production locations will be spatially correct.

Stability Improvements:

• Improvements have been made to MineSched performance when using a high-resolution monitor, or text scale greater than 100%, allowing MineSched to be used more effectively with the latest laptops and monitors.
• In Russian and Chinese OS environment, the translation of the headers of Production Detailed, Production Summary and Material Movement reports remains in Russian and Chinese language during schedule, enabling our users from these regions to understand the context more efficiently.
• Users can now choose the help content Language in Russian or English from the settings tab.
• The Graphical Sequencer process has been improved when greater than 20 polygons exist in a location, decreasing the time required to set up a schedule when managing a large number of Polygons for a Location.
• Improvements have been made to ensure that the curved heading will be included in the Solid Profile. This allows Volume and Length to be correctly evaluated.
• Users can now view the list of Bookmark Workspace in the Collaborative Space for all available tenants accurately.
• We can now retain pinned scenarios even after restarting MineSched, enabling our users to ensure that the scenario would remain at the top of the list.
• When custom reports are prepared, the following details are displayed in the .csv file for all activities:                                          
  • Location column data for all Report type options.
  • Poly_D1, Polygon, and Solid column data for Report type option Detailed.

• The reports generated are more detailed and helps our user for better analysis on different prospects around Mining Activities.
• The “Save As” functionality updates the correct relative path in the Scenario, which ensure that the user does not have to update the path manually, ensuring flexible use of functionality.
• The change in Location name is now updated correctly in different tabs, so the user does not have to manually refresh to ensure that new Location name is reflected.

A full list of work completed in MineSched 2021 Refresh 2 is available in the Release Notes document.

MineSched 2021 Refreshes 1 & 2 are available to upgrade at no cost to GEOVIA maintained customers covered under the Dassault Systèmes Support & Maintenance agreement. The latest version of GEOVIA solutions can be downloaded from 3DS Support.

Contact your local Dassault Systèmes office to arrange a trial or email GEOVIA.Support@3ds.com should you have any further questions.

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