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As with any Olympic athlete always trying to improve, we are doing the same with
our products.
Vulcan has a history dating back 30 years and we are committed to continually
evolving the product to meet the needs of the ever changing mining industry.
The latest release of Vulcan 8.1.4 is a hop towards providing Vulcan software that
will continue to perform.
As we step into the future, the release of Vulcan 8.2 will bring developments set to
make a difference.
And you will jump with me into the exciting progress we are making for Vulcan
development in the coming years.
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64bitprovidesuserswiththeabilitytoaccessmore than4GBofphysicalmemory.
Users
can
manage
large
data
sets
with
ease
Takeadvantageofthepoweryourcomputerhastooffer.
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Other enhancementsincludedintheVulcan8.1.4releaseinclude,anupgradetothe
installerprocesstotheindustrystandard,InstallShield,platform.Thismeansyouwillbe
notified
of
updates
when
they
are
available
for
immediate
download.
WehavealsomodernisedthefilebasedstoragesolutioninVulcanthroughaISIS
Refractor.
Youwillnowbeabletoshareinformationquickerandeasierthroughtheintroductionof
3DPDFexportcapabilities.
Longawaitedupdatesandfixestothealgorithmshastakenplacewithapartialupgrade
totheBoolean.
Afix
to
licensing
provides
organisations
with
amore
stable
licensing
solution.
AndwearemovingtowardsdistributingVulcansoftwareviaawebdownload.
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Enhancingthepalettetoprovide256indexedcoloursselectedfromrgbg
combinationofmorethan16millioncolours.Userswillseeanewcolour
selectionand
editing
interface
with
more
predefined
automatic
colour
gradients.
Byaddingextrafieldstothedgd databasestructuretoallowstoringtheextra
colourinformationmeansthatVulcanversion8.2andolderwillbeableto
correctlyinterpretthenewcolourcapabilities.Newdesigndatabaseswillbe
automaticallycreatedintheextendedformatANDwillworkin32colourmode
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InVulcan8.2Maptek introducestwonewmodellingmethodsforgrade
estimationinfoldeddeposits.
1.LocallyVaryingAnisotropy:moreflexibleforperforminggradeestimationin
foldedenvironments.
Howdoesitwork?Asetofanisotropyvectorsisusedtodeterminetheunfolded
samplestoblockandsamplestosamplesdistancesingradeestimationand
variography andtheactualprocessofbuildingtheanisotropyvectors.The
anisotropyvectorscanbeusedtodefinealocalsearchorformorecomplexnon
lineardistancecalculations.Beingabletousealternativecoordinatevariables
expandsthecapabilitiestodealwithtransformedcoordinatesystems.
2.LocallyVaryingSearchEllipse: TheLocallyVaryingSearchEllipsetechnique
allowstheusertodefineuniquesearchellipseparameters(bearing,plunge,dip
&searchradii)foreachblockwithinablockmodel,thusallowingthesearch
ellipseorientationanddimensionstobealignedwithaparticularstratigraphy or
varyingdirectionofcontinuity.
Howtouseit?Createasurfacetriangulationlocatedatthemidpointoftwo
triangulationsandusetheSlopeoptionwithintheGeotech moduleto
calculatethe
dip
and
dip
direction
of
each
facet,
which
is
written
to
a
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geotechnicaldatabase.Interpolatethesevaluesintotheblockmodelblocks
withinthetargetdomainusingthenearestneighbourinterpolator. Nextstepis
gradeinterpolationcontinuedasnormalapartfromtheuseofthebearingand
plungevaluesstoredintheblockmodel.Initially,itmaynotbeobviousfrom
blockmodel
cross
sections
that
the
interpolation
had
used
the
block
model
variablesbutusingthegradeshelloptiontoassessthebiggerpictureconfirmsit
works.
Notethattetramodellingwillbephasedoutinv8.2.Bendandprojectoptions
remainaspartoftheunfoldingmodule.
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SimplifiesCSVdataimportbyallowingbringingCSVdatainwithouttheneedfor
theusertodesignthedatabasebeforehand.
Thetoolwillreadinformationinsavedspecificationfiles,takingcolumnsfrom
CSVorExcelfiles,andsavespecsintoanewfileforstoringnewconfigurations.
YoucanalsoloadanexistingdesignANDchangethefieldsortablesontheflyto
createanewdatabase.
Userswillbeabletoassigndrillhole synonymsduringimport.
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InVulcan8.2we'llbeintroducinganewmodellingmethodforgradeestimation
infoldeddeposits.thereweresomelimitationswithtetramodelling,includinga
riskthat
results
were
not
validated.
LocallyVaryingAnisotropyismoreflexibleandfasterforperforminggrade
estimationinfoldedenvironments.
Howdoesitwork?Asetofanisotropyvectorsisusedtodeterminetheunfolded
samplestoblockandsamplestosamplesdistancesingradeestimationand
variography andtheactualprocessofbuildingtheanisotropyvectors.The
anisotropyvectorscanbeusedtodefinealocalsearchorformorecomplexnon
lineardistancecalculations.Beingabletousealternativecoordinatevariables
expandsthe
capabilities
to
deal
with
transformed
coordinate
systems.
Tetramodelling methodologyisbeinglicencedout.Bendandprojectoptions
remainaspartoftheunfoldingmodule.
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Vulcan8.2willalsoinclude arangeofotherimprovementsincluding:
Advances
to
the
installer
to
include
support
for
patching.
This
will
ensure
we
can
keep
youuptodatewiththelatestbugfixes/improvements
TheoptiontodownloadVulcansoftwarefromtheinternetwillbecompletedenabling
flexibilityandgreateraccessforcustomers.
Ourcoredevelopmentplatform,VisualStudio2010,willreceivesomeattention.This
willresultinanoverallimprovementforusers.
UpdatesforDWG,ESRIandseveraldevelopmentlibrarieswillbeincludedinthe8.2
releaseenablinggreaterflexibilityforusers.
Longawaitedupdatesandfixestothealgorithmshastakenplacewithapartialupgrade
totheBoolean.
Afixtolicensingprovidesorganisationswithamorestablelicensingsolution.
AndwearemovingtowardsdistributingVulcansoftwareviaawebdownload.
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EchoMine,neartheSolidEnergy,IslandBlockdepositcourtesyHamishPescini,
SolidEnergy.
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PrototypemodellingofpartoftheBrokenHillorebody in2006.
Boundary
modelling
is
a
crucial
part
of
natural
resource
characterization.
Geostatistical estimationandsimulationemploystationaryrandomfunction
modelswithinvolumetric
boundariestopredictregionalizedpetrophysical propertiesofinterest.
Moreover,thereisoften significantglobaluncertaintyinvolumetricboundaries
dependingontheamountofsampleand
geologicaldataavailable.Thereisagrowingneedforfast,objective,flexible,and
geologically realisticboundarymodelsaccountingforglobaluncertainty.Maptek
isworkinginconjunctionwiththeUniversityofAlbertaonanovelboundary
modellingalgorithmwiththesefeatures.Explicitormanuallydigitized volumetric
boundariesare
common,
but
do
not
capture
volumetric
uncertainty
since
these methodsaretimeconsuming,subjective,andnonrepeatable.BOUNDSIM
isanimplicit boundarymodellingmethodologythatautomatestheconstruction
offast,objective,andflexible
probabilisticboundarysurfacesbuiltatanydesiredpositionofriskand
resolution.
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ProposeddevelopmentstoHaulageProfilemodule
1.Use
rimpull curves.
The
most
important
part
here
is
the
incorporation
of
RollingResistanceparameterforeachhaulsegment.Timeestimatedisbasedon
theeffectofthegradientplustherollingresistance.
2.Incorporatethealgorithmfor"C"bench,thatallowtodoabetterestimation
fordistancesbasedonactualbenchgeometryatthetimeofminehaulage.
3.Incorporatethepossibilitytoincludedistributionstothetimecalculationsi.e
probabilitiesbasedonmeasureddatafromtruckmonitoringsystems.
4.Allowtotheusertocreatenodesandsegmentseasilywherecommon
betweenmultipleroutes.
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Delivercustomersanintegrated,scalable,versionedsinglerepresentationofthe
truthacrossallMaptekproducts
Leveragestandard
commercially
available
platforms
to
reduce
development
and
maintenanceoverhead
Facilitatereporting,plottingandwebservices
UnifyMaptekdevelopmenteffortswhileacceleratingtimetomarket
Deliveruniformdataorganization,transparency,andinterchange
Manageversioncontrol,publicationofvalidateddataandaudittrails
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Notethe3lamps comparetothemultiplicityofVisibilityiconsinVulcan
NotealsotheBenchdrill(latestversionofopencutdrillandblasttools)andthe
existence
of
other
older
drilling
tools
as
well.
Cleanuptheclutter
Modernisethelookandfeel
Advance theuserexperience
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Providesacommon, Maptekwide,licensingsolutionforallproducts.
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Inaddition tothesemanyimprovementsareplannedforfutureVulcanarchitecture
including
MultilanguagesupportwithinVulcan
Replacingourgraphicsdrivertoacommerciallysupportedplatform.Thiswillallow
quickerproductdevelopmentandimprovementsdeliveredtotheenduserquicker.
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AsImentioned,all productsatMaptek aredevelopedincollaborationwithourusers.At
theconferencethisweekwehavepeoplefromtheVulcanteamthatwanttohearyour
suggestions,
grievances
and
hopefully,
positive
comments!
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