User Manual

Underground Manager
Version 1.47

Rock Drills AB
No. 9852 3286 01
Content
Introduction 6
General................................................................................................................................ 6
The Underground Manager user ......................................................................................... 7
Future development of Underground Manager ................................................................... 7

Installation 8
System requirements ........................................................................................................... 8
Installation .......................................................................................................................... 8
Hardware key .................................................................................................................... 10

Program overview 11
Program structure.............................................................................................................. 11
Starting Underground Manager ........................................................................................ 11
General ............................................................................................................... 12
Rig families ........................................................................................................ 12
Features .............................................................................................................. 13
The main window ............................................................................................................. 13
Menu bar and toolbar ........................................................................................................ 13
Browser tree ...................................................................................................................... 15
Working area .................................................................................................................... 15
Explorer ............................................................................................................................ 16

Data handling 17
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 17
Containers and data items ................................................................................................. 17
Add, edit and delete items................................................................................................. 18
Add data item ..................................................................................................... 18
Open view / Switch view .................................................................................... 18
Rename data item ............................................................................................... 19
Delete data item .................................................................................................. 19
Cut, copy and paste ........................................................................................................... 19
Drag & drop ...................................................................................................................... 20
Import and export ............................................................................................................. 20
Import ................................................................................................................. 20
Export ................................................................................................................. 21
File templates .................................................................................................................... 23
Import / export file template ............................................................................... 23
Add / edit file template ....................................................................................... 23

Planning phase 25
Sites .................................................................................................................................. 25
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 25
Site properties ..................................................................................................... 25
Importing / exporting sites .................................................................................. 26
Site production report ......................................................................................... 26
Site settings......................................................................................................... 27
Levels and areas ................................................................................................................ 28

Content  i
Fix points .......................................................................................................................... 29
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 29
Fix points view ................................................................................................... 29
Importing / exporting fix points.......................................................................... 29
Linking fix points to tunnel ................................................................................ 29
Rigs ................................................................................................................................... 30
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 30
Importing / exporting rigs ................................................................................... 30
Rig families ........................................................................................................ 30
Rig view ............................................................................................................. 30
Boomer rig geometry .......................................................................................... 31
Simba rig geometry ............................................................................................ 32
Angle definitions (Simba) .................................................................................. 32
Firing & charging ............................................................................................................. 34
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 34
Importing / exporting firing & charging items ................................................... 34
Surface delays..................................................................................................... 34
Primers ............................................................................................................... 35
Explosives .......................................................................................................... 35
Detonator families .............................................................................................. 36
Charge combination templates ........................................................................... 37
Drill plan rules .................................................................................................................. 37
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 37
Editing ................................................................................................................ 37
Importing / exporting drill plan rules ................................................................. 37
Tunnels ............................................................................................................................. 38
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 38
Importing / exporting tunnels ............................................................................. 38
Importing tunnel with linked contours and fix points ......................................... 38
Tunnel line properties ......................................................................................... 38
The tunnel view .................................................................................................. 39
The tunnel graph ................................................................................................. 44
Tunnel 3D view .................................................................................................. 46
Bolt report........................................................................................................... 47
Tunnel line report ............................................................................................... 48
Lasers ................................................................................................................................ 48
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 48
Importing / exporting lasers ................................................................................ 48
Laser view .......................................................................................................... 48
Contours............................................................................................................................ 50
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 50
Contour format conventions ............................................................................... 50
Importing / exporting contours ........................................................................... 50
Contour folders ................................................................................................... 50
Edit a contour ..................................................................................................... 51
Create standard contour ...................................................................................... 53
Contour report .................................................................................................... 55
Interpolate contours ............................................................................................ 55
Drill plans ......................................................................................................................... 57
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 57
Drill plan properties............................................................................................ 57
Importing / exporting drill plans ......................................................................... 58
Drill plan folders ................................................................................................ 58
Generate drill plan (Boomer) ............................................................................................ 59
Generate drill plan with selected contours .......................................................... 59
Generate drill plan from tunnel section .............................................................. 59
Drill plan designer ............................................................................................................ 65
Drill plan objects ................................................................................................ 66
Designer user interface ....................................................................................... 66
Shortcut keys and the focus border..................................................................... 66

Content  ii
 Designer area and designer toolbar..................................................................... 67
Interaction panel ................................................................................................. 72
Top toolbar ......................................................................................................... 72
Home .................................................................................................................. 73
Sequences (Boomer) ........................................................................................... 85
Firing (Boomer) .................................................................................................. 88
Charging (Boomer) ............................................................................................. 92
Reports ............................................................................................................... 95
Settings ............................................................................................................... 97
Linking data to the tunnel line .......................................................................................... 98
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 98
Assigning contours to tunnel sections ................................................................ 98
Assigning drill plans to tunnel sections .............................................................. 98
Remove drill plan/contour link ........................................................................... 99
Assigning bolt- and injection plans .................................................................... 99
Linking fix points to tunnel .............................................................................. 100
Auto link fix points ........................................................................................... 100

Rig data exchange 102

Introduction .................................................................................................................... 102
Send data to rig ............................................................................................................... 102
Synchronizing log files ................................................................................................... 103

Round logs 104

Introduction .................................................................................................................... 104
Importing / exporting round logs .................................................................................... 104
Round log view ............................................................................................................... 104
Get planned holes for round log ....................................................................... 105
Hole info tab ..................................................................................................... 107
Show tab ........................................................................................................... 107
Hole types tab ................................................................................................... 109
Report tab ......................................................................................................... 109
Round report ..................................................................................................... 110

MWG logs 112

Introduction .................................................................................................................... 112
Importing / exporting MWG logs ................................................................................... 112
Match MWG log with drill plan ..................................................................................... 112
MWG log view ............................................................................................................... 113
Graph view ....................................................................................................... 113
Impact view ...................................................................................................... 114
MWG report ................................................................................................................... 114

MWD logs 115

Introduction .................................................................................................................... 115
Importing / exporting MWD logs ................................................................................... 116
MWD color scaling......................................................................................................... 116
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 116
MWD parameters view..................................................................................... 117
Edit MWD parameter ....................................................................................... 118
MWD view ..................................................................................................................... 120
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 120
Hole and parameter selection ........................................................................... 121
Overview .......................................................................................................... 122
Detail graph ...................................................................................................... 123
3D view ............................................................................................................ 124
MWD mapping view ...................................................................................................... 125

Content  iii
 MWD mapping report ...................................................................................... 126
MWD mapping settings .................................................................................... 127
MWD slicing view .......................................................................................................... 128
MWD slicing settings ....................................................................................... 128
MWD slicing report .......................................................................................... 129

Profile logs 130

Introduction .................................................................................................................... 130
Importing / exporting profile logs ................................................................................... 130
Profile log view............................................................................................................... 130
Profile log slicing ............................................................................................................ 131
Slicing report .................................................................................................... 132

Raiseboring 133
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 133
Raiseboring MWD logs .................................................................................................. 133
Importing / exporting raiseboring MWD logs .................................................. 133
Raiseboring MWD log view ............................................................................. 134
Raiseboring MWD logs view ........................................................................... 134
Raiseboring MWD shaft view .......................................................................... 135
Raiseboring make-up logs .............................................................................................. 135
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 135
Importing / exporting raiseboring make-up logs .............................................. 136
Raiseboring make-up logs view ....................................................................... 136
Robbins status logs ......................................................................................................... 136
Importing / exporting status logs ...................................................................... 136
Status log view ................................................................................................. 136
Robbins event logs .......................................................................................................... 137
Importing / exporting event logs ...................................................................... 137
Event logs view ................................................................................................ 137
Time utilization view ........................................................................................ 138

Index 140

Appendix 1 142
Mouse and keyboard conventions ................................................................................... 142
General conventions ......................................................................................... 142
Mouse conventions ........................................................................................... 142
Keyboard conventions ...................................................................................... 142

Appendix 2 143
Menu bar ......................................................................................................................... 143
File menu .......................................................................................................... 143
Edit menu ......................................................................................................... 143
View menu ....................................................................................................... 143
Help menu ........................................................................................................ 144

Appendix 3 145
File formats ..................................................................................................................... 145
Site formats....................................................................................................... 145
Contour formats ................................................................................................ 145
Drill plan formats ............................................................................................. 145
Drill plan rule formats ...................................................................................... 146
Tunnel line formats........................................................................................... 146
Laser line formats ............................................................................................. 146
Fix point formats .............................................................................................. 146

Content  iv
Round log formats ............................................................................................ 147
MWD log formats ............................................................................................ 147
MWG log formats ............................................................................................ 147
Profile log formats ............................................................................................ 147
Raiseboring formats.......................................................................................... 148

Content  v
Introduction
General

Underground Manager from Epiroc is a support software package for planning,

administration and analysis of tunneling and mining projects.
Underground Manager exists in several different versions:
Underground Manager
Underground Manager Pro
Underground Manager MWD (extends Pro)
Underground Manager comprises several integrated functions, e.g.
1. Tunnel project administration
2. Tunnel line design
3. Laser design
4. Fix point definitions (Pro)
5. Tunnel contour design (Pro)
6. Drill plan design
7. Drill plan rule definitions (Pro)
8. Drill log report
9. MWD log handling1 (Pro)
10. MWD analysis2 (MWD)
11. Profile log evaluation (Pro)
12. Drill rig- or tunnel site production reports
13. Raiseboring log and rig handling
14. Central database features

Underground Manager is especially designed for supporting all versions of computer-

controlled drill rig families by Epiroc - Boomer/Simba/Boltec/Raise Boring/Logac.

1 Measure While Drilling log file handling and presentations round by round.
2 Measure While Drilling evaluation of rock characteristics over a rock volume

Introduction  6
The Underground Manager user

This manual assumes that the user has a basic knowledge of the Windows'
environment.
It is a good routine to regularly back-up sites with the Export Site-function.

Future development of Underground Manager

Epiroc will continuously develop the software package Underground Manager. The
development will follow the “state-of-the-art” in the research and development in
construction, rock excavation and mining technology.

Introduction  7
Installation
System requirements
 Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (the latest service pack is
recommended)
 Microsoft Word 2003 or later for report generation.
 PDF-reader (e.g. Adobe Reader)
 Underground Manager hardware license key
 Intel Core 2 Duo processor or superior
 2 GB RAM
 1 GB free hard disk space for the software and additional disk space for
storing application data
 Graphics card supporting, Shader model 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c, and has at
least 32 MB memory
 Display screen resolution of at least 1280 x 1024
 CD-ROM to install the software
 USB or parallel port depending on the type of hardware license key
 USB port, network connection or PCMCIA card, depending on type of drill
rig, for transferring data to and receive data from the drill rigs
 Network connection to license server or central database storage if any of
these is used

Installation
To install Underground Manager, administrative rights for the computer are required.
Insert your installation media (e.g. CD, DVD or USB-stick) into your computer. The
installation should start automatically if Autostart is supported. If not, navigate to the
installation media in Windows Explorer and double click on the Underground
Manager setup executable file.
Follow the given instructions when the install menus appear. The components
Underground Manager needs to run will be installed before the actual Underground
Manager software is installed.
If necessary, the following components will be installed:
o Sentinel System Drivers for one type of hardware key.
o .NET Framework 4.0 (the foundation from Microsoft which Underground
Manager is built upon)
o XNA Framework Redistributable (Windows component for 3D graphics).
o Underground Manager application software.

Installation  8
Figure 1 - Dialog box for installation of components.
You can change the directory where Underground Manager will be installed by
navigating to Options before installing. Underground Manager is normally installed
in the directory:
C:\Program Files\Epiroc \Underground Manager
After installation you will be asked to reboot your computer if necessary. This is
recommended to make sure the Sentinel driver will work properly.

Installation  9
Hardware key
When Underground Manager is started, a splash screen will be shown.

Figure 2 - Splash screen

If a license hardware key cannot be found by the program, a warning will appear.

Figure 3 - License failure message

Retry Gives you a chance to insert a valid hardware key in the parallel or USB
port.
Server As a separate option, a server license key can be mounted on one of the
servers in the network. This license key can hold several licenses. Contact
Epiroc office for more information.
Demo You may run Underground Manager in demo mode. All Underground
Manager Pro features are enabled except for file export. You may
however export sites for backup purposes.
Cancel Terminates the start-up
If Underground Manager fails to start due to a license verification failure, make sure
that an Underground Manager hardware key is inserted in the parallel or USB port of
the computer. The hardware key is delivered together with the Underground Manager
software package and cannot be ordered separately.
Supported local hardware key types are Sentinel and Rockey. NetRockey is the only
supported network key type for license servers.

Installation  10
Program overview

Program structure

Underground Manager is based on a Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition

database, where all tunnel data (tunnel lines, laser lines, drill plans, contours, section
logs, MWD logs, etc.) are kept in a defined structure.
The topmost level of the structure is the site. As an option intermediate structures can
be defined as levels and areas. These structures are especially designed to adapt
Underground Manager for use in mines.
A site can comprise one or several tunnels, mostly operated from one office and by
the same drill rigs. A tunnel line is defined by sections in the tunnel line table where
the tunnel location is specified by section numbers and x, y, z coordinates.
In the database structure each tunnel line has nodes for different laser lines, drill
plans and contours, that can be used for the excavation of different sections of the
tunnel.
The tunnel also has nodes for log data from the excavation (section logs, MWD logs
and profiler logs) that can be analyzed and presented to improve drilling quality and
rock mass characterization.

Starting Underground Manager

Underground Manager is started from the Program folder on the Start Menu or by
double-clicking on the program icon that has been placed on the Desktop.

Figure 4 - Program icon

The first time you start Underground Manager you are prompted to configure the
application to fit your needs. You can also reach this options dialog at a later time via
the program menu View > Options…

Program overview  11
Figure 5 - Options

General
Select the language of choice. Changing language requires an application restart.
The option “Use 2D Section Evaluation” determines if sections should be derived
using X and Y coordinates only. This applies to viewing existing as well as entering
new sections.

Rig families
Select different rig families depending on what you want to work with. The tree will
adjust accordingly. If you have multiple families activated some places in the tree
structure will add an extra level. For example, both Boomer and Simba use drill
plans, see Figure 6 and Figure 7.

Figure 6 - Boomer enabled

Figure 7 - Boomer and Simba enabled

When more than one rig family is active, the tree will be separated into different rig
family branches in certain cases.

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 Features
Different features may be enabled or disabled to make the tree structure easier to
read.

The main window

When Underground Manager is started the main window will appear:

Figure 8 - Main window

The main window is titled “Underground Manager” with an extension, e.g. Pro or
MWD depending on what option you have purchased.
The area below the toolbar is divided in two parts. The left part shows the Browser
tree that is used to display and organize sites, tunnels and all data connected to each
category.
The right part contains the Working area, which is used for displaying information
and properties of selected sites, tunnel lines, laser lines, drill plans, drill log reports,
etc.

Menu bar and toolbar

Figure 9 - Menu bar and toolbar

A detailed description of the menu bar and the toolbar is given in Appendix 2.
The title of the window displays the version of Underground Manager.
The options available in the menu bar depends on the version of Underground
Manager, the markings made in the browser tree to the left and which information
that is open and active in the working area to the right.
An optional choice that cannot be selected is written in gray.

Program overview  13
This manual describes the full Underground Manager MWD.

Program overview  14
Browser tree
The left part of the main window displays the Browser tree, or project tree. All
information handled by Underground Manager is organized in the browser tree.

Figure 10 - The browser tree

The browser tree can comprise one or several sites. Each site can comprise one or
several tunnel lines, each representing one tunnel. The different types of data items in
the browser tree will be covered in the rest of this manual.
There is quite a lot of information in the tree. Tree nodes that are not used can be
disabled in the options dialog.

Working area
The right part of the main window shows the working area. When opening views
from the browser tree they will appear as tabs to the right.

Figure 11 - Working area

Program overview  15
Explorer
The explorer tab is always visible in the working area. The main purpose for this
view is to act similar to the regular explorer in Microsoft Windows. It enables you to
manipulate several items at a time. You may delete or drag and drop as many items
as you like in the explorer tab.

Figure 12 - Explorer

Program overview  16
Data handling

Introduction
Before we can dig into the core features of Underground Manager we need to
understand how we handle data items. This chapter will focus on common
functionality such as adding, modifying, deleting, importing and exporting data.

Containers and data items

In windows explorer we are used to working with folders and files. Files contains our
actual data, folders are used to structure our files. You can put a file into a folder, but
you can’t put a file into a file.
In Underground Manager it works quite the same. In this manual we will refer to
“containers” and “data items” instead of “folders” and “files”.
In the browser tree below you can see our data items (Test Drill Plan 1, 2 & 3) which
are located in our container (Boomer Drill Plans).

Figure 13 - Containers and data items

Data handling  17
Add, edit and delete items
You can do all the actions below in the explorer window as well.

Add data item

To add a data items you need to address its container. If you want to add a drill plan,
right-click on the Drill Plans-container and select Add Drill Plan.

Figure 14 - Add data item

Some containers, typically log containers, don’t allow you to add a log, but only to
import a log.

Open view / Switch view

Most types of data items have a default view representing the data. Open the view
by…
 …double-clicking on the data item.
 …right-clicking on the data item and select Open View…
.

Figure 15 - Open view for data item

Data handling  18
 Different data from several projects can simultaneously be opened in the working
area, since each project is handled separately. Use the Window menu or the browser
tree to switch between opened projects.

Rename data item

How Underground Manager lets you edit a data item depends on what type of item
you are working with. Many types of data items are possible to rename by selecting it
in the tree and…
 …press F2.
 …right-click and select Rename.
 …left-click again.

Delete data item

To delete a data item, you can…
 …select it and press the DELETE button on the keyboard.
 …right-click on it and select Delete

Cut, copy and paste

In the same manner as files can be copied in Windows Explorer, data items can be
copied in Underground Manager.
For cut, copy and paste, the most convenient way is to use shortcut keys,
 CTRL + X (Cut)
 CTRL + C (Copy)
 CTRL + V (Paste)
It is also possible to access these commands by right-clicking on a data item.

Figure 16 - Context menu for data item

An item which has been cut or copied can only be pasted in the corresponding
container for that data item. Paste an item by right-clicking on the appropriate
container and click Paste...

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 Figure 17 - Paste data item

Drag & drop

Items may be dragged between different containers by using standard Windows drag
& drop-behavior.
Left-click on an item, hold the button pressed while moving the item to another
container. When placed above the container, release the button.

Import and export

Almost all types of data items in the browser tree have one or more file formats
which they can be imported from and exported to.

Import
To import data items, right-click on the container for the item type and select
Import…

Data handling  20
Figure 18 - Import data item
In the dialog that appears, you may enter a folder path and press Refresh, or you can
choose to browse to a folder. The list will contain the files that match what you are
importing. Select the files you wish to import and press OK.

Figure 19 - Import dialog

If any of the selected files share the same public id, you are prompted to select only
one of them since they are considered different versions of the same item.

Export
To export a single data item, right-click and select Export...

Data handling  21
Figure 20 - Export data item
A standard save file dialog will appear that allows you to select a destination folder
and file name for the exported file. For most types of data items you will be able to
select which file format you want to use.

Figure 21 - Select file format

Exporting multiple files

Exporting multiple files at a time is available for the following data types:
 Sites
 MWD logs
 Quality logs
 Drill plans
 Contours
 Profile logs
To perform a multi-export, select the files you want to export in the Explorer-view,
right-click, and select Export…. You will be prompted to specify a destination folder
for your exported files. File format can also be selected when available.

Data handling  22
File templates
File templates let you define a custom file format for the following items:
 Tunnels
 Contours
 Fix points
 Profile logs
 Drill plans
 MWD samples
File templates are capable of handling files that comes in a column format. Example:

Figure 22 - Data file example

From the menu bar, choose View > Options... and click on the tab File Templates.
This is where you manage your file templates.

Figure 23 - File templates

Import / export file template

Share your file templates with your colleagues by importing/exporting them. A file
template will have the extension “.filetemplate”.

Add / edit file template

Click Add or Edit to modify a file template.

Data handling  23
Figure 24 - Add/edit file template

The following options are available in the dialog.

Name The name of the file template. You may write anything
you want here.
Encoding Text files are saved to disc using different encodings. If
you use the recommended one – Unicode – you will most
likely don’t get any problem. However, if the file
template doesn’t give you the result you expect you might
need to specify another encoding. Tip: In the free
software Notepad++ you can change encoding while
viewing the file to figure out which one to use.
File Extension The file extension of the file without the dot (“.”).
Examples: “txt”, ”tli”, ”fix”
Data Starts at Row Depending on how many rows of header info there are in
number your file format you need to adjust this one. If there are
no header rows, just raw data, set this value to 1. If you
have one header row, set this value to 2 etc.
Delimiters Select one or more of the most common column
delimiters. You may also check Other and type any
character you like.
Treat Consecutive A common scenario is that the columns are separated with
Delimiters As One several spaces. Check this option to treat several spaces as
one column delimiter.
File template type Choose which data item the file template is based on.
Columns Choose which columns to read from the file and the order
of them. You may want to even ignore some columns
from the file that doesn’t fit into Underground Manager.
Preview You can preview how your file template will work using
this button.

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Planning phase

Sites
Introduction
A site symbolizes a worksite with one or several tunnels. If required a worksite can
be divided in several sites
Each site is identified by its name in the browser tree structure. All information about
a site is stored in the Underground Manager database.

Site properties
Right-click the site and select Site Properties... to open the properties dialog.

Figure 25 - Access properties for a site

The following dialog will appear. Coordinate system settings are only available when
working with Simba or Cabletec rigs.

Figure 26 - Site properties

Planning phase  25
In the properties dialog, general information regarding the site can be entered. The
fields of this form are:

Name: The name of the site. The value of this field is

also used as a suggestion for the filename in the
“Save As...” dialog box and to identify the site
in the browser tree.
Signature: The signature of the site manager.
Date: The date of creation, for example.
RRA folder: Location of incoming log files for data
synchronization.
Use Levels: A check-box to enable levels for the site.
Use Areas: A check-box to enable areas for the site.
Comment: Arbitrary comment to store along with the site.

Cabletec/Simba coordinate system

For Cabletec and Simba rigs it is possible to define a custom coordinate system on
the site that will be used when exporting logs, instead of the default IREDES
coordinate system.
To manually define the coordinate system, use the boxes on the left. A graphical
description of the different axes in the coordinate system is shown on the right.
Note that the forward axis is along the tunnel line.
The coordinate system defined here is used when exporting Cabletec and Simba drill
plans and round logs.

Importing / exporting sites

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read Import and export on page 20.
A site-file contains the entire site and all data items in it. Sites can be stored in two
file formats with extensions .sit and .sitx.
.sitx is the main site file format Underground Manager uses. Underground Manager
supports both import and export to this format.
.sit is a legacy site file format which comes from versions of Tunnel Manager
previous of 1.6. These files cannot be exported by Underground Manager, only
imported.
For safety reasons it is recommended that you regularly create backups by
performing exports of your Underground Manager sites.
Importing and exporting sites can consume a considerable amount of time if the sites
are large.

Site production report

Underground Manager offers the possibility to generate site production reports.
Different reports can be generated based on:

 Site

 Tunnel

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 Drill rig

 Section interval

 Time interval
Create a production report by right-clicking the site and select Production Report...

Figure 27 - The production report dialog

The fields of this dialog are:
Tunnel One or all tunnels can be selected.
From/to-section You can delimit the report to specified sections.
Rig From the drop down list, you can delimit the report
to cover just one drill rig. Only rigs with serial
numbers in round logs in the site can be selected.
Date You can delimit the report to cover a specified range
of dates.
Settings By checking the box you can chose if you want to
have the detailed list of included log files or not.

All tunnels
A production report for all tunnels will contain the following:
 Site information
 Production summary – total drilling times, amount and length drilled for
different hole types, total hole count etc
 Information regarding the rigs used

Single tunnel
A report with a single tunnel will produce an extra page including the tunnel graph.

Site settings
Each site has a Settings node that contains settings that applies to the entire site.

Planning phase  27
 Bolt report colors
The Bolt Report Colors view is accessible from Site > Settings > Bolt Report Colors
in the browser tree.

Figure 28 - Bolt report colors

This view contains a list of the current color intervals used in the bolt report, see page
47. The intervals are used for coloring holes of a specific length with a specific color.
So if, for example, the intervals in the figure above is used, a hole that is 3 meters
long will be colored in blue since all holes with lengths 1 to 4 meters will be in that
color.
Add, edit or delete color intervals according to your needs.

Figure 29 - Bolt report color range properties

Note that color ranges cannot overlap.

Levels and areas

The information in Underground Manager can, optionally, be structured in levels and
areas. This function is merely developed for mines where there are numerous drifts in
several levels and areas.
Right-click on your site and choose Site properties…. In this dialog, check Use
Levels and Use Areas.

Figure 30 - Site properties with levels and areas enabled

Planning phase  28
 You can now add levels and areas as desired. Add your tunnels under a site, level or
area depending on what is suitable.

Fix points
Introduction
The reference or fix points used for navigation in the tunnel or mine are stored in a
fix points node. Fix points can be typed or imported into Underground Manager.

Fix points view

The fix points view is opened by double-clicking on the Fix Points node. The view is
a standard data grid with editable cells. It is possible to paste in fix points from Excel
or a tab-separated list.

Figure 31 - Fix points view

A fix point is defined by:

Id: The number of the fix point that will be shown in the drill rig
when navigating with a totalstation. This must be a unique
identifier.
Name: A user name of the fix point. For the moment not used in the
drill rig.
X, Y, Z The coordinates of the fix point.
Direction Optional. An end-point of the fix point vector showing in
X,Y,Z what direction the fix point is visible.
Origin Where the fix point was defined.
Date When the fix point was defined or updated.
Comment Optional comment.

Importing / exporting fix points

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Fix points can be imported and exported in .xml (IREDES)-format.
Fix points also exists in .fix file format. Underground Manager supports only import
of these files.

Linking fix points to tunnel

This operation will be covered in Linking fix points to tunnel on page 100.

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Rigs
Introduction
The rig item represents a rig and its geometry. The purpose is to support the drill plan
designer with information about manual rotation angles and to have “Send data to
rig”-information in a suitable structure.

Importing / exporting rigs

Rigs cannot be imported or exported to a file. The rigs will however be included in
the sitx-file if you choose to export an entire site.

Rig families
Underground Manager supports four different rig families.

 Boomer

 Boltec

 Robbins (only available when having the raiseboring license)

 Simba

 Cabletec
You can enable/disable the different rig families from the Options dialog, see page
12.

Rig view
Double-click a rig to open the view. The contents will vary depending on the current
rig type.

Figure 32 - General rig info

The General-tab will look almost the same regardless of rig type.
The values possible to enter are the following.
Rig Info
Name The name of the rig.
Rig ID The rig serial number.

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 Export info
Export Path: When sending data to rig, this is the path where the
data will be exported to.
IREDES Version: When sending data to rig, this IREDES-version will
be used. Different file format does not support all
versions of IREDES. The most appropriate format
will then be used according to your choice.
Using subdirectories: Select if you want the data to be exported in a
hierarchical manner.
When Sending Data to a drill rig equipped with an
Epiroc Tunnel Profiler it is required that you use
subdirectories. The RCS system needs to receive
data in a hierarchical structure when the Tunnel
Profiler is present.

Boomer rig geometry

If you open a boomer rig the geometry tab looks like this:

Figure 33 - Boomer geometry

Boom
Boom type The name of the boom type. By pressing Use Defaults, the
nominal settings for that boom type are applied
throughout the entire form.
Available Indicates weather the rig has this boom.
Mounting Defines the boom mounting. This has to be correct in
order for manual rotation angles to work properly.
Boom body Defines where the boom body is positioned in relation to
the rig laser. The radius will define the size of the circle
drawn in drill plan designer.
Boom reach The radius will define a circle around the boom body
indicating the boom reach.
Feed Affects the graphical representation of the feed in the drill
plan designer when using manual rotation angles.
Color The color of the sequence lines in the drill plan designer.

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Simba rig geometry
The Simba rig geometry tab looks like this:

Figure 34 - Simba geometry

The values entered are displayed in the figure. Origin in this picture is the rig center
if using side laser navigation.
You can also select geometry settings from a preset list.
You can define the coordinate system for Simba rigs under Site Properties.

Angle definitions (Simba)

In the angle definitions dialog it is possible to define the angles used for a Simba rig’s
work area in the program. Two tabs are available with settings for tilt and rotation.
Each tab has a rig graphic with the selected settings always shown to make it easier to
set up the angle definitions correctly. These settings will affect tilt and rotation when
working in a drill plan.

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Figure 35 - Tilt tab

Figure 36 - Rotation tab

Description of the angle definitions settings:

Zero Position The zero position defines the orientation that the
work area has when tilt/rotation has a value of
zero.
Interval Interval specifies the interval of values used when
tilting/rotating.

Direction This value defines the direction for positive

values when tilting/rotating.

The Reset button resets all values in the current tab to their initial values.

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Firing & charging
Introduction
The data items in Firing & Charging are at the moment only used in the drill plan
designer. Since the node is placed under the site, these items are common for the
entire site.

Figure 37 - Firing and Charging

Importing / exporting firing & charging items

All items under the Firing & Charging tree node can be exported to one single file by
right clicking it and select “Export…”. Importing previously exported items to a site
is done by right clicking the same node and select “Import…”. Firing and charging
items are also included when exporting an entire site.

Surface delays

Figure 38 - Surface delays

Use the surface delays view to add, remove or edit surface delays.

Figure 39 - Surface delay

A surface delay has a name and a delay, set in milliseconds.

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Primers

Figure 40 - Primers
Use the primers view to add, remove or edit primers.

Figure 41 - Primer
A primer has a name and a weight, set in grams.

Explosives

Figure 42 - Explosives
Use the explosives view to add, remove or edit explosives.

Figure 43 - Explosive
Explosives have a name and a density.

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Detonator families

Figure 44 - Detonator families

Use the view for detonator families to add, remove or edit detonator families.

Figure 45 - Detonator family

Each detonator family has a name and designation. It also contains an arbitrary
number of detonators. Add or edit a detonator family to administer those.

Figure 46 - Detonator
A detonator has a number and a delay, set in milliseconds.

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 Charge combination templates

Figure 47 - Charge combination templates

Use the view for charge combination templates to add, remove or edit charge
combination templates. These templates will be available for use in the Drill Plan
Designer for any drill plan.

Figure 48 - Charge combination template

The charge combination template has a name, a length and a color. It is also
constructed using previously defined primers and explosives.
Configure both the bottom and the column explosives appropriately to finalize the
charge combination template.

Drill plan rules

Introduction
Drill plan rules are a part of the new way of generating drill plans in Underground
Manager. Drill plan rules are used to generate the holes for a complete drill plan,
except for the cut. Drill plan rules are only available in Underground Manager Pro
and MWD. It is possible to define several drill plan rules.

Editing
Drill plan rules can be edited from within the Drill plan generator wizard, see page
58.

Importing / exporting drill plan rules

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.

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 Drill plan rules can be imported and exported in .xml-format. This format is not
officially a part of IREDES at the moment.

Tunnels
Introduction
Tunnel lines are used as a reference line inside or close to the tunnel. Tunnel lines
mostly have one or several reference points to the external geographic grid system.

Importing / exporting tunnels

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Tunnel lines can be imported and exported in the .xml (IREDES), .tli and .tl8 file
formats.
LandXML is also supported, although the current implementation is very limited:

 Only the first tunnel line in the file is imported

 Only the tunnel line coordinates are imported; any contours or other features
are ignored

 The tunnel line may only consist of curve and spiral elements
It is also possible to import a tunnel line using file templates, as a table of
coordinates, from other programs or with other formats than the one specified above.
I.e. if the data originates from another computer program.
The format must, however, coincide with the first five columns in the tunnel line
table; see Figure 51 - The section .
The columns can be blank- or tab delimited and a point (.) is required for decimals.
A header can be present but is not required.

Importing tunnel with linked contours and fix

points
The IREDES-modification 1.2AC includes support for linking fix points and
contours to a tunnel line. If the files follow this format, they must be placed in a
specific folder hierarchy. The tunnel line shall be placed in a separate folder. The fix
point and contour files must then be placed in sibling folders named
“fixed_points_xml” and “profiles_xml”.
Example:
 C:\TunnelFromCAD\TunnelLine\MyTunnel.xml
 C:\TunnelFromCAD\fixed_points_xml\fixpoints.xml
 C:\TunnelFromCAD\profiles_xml\Contour1.xml
 C:\TunnelFromCAD\profiles_xml\Contour2.xml

Tunnel line properties

The tunnel line properties dialog contains general information on the specific tunnel
line.

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To open the tunnel line properties dialog, right-click on the tunnel in the browser tree
and select Tunnel Line Properties…

Figure 49 - Tunnel line properties

The tunnel view

The tunnel view displays all data contained in, and connected to, the tunnel line. It is
opened by double-clicking a tunnel tree node.
The tunnel view consists of two parts: the tunnel definition table and the sections
table. In the tunnel definition table, the coordinates that defines the tunnel line is
listed and in the section table, features such as drill plans and contours can be
assigned to a specific depth (section) of the tunnel.

The tunnel definition table

In this table the coordinates defining the tunnel line can be edited. The X, Y and Z
coordinates represent the distance in meters from a defined origin. Within
Underground Manager a left oriented coordinate system is used. X is north, Y is east
and Z is upwards. Above the table there is a text box where a start section can be set,
which works as an offset for all the sections in the definition and sections table.

Figure 50 – The tunnel definition table

Add a new coordinate

The last line of the table is blank. A new coordinate can be added to by typing
directly in the blank last line of the table.

Edit a coordinate
If you want to edit a coordinate in the tunnel line, double-click on the cell that you
want to change. Overwrite or move with the left and right arrow. Confirm with Enter.

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Delete a coordinate
If you want to delete a coordinate from the tunnel line, mark the entire row by
pushing the row-“button” to the left and press the delete button.

Insert a coordinate
If a coordinate needs to be inserted between two existing coordinates, mark the entire
row above which a new coordinate is desired, right click and select “Insert coordinate
above”. A new row with zero-entries appears.
NOTE: Edit, Delete and Insert potentially affects the coordinates in the section table
entries.

Compress tunnel line

With the compress tunnel line function any redundant coordinates can be excluded.
This function looks at three adjacent coordinates. The middle coordinate is deleted if
it is considered laying on the line between the two other coordinates with respect to a
given tolerance. This tolerance is specified prior to compression in the dialog that
appears when clicking the compress tunnel line button. Be aware that the compress
action cannot be undone!

Validate tunnel line

Tunnel line validation is used to ensure that there are no duplicate coordinates and
that there are no adjacent line segments that form a corner sharper than 90 degrees.
The result from the validation is given in a report. Alternatives are Ignore, Correct
(the selected line) or Correct All.

Extend tunnel line

The tunnel can be extended by entering a section number. To extend the tunnel line in
the beginning, enter a section lower than the start section and to extend it in the end,
enter a section higher than the end section. When the tunnel is extended the
coordinates and section numbers of the sections in the section table are unaffected.
Extension is performed by extrapolating the end segments.

The section table

Figure 51 - The section table

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Planning phase  41
The section table consists of nine columns, which are:

Section Sections are the relative distance in meter describing how far
into the tunnel the point is. The consistency of the distance
in meters is dependent on correctly entered values when the
tunnel is defined (in the tunnel definition table).
X, Y, Z Coordinates of a point on the tunnel line. The coordinates
represent the distance in meters from a defined origin.
Within Underground Manager a left oriented coordinate
system is used. X is north, Y is east and Z is upwards. The
coordinates are derived from the section using the tunnel
line specified in the tunnel definition table and cannot be
edited in this table.
Camber Angle in degrees between the horizontal plan and the bottom
surface of the tunnel profile in.
Contour Reference to the contour to use for this section.
Drill Plan Reference to the drill plan to use for this section.
Bolt Plan Reference to the bolt plan or any type of drill plan to use for
this section.
Injection Plan Reference to the drill plan holding the probe holes or any
type of drill plan to use for this section.

Generate a new section

The last line of the table is blank. A new section can be added to the table by typing
directly in the blank last line.
When the cursor moves to another line or beyond the fifth column, the new section is
entered into the table, and the cursor is put at the last line again.
The first column, the section number, is mandatory and must always have a value.
If only the section number is added, or if some of the other cells are left blank,
Underground Manager helps you to automatically interpolate the coordinates and/or
the camber based on the sections before and after the entered section. Note that the
section number must be within range of the tunnel definition.
Underground Manager will automatically order the lines by section when entered.

Edit a section
If you want to edit values in the section table, double-click on the cell that you want
to change. Overwrite or move with left and right arrow. Confirm with Enter.

Delete a section
If you want to remove a section from the section table, mark the entire row by
pushing the row-“button” to the left and press the delete button.

Interpolate section
You can interpolate a section from other sections by using Interpolate Section.

Figure 52 - Interpolate section button

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Figure 53 - Interpolate section
Enter the section number. The new section will now appear in the section table.
To facilitate interpolation between contours with differing point ordering, it is
possible to define a reference point for contours used for interpolation. This is done
in the contour view, see section on the Contour view for further information.

Compress sections
With the compress sections function the “unnecessary” sections can be excluded.
The Compress sections function looks at three adjacent sections. The middle section
is deleted if:
 the camber value differs less than the preset parameter (parameter is
configurable)
 the same or no contour is linked to the sections
 the same or no drill plan is linked to the sections

Click the compress sections button in the menu above the table and the following
dialog will appear. You may adjust the camber interval tolerance before compressing
the sections. This action cannot be undone!

Figure 54 - Compress sections settings

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Section number validation
To ensure that the section numbers are correctly set, click the Section Number
Validation button.

Figure 55 - Open section number validation

This function looks for any duplicate sections.

Figure 56 - Section number validation

The result from the validation is given in a report. Alternatives are Ignore, Correct
(just this value) or Correct All.

The tunnel graph

The tunnel graph shows a graphical representation of the tunnel including the tunnel
line, tunnel width, laser lines, nearby tunnels, and site fix points. When selecting a
section it is also possible to view the drill plan and the contour of the tunnel.
Right-click on a tunnel and select Show Graph to open the tunnel graph view.

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Figure 57 - Tunnel graph
The left window shows the tunnel line and related data from above, i.e., data are
projected on a horizontal plan. The X and Y coordinate above and below the graph
refer to the window borders. “Grid” is the grid size for both X and Y direction.
The upper right window shows the tunnel line from the side: The section number is
the independent variable (x) of the graph. This means that, in this view, any turns of
the tunnel is straightened out. The Z coordinates above and below the window refers
to the window borders. Section numbers below the window refers to the window
borders. “Grid XY” is the grid size from left to right representing the length of the
tunnel in the XY-plane. Grid Z is the height of the tunnel.
The lower right window shows the contour and/or drill plan of the currently selected
section. If there is a valid laser line for the section, the position of the laser will be
represented by a red dot.
The circular green mark on the tunnel line in both graphs represents the position of
the selected section. To select a different section, use the left and right arrow keys or
left-click in the graph. The lower left of the view, under Section, displays section
specific data.
It is possible to zoom by using the toolbar or rolling the mouse-wheel.
The visibility of each graph can also be toggled from the Show-settings in the left of
the view.
The Refresh button can be used if data has changed outside the graph. For instance if
the coordinates of the tunnel line has changed or a laser has been added.
All Tunnels can be used to toggle the visibility of other tunnel lines in the same site.

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Tunnel 3D view
Right-click the tunnel and select Show 3D View… to open the 3D view. This view
shows a graphical 3D representation of the tunnel.

Figure 58 - Tunnel 3D view

The view is separated into three parts. The top-down view in the upper left corner
displays the entire tunnel line from above. The camera icon in the top-down view
indicates what section of the tunnel that the 3D view will currently show. The green
dot is the point on the tunnel that the camera will focus on. You use this view to look
at another part of the tunnel by clicking somewhere in this view, which moves the
camera around to the desired location.
The right part contains the actual 3D representation of the tunnel line and its sub-
elements, e.g. contours, fix points and lasers. You can interact with the 3D view in
the following manners:
 Hold left mouse button and move mouse around to look in different
directions.
 Zoom in/out using the mouse wheel.
The lower-left section of the view contains the view display options. You can toggle
the visibility of specific tunnel objects to fit your needs. The Link Contours checkbox
can be selected if you want to draw lines between the contours along the tunnel line,
thus providing an illusion of an actual tunnel, see Figure 59.
The Round Logs tab enables you to control how round logs are visualized. You can
choose which hole types to display and set hole type colors or disable coloring
completely by deselecting Use Hole Colors.
The Drill Plans tab also enables you to set hole type visibility and colors, but you can
also control the visibility of the drill plan help lines.
The Bolt Types tab enables you to filter bolt holes by their respective bolt types. You
can choose to enable filtering by different colors.

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Figure 59 - Linked contours

Bolt report
Right-click the tunnel in the browser tree and select Show Bolt Report… to open the
bolt report view.

Figure 60 - Bolt report

The right part of the view displays the tunnel line and the bolt holes. You can use the
mouse and toolbars to look at a specific part of the tunnel. You can control the
coloring of the bolt holes through the Bolt Report Colors view, see page 28.
The left section of the view contains various options for controlling what is shown in
the right view and what images and data to include in the report.
You can control what holes are displayed in the right view by specifying the section
range, either by entering the values manually, by using the arrow buttons, or by
clicking directly in the top-down view.
Section Step can be used to display length markers in the graph.

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 In the Depth tab, check Filter holes by depth and specify the minimum and
maximum depths of the bolt holes to display.
In the Bolt types tab, specify the type of bolt holes to display.

The report is generated by clicking the Report button. You can select what to include
in the report by checking the following boxes:
 Tunnel Image – includes several images, comprising the entire tunnel with
the features shown in the right view (unless the Crop Tunnel Image box is
checked)
 Crop Tunnel Image – only includes the section of the tunnel currently
visible in the right view
 Section Images – includes several images, showing bolt holes in each
section using contour projection or X-Z-projection
 Hole Ids – includes hole ids in the hole table, listing the visible bolt holes

Tunnel line report

A tunnel line report over a tunnel can be generated by right-clicking a tunnel and
selecting Tunnel Line Report...
The report consists of:

 The graphs from the tunnel graph view, and an additional graph for camber.

 All laser lines.

 Optionally – A table containing the section information from the tunnel line table.

Lasers
Introduction
In a tunneling operation a laser line or a navigation laser is a specified line used for
navigation of production machines, for example drill rigs. The laser definitions define
the coordinates of the navigation laser in the tunnel.

Importing / exporting lasers

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
A laser definition is stored in a laser file with extension .las or .xml. In earlier
versions, up to four lasers definitions could be store in a single laser file. However,
Underground Manager handles only one laser definition per laser file. When
importing laser files consisting of several laser definitions to Underground Manager,
each one will be imported and stored as a separate laser definition.

Laser view
The laser view contains fields for entering and editing laser line properties. The laser
view is opened by double-clicking on the laser in the browser tree.
It is possible to use a laser definition with two or three points. The third point is an
optional middle point added mostly for control when manually entering the laser. The
middle point is activated by navigating to View > Options and checking Show
Middle Points.

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Figure 61 - Laser view
The fields of the laser view are:
Laser Name of the laser.
Date Creation date of the laser definition.
From Section The section where the laser is mounted.
To Section: The “theoretical” end point of the laser. Normally
initially somewhere inside the rock mass in front of
the face.
At Laser (X, Y, Z) Coordinates of the starting point of the laser.
Middle (X, Y, Z) A point on the laser line. All three points must form a
Optional straight line.
At Face (X, Y, Z) Coordinates of the end point of the laser.
The view also contains a checkbox labeled Show in Graph which indicates whether
the laser line should be visible in the tunnel graph window or not.
Additionally, a Validate Laser button is available, see below.

Validation of a laser
The button Validate Laser will check the consistency of the laser. In the validation
check Underground Manager controls that:

 The direction of the laser specified by the coordinates for the laser (At Laser, At
Face) agree with the direction of the section interval specified by From Section
and To Section, i.e. that the laser definition and the tunnel line correspond.

 The laser is valid within the tunnel sections and none of the From Section or To
Section is defined outside the tunnel. N.B. the x, y, z coordinates can however be
defined outside the tunnel, but must be consistent with the tunnel.

 If the third (middle point) point is selected the validity check also controls if the
three points are on a straight line.
If a laser line is valid the OK is shown beside the Validate Laser button. If the laser is
not consistent (the rules above are violated) you will receive a warning.

Laser report
A Word laser report can be generated by right-clicking a laser in the browser
tree/explorer and selecting Laser Report… The report contains details about the
specific laser, e.g. from/to sections, laser coordinates and the inclination.

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Contours
Introduction
In Underground Manager, tunnel contours can be designed, edited, imported,
organized and utilized for the design and realization of a tunnel project. Contours for
the tunnel or drift can be used as a basis for design of drill plans and for control of a
varying tunnel contour.
For each tunnel you can store all contours designed for that specific tunnel. You can
also assign these contours to the corresponding sections or to specified drill plans.
Underground Manager also offers a consistency check that the designed drill plan and
the designed contour match.

Contour format conventions

 The contours are always considered to be drawn in the tunnel line direction. I.e.
increasing section numbers.

 The contour must form a closed loop; neither open forms nor free extra lines are
accepted.

 When designed and exported from AutoCAD, the dimensions of the tunnel
contour shall be metric and in meters.

 The origin (x=0 and y=0) of the drawing will be interpreted as the tunnel axis.

 It is recommended that the contour is defined clockwise starting from the left low
corner.

Importing / exporting contours

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Contours can be imported from .xml-files (IREDES), tun-files (from Geo) or .dxf-
and .dwg-files (AutoCAD). Underground Manager supports release 14 and release
13/LT95, but not release 12/LT2 of AutoCAD.

Contour folders
You can, optionally, create contour sub folders inside the Contours node. You can
use these folders to organize your contours.

Figure 62 - Contour folders

To add a folder – right-click the Contours node and select Add Folder. You can
create new contours inside the folder and you can freely move /copy contours
between folders as well.

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You can also work with the folders in same manner as normal data items. Folders can
be cut/copied to other Contours nodes, renamed or deleted.

Edit a contour
Start the contour editor by double-clicking on the contour.

Figure 63 - Contour editor

There are two methods to define the contour, X, Y, R (page 51) or Angle (page 51).
The method is selected with the drop-down list in the upper left corner.

Method – X, Y, R
The contour is always defined clock-wise from the left low corner.
The contour is always designed in the direction of the tunnel line.
The table defines the breakpoints of the contour.

 The first column (Right) defines the horizontal coordinate, positive sign to
the right.

 The second column (Up) defines the vertical coordinate, positive sign
upwards.

 The third column (Radius) defines the radius of the next contour segment. A
straight line is defined by Radius = 0.

 The fourth column (Type) defines the type of the next contour segment.
This field is important for example when using the contour in drill plan
generation.
The contour is always displayed closed back to the first point, i.e. while defining the
contour it gradually opens up.

Method – Angle
An alternate method to define a contour is to use the Angle method.

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Figure 64 - Contour editor (angle)
The table defines the breakpoints of the contour.

 The first column (Center Right) defines the horizontal coordinate for the
center of the circular arc, positive sign to the right.

 The second column (Center Up) defines the vertical coordinate for the center
of the circular arc, positive sign upwards.

 The third column (Radius) defines the radius of the next circular arc. A
straight line is defined by Radius = 0.

 The fourth column (Angle) is the angle for start of the circular arc.

 The fifth column (Type) defines the type of the next contour segment. This
field is important for example when using the contour in drill plan
generation.
The contour is always displayed closed back to the first point, i.e. while defining the
contour it gradually opens up.

Add contour points with mouse pointer

Click the pointer with the point to add contour points with the mouse pointer.

Figure 65 - Contour toolbar

Click and drag on the rectangle on the middle of the contour line and drag to adjust
the radius.

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Figure 66 - Graphical contour design

Contour reference point

When interpolating between two contours a reference point can be set to ensure that
matching points are used during interpolation. Click the desired point in the contour
and then click the set contour starting point button in the top bar. The list view will
then display which point has been set as the contour point.

Create standard contour

The Create standard contour function gives a possibility to automatically create a
contour from a template. Right-click on Contours and choose Create Standard
Contour....

Figure 67 - Open create standard contour dialog

This will open the following dialog.

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Figure 68 - Create standard contour
In this dialog, you can modify the different values for the currently selected contour
template before creating the contour.
By clicking on the Contour Template drop down-list you can access a list of contour
templates, see below.

Available contour templates

Figure 69 - T-contour Figure 70 - Road tunnel

Figure 71 - Water tunnel Figure 72 - Tunnel with vertical

contour

Figure 73 - Tunnel with circular contour Figure 74 - Horse shoe

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 Figure 75 - Advanced horse shoe

Contour report
A Word report can be generated from the contour editor. The report contains:
 General contour information, e.g. name, area and total length
 Contour point data in tabular format
 Contour image

Interpolate contours
Interpolation of contours is performed in the tunnel table, see page 38. Use the tunnel
table to interpolate. Select the contour or contours you want to interpolate as in the
image below and press the Interpolate Contour button.

Figure 76 - Select sections for contour interpolation

The following dialog will appear.

Figure 77 - Interpolate contour

Choose that name the interpolated contour will have. If you are interpolating more
than one contour they will be indexed 1, 2, 3 etc.
You can choose between five different radius interpolation methods. The interpolated
points for the contour will be the same no matter what method you choose. The
radius will differ a bit depending on your choice. You may use which method you
like. If you don’t have any preferences in this matter, choose the recommended one.
Possible choices are:
 Auto
 Smart
 Tangent

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  Linear
 Inversed
 Square inversed
The result of an interpolation between two contours using tangent interpolation can
be seen in Figure 78.

Figure 78 - Contour interpolation

Note: Tangent, Linear, Inversed and Square inversed interpolation methods require
the contours to have the same number of points.

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Drill plans
Introduction
One of the most essential parts of Underground Manager is designing and assigning
different drill plans for the sections in the tunnel line. Furthermore, Underground
Manager handles the import and export of drill plans back and forth to the drill rig.

Drill plan properties

Each drill plan has assigned properties. Right-click on the drill plan and select Drill
Plan Properties.

Figure 79 - Drill plan properties

Drill plan properties have the following fields:

Name The name you assign to the drill plan. This is the
name that will be used in the drill rig.
Rig The rig which the drill plan is connected to.
Contour The contour, if any, that is assigned to this drill plan.
Linking a contour to a drill plan will make it
possible to display a background contour in the
designer. The linked contour will appear next to the
name of the drill plan in the browser tree.

Figure 80 - Drill plan with linked contour

Direction This defines if the drill plan is to be used in the

direction of the tunnel line or in the direction against
the tunnel line!
The direction is visualized by a green arrow (along)
or a red arrow (against) in the drill plan symbol in
the browser tree.
Head Head text.
Date Drill plan creation date.

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Planner Name of the planner.
Comment Free comments. Will by default include the version
number of the DPG library used to generate the drill
plan

Importing / exporting drill plans

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
The drill plan files can be imported from, and exported to, IREDES .xml or .dpc files
(Boomer rigs only).

Drill plan folders

You can, optionally, create drill plan sub folders inside the Drill Plans-node. You
can use these folders to organize your drill plans according to your needs.

Figure 81 - Drill plan folders

To add a folder – right-click the Drill Plans node and select Add Folder. You can
create new drill plans inside the folder and you can freely move/copy drill plans
between folders as well.
You can also work with the folders in same manner as normal data items. Folders can
be cut/copied to other Drill Plans nodes, renamed or deleted.

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Generate drill plan (Boomer)
Generate drill plan with selected contours
To generate a drill plan with already existing contours, right-click on the drill plan
node or on a Boomer drill plan folder and select Generate Drill Plan. The Generate
Drill Plan Wizard will open in a new window.

Figure 82 - Generate drill plan wizard - step 1

In the first step of the wizard you give the drill plan a name, choose a front and back
contour and enter the depth of the drill plan.

Generate drill plan from tunnel section

To generate a drill plan from a tunnel section number with automatically interpolated
contours, right-click on the drill plan node or on a Boomer drill plan folder and select
Generate Drill Plan from tunnel section. The Generate Drill Plan Wizard will open in
a new window.

Figure 83 Generate drill plan from tunnel section wizard – step 1

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In the first step of the wizard you give the drill plan a name, enter a section number
and the depth of the drill plan. You can also choose in which direction of the tunnel,
forward or backward, to generate the drill plan.

Cut
You can also choose a cut to be used in the drill plan. The cut can then be placed by
grabbing and dragging the cut-box inside the smaller preview to the left. If the box
turns red it is outside of valid placing.

Figure 84 - Move cut

Zoom, pan and adjust zoom -

When Zoom is selected you can zoom in and out in the view by holding down the left
mouse key and dragging the mouse up to zoom in and down to zoom out or by using
the scroll wheel on your mouse.
To pan, select Pan and drag the drill plan in desired direction.
Adjust zoom will adjust the zoom to the window size and pan so that the entire
contour is visible.

Refresh
A click on the refresh button will update the contour and cut drop-down lists.

Drill plan preview

On the right side of the wizard a preview of the drill plan is shown.

Zoom, pan and rotate -

When Zoom is selected you can zoom in and out in the preview by holding down the
left mouse key and dragging the mouse up to zoom in and down to zoom out or by
using the scroll wheel on your mouse.
To pan the preview select Pan and drag the drill plan in desired direction.
The preview also can be rotated by selecting Rotate and grabbing the drill plan by
holding down the left mouse key and moving the mouse around.

Show Grid -
By clicking Show Grid the grid in the preview can be turned on and off. By default it
is turned off.

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Display different views -
The preview supports five kinds of views: Front view, Top view, Left side view,
Right side view and Rotate view. Use the buttons in the toolbar to select preferred
view.

Drill plan rules

In the second step of the wizard you can choose and edit the drill plan rules to be
used in the generation of the drill plan.

Figure 85 - Generate drill plan wizard - step 2

You can either start from scratch with a new set of drill plan rules or choose an
existing rule set in the drop down list at the top. Next to the drop down list is a save
button that will save all changes made to the current drill plan rules.
Each set of drill plan rules have three tabs of settings; Contour holes, Easers and
Bowl Shape. All measurements are applied to the back contour. See figure 86 for a
description of what each rule effect.

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 First contour
Burden

First contour
Spacing Roof

Top Spacing
Top Burden

Second contour
Spacing

First contour
Spacing Walls
Left Right Second contour
Left Spacing Cut Right Spacing Burden
Burden Burden

Bottom Spacing

Bottom Burden

Bottom row
Spacing

Figure 86 - Drill plan rules description

Contour holes

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Figure 87 - Contour holes
First contour
Spacing Walls Desired space between each contour hole on the
walls, measured in meters.
Actual Spacing Wall The actual spacing used by the generator to
(Left/Right) generate first contour wall holes for given
contours. These values will not be saved in the
Drill Plan Rules.
Max Spacing Walls The maximum acceptable spacing between wall
holes when generating a drill plan.
Spacing Roof Desired space between each contour hole on the
roof, measured in meters.
Actual Spacing Roof The actual spacing used by the generator to
generate first contour roof holes for given
contours. This value will not be saved in the Drill
Plan Rules.
Max Spacing Roof The maximum acceptable spacing between roof
holes when generating a drill plan.
Burden Distance in meters between the first contour and
the second contour holes.
Hole Start Offset Defines how far outside the front contour the
holes should start, measured in meters.
Hole End Offset Defines how much lookout the contour holes
should have, measured in meters from the back
contour.
Second contour
Type None: No second contour
Shortened: Only second contour along the roof
Normal: Second contour all the way down to
tunnel floor
Spacing Desired space between each second contour hole,
measured in meters.
Actual Spacing The achieved space between second contour
holes.
Max Spacing The maximum acceptable spacing between
second contour holes, measured in meters.
Burden Distance in meters between the second contour
and the easer holes.
Bottom row
Spacing Desired space between each hole on the bottom
row, measured in meters.
Actual Spacing Highest and lowest achieved space between
(Min/Max) holes on the bottom row, measured in meters.
Max Spacing The maximum acceptable spacing between
bottom row holes, measured in meters.
Hole Start Offset Defines how far below the front contour the
bottom row holes should start.

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Hole End Offset Defines how much lookout the bottom holes
should have, measured in meters from the back
contour.

Easers
Depending on if a cut is selected or not this tab contains one or four sections. If no
cut is used Spacing and Burden has the same meaning as for Top and Bottom in the
table below.

Figure 88 – Easers
Top/Bottom
Spacing Desired horizontal space between easer holes,
measured in meters.
Actual Spacing Highest and lowest achieved horizontal space
(Min/Max) between easer holes, measured in meters.
Max Spacing The maximum acceptable horizontal spacing
between easer holes.
Burden Desired vertical distance in meters between easer
holes, measured in meters.
Actual Burden Achieved vertical distance between easer holes,
measured in meters.
Max Burden The maximum acceptable vertical distance
between easer holes.
Left/Right
Spacing Desired vertical space between easer holes,
measured in meters.
Actual Spacing Highest and lowest achieved vertical space
(Min/Max) between easer holes, measured in meters.
Max Spacing The maximum acceptable vertical spacing
between easer holes.
Burden Desired horizontal distance in meters between
easer holes.
Actual Burden Achieved horizontal distance between easer
holes.
Max Burden The maximum acceptable horizontal distance
between easer holes.

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 Bowl shape

Figure 89 - Bowl shape

To generate drill plans with a bowl shaped bottom check the Use Bowl Shaped
Bottom checkbox.
The parameters for bowl shape are:
Bowl Radius Defines how large the radius of the bowl should
be, measured in meters.
Bowl Offset Distance from back contour to the point on the
bowl farthest away from the bottom.
Center point The X and Y coordinate of the center point of
the bowl.
The drill plan is automatically regenerated on ever change of the drill plan rules and
the new drill plan is shown in the preview on the right.
When you are happy with your drill plan save any changes made to the drill plan
rules and click Finish to save the generate drill plan. The new drill plan will then
show up in the tree view and can be edited in the Drill plan designer.

Drill plan designer

To open the drill plan designer and edit a drill plan, double-click the drill plan in the
browser tree or right-click the drill plan and select Open View. A new drill plan
editor window will open.

Figure 90 - Drill plan designer

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Drill plan objects
Drill plans are created using several types of objects, e.g.
 Holes which represent the actual holes to be drilled.
 Lines, also called Help Lines, are used in different ways to simplify
working with a drill plan.
 Texts has no impact on the functionality of the drill plan but is used to
make human-readable notes.
 Surface Delays are used for more detailed control of firing delays on
holes.

Designer user interface

The designer has five parts: The top toolbar, the designer toolbar and the designer
area in the middle, the interaction panel to the left and the properties panel to the
right.
The top toolbar shows all actions that can be used to manipulate the drill plan.
The designer area is used for viewing and manipulating the objects while the
designer toolbar contains buttons for selecting mode of interaction in the designer
area.
The interaction panel depends on the selected action in the top toolbar and has a set
of different views used manipulating the drill plan, like adding an existing contour or
adding holes along a line.
The properties panel is used for editing the properties of the different drill plan
objects.
These five panels will be covered later in this chapter.

Shortcut keys and the focus border

The designer responds to the usual shortcut keys, which also are available as menu
choices:
 Undo (CTRL + Z)
 Cut (CTRL + X)
 Copy (CTRL + C)
 Paste (CTRL + V)
 Delete (DEL)
It is important to know how and when the designer responds to these actions since it
depends on which part of the designer that is in focus. When the designer area has
focus it is indicated with a Focus Border, a thin rectangle. View the image below.
Although it might seem like a fuzzy indicator, it appears clearly when working in the
application.

Planning phase  66
Figure 91 - Focus border
When the focus border is visible, the shortcut keys (or menu choices) will apply to
the direct manipulations of the drill plan. For example, pressing CTRL + Z will undo
your last change to the drill plan.
If the focus frame is invisible, the shortcut keys will have normal Windows behavior
including copy and paste of ordinary text, etc.

Designer area and designer toolbar

The designer toolbar is located above the designer area, which displays the current
drill plan.

Figure 92 - The designer area toolbar.

The toolbar enables different ways of manipulating the drill plan. The buttons are
grouped by their functionality. Below follows a description of each group.

Select / move objects -

There are two ways of selecting objects, arrow select and
rectangle select. When selecting you can use the SHIFT
and ALT keys to add or remove objects to your current
selection, in the same manner as in the Windows file
explorer.

Use the arrow to select one object at the time. If you Select rectangle
hold down SHIFT, the clicked object’s selection status
will be inverted while keeping the selection of the other
objects.

Use the rectangle to select several objects. Use

SHIFT to add more objects to the current selection. Use
ALT to remove objects from the selection.
When the arrow is positioned above a selected object, the Move objects
mouse cursor indicates that you can move the objects.
Push the left mouse button and drag the objects to the
desired location.

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Selection filter -
The selection filter is related to the selection of three of the drill plan objects: Lines,
holes and texts. These types of objects have a corresponding button in the toolbar
above. If none of the buttons are checked, like the image above, all objects will be
selected using the selection tools. Toggling a button will result in a filter which will
make it possible to select only that kind of object. You may combine the selection by
toggling for instance both holes and texts, but not lines.
Surface Delays are a special case that don’t use filters and that you can always select.

The last button in the toolbar indicates group selecting. Toggling this button
will result in selecting not only the clicked object but also the group it belongs to.
Read more about grouping later in this chapter.

Zoom, adjust zoom and pan -

Zoom and Pan are quite self-explanatory. Simply select one of them, push the left
mouse button in the designer area and move the mouse to reach your desired view.
Shortcut key CTRL will select Zoom and SPACE will select Pan.
Adjust zoom will adjust the zoom to the window size so the entire drill plan will be
visible.

Save, undo and redo

The changes made to the drill plan is not saved unless the save button is clicked (or
use CTRL + S). If you close the designer with unsaved changes, you will be asked if
you want to save or not.
All manipulations made to the drill plan since it has been opened can be undone
(CTRL + Z). There is no limit to the number of undoable steps. There is a possibility
to redo (CTRL+Y) the actions if the undo button was used too many times.

Display different views

When designing a drill plan different tasks require different kinds of views. The
designer supports four kinds of views: Front view, Top view, Side view and Free
view. Use the buttons in the toolbar to toggle their visibility.

Grouping objects
Objects can be grouped to simplify selection and simplify movement when using
lines.
To group objects, select objects of only one type (lines, holes or texts) and push the
group button. To ungroup objects, select the objects and press ungroup.
Grouping lines differ a bit from the other types of objects. When grouping lines they
have to be adjacent. Moving a grouped line will also move the adjacent lines.

Delete selected objects -

Clicking this button deletes all selected objects. Alternatively use the DEL key.

Ruler -
The ruler can be used to measure an arbitrary distance in the drill plan. Just click with
the left mouse button somewhere in the designer area and a start point for the ruler
will be set. Click the left mouse button again in another location to set the ruler end
point. The distance will be displayed right next to the ruler end point.

Planning phase  68
Snap to lines -
Enabling this mode will make holes, lines and the ruler snap to lines when moving
them around with the mouse.

Figure 93 - Ruler

Properties panel
In the properties panel you can change the properties of the selected object or objects.
By selecting only one type of objects the properties appear as in the picture below,
which shows the properties for a line.

Figure 94 - Properties panel

The properties adjust themselves according to the objects selected. If only one object
is selected, all properties have values. If many objects are selected, properties which
share the same values have their value set.
If several objects are selected when modifying a property – all the selected objects
will be affected by the change.

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Hole properties

Planning phase  70
Figure 95 - Hole properties
The arrow buttons in the top of the properties view can be used for selecting the
previous or next hole based on the hole id, shown between the buttons.
You can also modify hole properties such as the start and end coordinates, lookout
settings, hole diameter and hole length, hole type and bit type. The Lock checkbox
does not affect the hole properties as such, but prevents the start or end coordinate
from being changed when moving holes in the editor. This can also be enabled
temporarily by holding the right mouse button on a hole’s start or end point while
dragging.
For Simba drill plans it is also possible to set a hole name in addition to the hole id.
The name is only used to make it easier for the user to identify the hole.
Activate MWD can be selected to indicate that MWD data should be collected for the
hole.
You can also enable/disable manual sequence rotation or change the rotation angle to
an exact value if needed.
The firing and charging section shows firing and charging information for the hole.
However, you cannot change these settings from the properties panel.

Line properties

Figure 96 - Line properties

The start and end point coordinates of a line can be changed as needed.
You can select whether the line is defined clockwise or not by selecting/deselecting
the Clockwise checkbox.
You can also change a line into an arc by adding a radius. Make sure the radius is
large enough.

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Text properties

Figure 97 - Text properties

A text has properties for changing the text, the coordinate, and text size if required.

Interaction panel
The interaction panel will automatically be shown when performing an action that
requires additional input, e.g. when clicking Move on the top toolbar Home tab, see
figure below.

Figure 98 - Interaction panel

In this example, you can enter values for how much the selected object(s) will be
moved in the X, Y and Z-directions.

Top toolbar

Figure 99 - Drill plan designer top toolbar

The top toolbar mainly contains functionality for adding and manipulating drill plan
objects. There are, among else, also a set of options available for controlling the
objects’ visibility and appearance.
There are five tabs available.
 Home – contains the most basic functionality
 Sequences – used when dealing with drill plan sequences
 Firing – used when setting up firing in the drill plan
 Charging – used when setting up charging in the drill plan

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  Report – used for creating various reports
 Settings – various settings for how the designer should function

Home
Lines

Figure 100 - Home > Lines

Click Add Line if you want to add lines manually. Just click in the designer area and
draw a line. The properties panel, see page 79, will automatically expand and display
the properties for the current line.
Click Add Lines from Contour if the lines are supposed to be inserted from a
contour.

Figure 101 - Home > Lines > Add Lines from Contour
Add Existing Contour allows you to use the lines from an existing contour.
Add Standard Contour opens the Add Standard Contour dialog, see page 53, and use
the lines from this contour.
Interpolate Contour allows you to interpolate a new contour for the drill plan by using
the linked tunnel contours. When the Section box is set the program will use the
contour defined on that section; if the set section is between two tunnel sections with
different contours an interpolated contour will be created. Use Include End Contour
to create a second contour at a specified depth from the first.

Create contour from table

Similar to the contour editor in Underground Manager, it is possible to enter help
lines in a table. The lines will appear as a preview in the designer area. When
satisfied, click Add, or Clear to start over.

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Figure 102 - Create contour from table
Mark a group of lines in the designer and press Fill with Selected Lines to put the line
information in the table. Note that the lines are actually moved out of the drill plan
and replaced by the preview lines. You have to add the lines again or undo to restore
your action.

Holes

Figure 103 - Home > Holes (Boomer)

Figure 104 - Home > Holes (Simba)

Add Hole allows you to add holes in the designer are by clicking with the mouse.

Planning phase  74
Change hole length

Figure 105 – Change hole length

This function can be used to add or subtract length to one or several holes.
Select the holes you want to modify, click Change hole length, type the change in the
text box (where a negative number means subtraction) and click change.

Add holes along line (Boomer)

This function can be used to simplify the process of adding holes. Make sure one or
more adjacent lines are selected and enter the desired values in the interaction panel.
A preview will be shown, if you are satisfied, click Add.

Figure 106 - Add holes along line (Boomer)

The parameters under the Hole Properties section are:
Diameter (mm) The diameter of the drill hole.
Depth (m) The length of the drill hole.
Lookout (m) The lookout of the hole.
Vertical Lookout Check this if vertical lookout is desired.

The parameters under the Spacing section are:

Desired Spacing (m) The required spacing between consecutive holes.

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 If there are arcs and lookout the spacing given at
hole face or bottom will differ.
At Hole Face / Decide if the desired spacing should set for the
At Hole Bottom hole face or the hole bottom.
Minimum Spacing at If desired spacing is set at bottom the holes
Face (m) might clump up at corners in the face. Use this
option to adjust that.
Achieved Spacing (m) The achieved spacing with selected parameters.
Distance to Line (m) The distance between the holes and the line. Can
be both positive and negative.
Free Space at Line Defines the amount of free space there should be
Start/End (m) at the start and end of the line when adding
holes.

Add holes along line (Simba)

Figure 107 - Add holes along line (Simba)

As with the Boomer version of this function, it can be used to simplify the process of
adding holes. Enter the desired values in the interaction panel. A preview will be
shown; if you are satisfied, click Add.

Hole Type The type of hole each hole should be.

Diameter (mm) The diameter of each hole.
Length (m) The length of each hole.
Rotate Around Line (°) Rotation of the holes around the selected line, in
degrees.
Desired Spacing (m) The desired spacing between consecutive holes.

Tilt operations (Simba)

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Figure 108 - Tilt operations
There are three different tilt operations that can be performed: align to tilt plane,
adjust start point and adjust end point.
Align to tilt plane
Using align to tilt plane will align the selected holes to the tilt plane of any other
unselected hole in the drill plan. If there are multiple different tilt planes available in
the drill plan the selected holes will cycle between them for each time the button is
pressed.

Figure 109 - Before alignment Figure 110 - After alignment

See Figure 109 and Figure 110 for an example, here we have switched one hole from
one tilt plane to another. Note that this does not just copy the tilt of the hole but
actually finds the tilt plane that the unselected holes are using.

Adjust start/end point

To make sure that a hole starts or ends at a line in the drill plan or on the rig’s work
area you can adjust the start or end position of the selected hole. Pressing Adjust
Start/End Point will try to extend the start/end point to the next intersecting line,
including the rig’s work area. It will ignore the Z-axis of any line when intersecting
with the hole.

Planning phase  77
 Figure 111 - Before adjust Figure 112 - After adjust
start point start point

For example, if Adjust Start Point is pressed for Figure 111 the start point will be
moved as shown in Figure 112. If pressed again it will cycle back it to its original
position since there are no more lines to extend the start point to. Adjust End Point
works the same way except for adjusting the end point.

Planning phase  78
Generate Injection Plan

Figure 113 - Generate injection plan

Generate injection plan simplifies the process of creating an injection plan. The
function uses the available closed contours in the drill plan to generate holes so make
sure that the contours used in the drill plan have closed loops.
This functionality is only available in Underground Manager Pro.

Figure 114 - Generate injection holes parameters

The Face and Bottom Contours-option uses two contours in the drill plan to generate
holes. The contour with the most positive Z-axis is assumed to be the face contour
and the other contour is assumed to be the bottom contour.

Planning phase  79
If Face Contour and Depth is used then only one contour is needed; a second bottom
contour is copied from the face contour and placed at the specified depth from the
face contour.
The parameters under the Holes section are:
Lookout Defines how much lookout the injection
holes should have, measured in meters
from the bottom contour.
Spacing Walls Amount of space between each
injection, measured in meters.
Distance to Line Distance in meters between the
generated holes and the face contour.
Positive value moves the holes towards
the middle of the contour.
Exclude floor Excludes floor holes in the drill plan
during drill plan generation.
Free Space at Wall Start/End Defines the amount of free space there
should be at the start and end of the
contour.

Create fan (Simba)

Create fan is a great tool to easily create holes based on the rig’s geometry. This
requires that you have connected a rig to the drill plan, see page 57. The geometry of
the rig will then be visible in the drill plan and create fan will originate the holes from
the rig’s work area.

Figure 115 - Create fan

Select any connected lines to see a preview of the holes; if you are satisfied, click
Add.

Hole Type The type of hole each hole should be.

Diameter (mm) The diameter of each hole.
Desired Spacing (m) The desired spacing between consecutive holes.
Tilt (°) Amount of tilt on the rig’s work area, in degrees.
Start holes at contour Decides if holes should start at the rig’s work
area or at the first contour that intersects with the
holes.

Planning phase  80
Texts

Figure 116 - Home > Texts

Clicking Add Text allows you to write an arbitrary text somewhere in the drill plan.

Insert from Drill Plan

Figure 117 - Insert from Drill Plan

Insert from Drill Plan allows you to import holes and help lines from other drill plans
in the same site.

Figure 118 - Insert from drill plan dialog

First, select the tunnel that contains the drill plan you want to insert items from. Then
select the correct drill plan in the drill plan list. Finally, specify hole types and
whether to insert help lines or not.
The bottom part of the dialog displays a preview of what will be inserted into the
current drill plan.

Planning phase  81
Show

Figure 119 - Home > Show

This part of the top toolbar contains various options for controlling what, and how,
drill plan objects will be drawn in the designer area.
Help Lines toggles the visibility of drill plan help lines on or off.
Texts toggles the visibility of drill plan texts on or off.
MWD Markers toggles visibility of the MWD Marker for holes that have that option
set.
Hole Ids and Hole Length toggles the visibility of these properties on or off, see
Figure 120.

Figure 120 - Hole id and hole length

The hole id is displayed in the upper right corner of the hole (54 in the figure) and the
length is displayed in the lower right corner (3.420 in the figure).
Hole Shape has three sub options.

Figure 121 - Hole shape settings

Hole End Markers turns the hole end marker (a square) on or off.
Hole Lines turns the line drawn along the hole on or off.
Hole Start Markers turns the hole start marker (a circle) on or off.

Figure 122 - Hole size

The Hole Size slider allows you to scale the size of the hole start and end markers.
Hole Types opens the Hole Types interaction panel, see below:

Planning phase  82
Figure 123 - Hole types
The hole types interaction panel allows you to configure which hole types that should
be visible and you can also set the colors for the holes types. Just click on the colored
rectangle to the right of the hole and select a new color.
Restore Colors restores the default colors.
The All button selects all hole types and the None button deselects all hole types.

Clipboard

Figure 124 - Clipboard icon shortcuts

The Clipboard section of the top toolbar contains buttons for performing the standard
clipboard operations also available using the shortcut keys. See Shortcut keys and the
focus border on page 66.

Move

Figure 125 - Move

It is possible to move selected objects in the designer area using the mouse cursor.
But if the distance moved needs to be exact, use the Move function. Enter the correct
distances and click the button.

Planning phase  83
Figure 126 - Move properties

Scale

Figure 127 - Scale

It is possible to adjust the size of the selected drill plan objects. Select the objects you
want to scale and click the button. The objects are scaled from origin.

Figure 128 - Scale properties

Rotate

Figure 129 - Rotate

Rotate the selected objects around origin. Enter the rotation angle in degrees and
click the button.

Figure 130 - Rotate properties

Flip

Figure 131 - Flip

Planning phase  84
Select objects and use these buttons to flip the objects horizontally or vertically. Note
that during the flip action, boom sequences are switched since the boom can’t be
flipped on the rig and we still want the proper boom on the correct position. If a
sequence has manual rotation angles those are mirrored around Y-axis.

Sequences (Boomer)
Strategy
The ABC Total option in the RCS (Rig Control System) on the drill rig has different
strategies for different types of holes. As a general strategy the feed is rotated to show
as much of the drill steel to the operator as possible.
For:
 Contour holes: The feed is rotated to get the drill steel as close to the wall as
possible without risk for colliding with the surrounding rock.
When a contour hole is drilled the boom is moved a bit inwards and then to
the next contour hole (if in sequence) still maintaining the same lookout
angle.
 Second contour
 Easers
 Bottom holes. The feed is moved so that no part of the boom will be below
the bottom (hole line) of the tunnel.
 Cut holes
 Reamer holes are normally not part of an automatic sequence. If included
they are treated as easer holes.
 Bolt holes. Not included in automatic sequences.
 Injection/grout holes. Not included in automatic sequences.

Edit sequences

Figure 132 - Edit sequences

Select Set Sequence to start editing sequences. Press the left mouse button and drag
the circle cursor over the holes you want to be in the sequence. Let go to stop adding
holes to a sequence. Press and drag again to continue the sequence where you left off.

Figure 133 - Set sequence

To change boom sequence to use with Set Sequence, select a different boom in the
Boom box next to the Set Sequence button.

Planning phase  85
Remove a hole from a sequence by selecting Remove Sequence and then pressing
and dragging the circle over the holes you want to remove from a sequence.

Figure 134 - Remove sequence

It is possible to move a sequence between the holes by using Move Sequence. Square
shaped sequence handles appear on holes included in a sequence when Move
Sequence is selected. Move the cursor to a handle, press the left mouse button, drag
the handle to another hole and then release the mouse button to move the sequence
from one hole to another.

Figure 135 - Move sequence

It is possible to add a hole in the middle of a sequence using Set Sequence. Hold
down SHIFT and by pressing and holding the left mouse button drag the sequence
handle to another hole and release the button. The hole will then be added to the
sequence after the hole you started to drag from.

Figure 136 - Add to sequence

Simulate

Figure 137 - Simulate sequences

Using the Simulate control lets you step through all the sequences in a drill plan to
see where all the rig booms are at any given time if all holes are drilled at the same
speed. A circle for each sequence, with the color of the sequence, will indicate in the
drill plan which hole is being drilled at the current position in the sequence.

Planning phase  86
Figure 138 - Simulated sequences
Press the left arrow to step backwards in the sequence. Press the right arrow to step
forward in the sequence. The number in the box describes the current position in the
sequence; it’s possible to jump to a specific position by writing the number in the
box.

Figure 139 - Simulate controls

Manual rotation

Figure 140 - Manual rotation

Manually defined rotation angles are only valid for the drill rig that they were defined
for. That means that if you have drill rigs with different boom configurations you
need to duplicate the drill plan.
Make sure you have a rig connected to your drill plan, see page 57 for more
information.

Figure 141 - Rotating on a hole

Select Rotate Sequence to manually define a rotation angle. Triangle shaped rotation
handles appear on the holes which are included in a sequence. Move the cursor to the
rotation handle, press the left button and drag the mouse to adjust the angle. The
rotation indicator, in the form of a triangle, and the boom feed will define the rotation
angle. Release the mouse button to stop rotating.

Planning phase  87
Show

Figure 142 - Sequences > Show settings

There are three settings for changing what information should be shown in the
designer area:

 Sequence Numbers shows/hides the boom number and order number on

holes.
 Rotation Indicators shows/hides the rotation direction indicator on manually
rotated holes. When Rotate Sequence is active this setting is ignored and the
indicators are always shown.
 Boom Feed shows/hides the boom feed on manually rotated holes. When
dragging a rotation while using Rotate Sequence the boom feed is always
shown, even if the option is disabled.

Firing (Boomer)
Detonators

Figure 143 - Edit detonators

Click Set Detonator to set detonators on holes in the drill plan. In the interaction
panel that opens select a detonator family and then select the desired detonator in that
family.
This requires detonators and detonator families to have been setup previously, see
page 36.

Figure 144 - Set a detonator

With a detonator selected the cursor in the designer area should be in the shape of a
circle with a plus-sign in the upper right corner. Press the left mouse-button and drag
the circle with the mouse over holes in the drill plan to set the detonator to the one
selected in the interaction panel.

Planning phase  88
Click Remove Detonator to remove already set detonators. Just as with setting
detonators, press and drag the left mouse-button over the holes that have detonators
you want to remove.

Figure 145 - Remove a detonator

The interaction panel to the left does not affect removing detonators but is present for
when swapping quickly between setting and removing.

Surface delays

Figure 146 - Surface delays

Selecting Add Surface Delay will open the interaction panel and display all the
surface delays set up in the site according to page 34. Select one in the list and click
in the designer area to add it to the drill plan.

Figure 147 - Add surface delay

To connect surface delays to each other in a chain select Connect Surface Delays.
Click on two surface delays in order to create a connection between the two. The
direction of the connection is determined by order of selection so the first selected
surface delay will be the start and the second one will be the end of the connection.

Figure 148 - Connect surface delays

It is possible to create larger chains of surface delays using the same method but it is
not possible to create loops in the chain.

Planning phase  89
To connect the surface delays to the holes and their detonators select Set Surface
Delay from the menu. Then select an existing surface delay, either in the list that will
be shown in the interaction panel or by clicking directly on it in the drill plan.

Figure 149 - Select surface delay

With a surface delay selected the mouse cursor should change to a circle with a plus-
sign.
Press and drag the left mouse button over the holes you want connected to the
selected surface delay, a colored area with the same color as the surface delay will
appear around the set holes.

Figure 150 - Set a surface delay

It’s only possible to set surface delays on holes that have a detonator.
Remove a set surface delay from a hole by selecting Remove Surface Delay. Press
and drag the mouse over the holes you want to remove the detonator from.

Figure 151 - Remove a surface delay

Planning phase  90
Surface delay properties
You select a surface delay by clicking the delay. The properties panel will open for
the surface delay.

Figure 152 - Surface delay properties

You can modify the name, the delay time, the color and coordinate.
You can also click the Change To Different Surface Delay… button if you want to
change the selected surface delay to another surface delay.

Delay table

Figure 153 - Delay table

The delay table calculates the actual delay of all holes in the drill plan, taking into
account both the detonator and surface delays for each hole. Each row in the list
represents one actual delay timing with all holes with the same delay listed in the
Hole Id column.

Figure 154 - Delay table list

Planning phase  91
If there is more than one hole in the Hole Id column then the row will have a red
circle indicating that multiple detonations will occur at the same delay. Selecting a
row will highlight the holes with that delay in the drill plan.
To step through the delays use the play, restart, previous and next buttons.

 Play will start a real-time simulation of the detonations from the

currently selected delay. If the Sound box is selected an explosion sound
will be played for each delay.

 Restart will reset the currently selected delay to the first one in the list.
 Previous goes back one step to the previous delay.
 Next steps forward to the next delay.
The text between the previous and next buttons shows which row-number that has
been selected out of the total number of delays in the list.

Print

Figure 155 - Print

Clicking Print will open a print-dialog, for more information about the dialog see
page 96.

Show settings

Figure 156 - Firing > Show settings

Under the Show section it is possible to change what information that should be
shown on each hole.
 Detonator Numbers will show/hide the number of the detonator that the hole
has.
 Detonator Families shows/hides the designation of the family that the
detonator of a hole has.
 Detonator Delays will show/hide the delay of the detonator set on a hole.
 When Detonator Delays is checked Include Surface Delays will be available.
It decides if only the value of the detonator or the actual delay for the hole,
including the surface delay set to the hole, should be shown.

Charging (Boomer)
Setting charge combinations

Figure 157 - Charge combinations

Planning phase  92
To set charge combinations for holes click the Set Charge Combination button. The
interaction panel opens with a list of all the available charge combinations in the drill
plan.

Figure 158 - List of charge combinations

Each charge combination is shown with some information about it:
 Name and color of the charge combination in the drill plan
 A graphical representation of the charge combination
 Name and weight of the primer
 Name, weight per meter and length of the bottom and column explosive
 The total and uncharged length of the hole
Select a charge combination by clicking on it in the list. When the cursor is in the
designer area it will be a circle with a plus-sign. Set charge combinations on holes by
pressing and dragging the circle over the desired holes.

Figure 159 - Set charge combination

Holes that have the same charge combination will be grouped into colored areas with
the charge combination’s color.
To remove a charge combination from a hole, select the Remove Charge
Combination from the top menu. Press and drag the circle over the holes you want to
remove the charge combination from.

Planning phase  93
Figure 160 - Remove charge combination

Adding charge combinations

There are three ways to add a charge combination to a drill plan when the Set Charge
Combination interaction panel is shown:

Create manually
Click Add… and fill out the required information about the charge combination as
described on page 37 and press OK.

Import from template

Figure 161 - Import from template

Click Import… and in the Import from Template tab select a site in the top box. Then
select a charge combination template in the list below the Site box and press OK.

Import from drill plan

Figure 162 - Import from drill plan

Click Import… and select the Import from Drill Plan tab. First select a site in the Site
box, then a tunnel in the Tunnel box, then a drill plan in the Drill Plan box and finally
select a charge combination in the list below the previously mentioned boxes.
Duplicated charge combinations are not shown in the list.

Planning phase  94
Reports

Figure 163 - Reports

A charge report can be created using either Word or PDF and will consist of:
 Information about how many holes that have used each charge combination
and the calculated amount of explosives used
 A summary of the contour volume
 A summary of the blast volume
To generate a charge report a nominal charge combination depth must be defined,
otherwise the calculations cannot be performed.
Clicking Print will open a print-dialog; the same as the one on page 96 but with the
addition of a list of charge combinations on the right side. The layout of the charge
combinations in the print-dialog is the same as in the interaction panel described
previously.

Show settings
The Label on All Holes setting switches so that instead of putting the charge
combination label on an entire color block it will show the charge combination label
on each hole.

Reports

Figure 164- Reports

The reports tab in the top toolbar enables you to make drill plan reports.

Graphical report
The report consists of:

 Some general information displaying the site, tunnel, date, comments, round
information and some statistics regarding the holes.

 Front, top, side and free view depending on what areas that is currently visible.

 Firing and charging information

Hole report
This report consists of some general drill plan information and a table with details
about all the holes in the drill plan.

Planning phase  95
Print
Clicking the Print button opens the Print dialog. From here you can print the drill
plan front view. There are several options available for you that can be customized.
For instance, you can choose page orientation, scaling the drill plan, setting text size,
selecting printer and paper size.
Note that you can move, resize and pan the drill plan inside the Print dialog to
customize what part of the drill plan you want to print.

Figure 165 - Print drill plan

Planning phase  96
Settings

Figure 166 - Drill plan top toolbar settings

Grid / coordinate settings

The settings tab of the top toolbar contains various functionality controlling the visual
appearance and behavior of the drill plan designer.
Show Grid controls whether the grid should be shown in the designer or not.
Fixed Size allows you to set a constant value for the grid. If fixed size isn’t used then
the grid size will scale when the zoom changes.
Show Mouse Coordinates can be enabled to display the current mouse coordinates in
the lower right corner of the designer area. If Floating Mouse Coordinates is checked
the coordinates will be displayed next to the mouse pointer.

Rig settings
Boom Body toggles visibility of the boom locations.
Boom Reach can be checked if you want to see how far the booms can reach. The
boom reach will be indicated with a large circle in the designer.
Note that these settings are only visible when editing a Boomer drill plan which has a
rig connected. A rig can be connected to the drill plan through the drill plan
properties dialog, see page 57.

Contour settings
Show Connected can be checked if the drill plan designer should draw the contour
connected to the drill plan.
You can connect a contour in the drill plan properties dialog, see page 57.

Planning phase  97
 Ruler settings
Snap to Lines can be checked if you wish that when using the ruler in the designer
toolbar – the ruler start and end points will automatically be snapped to nearby holes
or lines.

Linking data to the tunnel line

Introduction
A tunnel project is normally designed in advance, specifying both the location of the
tunnel and the geometry and design of different parts of the tunnel.
From an engineering point of view the tunnel location is specified as a tunnel line and
the geometry and design of the tunnel in different contours associated to different
sections of the tunnel line. In order to accomplish the final tunnel layout - different
drill plans, bolt plans and injection plans are used for different section of the tunnel.
In Underground Manager this is done by assigning contours, drill plans, bolt plans
and injection plans to different tunnel sections in the tunnel line table. It is also
possible to assign specific drill plans to specific contours in order to simplify work
and reduce mistakes.

Assigning contours to tunnel sections

A contour can be assigned to a specific tunnel section. That means that the tunnel
section must follow the assigned contour and that any drill plan (not bolt or injection
plan) must be consistent with the same contour.
To assign a contour to one or several sections of a tunnel line, select the appropriate
cells in the tunnel line table by clicking and dragging. Then drag and drop a contour
from the Contours node in the browser tree, to the selected area.
Assigned contours and drill plans will show up in the tunnel graph view.

Assigning drill plans to tunnel sections

A drill plan is assigned to sections in the tunnel line table using drag and drop from
the browser tree, see Figure 167 to Figure 169.

Figure 167 - Mark the sections.

Planning phase  98
Figure 168 - Drag the drill plan to the marked sections

Figure 169 - Release the mouse button to assign the drill plan to the sections

Remove drill plan/contour link

There is a button in the tunnel table toolbar that is used to remove a drill plan or
contour from a specific tunnel section. With this command you do not delete the
contour or drill plan, just remove the link between the contour, drill plan and the
tunnel line.
To remove the link select the contours or drill plans you want to remove from the
tunnel line. Then use the Remove Drill Plan/Contour Link or press the Delete button.

Figure 170 - Remove contour/drill plan link

Assigning bolt- and injection plans

Bolt- and injection plans can be added to the tunnel line table without any
restrictions.

Planning phase  99
Linking fix points to tunnel
To decide which fix points that belongs to which tunnel there is a linking feature in
Underground Manager.
Double-click on the Fix Points node to open the view. Now push Link...

Figure 171 - Link fix points

In the following dialog, select which tunnel you wish to work with using the drop
down-list. Mark the fix points you wish to connect to the tunnel and click OK. You
can also switch perspective using the options in the upper right corner. This will
allow you to connect one fix point to many tunnels, instead of connecting one tunnel
to many fix points as in the picture below.

Figure 172 - Link tunnel with fix points

Auto link fix points

Underground Manager also offers an auto-link feature. Press Auto… and select the
tunnels which you want to auto link.
Enter a suitable valid distance and click Link. The shortest distance (3D) between the
fix point and the tunnel line will be calculated for all fix points in the site, and if the
shortest distance is smaller than your given valid distance, the fix point will be
linked. Click OK to confirm.

Planning phase  100

If Keep Existing Tunnel Links is unchecked the existing links will first be removed,
then all fix points within the valid distance will be added. Keep this box checked if
you don’t want to remove links, just add new ones.

Figure 173 - Auto link fix points

Linking through browser tree

There is also a possibility to auto link fix points directly from the browser tree. Right-
click on a site, level, area or tunnel and select Autolink Fix Points and the dialog will
automatically check the appropriate tunnels for you.

Figure 174 - Autolink fix points from browser tree

Planning phase  101

Rig data exchange

Introduction
Underground Manager is a planning and evaluation software integrated with the drill
rigs that are used in the tunneling operation. Transferring data from the program to
the rig and from the rig and back to the program is therefore an essential part in order
to achieve maximal function of the system.
Designed tunnel lines, laser lines, drill plans and fix points are initially transferred to
the rig and used for conducting the drilling operation. After drilling, log data is
transferred back to Underground Manager for analysis and evaluation in order to
improve planning of the next round.

Send data to rig

To transfer the data (tunnel line, laser definitions, drill plans, contours, fix points,
drill plan rules, cuts) to the rig, insert a PC-card/USB-stick in the computer and click
the button Send Data to Rig in the tunnel table toolbar or from the menu that appears
when right-clicking a tunnel.

Figure 175 - Send data to the rig

If some sections are marked in the tunnel line table, only data for these sections will
be exported to the rig. If no section is marked the whole tunnel will be exported.

Figure 176 - Send Data to Rig dialog

The following is information you may modify.

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 Rig Select the rig where you want to export the data.
Included The drill plans used on the selected tunnel sections are already checked. You
Drill Plans can alter the selection.
Included The lasers used in the tunnel are already checked. You can alter the
Lasers selection.
Included The contours linked to the tunnel are already checked. You can alter the
Contours selection.
Included All drill plan rules are selected by default. You can change the selection
Drill Plan before exporting.
Rules
(Boomer)
Included Select which drill plans you wish to export as cuts.
Cuts
(Boomer)

Synchronizing log files

Log data from rigs can be synchronized to Underground Manager if an RRA folder
structure has been set up in the computer network. By specifying the RRA folder path
(see section Site properties), log data can be fetched and imported by right-clicking a
site and selecting “Sync data”. Any log files not previously imported will then
automatically be imported into Underground Manager.
Note that only files from rigs with correct serial numbers configured in Underground
Manager will be synchronized (see section Rigs on how to configure rig properties).

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Round logs

Introduction
A round log file is generated for every drilled round. The log contains geometrical
information of the round such as hole length and collaring points. The file also
contains time and statistical information from the round such as start and stop times
and average parameter values etc. This information provides an important foundation
for improving the drilling quality and the production rate.
Round logs are, like all other data, administrated in the browser tree. You can store
multiple round logs on the same section in the browser tree. Different round logs on
the same section are separated using the round log time stamp.

Figure 177 - Round logs in browser tree

Importing / exporting round logs

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Round logs can be imported from .xml-files (IREDES) and .log-files (Boomer logs
only). Underground Manager also supports exporting to both these formats.

Round log view

From the log file you can view data from the drill rigs. To open the view, double-
click on a log.

Round logs  104

Figure 178 - Round log view
In the log view the graphs to the right shows each drilled hole represented by a blue
dot.
To view the log data of a specific hole, click the hole in either of the graphs. The
selected hole is marked with a red color.

You have three views to alter between:

 Front View
 Top View
 Rotate View

Get planned holes for round log

To view the relevant drill plan from within the round log view, you can choose to
retrieve the planned holes. This is automatically done on import in some cases, but
can also be done manually by selecting Get Planned Holes….

Round logs  105

Figure 179 – Get planned holes for round log
A new dialog opens, listing all available drill plans to retrieve planned holes from.
Information detailing the drill plan used to produce the round log is shown, if
available, and can be used to select the correct drill plan in the list.

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Hole info tab
The Hole Info tab displays information about the selected hole, based on which rig
has been used for drilling.

Figure 180 - Round log hole info tab

The two arrow buttons in the bottom can be used to navigate among the holes.

Show tab
Under the Show tab, a number of choices of what to show in the log are available:

Figure 181 - Round log show tab

Round logs  107

The parameters are:
Contour or X-Z With X-Z projection, the topmost graph shows a
Projection view directly from above. With contour projection,
the surface of the tunnel contour is flattened out so
that the entire roof of the tunnel is visible at the
same time. This projection is useful for bolt holes.
Show Lookout Whether or not to show a line to the bottom of the
Lines hole.
Show Sequence Whether or not to draw a line between the holes in
Lines the order of drilling.
Show Hole Ids Check this option to show the hole ids next to the
holes in the graph.
Show Drill Plan Show relevant drill plan in the graph.
Show Planned Show connected (or interpolated) contour in the
Contour graph.
Show Bottom Area Connect the outermost hole end points with a line to
display the bottom area.
Show Grid Check this option if you want the grid displayed.
Fixed Size Check this if you want to set the size of the grid
manually.
If manual grid size is selected you define the grid in
meters for x and y in both vertical and horizontal
projections.
Boom Sequence

Use these two buttons to step through the selected

boom sequence.
Show Profile Scan Check this option (if available) to show scanned data
of the tunnel profile.

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Hole types tab
Select which hole type you want to view. You can view either all un-
navigated/undefined holes or the selected hole types.

Figure 182 - Round log hole types tab

Report tab

Figure 183 - Round log report tab

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The Report tab displays the area calculated for:
At Face The cross sectional area constrained by the
circumference around all drill holes at the face.
At Bottom The cross sectional area constrained by the
circumference around all drill holes at the bottom of
the holes.
Contour The cross sectional area constrained by the contour
associated with the section.

The Log Summary button shows a summary of the log information - see Round
report.
The Report button generates a Word document with the log information.
The report is divided into four different sections.
 Round Data – general information about the log
 Hole Data – specific hole drilling information and hole types involved
 Boom Data – Data for each boom
 Drill Graphs – same images as seen in the view
 Bolt Information – available for bolt holes on Boltec rigs

The report contents can be configured in the Report tab.

Round report
By pressing the Log Summary button in the Report tab the following dialog will
appear.

Round logs  110

Figure 184 - Round report
Parameters in Round Report
Log File Filename for the imported log file.
Tunnel Name for the tunnel line used by the drill rig.
Drill Plan Filename for drill plan used by drill rig.
Connected Drill Indicates if the log is matched to a drill plan.
Plan
Section Number The section number reported from the rig. Every
round completed is given a section number by the
drill operator. A round is most often ended by
opening a new drilling pattern on the drilling jumbo.
Round Time Difference in hours and minutes of Finished Drilling
and Started Drilling.
Rig ID The ID-number of the drill rig.
Laser Name of the laser definition used by the drill rig.
Drilling Start Date and time is registered at opening, i.e. start of
first hole, of a new drill plan on the drill rig. The
format is YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS.
Drilling End Date and time is registered at closing, i.e. end of last
hole, of the drill plan on the drill rig. The format is
YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS.
Total Drilling Total drilling in number of holes and in meters. All
logged holes are counted.
Blast Holes Blast holes in number of holes and in meters. This is
all holes but the bolt, injection, unspecified and
invalid holes.
Bolt Holes Bolt holes in number of holes and in meters.
Injection Holes Injection holes in number of holes and in meters.
Casing Holes Casing holes in number of holes and in meters.
Spiling Holes Spiling holes in number of holes and in meters.
Cleaning Holes Cleaning holes in number of holes and in meters.
Other Holes Other holes in number of holes and meter.
Unspecified Holes Unspecified holes in number of holes and in meters.
These are holes not given any coordinates by the
drill rig. The holes are drilled before navigation of
the drill rig. Unspecified holes cannot be shown in
the drawing window, but are entered into all
calculations.

Parameters per boom

Total Drilling (m) Total drilling in meters, all holes counted.
Average Speed Average penetration rate per boom, all holes
counted.
Net Drill Time Net drill time in minutes is calculated from drilled
meters divided by average penetration rate.
The number of holes for the above mentioned hole types are also shown per boom.

Round logs  111

MWG logs

Introduction
The following section is only applicable if the hardware license key has the MWG
option available. An MWG log contains measured parameter values collected while
grouting for a hole.

Importing / exporting MWG logs

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Underground Manager supports import and export of MWG logs in IREDES format
(.xml).

Match MWG log with drill plan

An MWG log can be matched with a drill plan by right-clicking the MWG log in the
browser tree/explorer and selecting Match with Drill Plan.

Figure 185 - Match MWG log with drill plan

Select which drill plan to match the log with and click OK.

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MWG log view
Access the MWG log view by double-clicking an MWG log or right-clicking and
select Open View in the browser tree/explorer.

Graph view

Figure 186 - MWG graph view

The MWG view is separated in two parts. The left part contains the graph that
visualizes the collected values over time for the selected holes or parameters.
The upper left corner contains a toolbar with some graph display options and a report
button. The report button will generate a Word report with some general grout
information along with the visible graph.
In the upper right corner you can select which time scale to use in the graph – hours,
minutes or seconds. It also shows the values for the mouse cursor position when
moving the mouse cursor over the graph.
The right part is used for configuring what to display in the graph.
View Mode can be used for changing between looking at holes or parameters.
If Holes are selected then you can select an arbitrary number of holes to look at and
which parameter to display the graphs for. Alternatively you can choose the
Parameters view mode, in which case you can select an arbitrary number of
parameters to look at for a specific hole.
Filter Holes on Type can be set to certain hole types if necessary.
Show Theoretical Volume can only be selected when the View Mode is set to
Parameters and Volume is selected in the parameter list.

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 Impact view

Figure 187 - MWG impact view

The impact view will be used together with the connected drill plan to show which
holes that the current holes have impacts to, see Figure 187.
If the impact view tab is clicked when the log isn’t connected to a drill plan you are
forced to match the log with a drill plan before you can proceed.

MWG report
In addition to the report you can generate from inside the graph view, you can also
generate a grout report by right-clicking an MWG log in the browser tree and
selecting MWG Report.
A Word report will be generated containing the following:
 General grout data
 Detailed information about the selected holes/parameters.
 Penetration/impact view image if a drill plan is connected to the log

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MWD logs

Introduction
The following section is valid completely for Underground Manager MWD and
partially for Underground Manager Pro.
MWD is a technique to characterize the mechanical properties of the rock mass. It is
done by monitoring all relevant drill parameters during production drilling. Through
analysis, where variations due to interference by operator or control system are
removed from the data, only rock dependent parameter variation will remain. This
provides a true characterization of the penetrated rock mass.
Compared to other methods for characterization of the rock mass, MWD technique
provides:

 Very high data resolution since data is extracted with a few cm interval in all
production holes.

 Very low cost since monitoring of data is conducted automatically during normal
production drilling.

 Very low data risk, since monitoring is performed during the drilling of the hole,
and no instruments have to be inserted after drilling is completed.

 Minimal disturbance of production. MWD will require very limited extra work
for the operator.
MWD technique is available on all computerized drill rigs from Epiroc.
An MWD log file is generated for every hole that has been drilled with the MWD
option active. The raw data parameters that will be monitored are:

 Depth (mm)

 Penetration rate (cm/min)

 Feed pressure (bar)

 Percussive pressure (bar)

 Damping pressure (bar)

 Rotation pressure (bar)

 Rotation speed (rpm)

 Water pressure (bar)

 Water flow (liters/min)

In Underground Manager MWD - calculated parameters based on MWD data are
available. The present parameters are:

 Rock hardness

 Rock fracturing

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 These parameters are un-calibrated rock mass parameters based on the theory in the
references below.
1. Schunnesson, H., Rock Characterisation Using Percussive Drilling. Int. J.
Rock Mech. Min. Sci. Vol 35, No. 6, pp.711-725, 1998.
2. Schunnesson, H: RQD predictions based on drill performance parameters.
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 11, pp.345-351, 1996.
The hardness parameter has in real applications shown good correlation with uniaxial
compressive strength and the fracturing parameter has shown good correlation with
RQD. Underground Manager MWD is also prepared for additional calculated
parameters that are open and available for anyone to design. This analysis must be
written as a .NET assembly.
Underground Manager Pro contains graphical tools for handling and analysis of both
raw MWD data and (Underground Manager MWD) calculated parameters. All
graphical tools and presentation features is similar for all types of data (raw data,
calculated parameters or customer designed parameters).

Importing / exporting MWD logs

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
If the MWD option is active, on the drill rig, a MWD log is generated for each drilled
hole. Each MWD log is stored in a separate data file, on the rig. After the drilling is
completed - transfer the file to a computer with Underground Manager Pro/MWD
installed.
Underground Manager supports:
 Import MWD logs (.mwd, .xml (IREDES)).
 Import of MWD data by extracting data from AMV files (.tl2).
This is a special import case and this must be enabled in View > Options to
be available. To use it, right-click on the MWD Logs node and select
Extract MWD-data from AMV files… Now, select a .tl2-file, enter the hole
types you want to use and import the selected data.
 Export of MWD in IREDES format (.xml)

MWD color scaling

Introduction
The color scaling is essential for presenting data both in the detail graph window and
especially in the 3D window. Underground Manager MWD offers two possible color
scale types:

 A relative color scale with only max and min values for the color range.

 A fixed color scale (Advanced Colors) that offers full freedom concerning colors
and intervals. With this scale a detailed calibration of calculated parameters can
be done for a specific site. Based on mapping or other available geo-mechanical
data, color intervals can be specified to represent defined intervals of rock
strength, fracturing or any other parameter. Based on this defined site calibration,
rock properties for new data can be predicted and presented graphically.

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MWD parameters view
The selection of color presentation is done individually for each site. The choice
between a relative scale and a fixed scale for each parameter is done in the MWD
Parameter View. To open this view, expand the current site in the browser tree,
expand Settings and double-click on MWD Parameters.
The Color Mode column displays the color mode for each parameter. Simple means a
relative color scale and Advanced means a fixed color scale. This can be changed by
editing the parameter.

Figure 188 - MWD Parameters view

The columns Min and Max shows the (optional) maximum and minimum values used
to filter the MWD data so that custom MWD parameter doesn’t use out of bounds-
data when calculated.
Restore Default Settings will restore the initial settings for all parameters in the list.

Parameter details
By selecting a parameter and pressing the Details… button a color overview will be
shown. Depending on color mode the dialog will look a little different.

Figure 189 - MWD parameter details (simple colors)

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Figure 190 - MWD parameter details (advanced colors)

Edit MWD parameter

Select a parameter in the list and press Edit...
Min Valid Value and Max Valid Value decide the range of allowed sample values
when using MWD mapping or MWD slicing. Samples with values outside this range
will be filtered out and not shown in graph.
When editing a parameter you can choose between simple and advanced color mode.
Use the checkbox to alter between the two options.

Simple color scale

In the simple color scale mode only marginal changes can be made to the default
color setting.

Figure 191 - Edit MWD parameter (simple colors)

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Advanced color scale

Figure 192 - Edit MWD parameter (advanced colors)

There are a number of edit options available:
Add First Add a new interval at the high end of the scale.
Add Last Add a new interval at the low end of the scale.
Split Divides an existing interval into 2 or more new
intervals. You specify if the present color shall
remain for all new intervals or if new colors shall be
interpolated based on the colors in the intervals on
each side of the present one.
Edit… Edit an existing interval.
Delete Delete the selected interval.

Edit color interval

Select an interval and press the Edit button. The following dialog will appear
allowing you to edit the interval.

Figure 193 - Color range settings

The dialog has the following fields.
Start Starting value of the interval.
Stop End value of the interval.

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 Color Color assigned to the interval.
Comment Explanation of the interval, to be displayed with the
color scale in the MWD window.
When pressing the color button - the following dialog is displayed allowing you to
select a color.

Figure 194 - Color selection

MWD view
Introduction
Open the MWD view by double-clicking an MWD log node in the browser tree or
explorer.
MWD logs can only be imported from the .mwd-format.

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Figure 195 - MWD log view
The MWD log view contains the following tabs:

 Overview - Shows general data for the selected log.

 Detail Graph - Provide detailed curves for single holes and parameters.

 3D View - 3D presentation of holes.

Hole and parameter selection

To the right of the view is a hole selection view which is common for all tabs. You
may view one parameter and many holes, or one hole with many parameters. To the
bottom right corner you can see which holes that are selected. Make a single left click
in the list of holes or parameter to toggle the item on or off.

Removing holes in an MWD log

A drilling session at a certain section is represented as several log files. These files
are merged into one log. If there was a mistake during this import it is possible to
delete holes from the log by selecting them in the list and click Delete.

Export selection of holes

Select one or more holes in the MWD log view and click export.

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 Overview

Figure 196 - MWD log overview tab

In the left part of the window general information about the selected round is
displayed. The information is.
Site The current site the log is located in.
Tunnel The current tunnel the log is located in.
Section Section number for the log.
Drill Plan Assigned drill plan for the log.
Contour Assigned contour for the log.
Rigs Lists all rig serials used for the hole in the log.
Number of Holes Number of holes in the round.
First Sample Date and time of first sample, from the logs.
Last Sample Date and time of last sample, from the logs.
Measure Interval Log interval from the file. If no log interval exist
in the file “2.0 (Default)” will be displayed.
Log Position The coordinates where the rig was navigated. If
blank, the rig was not navigated when the holes
were drilled.
In the middle section of the window the tunnel line is displayed. If possible the
location of the log is shown in the graph.

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Detail graph
In the Detail Graph tab - data can be presented and analyzed as curves versus hole
length (x-axis). Data can be displayed in two different ways:

 One parameter for one or several holes. See Figure 197.

 One or several parameters for one hole. See Figure 198.

On the right border in Figure 197 and Figure 198 there is a small view of the position
of the holes selected for display. The Depth axis is correct against the hole depths.
The Section axis might be somewhat distorted, since the hole lookout angles are
different for different holes.

By pressing the button it is possible to color a single graph with the color settings
for that parameter. If multiple holes or parameters is selected the graphs will get a
predefined color.

Figure 197 - Displaying one parameter for one or several holes.

Figure 198 - Displaying one or several parameters for one hole.

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Detail graph report
Pressing the Report button will generate a word report containing:

 General MWD log information

 The MWD line graph image from the view

 Image showing which holes that are selected

 Top-down image of the tunnel showing log approximate location

3D view
In the 3D View tab data from one entire round can be displayed in a 3D projection,
see Figure 199.
The 3D View tab is only available when view mode Holes is selected.
To the right you can select which holes that should be colored. The selected holes
will be colored using the currently selected MWD parameter color settings.
To the left there is a check box Show Unmarked Holes. If this checkbox is checked
the unselected hole will be displayed in a grey tone. If the box is un-checked the
holes will not appear in the graph.
Use the buttons in the toolbar to zoom, pan and rotate.

Figure 199 - MWD log 3D view tab

The coloring scale can be changed by selecting different modes in the drop-down list
in the bottom left corner.

Original values The color range will be according to your values in

MWD parameter settings.
Whole range The color bar will adjust itself to be within the
smallest of all values in the entire log to the highest
value.
60% of the range. Same concept as “Whole range” but the limits are
moved 20% from the boundaries.

The Hole Size slider can be adjusted to configure the hole size.

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 MWD 3D report
Press the Report button to generate a Word report containing:
 The 3D graph image from the view
 Top-down image of the tunnel showing log approximate location
 Color scale information

MWD mapping view

In the MWD mapping view a graphical presentation of drill parameters or rock
properties in the tunnel roof and walls is generated. This presentation form coincides
with the standard way to present mapped tunnel data.
Note that calculating MWD mapping data is a heavy operation and can take quite
some time to complete. If things take too long time, try calculating with a shorter
tunnel interval, see Figure 202, or increasing the plate grid size, see Figure 204 -
MWD mapping settings.

Figure 200 - Rock masses in the roof and walls that form the foundation for the
graphical mapping.
To open the MWD mapping view, right-click on a tunnel and select Show MWD
Mapping.
The tunnel mapping window contains a number of settings and two graphical areas.
The left area show the entire tunnel line and the selected calculation interval (marked
with red lines). In the right area the calculated mapping data is presented.

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Figure 201 - MWD mapping view

Use the button to toggle drill hole visibility. Use the button to toggle
visibility of the mapping outline, and use to toggle tunnel width visibility.
You can choose which MWD parameter you want to look at and modify your
mapping. After you change parameter or modify settings you have to recalculate
using the Calculate button.
When calculating MWD mapping the
interval on where to calculate has to be
selected. You could either enter the
section numbers manually or use the
arrows to step to the section. In the
Step-dropdown you can adjust how fast
the stepping will be.

Figure 202 - MWD mapping interval

It’s possible to display section markers in the mapping area by changing the Section
Step dropdown-list value.

MWD mapping report

Press the Report button to generate a Word report containing:
 General MWD information, e.g. site and tunnel name, sections used and
active MWD parameter.

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  The mapping graph image from the view
 A small top-down view of the tunnel line showing the selected range
 Color scale information

Figure 203 - MWD mapping report

MWD mapping settings

Each tunnel has its own mapping settings. You could either navigate to the MWD
Mapping node in the browser tree and double-click it or press the Settings… button
in the MWD mapping view to make the following dialog appear.

Figure 204 - MWD mapping settings

The following fields are present.
Max influence The total distance from a data point, for which calculated
radius. value are influenced by the data point’s value, see Figure
205.
Plate grid size The size of the grid in the presentation plane, see Figure
205. Values between 0.05 and 1 are accepted. Increasing
this value speeds up the calculation time but with a less
detailed result.
Sample weight The magnitude of the influence from a point in relation to
exponent the distance from the point. The influence is calculated
with (distance/(distance(exp))). If the exponent is set to 1
than the point value is influencing the entire influence
area with its full value. The higher the exponent, the
lower the points influence on the surrounding rock mass.
Values between 1 and 10 are accepted.
Distances 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The distances are shown in the image in the application.

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 Figure 205 - Definition of grid size, plane thickness and influence.

MWD slicing view

The MWD slicing view displays a graphical presentation of drill parameters or rock
properties in vertical slices perpendicular to the tunnel line.
To open the slicing view, right-click on a tunnel and select Show MWD Slicing…
The MWD slicing window contains a number of settings and two graphical areas.
The left area shows the entire tunnel line with the place of the calculation plane
(marked with red). In the right area the calculated cross section is presented.

Figure 206 - MWD slicing view

In the slicing view you don’t have to press a Calculate button manually as you have
to in the mapping view. The data is calculated on the fly when a position is given in
the tunnel. Select the section you wish to view with the arrows to the left. Increase or
decrease the step size by using the Step dropdown-list.

MWD slicing settings

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You can reach the slicing settings for the tunnel by navigating to the MWD Slicing
node under tunnel settings in the browser tree or by clicking the Settings… button in
the slicing view.

Figure 207 - MWD slicing settings

The following fields are present.
Max influence radius. The total distance from a data point, for which
calculated value are influenced by the data point’s
value, see Figure 205.
Plate grid size The size of the grid in the presentation plane, see
Figure 205. Values between 0.05 and 1 are
accepted.
Sample weight The magnitude of the influence from a point in
exponent relation to the distance from the point. The
influence is calculated with
(distance/(distance(exp))). If the exponent is set to
1 than the point value is influencing the entire
influence area with its full value. The higher the
exponent the points influence on the surrounding
area decreases. Values between 1 and 10 are
accepted.
Distances 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The distances are shown in the image in the
application.

MWD slicing report

Press the Report button to generate a Word report containing:
 General MWD information, e.g. site and tunnel name, section used, active
MWD parameter.
 Distance to start section details
 Slicing graph image from the view
 Small top-down view of the tunnel showing location of the current section
 Color scale information

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Profile logs

Introduction
Profile log files, scanned with the drill rig, can be imported, evaluated one-by-one or
evaluated over the tunnel.

Importing / exporting profile logs

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
When importing profile logs, if the tunnel name in the file matches the tunnel you are
importing to, the files will be checked when the dialog opens.
Underground Manager supports importing IREDES .xml, .lg4, .lg5 and .pxy-files.
Export of profile logs can only be made to the IREDES .xml-format.

Profile log view

Double-click on a profile log to view it in 3D.

Figure 208 - Profile log 3D view

If the log has points that disturb the image, uncheck Show Filtered Points and try a
filter value that fits the log.

Navigation details
Section Number Section number for the log.
Log Type Tells the operator that the file came from a profiler.
Number of Points The actual number of recorded points in this log file.

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 Navigation Date The date the profiler was navigated and the scan was
executed.
Navigation Type Shows what type of navigation type is used for the profiler.
Navigation Details Gives details and data from the navigation.

Profile log slicing

Right-click on a tunnel or a profile log and select Show Profile Log Slicing to access
the profile log slicing view. If you open the view directly from a log – the current log
will be displayed when opening in the view.

Figure 209 - Profile log slicing

In the left panel you can configure how the slicing view will be drawn and the
thickness of the plate used. You can also specify a couple of filter values in case
some points have values that disturb the image.
The Print button can be used to print the current viewed slicing image.

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Slicing report
Press Report... to open the following dialog.

Figure 210 - Profile log report

Define the start and section of the report and modify the plate thickness as you wish.
Include images will create a page for each slice in the Word document with an image
of the profile log.
The report contains:
 Selected profile log slicing information – e.g. tunnel and site name, start/end
section, volumes inside and outside contours
 Profile log point information in tabular format for the chosen sections
 Images showing the chosen slices if Include Images was selected when
generating the report

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Raiseboring

Introduction
The raiseboring functionality requires a specific license option on the hardware key,
and when this license is active – another data item called Shafts will be accessible
under the site node. This node will contain the shafts in the current site.
From the Shafts node you can administer the shafts in the site. You can add, delete or
rename your shafts as you like.

Figure 211 - Raiseboring shafts

A shaft will have two types of sub data items – MWD Logs and Make-Up Logs.
There will also be a new rig type available under Site > Rigs called Robbins. From
here, you can manage your raiseboring rigs.

Figure 212 - Robbins rig with sub nodes

A Robbins rig can also be expanded for showing the Status Logs and Event Logs for
the rig.

Raiseboring MWD logs

The MWD Logs data item will contain the MWD Logs available for the current shaft.
For a more detailed explanation about MWD see MWD logs, page 115.

Importing / exporting raiseboring MWD logs

For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Underground Manager only supports import of Raiseboring MWD Logs in IREDES
format (.xml). No export is available.

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Raiseboring MWD log view
Access the raiseboring MWD log view by double-clicking a raiseboring MWD log in
the browser tree.

Figure 213 - Raiseboring MWD log view

This view is separated in two parts. The left part contains information regarding the
MWD log and provides functionality for selecting which parameters to show in the
graph. The right part of the view contains the actual graph for the selected
parameters.
Show Data As Normalized under Graph modifies the graph to show the data in
percentages of the minimum and maximum values for the samples in each parameter.
This makes it easier to compare between different parameters even if the sample
values are far from each other.
The Report button generates a Word report containing the graph for the selected
parameters.

Raiseboring MWD logs view

Access the raiseboring MWD logs view by right-clicking a shaft and select Show
MWD Logs…

Figure 214 - Raiseboring MWD logs view

This view displays the combined MWD data from all logs in a graph for the selected
parameters. The view is separated in two parts. The right part contains the graph. The

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 left part shows some general MWD information and functionality for selecting the
active parameters.
Same as when showing a single log, Show Data As Normalized under Graph
modifies the graph to show the data in percentages of the minimum and maximum
values for the samples in each parameter. This makes it easier to compare between
different parameters even if the sample values are far from each other.
The Report button generates a Word report with the log data in the view.

Raiseboring MWD shaft view

Access the raiseboring MWD shaft view by right-clicking a shaft and select Show
MWD Shaft…

Figure 215 - Raiseboring MWD shaft view

The right part of the shaft view visualizes the shaft using the collected MWD data.
The left part is used for configuring how to visualize the data.
The MWD Parameter drop down list in the upper left is used for selecting the active
MWD parameter. The Color Range part displays color data for the parameter and
allows you to make some changes to how the coloring is applied.
Use Zoom to zoom in or out in the graph.
Shaft size controls how large the shaft slices should be drawn.
Compare To allow you to select another shaft to compare the current one to. The
second shaft will be shown with the same settings in the left part.
Hole Type defines what direction the hole was drilled in; selecting the other hole type
reorients the graph to show the hole as drilled in the opposite direction.
The report button prints a Word report containing the MWD data for the selected
MWD parameter in a tabular and graph format. If Shafts are compared then both of
the shafts will be included in the report.

Raiseboring make-up logs

Introduction
A make-up log shows the achieved torque when extending the pipe. That value can
be compared to the torque setting the rig operator has entered in the rig.

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 Importing / exporting raiseboring make-up logs
For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Underground Manager only supports import of raiseboring make-up logs in IREDES
format (.xml). No export is available.

Raiseboring make-up logs view

Access the raiseboring make-up logs view by right-clicking a shaft and select Show
Make-Up Logs…

Figure 216 - Raiseboring make-up logs view

The make-up log view is separated in two parts. The left part contains display options
and the right part contains the actual graphs.
You can select the time period of your choice by altering the From- and To date
fields.
The two graphs in the view represent the current torque setting vs. the achieved
torque when extending the pipe.
You can choose to only show dates when the torque setting wasn’t achieved by
selecting the checkbox.

Robbins status logs

Importing / exporting status logs
For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Underground Manager only supports import of status logs in IREDES format (.xml).
No export is available.

Status log view

Access the status log view by right-clicking a Robbins rig and select Show Status
Logs…

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 Figure 217 - Robbins status log view
This view shows a graph with temperatures of the thrust, drive, and lube tank over a
time period. It’s possible to hide temperatures from the graph and you can modify the
dates in the From- and To date fields if you want to look at a specific time period.
The Report button will generate a report with the graph image and the temperatures
in a tabular format.

Robbins event logs

Importing / exporting event logs
For general information on how to import and export data items in Underground
Manager, please read “Import and export” on page 20.
Underground Manager only supports import of event logs in IREDES format (.xml).
No export is available.

Event logs view

Access the event log view by right-clicking a Robbins rig and select Show Event
Logs…

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Figure 218 - Robbins event log view
This view displays all rig events in a list. You can alter the From- and To fields if you
want to look at events in a specific time period.
The Report button generates a Microsoft Word document with the events.
Pipe Change Report creates a Microsoft Word document with a table of all the pipe
changes performed in the events.

Time utilization view

Access the time utilization view by right-clicking a Robbins rig and select Time
Utilization…

Figure 219 - Time utilization

This view contains a bar chart diagram that visualizes the amount of time a machine
has spent in the different machine states per day. For instance, on the first day in the
figure above, the machine was off for more than 50 % of the time.
You can alter the From- and To date fields to select a specific date range.

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The Report button generates a Word report including the bar chart in the view and a
machine state duration details table.

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 F
File format ............................................. 140, 141, 142
File menu ............................................................... 138
Index Fixpoint ................................... 6, 28, 36, 37, 141, 142
Free space ................................................................ 71
G
General conventions .............................................. 137
Generate .................................................................. 39
H
A
Hardware key ...................................................... 8, 10
ABC Regular ................................................. 141, 142 Help menu ............................................................. 138
ABC Total ............................................... 80, 141, 142 Hole info ................................................................ 102
Achieved spacing ..................................................... 71 Holes along line ....................................................... 71
Add ...................................................... 64, 71, 81, 114
Advanced colour scale ........................................... 114 I
Area ............................... 18, 65, 93, 97, 105, 122, 124 Import .................................6, 28, 36, 37, 54, 138, 141
Assigning ........................................................... 93, 94 Injection plan ............................................... 39, 93, 94
AutoCAD ......................................................... 47, 140 Installation directory ................................................. 9
B IREDES ......................................... 140, 141, 142, 143

Bever Control ................................................ 141, 142 K

Bolt plan ............................................................ 39, 93 Keyboard conventions ........................................... 137
Boom Configuration ................................................ 82
Boom sequence ........................................................ 80 L
Boomer .................................................. 106, 141, 142 Laser line formats .................................................. 141
352 ............................................................. 141, 142 Laser lines ............................6, 11, 41, 42, 45, 97, 141
353 ..................................................................... 142 LAS-file......................................................... 141, 142
Browser tree....................................................... 14, 24 Linking data to the tunnel line ................................. 93
C LOG file ................................................................ 142
LOG file formats ........................................... 140, 142
Camber ........................................................ 38, 39, 40 Look-out ............................................... 60, 71, 72, 75
Clicking ................................................................. 137
Colour ............................ 100, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 M
Colour scale ................................... 111, 113, 114, 115 Mark .................................................................. 42, 93
Contour ... 6, 11, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 70, 80, 93, Menu bar ......................................................... 13, 138
94, 98, 103, 105, 117, 140, 141, 142 Menu bar and toolbar .............................................. 13
Conventions ........................................................... 137 Middlepoint ............................................................. 46
Copy .......................................................... 63, 64, 138 Mouse conventions ................................................ 137
D Move ..............................39, 64, 65, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82
MWD 3D ............................................................... 119
Data to the Boomer .................................................. 97 MWD file formats ................................................. 142
Delete........................................... 39, 63, 94, 114, 138 MWD log ........................................ 11, 110, 111, 142
DetailGraph ........................................................... 118 MWD mapping .............................................. 120, 121
Direction .................................... 28, 42, 46, 47, 48, 54 MWD tunnel slicing .............................................. 123
Distance to line ........................................................ 71 MWD window ....................................................... 115
Double clicking ..................................................... 137
DPC file ................................................................. 141 O
Drill plan design ...................................................... 54 Overview ............................................................... 117
Drill plan formats................................................... 140
Drill plan properties ................................................. 54 P
Drill plans ...................................................... 6, 39, 62 PC card ............................................................ 97, 111
DxF ........................................................................ 140 Position .............................................. 42, 80, 117, 118
E Production report ..................................................... 25
Profiler..................................................................... 30
Edit ........................................ 39, 45, 48, 62, 114, 138 Program description ................................................ 24
Edit menu............................................................... 138 Program icon ........................................................... 11
Export .................................................... 7, 25, 54, 138 Program overview ................................................... 11

Index  140
Program structure .................................................... 11 The main window .................................................... 13
Project tree ............................................................... 14 The MWD window................................................ 115
The tunnel line table ................................................ 38
R
tl8-file .................................................................... 141
Radius .......................................................... 48, 49, 68 tli-file ..................................................................... 141
Remove ........................................................ 39, 64, 94 Tunnel contours ....................................................... 47
Remove Drill Plan ................................................... 94 Tunnel line .... 6, 11, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47,
Remove Profile Link ............................................... 94 48, 54, 93, 94, 97, 106, 117, 120, 123, 141
Reports....................................................................... 6 Tunnel line formats ............................................... 141
Required spacing ......................................... 71, 72, 75 Tunnel Line properties ............................................ 37
Rotate....................................................................... 79 Tunnel lines ......................................................... 6, 37
Round log ................................................................ 99 Tunnel Manager user ................................................. 7
Round report .................................................. 105, 106 Tunnel sections .................................................. 38, 42
Tunnel site ........................................................... 6, 24
S Tunnelling project ..................................................... 6
Scale ................................ 79, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115
V,W
Section log ......................................................... 11, 99
Send Data To Rig .................................................... 97 Validation of a laser ................................................ 46
Simple colour scale ................................................ 113 View menu ............................................................ 138
sit file ..................................................................... 140 Window menu ....................................................... 138
Site ............................................................... 14, 24, 25 Work site ................................................................. 24
Site project format ................................................. 140 Working area ..................................................... 13, 14
Starting Tunnel Manager ......................................... 11
T
The laser window..................................................... 45

Index  141
Appendix 1

Mouse and keyboard conventions

General conventions
• The word Select or Click is used whenever you want to execute a
command that involves selecting a menu item or clicking a button.

• The expression OK means that clicking the OK button or pushing Enter

on the keyboard will perform the selected operation.

Mouse conventions
• Clicking means pushing and releasing the mouse button without moving
the mouse.

• Double-clicking means swiftly pushing and releasing the left mouse

button twice.

Keyboard conventions
• Key names follow normal conventions.
• The return key and the enter key perform the same operation
• A plus sign (+) between two names means that both keys have to be
pushed simultaneously. Push CTRL + O means pushing both the Ctrl-key
and the O-key.

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Appendix 2

Menu bar
The menu bar consists of the following menus:
 File
 Edit
 View
 Window
 Help

File menu
The file menu is valid for import, export, report and exiting the application.

Edit menu
All commands in the edit menu are context sensitive, i.e. which commands that
are available and their behavior depend on what item(s) that is selected.
The Edit menu offers the following commands:

Cut Used the move the selected item(s) to another location.

Copy Used to copy the selected item(s) to another location.
Paste Pastes data from the clipboard.
Delete Deletes the selected item(s).
Rename Rename the selected item.

View menu
The View menu offers the following commands:

License server settings

Figure 220 - License server settings

From here you can choose if Underground Manager should search for a license
server if no local hardware key is found. You must enter the name or IP address
of the license server if that is the case.

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License information

Figure 221 - License information

This dialog shows information regarding the current license. If applicable, you
can also activate an offline license from here, which will be available for a
certain number of days. This can be useful if you know that you will lack access
to a hardware key or license server for some time.
Database connection settings

Figure 222 - Database connections

This dialog allows you to select the current database Underground Manager will
use. The Local database is always available and is stored in a file on your hard
drive.
You can also add or edit connections to central database servers.

Options
Configure the application to fit your needs, see page 12.

Help menu
The help menu offers the following commands:
 PDF Manual... opens this manual in a PDF reader if one is installed.
 About... opens an about dialog with information about Underground
Manager.

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Appendix 3

File formats
Underground Manager supports both import and export of the described file
formats if not stated otherwise.

Site formats
SITX
Site file format for storing the entire content of a site.

SIT
Old site file format used by Tunnel Manager 1.5 and previous versions for
storing all data in a site.
Import only.

TSP (not supported by Underground Manager)

File format used by Tunnel Manager Lite for storing all data for one tunnel
project.

Contour formats
XML
IREDES standardized format for contour files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.

TUN
.tun-files from Geo software.
Import only.

DXF, DWG
File formats for AutoCAD drawings. Underground Manager supports release 14
and release 13/LT95, but not release 12/LT2.
Import only.

Drill plan formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for drill plan files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
IREDES drill plan file format supports sequences for any number of booms.

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DPC
File format for storing drill plan information to the Epiroc Boomer ABC Regular
or ABC Total drill rigs.
The DPC file format support sequences for maximum three booms.

TUN
Drill plans can be exported to .tun-files.
Export only.

Drill plan rule formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for drill plan rule files. For details and
specification see www.iredes.org.

Tunnel line formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for tunnel line files. For details and specification
see www.iredes.org.

TL8
File format for storing all tunnel line information for an Epiroc Boomer ABC
Regular or ABC Total drill rigs. The file contains information on the associated
drill plans linked to sections.

TLI
File format for storing tunnel line information for older versions of Epiroc
Boomer Regular, i.e. with rig control system less than RCS 2.0 and for Epiroc
Boomer 352/353 drill rigs with Bever Contour Control system.
This file format can also be used for information exchange with other systems,
since the file format is open.

Laser line formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for laser definition files. For details and
specification see www.iredes.org.

LAS
File format for storing laser information. Underground Manager can import laser
groups but will handle each laser as its own unit. Exported files from
Underground Manager contain just one laser.

Fix point formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for fix point files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.

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FIX
File format for storing fix points.
Import only.

Round log formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for round (quality) log files. For details and
specification see www.iredes.org.
IREDES log file format supports any number of booms.

LOG
File format for log files from Epiroc Boomer ABC Regular or ABC Total drill
rigs and from Epiroc Boomer 352/353 drill rigs with Bever Contour Control
system.
The LOG file format supports maximum three booms.

MWD log formats

MWD
File format for log files containing MWD data for one or more holes.
Import only.

XML
IREDES standardized format for MWD files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Export only.

TL2 (AMV files)

Underground Manager can extract MWD data from .tl2 (AMV) files.
Import only.

MWG log formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for MWG files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.

Profile log formats

XML
IREDES standardized format for MWG files. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.

LG4, LG5, PXY

Other supported file formats for profile logs.

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Import only.

Raiseboring formats
MWD logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for raiseboring MWD logs. For details and
specification see www.iredes.org.
Import only.

Make-up logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for make-up logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.

Status logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for status logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.

Event logs
XML
IREDES standardized format for event logs. For details and specification see
www.iredes.org.
Import only.

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