kirra-docs

Kirra — Help & User Guide

Welcome to the official documentation for Kirra, a web-based blasting pattern design application developed by Brent Buffham for the mining, quarrying, and construction industries.

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Products

Product	Description
Kirra Design	The core blast design application — 2D/3D pattern layout, hole management, surface tools, charging, timing, 20+ import/export formats, blast analytics, and flyrock modelling
Kirra Scheduler	A companion scheduling tool for planning and sequencing blast events with Gantt charts, equipment management, and 3D playback

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Kirra Design

Getting Started

• Overview — What Kirra Does
• Interface Tour — Menus, Toolbars, and Panels
• Your First Blast — Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Blast Hole Design

• Adding Holes
• Editing Holes
• Pattern Generation
• Pattern Templates
• Timing Sequences

Surfaces

• Importing Surfaces
• Surface Gradients
• Surface Boolean & CSG
• Mesh Editing & Clean Mesh
• Surface Contours

Importing Data

• CSV Formats
• DXF Import
• Surpac DTM / STR
• OBJ / PLY / GLTF / GLB
• Other Formats (IREDES, KML, LAS, Shapefile)

Exporting Data

• CSV Export
• DXF Export
• GLTF / GLB Export
• GeoTIFF Export
• Other Formats (IREDES, AQM, KML)

Printing

• Print to PDF
• Print from Template (XLSX)

Charging

• Charging Overview
• Deck Builder
• Products CSV Reference

Blast Analytics

• Analytics Overview
• PPV & Vibration Models
• Flyrock Modelling
• Blast Statistics & Voronoi

KAD Drawing Tools

• Drawing Points, Lines, and Polygons
• Extrude, Boolean, and Section Plane
• Modify Toolbar

Reference

• Hole Properties
• Coordinate System
• 3D View & Orbit Focus
• Keyboard Shortcuts & Mouse Controls
• FAQ

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Kirra Scheduler

• Quick Start
• Gantt Chart
• Blast Overview
• Pattern Library
• Equipment Management
• Drill Blocks
• Dependencies
• Pattern Preparation
• Explosive Forecast
• Conformance
• 3D Playback
• Import & Export
• Theming

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About

• About Kirra & Licensing

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Kirra Licence v1.0 — Kirra Design is free for mining, quarrying, construction, and research use. Commercial software integration requires written permission from Brent Buffham. See About for details.