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Analyse Toolbar

The Analyse toolbar holds Kirra’s analysis tools — flyrock, vibration, timing, block models, blast quality and the coordinate-system library. It is one of the eight floating toolbars; open it from its tab on the right edge of the window.

Labelled Analyse toolbar The Analyse toolbar with its buttons labelled.

The buttons

Hover over a button to see its name. The buttons sit in six groups, separated by a line, listed here from the top of the toolbar down.

Blast models

Button What it does Guide
Flyrock Shroud Generator Builds a 3D flyrock envelope over the blast, from one of four published models Flyrock Modelling
Blast Analysis Shader Paints a vibration, damage, pressure or powder-factor model over the ground Blast Analysis Shader

Surfaces

Button What it does Guide
Compare Surfaces Colours a measured surface by its distance from a design surface Compare Surfaces

Holes as drilled

Button What it does Guide
Hole Section Tool A section through one hole, showing its burden to the face, with staged edits Hole Section View
Blast Quality The spread of any hole attribute, and holes filed in the wrong row Blast Quality

Timing

Button What it does Guide
Blast Animation Plays the firing sequence back in time Blast Animation
Time Window Timing and vibration analysis — histograms, intervals, spectrum, waveform synthesis, detune and constrain Time Window

Block models

Button What it does Guide
Adjust Block Model Loaded Changes how the loaded block model is drawn Below
Adjust Block Model Schema Colour Manages the named colour schemas for block-model attributes Below

Vibration and libraries

Button What it does Guide
Voronoi Options Sets up the Voronoi cells — what they show, the area basis, the legend and the PPV modes Voronoi Cells
Monitor Points Manager Adds and edits vibration monitors and the seed waveform library Monitor Points & Seed Library
Site Law Regression Fits your site law (log-log PPV against scaled distance) from monitoring records and applies it to a monitor Site Law Regression
CRS Library Keeps your site’s coordinate systems — .prj, WKT, Proj4, EPSG — for every import and export dialog CRS Library

Which tool for which question

Question Tool
How far could rock fly from this blast? Flyrock Shroud Generator
Which holes are over- or under-charged for their ground? Voronoi Cells — PF - Designed
Will this blast exceed the vibration limit at the neighbours? PPV Voronoi Modes — Mode C or F
Which hole should I change first to cut vibration? PPV Voronoi Modes — Mode B
How much charge can each hole take? PPV Voronoi Modes — Mode D
What are my site’s K and B? Site Law Regression
How far does damage reach behind the last row? Blast Analysis Shader — Holmberg-Persson Damage
Do too many holes fire at once? Time Window
Does the firing run the way I designed it? Blast Animation
Are holes in the right rows, and is the drilling consistent? Blast Quality
How far is the survey from the design surface? Compare Surfaces
My file is on another grid — how do I bring it onto mine? CRS Library, then Transform Import

Adjust Block Model Loaded

Opens Load Block Model for the first loaded block model, to change how it is drawn — colour, blocks or points, bench slice, limits. It does not load a model; Kirra says so if none is loaded. Full guide: The Load Block Model Dialog.

Adjust Block Model Schema Colour

Manages named colour schemas — site or project colour standards for block-model attributes. A schema holds one colour definition per attribute (rock type, grade, domain, etc.).

Block Model Schema Colours dialog

How to use

  1. Click the Adjust Block Model Schema Colour button on the Analyse toolbar — the Block Model Schema Colours dialog opens
  2. In the Schemas list, create a schema with New, or Rename, Duplicate or Delete an existing one
  3. Select a schema, pick an attribute and click Add / Edit — choose the Type (Ranges (decimal), Discrete values (integer) or Categorical (labels)), set the colours and click Save. Remove deletes an attribute’s colours
  4. Use Import JSON / Export JSON to share schemas between projects
  5. To use a schema, open Adjust Block Model Loaded and set Colour by to Schema