Roads
Roads
Roads
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Mincom MineScape Ð Roads • Uses any surface - can be applied to any Mincom
MineScape surface and will create the appropriate
road cuttings and infill to maintain the desired
grade settings. Typical surfaces are topography, pit
design surface and spoil. Can be used as an
Roads enables you to create a road along any surface. alternative to the ramp design package to design
Cuts and fills are generated as required whilst in-pit roads.
maintaining grade and curve specifications. • Multiple report formats - reports can be generated
Cross-sections and volumes are generated to allow as text or graphical cross-sections to provide a range
the optimization of road placement and estimation of instruction formats for survey and construction
of construction costs. personnel.
Features
Benefits
• Easy to use - beginning with a simple line string
representing a proposed path, a complex design can
be easily generated. The design can then be • Ease of use - simple to learn and easy to use.
interactively manipulated and enhanced using Even with limited experience, complex designs
Mincom MineScape’s graphical tools. A status form can be produced easily, allowing staff to quickly
and menu structure provide an easy step-by-step become more productive.
guide to full featured designs. • Increased Effectiveness - graphical output
• Multi-featured - permits input design features such provides a compelling visualization tool for all
as super elevated corners, vertical and horizontal contractors, miners and mine planning personnel.
radius of curvature, transition curves, chainage • Efficient - once set up, templates and other design
points, edge drains, safety berms and sub-base specifications can be applied quickly to generate a
location to be processed. complex road surface. Cut and fill with benches are
• Fully user-defined - allows full user definition of generated in a few simple steps. All user-defined
road width, cross fall, cut angles, fill repose angles, aspects can be applied to multiple road designs.
bench height and widths, vertical and horizontal • Optimization - allows multiple road design
radius of curvature. The design can be manipulated scenario testing. Evaluation of alternate routes for
and enhanced using the wide range of tools and mass balancing and optimization provides you with
functions. the means to make informed and cost-effective road
• Visualization - powerful CAD functionality allows planning decisions.
the final design to be triangulated to give a dramatic
three-dimensional representation of the new road
cut into the landscape. This can then be rotated,
scaled and colored to suit your requirements.