Blastholes - Update 'Drill to' Floor Surface

SHOTPlus™ offers the capability to drill holes to a designated floor surface. This surface can either be imported or created within the software. In both instances, it's essential to register the surface as a "Drill Floor" surface, and the drilling method for the specific hole type must be set to "Drill to floor surface." The steps to accomplish this are detailed below.

Register Surface

1. Open the Surface Manger from the main toolbar.

2. Select the surface (imported, or a polygon created) to register from the main screen - Note: only one surface may be registered at once. Surfaces can also be selected before opening the Surface Manager.
3. In the Surface Manager dialog box select the surface type you wish to register from the Surface drop down box - Note: Blastholes in SHOTPlus™ can be drilled to any 'Drill floor' or 'Strata' type surface.
4. Select Register Surface.
5. To finish select Close.

Once registered, the surface will appear in the Registrations window. Named as the surface type registered, with the layer the particular surface is assigned to in square brackets e.g.: Surface type A [Layer]. The Floor Surface layer will be listed among the Surface layers and can be visualized in blue, as shown in the example below.

Updating Drill to Surface

To update the Drill to floor surface:

1. Select the blastholes to be updated.
2. Right click and select Edit.

3. In the Edit group of Holes dialog box navigate to the Design tab.
4. Select the Drill to floor surface radio button.
5. Select the appropriate surface from the Drill to floor surface drop down box.

6. To finish select either:
   • Cancel - to cancel any changes and close the Edit a group of holes dialog box.
   • Apply - to apply any changes made without closing the Edit a group of holes dialog box.
   • OK - to apply and changes made and close the Edit a group of holes dialog box.

The holes will be updated to the Drill Floor Surface, highlighted in blue in the example below.