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6.20.2
SHOTPlus™
Surface
Beta
June, 2024
- Version 6.20.2 of SHOTPlus™ Beta first offered to users on Monday 8th July 2024.
- A notification will appear on start-up in SHOTPlus™ Beta once the update is available.
- For further information on updating SHOTPlus™, please contact the BlastIQ™ Support Team via support.blastiq.com.
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Important
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Product Database Migration
This update will include changes affecting backwards compatibility.
SHOTPlus™ is being migrated to the BlastIQ™ product database, where products will be managed at a site level through the BlastIQ™ admin portal. The existing infrastructure, which supported a global region-level product list, is being retired by the end of 2024.
What does this mean for all users:
- Users will be required to log in to BlastIQ™ to select their site and load their product list.
- During the migration period, SHOTPlus™ will prompt users to resolve product conflicts where they will select supported products to replace unsupported products.
- There have been some changes to the user interface to facilitate these changes.
Due to the above compatibility issues it is recommended that updates of SHOTPlus™ are completed for all users, as soon as possible.
Files created in SHOTPlus™ 6.20.1 or greater will not be readable by older versions of SHOTPlus™.
Detailed information of these changes can be found in these Knowledge Base Articles:
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New
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- Unsupported product names will be highlighted with a light red background and have a red cross icon.1
- Users must log in to BlastIQ™ to retrieve a product list.
- Users can locally cache a BlastIQ™ product list for use in an offline environment2.
- New blank files will contain only inert products (air, stemming and backfill) until a site has been set.3
- Users have access to a tool to resolve product conflicts within SHOTPlus™.4
Information
- This will be present in a number of locations such as the hole table, loading visualisations, hole dialog boxes.
- To be able to access the cached list in an offline environment, users must log in to BlastIQ™ at least once prior. For more information, please refer to the "Instructions: Offline method" in this article.
- Users will be able to layout drill holes and create loading rules with these products. For more information on how to add BlastIQ™ products to a new file, please refer to this article.
- For more information about unsupported products and the product swap tool, please refer to this article.
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Improved
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- Loading visualisation colours will default to BlastIQ™ display colours.1
Information
- Users can toggle between BlastIQ™ colours or a custom colour palette for loading visualisations in the "Loading visualisation options" menu in "Blast Properties".
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Deprecated
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- The "Read fresh data from database" in Tools > Products has been removed.
- "Load scheme" and "Save scheme" have been removed from the product list dialog box.
- SHOTPlus™ display colours for loading visualisations have been deprecated. 1
- The "Extras" resource category has been deprecated.
Information
- Users can select from BlastIQ™ colours or create a custom colour palette for loading visualisations