SHOTPlus™ - version 5.7.6 was released on Monday the 15th of April 2019.
The update is available as an auto update notification upon start-up or it can be manually downloaded and installed from here
Features, Improvements, & Bug fixes included in the April release;
**HOTFIX RELEASE**
Hot Fix Release Notes – SHOTPlus™ Production – Version 5.7.6.4
Released 18th April 2019
** Bug Fixes**
Fixed;
BlastIQ import issue that occured when backfill was in the design loading but was not recorded in the actual loading
Text import issue where design length was not importing correctly
Copy and Paste function throwing exception error
New Features - Version 5.7.6.3
Release holes for visible holes only (KBA HERE)
Delete holes outside of a polygon (KBA HERE)
Apply loading rules automatically in response to BlastIQ Mobile or LOADPlus hole data import (KBA HERE)
Ability to set default settings for BlastIQ Upload/Download (KBA HERE)
Grid updates; (KBA HERE)
- User selectable grid size
- Snap points to grid
- Snap holes to grid
New filter & search manager
Hole proximity at depth exception report (KBA HERE)
Tranform Coordinate function - SHOTPlus Premier only
Improvements
Ability to update an existing blast template (KBA HERE)
Drill floor surface drop down moved to the drilling method box
A backfill deck will now automatically apply without the need to reapply loading rules (applies to holes with existing design loading only. Does not apply to empty holes)
Re-apply loading rules function (KBA HERE)
Added quick select Apply, Empty & Re-apply buttons to the loading toolbar
Loading Rules – Apply, Empty, Re-apply function improvements
- Selected holes will automatically pre-select the ‘selected holes’ option
- Hidden holes will automatically pre-select the ‘All visible holes only’ option
Created New BlastIQ Sub Menu - BlastIQ Quarry (KBA HERE)
New default BlastIQ Toolbar Created
New BlastIQ Import/Export Icons for default toolbar (KBA HERE)
Variable decks that are shrunk to a 0 length are now hidden but not deleted
Entering a firing time is now restricted - future firing time entry is no longer permitted (KBA HERE)
Inferring actual final stemming values no longer applies
Improved blast boundary creation method (KBA HERE)
Hole Table - History drop down fields are now permanently visible
Option to show only explosive products that have CPEX or IDEX data used in loading rules
Manually Edited Loading - A length increase will now trigger backfill in all instances
Manually Edited Loading - A reduction in hole depth will no longer adjust a Manually Edited hole with the variable deck.
Manually Edited Loading - A reduction in hole length followed by an expansion of hole length will now apply the original Manually Edited Loading Design
Multiple French translation improvements
Use i-kon I in EBS settings is now unchecked by default
CPEX data will be used where both CPEX & IDEX data sets are present for modelling purposes
Updating diameter in BlastIQ Mobile will now syncronise with SHOTPlus
Bug fixes
Delay column was not showing in the initiation grid of the Edit Loading dialog
Merging files with user-defined delays in the Tie Tool could result in duplicated delays
Frozen object in the surface manager was able to be selected
Imported loading rules contained incorrect decking structure
Group of selected blast holes would not move as group
Fragmentation Prediction - Allow users to select a hole or groups of holes
Fragmentation Prediction - Rock export was not saving rock name correctly
Incorrect status displayed with LII Upload
Recording function in Visualise Timing was throwing an exception
Lead-in displays incorrect amount of decimal places when in imperial units
Invalid Blaster defined error upon Logger II export
Markout Tool - "direction to face" was not refreshing
Logger selection issue during import from logger
Incorrect display of Hole table stemming history values
Negative values were being produced for .csv export
Logged exceptions were not being exported for Logger II
Some actual horizon values were being rounded
Actual stemming product was not showing correctly in the hole diagram
Some inferred stemming values were being shown as actual values
Markout tool and Profile tool unable to reposition holes
Actual stemming was not importing correctly from BlastIQ Mobile
Regional setting (Turkish) encountered an issue when creating new file
In some instances backfill deck order was being imported incorrectly
Where a hole contained a stem deck at the bottom of the hole, some holes were having thier loading rule incorrectly applied
Surpac import - .str files were not having their depth applied correclty
When importing from BlastIQ a stemming product above an air deck was not importing correclty
Please share this information with your customers, so they are aware of the new features and improvements.
If you have any questions, please contact us at blastiqsupport@orica.com.