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6.23.5 SHOTPlus™ Beta Release Notes

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6.23.5

SHOTPlus™

Surface

Beta

June, 2025

Version 6.23.5 of SHOTPlus™ Beta, first offered to users on Monday, 02 June 2025.
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.

  New

  1. Users can now choose to use a semicolon as a delimiter when exporting text files.
  2. Ability to export 'Extended firing data with cosines' with Design Loading data or Actual loading data (if available).
  3. A visual indicator system to clearly differentiate between the states of blastholes, such as design, adjusted design, and actuals, enhancing user clarity. 1
  4. Users can now submit bug reports and feedback directly from within SHOTPlus™, streamlining support with the ability to attach the current SHOTPlus™ file and a Screenshot. 2
  5. A new feature to display the blast hole angles for the front row only, allowing users to visualise and manage only the necessary holes, when all other holes are drilled at a consistent angle. 3
  6. Introduced the ability to offset a line equidistant to another line in SHOTPlus™, allowing users to select a line, define the offset direction with the cursor, and add the new line to the current working layer without replacing the existing line.

  Information

    1. The calculation of hole states mainly relies on BlastIQ™, using measurements captured on the bench if they are available. If not, it uses local data like the presence of decks or drill information.

    2. It’s now easier to send feedback or report a bug in SHOTPlus™. Submit using Help -> Create support ticket...

    3. Use the hole legend in the visibility manager and choose 'Angle (front row)'.

  Improved

  1. Standardised hole visualisations across all hole diagrams to display the current state, aligning with the formatting used in the Hole Table for consistent user understanding. 1
  2. Improved the SHOTPlus™ licensing system to ensure version numbers update in BlastIQ™ Admin with preactivated version updates, rather than only changing with new installations or extended activations.
  3. Standardised all font formats.
  4. Enhanced the visibility of 'Distance at Depth' in the Hole Measurement Tool by displaying it with two decimal points.
  5. Improved the comparison of the actual face burden to a target value.
  6. Row View improvement allows drill and blast engineers to quickly compare actual face burden against target values across the entire face. 2 
  7. The LAS file import improvement feature ensures that colours are correctly imported, enhancing the visual representation of point clouds for files that use Point Data Record 7 or greater.
  8. Updated SHOTPlus™ fragmentation interpolation method to use OLS for consistent modelling across FRAGTrack™, BlastIQ™, and SHOTPlus™.

  Information

    1. All hole diagrams now display the current hole state.
    2. The row view face burden view enhances rapid performance assessment and decision-making. It includes the ability to enter a nominal target burden with a specified tolerance, integrated into the Row view.

  Fixed

  1. Strata Definition Rules: The values for RHINO data were not consistently highlighted correctly.
  2. Incorrect coordinate import issue for Georeferenced Images.
  3. Fixed an error in the Time Envelope Overview tool that caused unexpected application closure when undoing changes.
  4. A file corruption issue occurred after resolving the product conflict.
  5. Importing a LAS file results in an odd surface representation.
  6. Resolved the issue where packaged explosives with IDeX/CPeX data were missing from the product dropdown list when the 'Only show explosives with IDeX/CPeX data' filter was applied.
  7. Corrected the misalignment issue in SHOTPlus™ text export where headers did not align with columns when exporting EBS det data for holes with multiple primers.
  8. Fixed the bug where the selected hole type in the Design Data -> Hole Types dialogue didn't update with new data from an imported .hdv template.
  9. Fixed an issue where refreshing the product list for a file triggered an error.
  10. Fixed a bug that caused an error when exporting to BlastIQ™ with a SHOTPlus™ file using graphical loading rules.
  11. Fixed an intermittent issue where occasionally it was not possible to change the country product list.
  12. Resolved an issue where the selected i-kon lead lengths were not being correctly applied to the loaded holes.
  13. Resolved an issue where opening a specific SHOTPlus™ file triggered an exception.
  14. SHOTPlus™ now sends updated designs for holes with unsupported rules, e.g. loading based on MWD profile rules, by matching GUIDs instead of rule names, ensuring accurate design updates. 1

Information

    1. Old files should load correctly, and their rules will be assigned new GUIDs. To ensure the GUID test functions properly, you must run the loading rules at least once on an old file.
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