2.11.2 SHOTPlus™ Underground Beta Release Notes

2.11.2 SHOTPlus™ Underground Beta November, 2025

Version 2.11.2 of SHOTPlus™ Underground Beta, first offered to users on Tuesday, 18^th November 2025. 

A notification will appear on start-up in SHOTPlus™ Underground Beta once the update is available.

For further information on updating SHOTPlus™, please contact the BlastIQ™ Support Team via support.blastiq.com.

New

1. Powder Factor Ring View is now available. When Ring View is activated and holes contain bulk explosives, users can navigate to View > Ring powder factor to open a heatmap showing distribution of explosive charge across a ring. For more information about the view, please refer to this article.
2. A Hole Measurement tool is now available. ¹ The button to activate this tool can be found on the "Loading tools" toolbar, next to the "Hole Table" button. Users can measure distances between holes contained in the same or different rings, and add the measurements to the view to be used in plans.

  Information

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   1. The Hole Measurement tool measures the minimum distance (i.e. orthogonal distance) from one hole to another, at a user-specified distance along the first hole. Users will need to select:
      1. the first hole to measure from,
      2. the distance along the hole where the measurement should be taken from, and
      3. the second hole to measure to.

Improved

1. Text tags on dimension objects were not rotating with the view properly.
2. Users can now adjust the size of the title box and hole labels when printing. These changes apply to 2D layout printing and Plan printing.
   1. Users can select the printer and page size directly from the Print Manager.
   2. Users can specify what supporting information to display on the plan.
   3. Users can adjust the hole label size by using the arrows to adjust the value. This will apply to any hole labels that are displayed.
   4. The size of the title box text can be adjusted here.
   5. Users can print directly from the Print Manager.
   6. Users can preview the plan before printing by clicking on the "Preview" button.
      
3. Printing from the Hole Loading tool has been improved and hole diagrams now scale properly.