Setting the Environment

You can set up the environment for Pit Optimization importing a Coordinate Reference System (CRS), creating a resource table, and assigning Geosciences resources to them in Data Setup.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: You must have the required access roles:
  • Baseline: Owner role (to use Data Setup). Leader role to import a CRS.
  • App-specific: Earth Engineering Coordinator role.
See Also
Understanding Geolocation

Context: Data Setup helps you put together resources and make them available to every project's stakeholder within a single or several collaborative workspaces.

Import a Coordinate Reference System (CRS)

You can import a single CRS for geolocation purposes for the project's collaborative space. You can import the CRS with the As Reference option selected.

  1. In the top bar, select Add > Import.
    The Import dialog box appears.
  2. Click to choose a folder.
  3. Select the required .3dxml file and click Open.
    The 3D XML file is imported.
    Tip: The 3D XML files that contain the CRS are originated from the online EPSG registry. Extract EPSG-9.1.0-CRS-3dxml.zip located in l file is located at ...\win_b64\resources\geolocation.

Declare Geolocation Resources

You can define geolocation resources to specify administration preferences for geolocation that consist in:

  • Defining a default CRS to geolocate new and existing objects.
  • Allowing or forbidding the selection of a CRS different from the default CRS.
  • Listing all objects to geolocate at creation.

Before you begin: See Geolocation Resources.
  1. Select the XML file located in \win_b64\resources\standard\Geolocation.
  2. Make the edits as required.
  3. Save the XML file.
  4. Associate the resource with the required project in Data Setup.
  5. Select Share > Save > Save with Options.
    The geolocation resource (XML file) is assigned and saved. It is now available for all users working in the collaborative space.

Declare Geoscience Resources

You can declare a semantic dictionary and a palette in Data Setup to enable the import of geodata—such as a geophysics file or a block model in 3DEXPERIENCE.

  1. Create a Geoscience resource table.
  2. Assign
    • The semantic dictionary (.csv file) in the Geoscience resource table.
    • The palette (.csv file) in the Geoscience resource table.
  3. Associate the resource with the required project.
  4. Select Share > Save > Save with Options.
    The resource is assigned and saved.

Customize the Semantic Dictionary and a Palette for Pit Optimization

You can enrich the semantic dictionary and palette and replace the default values of the block model 's attributes to associate meaningful names and accurate measure units to the block model 's attributes reflected in each scenario.

  1. In Data Setup,edit the defined Geoscience resource table.
  2. Edit the semantic dictionary (.csv file) in the Geoscience resource table:
    1. Specify the relevant entries for Pit Optimization in the block model's attributes column, including:

      • Material classification
      • Phase
      • Mass
      • Undiscontinued value
      • Discounted value
      • Period
      • Destination
      • Bench ID

    2. Enter a specific value in the Units and Display Name columns to override the default values.
  3. Similarly, edit the display for the same attributes within the palette by adding the corresponding entries.
  4. Select Share > Save > Save with Options.
    The edited resource is assigned and saved.

    During the pit optimization run, the related block model attributes are created and have a meaningful name. Each scenario contains a unique set of these attributes.