Pit bench and trench design in terrain
CloudCanvas v1.1.3 ยท Core and professional modules. Mining Design. Optional module. Requires CloudCanvas Core. Take your pit outlines and trench alignments into 3D. Adjust the design, see how it fits the terrain and bring the quantities into your planning.
Pit Bench Design
Choose your outline, set the bench height, batter and berm width, and build the design in 3D.
Trench Tool
Work from an alignment and set the depth, floor width and side slopes for your trench.
Quantities and review
Bring excavation, material and waste quantities together with the design for review and reporting.
From outline to pit design
Follow a pit design from its outline and bench settings to a 3D view of the finished geometry. Select your pit outline, bench settings and base surface. Generate the pit design and view it within the surrounding terrain. Inspect the benches and slopes from different angles.
Build a trench along your alignment
See an alignment become a trench, then explore the result within the surrounding terrain. Select your alignment and set the trench dimensions. Generate the trench within the terrain. Review the completed layout, then take a closer look at the floor and side slopes.
Example output
Pit benches with terrain contours. Pit benches shown with the surrounding terrain and contours.
Trench geometry along an alignment
A closer look at the trench floor and side slopes.
Gross quantities and calculation checks
Material and waste volumes, stripping ratio and calculation checks in one report.
Inspect the surface mesh
The pit and surrounding terrain in wireframe view.
Inputs
Terrain surface and pit outline or trench alignment; Bench, berm, batter or trench settings; Material surfaces when evaluating material and waste quantities
Outputs
Pit and trench design meshes; Terrain/design views and exportable surfaces; Gross-volume reports and calculation checks
Review notes
Design geometry requires engineering and operational review. Material quantities depend on the supplied material surfaces. Creating geology surfaces within CloudCanvas requires the separate Geology module.