Hello TBCers! Today, we’re jumping into TBC’s tool to monitor slope conformance in open-pit mines. This is crucial for safety and operational efficiency. TBC allows you to generate detailed Mining Slope Conformance Reports, including slope cross-section details and heat maps. Follow these steps to create a comprehensive report and visualization in TBC.
To begin this workflow, open your TBC project with the processed point cloud of your mine:
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Extract breaklines from your processed point cloud. Check out last week’s tip to dive into TBC’s automatic breakline extraction command.
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Use your automatically extracted breaklines to create a surface by selecting the “Create Surface” button from the Above Ground section in the Mines tab.
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Name your surface, assign a surface classification from the drop-down and select the breaklines to create your surface. If you select all, ensure that only the breaklines are selected (deselect the boundary and point cloud if necessary).
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Click “Apply.” This will create a surface from the selected breaklines. This surface will be used for further analysis.
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Next, create a cross-section path. Select the “Polyline” command from the CAD tab again. Name the polyline, create a new layer, and select the individual points from the Plan View. Select points that are perpendicular to the slope as shown in the image below. Once created, you can close the Create Polyline command pane. This line will be used for analyzing the slopes.
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Click on the “Mining Slope Conformance Report” button in the Geotechnical section of the Mines tab.
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Select the boundary, ensuring that all the breaklines are enclosed within it.
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Select the cross-section path and specify the interval along this path. This interval is the distance between each cross-section border line to be drawn in the report.
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In the Design Parameters list, this will show the design enter the design parameters for the report. Adjust these measurements as necessary.
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In the Output Settings list, specify the tolerance range within which measurements are considered to be in conformance or out of conformance. 
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Click the “Apply” button to generate the Mining Slope Conformance Report. The conformance report will be generated in Microsoft Word format, allowing for customization to meet the specific needs of project stakeholders.
For more information about this mining workflow, check out the Extracting Breaklines and Running a Mining Slope Conformance Report tutorial here: https://community.trimble.com/viewdocument/trimble-business-center-tutorials?CommunityKey=d961b046-1661-40f3-8d7e-0bde6866a14d&tab=librarydocuments
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