Overview

Slope Optimiser user manual

Slope Optimiser Manual

Learn how to prepare data, manage projects, define slope simulation properties, run simulations, and export results from the OptimalSlope CAD interface.

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Slope Optimiser documentation

This manual explains the main workflows for using the Slope Optimiser CAD graphical interface.Manual v1.0 · Updated

Introduction

Slope Optimiser automates open pit slope design. Give it the stratigraphy, rock properties and a target factor of safety, and it finds the steepest safe pitwall profile - so less waste rock has to be excavated.

This is the user manual for the Slope Optimiser CAD graphical interface.

Use the sections below to move through the typical workflow: prepare data, create or import project geometry, define properties, run simulations, review outputs, and export results for downstream analysis.

The planar design in blue against the optimal profile in orange. The shaded area is the waste rock that does not need to be excavated.

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Start with the Data Preparation page if you are working with new 3D stratigraphy or imported section files. Clean input geometry improves slicing, material assignment, and simulation reliability.

1 Quick Start Run your first simulation from prepared data through result review and export. 2 Prepare Data Check geometry quality, DXF exports, section wires, gaps, overlaps, and layer organisation. 3 Run Workflow Follow the simulation workflow from importing sections to exporting results. 4 Define Properties Set slope anchors, bench and rock properties, loads, faults, roads, and groundwater inputs. 5 Help and Solutions Resolve common issues with geometry, OSA search region, simulations, and exports. 6 Manage Projects Create, save, import, slice, trim, and export project data. 7 Use Controls Navigate the visualiser, change views, adjust object style, and manage selected items. 8 Glossary Review common OptimalSlope, slope design, simulation, and export terms.

Common support tasks

Use these shortcuts when you are checking input data, preparing a simulation, or diagnosing a warning.

A Gaps and overlaps Understand geometry warnings and decide whether input data needs repair. B OSA search region Check the crest point and Min/Max OSA range before running the optimiser. C Export block model Create downstream block model outputs from 3D stratigraphy and slope-angle results. D Import into Datamine Map block model fields and combine slope-angle data using Datamine workflows.

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