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1 Annual Maintenance & Services Offer Release Notes Datamine Studio Version

2 Contents What s New for Datamine Studio MR24 2 Main Messages for this version of Datamine Studio 2 Technical Note: Using Studio with non US/UK characters 4 Setting non-us/uk language support 4 Region Settings 4 Environment Files 5 Portability of Data Files 5 Issues resolved in Datamine Studio MR24 6 1

3 WHAT S NEW FOR DATAMINE STUDIO MR24 This release includes many updates in response to feedback from previous versions. In addition, there are functional changes which are particularly significant: Main Messages for this version of Datamine Studio New!! Uniform Conditioning Functions Uniform Conditioning in Studio 3 helps you to optimize the accuracy of your predicted recoverable resource estimates and access the information you have available regarding recoveries predicted at the mining (SMU) scale. See your online Help for more information (Using Studio 3 Grade Estimation Uniform Conditioning). New!! Extended Foreign Character Support Studio s clients can now use foreign (non UK/US) characters in many more areas of the system than previously possible, including data values, file and project names, plot items and dialogs. New!! Wireframe Thickness Calculations (including True Thickness) The Calculate Wireframe Volume, Grid DTM and intersect-drillholeswireframes commands have been extended to provide support for vertical, horizontal and true wireframe thickness calculations. New!! Improvements to the Calculate Volume command Now supports keyfields, for per-domain, per-level etc. reporting Now allows writing of the volume calculation data to an output table Can optionally write key calculations back to the wireframe triangles, e.g. thickness, areas, azimuth and dip. New!! Create Isoshells Variogram Support The popular isoshell generation routine now includes support for a custom variogram parameter file, permitting a wider range of grade shell scenarios. New!! Line Charts Studio s scatter plot options have been extended to allow the creation of compelling line charts, including spline fitting. New!! PDF3D Output Improvements to Handle Larger Animations Studio's PDF3D output function has been improved to allow for export of more complex animations and a significant reduction in resulting PDF file size over the previous version. 2

4 New!! Synchronised VR String Coloring Options Strings in the VR window can now automatically link the colours of their lines and symbols, so that changes can be made more easily. New!! Divide Wireframes Enhancement Studios powerful command to divide wireframes by existing strings has been extended even further to provide an optimised solutions when using outlines, including support for nested strings and also to allow you to specify an INSIDE parameter to explicitly define an internal boundary. Important Fix in this version: In the last release of Studio an error was introduced which will often reset the ST1PAR3 (and other ST?PAR3s) to 1 during variogram modelling. This was intended to only happen for 2D variograms (to make the output consistent with other variogram processes), but often happens with 3D variograms as well. This release fixes that issue. 3

5 TECHNICAL NOTE: USING STUDIO WITH NON US/UK CHARACTERS Studio MR24 allows non-us/uk characters to be used in the following situations: Project paths and names File names Text columns/fields Plot item text boxes and similar Although it is possible to also use non-us/uk characters in field/column names, this is not fully supported at this time, and its use is not recommended. Setting non-us/uk language support Region Settings In order to provide backwards compatibility of DM format files, Studio makes use of the current Windows Code Page to tell it which language to expect. This code page can be set in the operating system s Regional settings, so please check your operating system s help file for exact steps for the version you are using. Example of Windows 8.1 Region Settings More information on the code pages currently supported by Microsoft Operating Systems can be found at the following website: 4

6 Environment Files In addition to the regional settings, some processes require that an option is turned on in the Studio Environment Files in order to use non UK/US text data. In these cases an environment file should contains the appropriate SEC_CHAR_SET entry, e.g.: SEC_CHAR_SET = RUSSIAN (set automatically for the Russian version of Studio) SEC_CHAR_SET = INTERNAT SEC_CHAR_SET = GREEK (This setting is only required for non US/UK text data attributes; it is not needed for filenames, project names, or plot items etc.) Portability of Data Files Since DM files use the Windows Code Page to specify how the characters should be interpreted, characters in a DM file may appear differently if read on a computer with different Region Settings to where it was created. For DM files which move between language regions, it is recommended that only UK/UK characters are used in text fields. 5

7 ISSUES RESOLVED IN DATAMINE STUDIO MR24 The following cases have been resolved for this version: ID Type Description of Change Core System Commands and Processes CORE-52 Imp Support has now been implemented for filenames containing foreign characters. CORE-54 Imp. You can now enter foreign characters into Plot window items supporting text, e.g. text boxes. CORE-271 Imp. The About box now contains a Credits button which credits any Open Source 3 rd party software used with our products. CORE-108 Bug MGSORT no longer creates a single precision file in an extended precision project. CORE-126 Bug An issue causing the system to halt unexpectedly when specifying non-existent files in certain process dialogs has been CORE-138 Bug An issue causing the system to halt unexpectedly when restoring process command parameters with retrieval criteria has been CORE-159 Bug Incorrect command icons that previously appeared in the Russian version of Studio s Data menu have been corrected. CORE-165 Bug The Browse button tooltip in the Retrieval Criteria tab of process dialogs has been removed. CORE-396 Bug The Find Command function no longer forces the system to become unresponsive if a project is not loaded. CORE-463 Bug Various processes, including MGSORT, SORTX and OUTPUT are no longer restricted to 1024 uses per Studio session. CORE-397 Bug The merge identical records option for the display of drillhole attributes now works as expected. CORE-448 Bug COMPDH now correctly honours parameter to ensure that composites will store an Absent value for a composite which is dominated by Absent values along its length. CORE-508 Bug An error introduced in last release which often caused the ST1PAR3 to be reset to 1 has now been rectified. This parameter is now only reset to 1 with 2D variograms. CORE-465 Bug An issue of MRO failing with a specific data set has now been CORE-128 Bug An issue with MODENV causing an unexpected program termination has now been STUDIO-1815 Imp. The Define Holes process will now only compute holes when explicitly requested by the user. Previously, the calculation was performed automatically after each data table specification. STUDIO-2662 Imp. The intersect-drill-wireframes command has been extended to allow additional attributes to be written to the created intersection points. These include wireframe attributes, downhole distance, entry/exit flags and various wireframe thickness calculations. Intersection points may also now be limited only to entry and/or exits points. Visualization CORE-409 Feature It is now possible to automatically synchronize the line and symbol colors in the VR window for string data. CORE-469 Feature Studio now produces significantly smaller PDF3D animated files. CORE-599 Feature The system will now display a warning if the graphics hardware fails to have the required capabilities for the new symbol display. 6

8 CORE-77 Imp. The VR window section clipping buttons will now be disabled if clipping is unavailable on the active section (usually because the section is hidden) CORE-476 Imp. You can now update VR objects from script without enabling the VR window. CORE-399 Bug The VR window no longer flashes when being used on Windows 8, or on Windows 7 with Desktop Composition enabled. STUDIO-2300 Bug The Sequence Control bar will now always display the name of the object and field being animated. CORE-573 Bug An issue that caused unexpected behaviour when editing the drillhole cylinder segment display in the VR window has been CORE-587 Bug An issue preventing the correct display of LSTYLE 1006 has been CORE-589 Bug Point data now animates as expected in the VR window. CORE-590 Bug An issue introduced following implementation of VR symbols, making selection of small symbol vertices potentially difficult, has been CORE-566 Bug PDF3D output no longer shows a bounding box entity where one was not specified in the VR window. CORE-579 Bug The sphere.x file installed with Studio was found to have an inconsistent winding order, giving rise to visual inconsistencies this has been CORE-573 Bug Changing the number of edges used to model drillhole and string cylinders will now have an immediate effect in the VR window. CORE-601 Bug An unexpected program termination when accessing the properties of individual strings in the VR window through the sheets control bar has now been Wireframing STUDIO-2655 Feature The grid-dtm command has now been extended to allow additional control over the grid position, size and orientation. Additional options are also available for the copying or calculation of data attributes for the grid points, including various wireframe thickness calculations. STUDIO-2658 Feature The Wireframe Volume command has now been extended to provide reporting by keyfield (domains etc.) as well as recording the results directly to a data table. Additional options are also available for the calculation of data attributes back into the wireframe triangles, including various wireframe thickness calculations. Data Transfer CORE-449 Imp. The Microstation.dgn driver now supports the import of Multi Lines CORE-53 Imp. Cyrillic characters are now supported when defining file names CORE-494 Imp. You can now save imported data with non US/UK file names. CORE-144 Bug An issue preventing the import of CAD data where layer data is hidden in the source file has been DSDIE-120 Bug A specific instance of an issue importing a CAD data file has been DSDIE-129 Bug Exporting data via DXF no longer forces the output units of measurement to inches. DSDIE-159 Bug An issue with a specific DXF data file only loading half the triangles has been Resource/Reserve Modelling STUDIO-896 Feature Studio 3 now includes a new Uniform Conditioning module. Localized Uniform Conditioning is also supported. STUDIO-2115 Feature You can now specify a custom variogram file when generating isoshells (create-shells). STUDIO-1165 Bug ESIMATE now handles files with uppercase.dm file extensions. STUDIO-1515 Bug SPLICO no longer generates an error when run interactively. STUDIO-1806 Bug A specific case of STATS incorrectly calculating the number of missing values has been 7

9 STUDIO-2298 Bug In the previous version, running ESTIMATE with an alpha numeric ZONE field was not always providing expected results. This has been STUDIO-2000 Bug An issue which would sometimes cause STATS to incorrectly store the KEY1 values when a FIELDLST was used has now been corrected. Customization, Automation and Scripting STUDIO-2677 Imp. Studio processes can now use foreign file names when called from a script. STUDIO-2478 Imp. New processes have been created for Gaussian Anamorphosis, Support Correction and Uniform Conditioning. Charting and Reporting STUDIO-2165 Feature Scatter plots may now also be used to draw line charts. CORE-537 Feature Scatter Plots now have an extra option in the Data Selection tab for including/excluding a combined chart when keyfields are being used. Note that a combined chart is never shown when keyfields are used with line chart formatting.. Utilities and Supporting Services CORE-17 Imp. Studio now supports installation of the application to a drive other than the default. CORE-55 Bug An issue preventing Studio shutting down correctly has been Documentation CORE-446 Imp. Several additions have been made to the Studio Help File in line with recent changes. CORE-483 Bug The online help page for the Estimate dialog s Unfold panel is now displayed as expected via context help options. 8

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