NPORS Dragline

COURSE CONTENT:

The purpose of this course is to learn you how to set up the simulated dragline in 3D-Dig, and how to use structures, tools and approaches important in the dragline simulations. Working through the lessons of this course, you will:

• Find out how to set up the simulated dragline.
• Learn how to work with Material Logs, Redundant Data, and Restore Points in dragline simulations.
• Make acquaintance with the different modes of dragline dumping, and learn about boom dump settings, including the way boom dump arc location is specified.
• Set up the Excavation and Dump templates needed for the Key Bridge operation and learn how to create and shape the necessary excavation polygons.
• See how to dig the Extended Key / Low Wall Bench operation.
• Learn the extended bench method with its multiple excavation and dump templates, and see its advantages in comparison with the previous Key Bridge method. Explore how the Arc Area Dump is used to simulate the formation of the extended bench.
• Use the images that you captured during the simulations to organize and run a slideshow. You will also see how to import these images into "PowerPoint" to create a presentation.
• See an overview of the way the dragline bench is created, and learn how to set up a simplified method to simulate the bench dozing, which involves manual excavation and dumping in "Free" mode.
• Make acquaintance with the concept of excavating the complete pit using the key bridge method.
• Learn how to set up the steady state digging for the bulk of the pit to the point, where it is approaching the end wall.
• Get a brief overview of ways to export volumetric and topographic data from 3D-Dig.
• Learn how to accurately predict dragline productivity by using the 3D-Dig dragline model.
• Get an overview of how to reimport the dragline positions into 3D-Dig to create a visualization of the dragline positions during simulation.