What is Promine?

Promine is an AutoCAD integrated software program. It is divided into specialized add-ons that each perform a specific geological exploration or mine development task. The add-ons range from geological mapping to planning, reserve estimates, modeling, surveying and drilling-blasting. Each add-on may be used as a standalone or with other Promine add-ons to improve productivity

Since Promine is integrated into AutoCAD, it is easy for AutoCAD users to learn how to use it, withouthaving to learn a new interface and new concepts.

Explore and define...

• Plan a diamond drilling campaign.
• Make 3D geological models.
• Calculate resources with various estimation methods.
• Build a geological block model.

Plan and schedule…

• Plan drifts and raises.
• Schedule development.
• Build a production overlook from scheduled development and stopes.
• Build 3D planning models.

Mine and follow operations…

• Update drawings with survey data collected.
• Model actual development: drifts, raises, room and pillar, surfaces, benches, etc.
• Plan production drilling and blasting.
• Cut sections in any orientation.
• Manage drawings.

Share and distribute…

• Create layouts and prints.
• View planned and current mines in 3D.
• Create animated 3D presentations.
• Exchange data with other software.

Each add-on may be adapted to your needs and the Promine team developers can also create customized modules to meet your specific needs.

Diamond Drill Hole Planning

• Interactive design tool with plan and section views
• Drilling report creation
• Deviation and cost calculation

Plan holes in 3D while modifying geometry: start point, end point, dip, azimuth and length.

Diamond Drill Holes

• Insert hole by reading data in any database.
• Mark hole data according to your preferences.
• Calculate weighted average.
• Create a DDH warning report of a given area.

Visualize your holes any way you want. You can display data as numbers, solids, hatches, text, histograms or symbols all of them colored according to your preferences

Samples

• Enter the channel sample data directly in AutoCAD
• Display the data according to your preferences and with user defined styles.
• Calculate weighted average.
• Export channel data to a database.

Geological Modeling

• Create a 3D model from section polylines
• Model faults or surfaces in 3D
• Calculate tonnage

Create precise 3D models by controlling model surfaces. Apply intersection, subtraction or union operations on 3D models.

Resources

• Calculate resources using polygons, sections or triangulation.
• Calculate resources for multiple grade types taking into account a minimum mining width and dilution.
• Issue resource reports in Excel format.

Simple and efficient, this add-on interfaces with the diamond drill hole add-on to ease the data transfer. It works in any orientation in space.

Block Modeling

• Model massive, seam and veins ore bodies.
• Calculate resources in a 3D model.
• Import or export block models.

Geostatistics Interface

Development underway...

Survey

• Import survey points on a user defined pattern.
• Calculate diamond drill holes and alignment chains.
• Store and fetch survey station data from database.
• Calculate survey stations, sills, backs, walls, etc. with radial or tape surveys.

Drift Planning

• Plan drift with elevation and grade control.
• Create ramps and 3D models automatically.
• Mark elevations, grade, azimuth dimensions, dates, etc.
• Add safety bays and sections.

Raise Planning

• Interactively plan a raise with plan and section views.
• Create 3D models for conventional or bored raises automatically.
• Mark raise length, dip, azimuth, dimensions, dates, etc.
• Calculate tonnage and check for intersection of the raise with other workings.

Underground Drilling and Blasting

• Design blast holes automatically or semi automatically.
• Create drilling, blasting and cabling reports.
• Load holes with explosive and calculate powder factors.
• Control timing sequence and check energy distribution.

Bench Drilling and Blasting

• Designs the grid of holes (square or quincunx).
• Calculates hole depth.
• Creates a drilling report.
• Loads the holes with explosive and calculates the powder factor.
• Creates a loading report.
• Defines and controls the blasting sequence.
• Calculates the cost of a blast.

Stope Design

• Design a stope by maximizing cash return.
• Create stope sections and query the design value.
• Customize net smelter value function parameters.

Hole Planning

• Interactive design tool with plan and section views
• Drilling report creation

Plan holes in 3D while modifying geometry: start point, end point, dip, azimuth and length.

Scheduling

• Assign mining rates and durations to various objects.
• Set the mining sequence.
• Synchronize drawings with MS Project file.
• Issue production (tonnage and grades) overview of project.

The interface with MS Project offers you a straightforward and visual way to optimize your projects, keeping both AutoCAD drawings and MS Project files up-to-date and synchronized.

3D Drift Modeling

Model actual drifts

• Create accurate 3D models of excavated drifts
• Calculate tonnage

Create 3D drift models from survey data or from user entered data. Calculate tonnage according to a start and end date or from selected segments.

3D Raise Modeling

Model actual raises

• Create accurate 3D models of excavated raises
• Calculate tonnage

Create 3D raise models from survey data.

3D Stope Modeling

• Create a 3D stope model from section polylines
• Model faults or surfaces in 3D
• Calculate tonnage

Create precise 3D models by controlling model surfaces. Apply intersection, subtraction or union operations on 3D models.

3D Room and Pillar Modeling

• Create a room and pillar 3D model from survey points.
• Calculate tonnage.

Create the back and floor of the excavation from survey data and simply link both surfaces in order to get the 3D model. Pillars may be added to the model later.

Surface Modeling

• Create a TIN or a grid surface from points
• Calculate the volume between surfaces
• Create elevation contours

Filter objects by type in order to create a surface and apply colors according to elevations. Simple and easy to use, this add-on is very flexible for calculating the volume of an excavation or a stockpile.

Dilution

• Calculate dilution (planned and unplanned) and tonnages of ore left in place.
• Issue stope dilution reports

Manage Drawings Efficiently (Filer)

• Keep drawings in an orderly structure
• Protect drawing data with control of rights
• Access drawings anytime and anywhere

The most up to date data is available anytime, even while other team members are using it. Any drawing, whether 2D, 3D or with multiple layouts, can be created and handled by the Filer.

Grid

Present Drawings Clearly

• Create a complete presentation layout in 4 clicks
• Manage viewports, scales, views
• Deliver complex plotting layouts easily

Plot your drawings quickly and easily. Quickly create plotting layouts which you can then distribute to all your teammates.

Section Cutting

• Cuts section in any orientation in space
• Cuts sections in batches.
• Manages sections and User Coordinates Systems (UCS).

Cut a standard section or a section cut according to a given direction. Sections can be cut in batches according to the selected direction, spacing, angle and naming scheme.

Library

Organize symbols, hatch and line types

• Standardize symbols in use
• Modify or add items to the library

Interface

Exchange data

• Export AutoCAD 3D model in DXF: 3D Faces, 3D Mesh, Polyfaces, Mesh and Solids.
• Select exported objects by drawing, layer or objects

Seismic Interface

See your seism

• Display of seismic events read in a database
• Set symbol color, type and/or scale of the events.

Proximity Check

Is it too close?

This add-on check in the drawing database of the Filer for items which may interfere with selected objects in AutoCAD (2D or 3D). A list of drawings is extracted and the user can then insert these drawings to check if there is a risk of interference.

REQUIREMENTS

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2010, 2011 or 2012 and PROMINE 2010

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 1 GB free disk space for installation.
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
• Install from download

or

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM .
• 1 GB free disk space for installation.
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download

or

• Microsoft® Windows 7 (see note below)
• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM .
• 1 GB free disk space for installation.
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2010,2011 or 2012 and PROMINE 2010

• Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions), or Windows 7 (see note below)
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 1.5 GB free space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)

• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or higher; Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher
• 2 GB RAM or greater
• 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card

Additional Requirements for Scheduling Add On (All Configurations)

• Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 (SP2 or later)

* Note regarding Windows 7 support: Known minor limitations have been posted to Autodesk Knowledge Base.