Block model engine powers GEMS 6.4 update
Staff reporter, 9 May 2012
Block model in GEMS after re-blocking and before conversion with sub blocking.
MAY 7 – GEMCOM’s new patent-pending block model conversion engine is the standout update in GEMS 6.4, the company’s flagship geology and mine planning software.
GEMS is used to quantify, model, plan and schedule the extraction of mineral deposits.
According to Gemcom, the GEMS 6.4 block model conversion engine brings “a new level of data sharing flexibility to the industry by providing direct conversion between different block model formats, delivering better collaboration and improved data integrity while saving users a great deal of time”.
GEMS technical product manager Justin Meade said increasingly common multi-site and external collaboration on mine block model data, often with different software, made the introduction of the conversion engine particularly timely.
“Thanks to the new block model conversion engine, it is possible for a user to work in one software package on a task such as resource estimation and deliver the block model in the format of another software package, while also ensuring data integrity between the two,” he said. “With the engine, users will also benefit by being able to efficiently operate between multiple block model types for evaluation and processing within GEMS.”
A senior geologist at emerging Canadian gold company Midas Gold Inc said the GEMS update was welcome. Paul Jensen said the company used GEMS Logger digital logging software, the geological modelling package, and Gemcom Whittle optimisation software.
“With several GEMS licenses and viewers, we can be sure that everyone can be accessing the most current data and models,” Jensen said. “For over seven years I have enjoyed the ability to customise and access GEMS data from the Access or SQL back-ends; this framework makes the data much more usable than other formats.”
Gemcom said GEMS 6.4’s interpolate and report feature allowed users to work with larger datasets and use more than 100 interpolation profiles; geospatial filtering was now possible through the use of clipping boundaries when importing points and lines; there was better importing support for Optech 3D rings (.xyz files), and Leapfrog mesh files; Esri Shapefiles could now be imported as points, polylines, or polygons; and a new two-point transformation profile could be used to transform the coordinates of solids and surfaces from one system to another.
Improved sorting capabilities in GEMS’ production scheduler also boosted scheduling efficiency.
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