Home
Starting UPL
Main Menu
Data Input
Data Translation
Pit Limit
Program Options
Contact
Licensing

Data Input

Data input into UPL may be handled in one of two ways; It may be either manual (where you type all the data for the block model into UPL), or via a file input.

If you want to input the data manually, you can. Just open a workbook, and type in the data:

Each sheet in the workbook represents a vertical section through the orebody. So, columns represent the x-dimension, rows the y-dimension, and sheets the z-dimension. Input your data so that it fits into that format.

You may notice that this view isn't exactly how you'd like. The cells don't have a correct shape. This is easily fixed. Go to the main UPL menu, and select 'Resize Cells'. Your spreadsheet should now look like this:

All the cells have now been resized to the shape of a square. If you want to try a different shape, go to the UPL menu, select 'General Options...'. Once in the options window, type in the values for the block dimensions that you want. For instance, here's an example with an x-dimension of 10, and a y-dimension of 15:

If you want to input a file manually, and you have an existing file saved, just go to the 'File' menu, and select 'open'. From here you can open any file you want.