Carlson Mining 2012 Provides Improved
3D Pit Design, Haul Cycle Analysis & Much More

MAYSVILLE, Ky., U.S.A. — Carlson Mining 2012 gives users improved 3D abilities within its bench pit design, added options for color settings for enhanced visual feedback in the underground timing sequencing, new haul truck cycle analysis routines, new spoil placement timing, and the ability to produce customized, more professional reports among its many upgrades.

Used throughout the world, Carlson Mining is the number one software solution for coal mine operations in the United States. Carlson Mining 2012 provides support for AutoCAD® 2012 and comes with IntelliCAD® 7.0 built-in. This is in addition to working on AutoCAD versions 2000 and up.

“Carlson’s 3D pit design is improved by enhancements in the Design Bench Pit command,” says Grant Wenker of Carlson’s Mining Division. “Multiple slope groups are now easy to define for all pit blocks globally with symbols for different slope and bench templates on different sides.

“Adding the ramps is now part of this command for automatic ramp building,” Wenker adds, “cutting through the benches whether working from the top down or the bottom up.”

New commands added for haul truck cycle analysis can now calculate cycle time, fleet size and production rates. Plus, this release has a new set of commands for spoil and dump timing for sizing and sequencing spoil placement, both in-pit and out.

Also released at the same time is Carlson Natural Regrade, which can be used to reclaim any disturbed land and has been recommended by the U. S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM) for mine reclamation. With this release, a new Vegetation Scene tool places 3D symbols for selected vegetation based on slope and azimuth parameters for 3D visualization of the reclaimed site. Three dimensional trees and shrubs can be placed into the model to show what the reclamation will look like at various growth stages.

Carlson Mining is the acknowledged standard of the U.S. coal mining industry, providing legendary ease-of-use, combined with powerful features and CAD-based graphics. Available in targeted modules – Geology, Surface, Underground and Basic Mining – Carlson Mining provides the tools needed for planning, engineering or automating a mine.

The 2012 versions of Carlson Survey, Carlson Civil, Carlson Hydrology, Carlson GIS, Carlson Point Cloud, and Carlson Takeoff, each featuring its own industry-specific improvements, are also just released.

For more information about Carlson Mining 2012, visit www.carlsonsw.com, email Carlson’s mining experts at mining@carlsonsw.com, or call Carlson at 800-989-5028 or 606-564-5028. Carlson has been meeting mine operators’ software needs since 1983.

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