Substitution Parameters

Substitution parameters need to be prefixed with the @ sign when you reference them. Note also that the names of substitution parameters are NOT case sensitive. This fact can be used to clarify the visibility of the substitution parameters when entered in a plot text file.

The plot file substitution parameter @blastholedatabasename, for example, is much easier to read as a mixed case expression: @BlastholeDatabaseName.

There are two kinds of predefined substitution parameter: Global and Plot File.

Blast Design Plot and other Vizex plots are only able to reference Global substitutions. This is because Blast Design, Ring Design and Vizex plots are rendered directly from a live or saved Vizex view and there is no associated PEL file.

Global

Global substitutions (which exist for the current session) use system information and the metadata associated with a current user's session. You can use them anywhere in the application where substitutions can be made, for example, in a Text Frame in a 2D or a 3D plot.

For example, suppose you have a plot layout that you use in several projects, and in each of those you want to include the project name and the date in the title. The solution is to define the data sets in the title once, with the text: @project and @ddmmyy.

These are predefined variables which do not require any further description in the substitution table. Each time this plot is printed, the project name and the current date will be automatically inserted into the title.

The following Global substitutions are provided:

Parameter	Description
@ddmmyy or @mmddyy	Current date, e.g. 26/5/10 or 5/26/10
@time	Current time, e.g. 12:34
@yyyy	Current year, e.g. 2010
@mm or @month	Current month, e.g. 11 or Nov
@dd	Current day, e.g. 23
@project	Current project, e.g. DEMO
@projdir	Current project folder, e.g. C:\PROJECTS\TEST
@projtitle	Current project title, e.g. DEMO PROJECT
@username	Current user's username
@networkdomain	Current user's network domain
@licenceID	Current user's Micromine licence ID
@mmversion	Current user's Micromine version number
@computername	Current user's computer name
@windowsversion	Current user's Windows operating system version

Blast Design Plot

The following Blast Design Plot substitutions are provided:

Parameter	Description
@blastholedatabasename	The name of the current blasthole database (BHDB)
@blastblockname	The name of the current blast block.