The Aegis 2026.1 release introduces improvements to timing simulation, drill management, wireframe modelling, and overall usability to support more efficient blast design and analysis.
Timing simulation workflows have been enhanced with the ability to edit delays directly from the Simulation View using a right-click context menu or by double-clicking priming points. New keyboard shortcuts also let you step forward or backward through animation frames, making timing review faster and more interactive.
Blast and scenario management has also been improved in the Timing Manager with the addition of a Blast Tree and Scenario Selector. These tools let you manage blast visibility and switch scenarios directly within the form, while the Simulation View automatically reflects the currently visible blasts.
Design workflows now support hot-swappable drill cards, allowing drills to be changed while preserving as much of the existing ring layout as possible. You can choose to recalculate pivots or re-drill holes while keeping either collars or toes.
Wireframe tools have been expanded with new Offset and Crop to Bounding Box operations, enabling faster mesh adjustments and helping reduce the size of large models.
Several usability improvements have also been introduced, including a renamed User Preferences tab and a new option to automatically center child forms on their parent window.
About Aegis
Aegis, comprising Aegis Designer and Aegis Analyzer, is created by mining engineers to design blasts for underground mines, including slot design and placement, charging, priming, timing, and more. With its extensive range of editing tools, Aegis Designer enables the creation of drill and blast patterns for an entire stope in seconds, allowing engineers to easily explore alternative designs. By swiftly generating customisable reports and IREDES exports, it facilitates the rapid transition of actionable designs into production. Aegis Analyzer is the most advanced underground blast analysis program globally and enables engineers to observe how changes to a pattern impact fragmentation, tonnage, cavity, costs, and profit. It is used to optimise ring patterns to maximise recovery, productivity, and profitability.
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