Simple Planner (Qgis Plugin)

🚀 Introducing Simple Planner – Your Quick & Easy Mine Planning Plugin for QGIS

Simple Planner is made for small quarries or anyone who needs fast, practical and Simple results without diving into complex software.

🔹 Input a thickness grid of your main ore/lithology — optionally add a waste thickness layer too.
🔹 Define your production rate per period — daily, weekly, monthly... you decide.
🔹 Digitize your excavation path the way you want — follow grade, geotech constraints, or site logistics.
🔹 The plugin follows your path, tries to match your target tonnage per period, and generates polygons for each period with ore + waste tonnage.
🔹 You can easily calculate strip ratios using the generated results for each period.
🔹 For extra due diligence and visualization, it can generate optional layers like Direction of excavation and the excavation grid...

✅ Simple. Fast. Geologist-approved.
🎯 Built inside QGIS so you stay in your zone.

💡 Available now for Patreon supporters – unlock it and support indie geology tools!


🔧 Installation Steps (Windows)

1. Install Dependencies

• In the Windows search bar, type and open OSGeo4W Shell.
• In the terminal, type the following command:pip install -r requirements.txt💡 You can drag and drop the requirements.txt file into the terminal to get the full path automatically.
• Press Enter and wait for the required Python packages to install.

2. Install the Plugin in QGIS

• Open QGIS.
• Go to the Plugins menu > Manage and Install Plugins.
• Click on the Install from ZIP tab (usually at the bottom).
• Browse to the location of the plugin's .zip file.
• Select it and click Install Plugin.

3. Launch the Plugin

• Go to the Plugins menu again — you should now see SimplePlanner in the list.
• Click it to open the plugin dock and start planning your excavation path!📺 Video Tutorial Coming Soon!A full walkthrough video will be available soon on the MiningGeologist YouTube channel to show you exactly how to use the plugin step-by-step.