Earthworks Elevations Command

Description:

This command creates a volume surface and COGO points for cut/fill depths. It is used for platforms where the points must have a different color based on the cut or fill condition.

Location on Compact Ribbon:

Location on Extended Ribbon:

Instructions:

Before using this command, create a polyline which defines the boundary for the point creation. You can either draw this boundary or you can make a copy of the platform feature line, explode it once and convert to a 2D polyline, see the detailed steps below:

1. Select the platform feature line in plan, right-click and select the Copy to Site command from the menu:

2. For the Destination Site use <None> to avoid any interactivity with the other objects:

3. Explode the copied feature line once to convert it to a 3D polyline, convert the 3D polyline to a 2D polyline using the Grading – Polyline Utilities – Convert 3D to 2D Polylines command:

4. When the polyline is ready, run the command to open Earthworks Elevations dialog:

   Note: Self-explanatory settings are not described below.

   Surface Type: TIN/Grid Volume Surface creates a new volume surface which will be used to calculate the cut/fill depths for COGO points.

   TIN/Grid Surface allows to use of a platform surface (or any other surface) to display the COGO points elevations.

   Base Surface: surface used as the base surface for a volume surface.

   Comparison Surface: surface used as the comparison surface for a volume surface.

   Zero Elevation Point Group Settings: COGO points with a zero elevation do not fit into the cut or fill point groups therefore they are placed into this group.

   Create Volume Calculation Table: tick this option if you want to create a static volume table. This table can be created at a later stage using the Volume Table Command.

5. Select the polyline defining the platform:

If you get the message shown in the image below, it means a point number is already used in the drawing. Click OK or hit Enter. This message will pop-up for each duplicate point number:

1. If you ticked the option to create a volume surface table, the table settings appear on the screen:

2. Specify the volume table location:

Created points:

Created point groups and volume surface:

Created table: