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2D Area for Volume Surface

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msanter
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‎07-05-2006 02:54 PM
‎07-05-2006 02:54 PM

2D Area for Volume Surface

Hello,

Is there a way to get the 2D area of a volume surface?

TIA,
Melanie Santer
L.A. CAD
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Anonymous
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‎07-05-2006 03:25 PM
‎07-05-2006 03:25 PM

you can make this kind of area table for any surface

just make the surface range your whole elevation range

http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/2006/06/table-that-lists-area-and-volume-at.html

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Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
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Hello,

Is there a way to get the 2D area of a volume surface?

TIA,
Melanie Santer
L.A. CAD
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Anonymous
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‎07-05-2006 03:29 PM
‎07-05-2006 03:29 PM

msanter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to get the 2D area of a volume surface?

Yeah, but it's so ugly that it makes me want to ask "are you sure?" 😉

The only way that I found is to assign a style to your volume surface
that displays only the border. Explode the surface twice (I'd probably
try to do this to a copy of the surface), then you're left with 3D
faces. Using the BOUNDARY command, create a closed polyline of all
those 3D faces. Get the area of said polyline.

Like I said, it's ugly, but it gets you the info that you need.

If anyone knows of a better way, I'm all ears....


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Jason Hickey

Civil 3D 2007, SP1A
Dell Precision M70
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Anonymous
in reply to: msanter
‎07-05-2006 03:43 PM
‎07-05-2006 03:43 PM

Hello Melanie,

You can make a legend table ( a 1 range elevation study from min. to max.
should do) then you can add 2D and/or 3D surface area to custom columns (see
Image).

Angel C. Espinoza
KETIV Technologies
Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
http://acecivil3d.blogspot.com/

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Hello,

Is there a way to get the 2D area of a volume surface?

TIA,
Melanie Santer
L.A. CAD
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Anonymous
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‎07-05-2006 05:06 PM
‎07-05-2006 05:06 PM

Angel Espinoza wrote:
> Hello Melanie,
>
> You can make a legend table ( a 1 range elevation study from min. to max.
> should do) then you can add 2D and/or 3D surface area to custom columns (see
> Image).


I like yours and Dana's ideas MUCH better than mine....


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Jason Hickey

Civil 3D 2007, SP1A
Dell Precision M70
2 GIG RAM, 256 MB nVidia Quadro FX Go1400
Intel Centrino 2 gHz Processor
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msanter
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‎07-06-2006 07:42 AM
‎07-06-2006 07:42 AM

Perfect!

Thanks for your help! 🙂
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Anonymous
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‎07-06-2006 11:00 AM
‎07-06-2006 11:00 AM

here is something else i didnt think of- under the statistics tab

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Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
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Thanks for your help! 🙂
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Anonymous
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‎07-06-2006 05:27 PM
‎07-06-2006 05:27 PM

The 2D & 3D surface areas are available for TIN surfaces and Grid surfaces.
Unfortunately, that information is not available for TIN Volume Surfaces or
Grid Volume Surfaces.

Angel C. Espinoza
KETIV Technologies
Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
http://acecivil3d.blogspot.com/


"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
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here is something else i didnt think of- under the statistics tab

--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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Perfect!

Thanks for your help! 🙂
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Anonymous
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‎07-06-2006 06:30 PM
‎07-06-2006 06:30 PM

oh, shoot. sorry- I didn't look at a volume surface, i just figured it
would be there.

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Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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"Angel Espinoza" wrote in message
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The 2D & 3D surface areas are available for TIN surfaces and Grid surfaces.
Unfortunately, that information is not available for TIN Volume Surfaces or
Grid Volume Surfaces.

Angel C. Espinoza
KETIV Technologies
Angel's Civil 3D Thoughts
http://acecivil3d.blogspot.com/


"Dana Breig Probert" wrote in message
news:5229016@discussion.autodesk.com...
here is something else i didnt think of- under the statistics tab

--
Dana Breig Probert
http://civil3drocks.blogspot.com/
CADapult Ltd
Empowering Design With Innovative Solutions
www.cadapult.net
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Perfect!

Thanks for your help! 🙂
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