Net Volume on Table is opposite what is should be?

[DaveM]

All,

Below i show my table and its settings. Has anyone noticed/ solved this, or am i missing something?

[wfberry]

My first impression is you are definitely short in excess of 21,000 (C.Y.?).  Sounds negative to me if that is your question.

Bill

[DaveM]

This table is coming from an after stance, We compared an original surface to a current surface. My net volume needs to be a fill value. Worst case senarion i can drop the sign because it is fill the whole way. Maybe I am looking at it wrong.

[Jay_B]

Is it possible when you compared the 2 you just got the base surface flip flopped? This would reverse the volume numbers.

[wfberry]

Normally, I look at a job to see if it is balanced.  In your case it shows negative which tells me I need to look for fill or re-design.  Either way as you say, it needs fill.

Bill

[Jay_B]

Oops I misread this one, I agree with Bill, the negative value is correct for indicating fill/import needed, I took it to mean your Cut and Fill totals were switched around.

[neilyj666]

Not exactly sure what the OP is asking but Cut is typically reported as +ve and fill is -ve (in order to create a mass haul diagram) although as long as everyone is consistent then it shouldn't make any difference.

[troma]

I've never tried tables, but if you do a volume analysis and export it to xml & open in excel, it is the opposite. Cut is negative and Fill is positive.