Cut and Fill

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

I am currently grading a site for 3 golf holes and I am looking at creating seperate cut and fill volumes for each hole along with a combined total. I am new to the civil 3d software learning it at home by training video's and manuals, I would appreciate any feedback regarding the task.

Cheers 

David.

[yonah.ge]

Hi David! First you need to generate and finalize your 3 surfaces. Create your multisection views.Then edit your sections with the cut and fill functions by playing the "Compute Materials" which can be seen under "Section tab" on your Civil 3d menu bar. There you can insert surfaces you want to compare whether 2surfaces or 3surfaces. I hope this may help. ^_^

[neilyj666]

Not really necessary to use "Compute Materials" but depends on what surfaces you are trying to compare and what volume data you need to extract- for the simplest method you can create volume surfaces for analysis and display/plan set purposes

[ccoles]

Use the Volumes Dashboard. If each hole is a separate surface, the Dashboard report will display cut/fill for each surface then combine them at the bottom. If all three holes are in a single surface, you can use polylines to create bounded volumes for each hole and the dashboard can show each separately with a total at the bottom, again. Volumes Dashboard is in Civil 3D 2013 and above.

[neilyj666]

Remembering that the Volumes Dashboard only works with volume surfaces....;)