Can anyone explain for me the idea behind Tin Volume Surface?
I have a pit/hole as base surface and the existing ground on the top is the comparison surface.
I want to calculate the volume of the hole (or the fill).
Using the Volume Utilities I got the result.
But what is the use of Tin Volume Surface?
Hi,
>> But what is the use of Tin Volume Surface?
For displaying analyses,
E.g. to colorize where surface1 is above surface2 and where lower + the amount of higher and lower. Create a surfacestyle with elevation analyses and that's it.
Or to know where is the exact position of the edge when surface1 cuts through surface2 ==> it's the contour line for elevation 0.00 in the volume surface.
- alfred -
Thanks!
But the resulting object is just a flat surface and not a volume or a "solid" representing amount of the "earthwork"!
My understanding was that the two surfaces were like the shell and the Tin Volume then would be the core.
Tin volume Surface is just a color scheme in 2D!
Am I correct?
Hi,
>> the Tin Volume then would be the core
Yes and no, it represents the core, but not at it's elevation.
E.g. if the first/top surface is a flat surface at 1000m and the second/lower surface is a flat surface at 900m then the volume-surface is a surface from 0 to -100.
>> Tin volume Surface is just a color scheme in 2D!
The representation of this surface depends (as everything in Civil3D) on it's style. If you look to this surface from a perspective view and you have set the style to show the triangles in model-view then you should see it 3-dimensional.
You might see it only 2D if you show just analyses data and that like 2D-solids as example.
HTH, - alfred -
neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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@Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain for me the idea behind Tin Volume Surface?
I have a pit/hole as base surface and the existing ground on the top is the comparison surface.
I want to calculate the volume of the hole (or the fill).
Using the Volume Utilities I got the result.
But what is the use of Tin Volume Surface?
aside from the graphical representations available , I think you answered your own question
Joe Bouza
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