Plotting points and Lines in 3D space using Inventor

[Anonymous]

I am currently working on an earthworks project as part of a Civil Engineering degree. I would like to be able to use surveying coordinate points in metres to build a 3D cut/fill model of a site. Is there a way to plot points in 3 dimensional space in order to create a solid model with a labeled volume. 

I am aware there is professional software that can run this kind of calculation with ease but is there a way to to this through the free student version of Inventor (or any other free Autodesk product).

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Paul Jaffray, 2nd Year CivEng Student 

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I am aware there is professional software that can run this kind of calculation with ease but is there a way to to this through the free student version of Inventor (or any other free Autodesk product).

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What software does your instructor use?  Learning professional software deserves (requires?) a professional level of preparation.

Perhaps Autodesk Civil 3D?

Students can get most (all?) Autodesk software for free.

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Can you Attach an Excel file of these points?