Built in topo heat map feature

[jburke]

Adding a heat map for slabs with a contour map export would be useful.  Export to to .dwg or straight to .pdf allowing for the import of a .dwg or .pdf background would allow for a quicker workflow than having to bring things into Revit and use APL.  Also, adjusting the origin elevation would be a nice feature to allow the user to find the most economical cut/fill scenario.  Going one step further, allowing the software to find the best cut/fill scenario to get a slab back within tolerance would be an added bonus, though there'd have to be an adjustable assumption on the cost ratio between the two.

[ryan.frenz]

Hi @Anonymous,

There's a lot of good stuff here - if you don't get a lot of votes/feedback, it might help to split this into multiple ideas (up to you).

About the first piece - 'Adding a heat map for slabs...'.  We have customers having success with ReCap's elevation color mode (with adjustable color schemes and thresholds).  This, paired with high-res image export (to PNG or JPG) might be close to what you need.  If not - can you add some details about what more you'd need?

(super rough example attached)

-Ryan

[jburke]

Here are a few examples.  One is from realworks the other is from Rithm.  A few nice features are that you can set the elevation using a target or just adjust it manually to find the best cut/fill scenario to make a slab level.  Additionally exporting so you can show grid line locations so the field team knows  where to grind or level.  It'd be better if it were possible to create a print out directly from recap instead of having to export to another software.  The topo type contour lines are preferred in most cases, but the fill heat map can work well too.  Perhaps I could get the grid lines by importing a Navis file, but being able to create rough gridlines might be useful by selecting 2 known points.?  If there were some better point clean up features, that might help too since some of the laser scanner produce reflections off metal deck which mirrors above the slab.  Lastly, the FF/FL feature is an industry standard, so having that ability would draw a crowd I'm sure.  Either that or make up your own new industry standard that doesn't require the reading or testing to be done within a specific timeframe of pouring the slab.  That way the industry could classify a slab's levelness regardless of whether it's new or whether it's been in place for decades.  To bring this home though, it sure would be nice to be able to produce a plan view drawing that would show exactly how much cut/fill is needed with the ability to place dimensions strings from gridlines so I can hand that to a General Foreman to mark out and do work.