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Creating a Grading Object | 127
■ You can calculate general volume statistics and balance volumes for a
grading object when its grading target is a terrain surface or an absolute
elevation.
To create a grading object using the Grading Wizard
Steps Use to locate
1 From the Grading menu, choose Slope
Grading
➤ Grading Wizard. Click Next and Back to move
through the pages.
Creating a Grading Object
Using the Grading Wizard
2 On the Footprint page, enter a Grading Scheme Name
and Description for the footprint. Select Inside or Outside
or, when the footprint is open, select Right or Left for the
direction you want to grade from the footprint. Change
the Base Elevation of the footprint and edit vertex
elevations as necessary.
Configuring the Grading
Footprint Settings
3 On the Targets page, select the target you want to grade
to, a surface, an elevation, or a distance. You can add and
delete target regions as necessary.
Configuring the Grading
Targets Settings