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Calculating Cross Section Volumes
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The following prompt is displayed:
Vertical scale (cu. yds.) <1.00>:
8 Specify the vertical scale, depending on how much cut and fill the alignment
has. The default value is local to the station range specified. The vertical scale is
per plotted inch/millimeter based on the horizontal scale factor.
The command then draws the mass haul diagram. The volume balance line is
placed on the MDBAL layer. The vertical and horizontal grid lines are placed on
the MDGRID layer. The station labels and volume numbers are placed on the
MDGRIDT layer.
The following illustration shows a sample mass haul diagram:
Mass haul diagram
The following illustration shows a close up of a mass haul diagram:
Close-up of mass haul diagram
Calculating the Volume Data for Each Template
Surface and Saving it to a Text File
To calculate the volume of each template surface, use the Template Surface
command. This command calculates volumes only for the surfaces that you
drew on the template. For example, the surfaces that represent asphalt, granular
material, and so on.
NOTE
To calculate subsurface volumes use the Subsurface command.