Calculate Total Volumes
Function
Use this command to report total volume calculations within the
site boundary polyline. The report includes the cut and fill quantities
as well as the strata and topsoil quantities if the site has strata and
topsoil defined. Besides reporting the total quantities for the site
boundary, Area Of Interest polylines can be used to report quantities
within named perimeters.
Before running this command, the exisiting and design surfaces must be
created and the boundary polyline must be assigned. Also, the
strata surfaces, topsoil and Area Of Interest polylines need to be set
before this command if those features are to be reported.
The Volume
Options dialog box shown
here offers options for the final report. Here you can select four
different types of reports: Standard Report Viewer, Custom Report
Formatter, Expanded Auto Format, and Compressed Auto Format. The Cut
Swell Factor is multiplied by the cut volume and the Fill Shrink Factor
is multiplied by the fill volume. The Report Units setting chooses
between English and Metric quantities for the report. In Drawing Setup
in Takeoff, you set the drawing units as either English or Metric. The
Report Units will default to match the drawing units but you can change
the Report Units to the other mode and the program will apply the
conversion between English and Metric for the report. So you can have a
drawing in English units and create a report with Metric quantities.
Note: As the quantities are calculated within each area, the area is
hatched with a solid fill as a visual verification that the right area
is being processed.
Shown here is an example of a Standard Report Viewer.
Use Customs Report Formatter to customize or "user define" the
reporting options.
The Report Formatter Options dialog box shown here offers a variety of
output options including Excel. You can choose the fields to report
from the Available list and set their report order under the Used list.
The Expanded Auto Format is shown in this report preview. You can also
send the report to MS Word in this command.
The Compressed Auto Format puts all the area information on one row.
If drillholes have been located on the drawing and strata types and
depths have been defined, a calculate Strata Depth Zones Volume option
becomes available as shown here.
Shown here is an example of the report if strata depth intervals have
been defined.
The Balance Cut/Fill option shown here allows an import or export
volume in cubic yards option. Use these options if waste material is
available or needed elsewhere. If this option is used the resulting
report indicates the vertical movement of the site needed to satisfy
the balance option.
Shown here is a report with a 500 CY importation of material and
suggests that the site be vertically raised 0.859 feet.
If the adjusted surface is satisfactory, Carlson Takeoff offers the
option to save the adjusted surface as shown here in the Balance
Cut/Fill dialog box.
Prerequisite: Existing and design surfaces and a boundary
polyline
Keyboard Command: tin_volume