Calculate Total Volumes
Use this command to report total volume calculations within the
site boundary polyline. The report includes the cut and fill
quantities, slope and horizontal area, average and max strata cut
depth and max cut/fill depths and locations. Also in the report,
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 existing 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. Report Cut/Fill Depth Zones breaks
the Cut/Fill volumes up by user-defined depth intervals. 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 DWF preview.
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. Here
strata volumes are broken down by user-specified depth intervals.
The depths are either determined horizontally (By Level) or by the
area of the deepest cut (By Zone Area).![](Cut.PNG)
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.
Pulldown Menu Location:
Takeoff
Prerequisite: Existing and design surfaces and a boundary
polyline
Keyboard Command: tin_volume