Calculate Section Volumes

This command will read two section files and compute the cut and fill end areas and volumes. It computes the sections volume in the order they appear in the file. If you need to sort the stations in sequential order use the Input-Edit Section File command. Begin by selecting the base section file then the final section file. After specifying the input files the Calculate Section Volumes dialog appears. The settings can then be chosen and customized to match your reporting needs. There is an option to apply topsoil removal/replacement adjustments, as well as support for processing sections with subgrades.
Range of Stations to Process: Specify the range of stations to process. Separate stations with a hyphen as shown. The Settings button brings up another dialog with more station options:

Cut/Fill Starting/Ending Sta.: Volumes are calculated using end areas between the range of stations. Instead of cutting off the volumes exactly at this range, the Ending and Starting Stations for Cut and Fill can be used to have the volume taper from zero at the specified Starting Station to the volume at the first station in the range. Likewise, the Ending Stations can be used to taper the volume from the last station in the range to zero at the specified Ending Station.
Cut/Fill Gaps: Use the Add and Remove buttons to define a series of station ranges for cut/fill gaps where the program will not calculate any volumes.
Fill Shrink/Cut Swell Factor: Allows you to specify a value that the volume calculated will be multiplied by.
Report Precision: Specify the decimal precision for the report.
Use Centerline to Calculate Centroids: When checked, the program will calculate the centroids using a centerline (.CL) file. You will be prompted to select the centerline file.
Use Centerline for Station Equations: This option applies to section files with stations numbered using station equations. This option will use the station equations defined in a centerline file to remove the station equations from the section file stations for calculating the true end area distances. You will be prompted to select the centerline file.
Use Inclusion Perimeter: This option prompts for a closed polyline in plan view for the limits of volumes. Without this inclusion perimeter, volumes are calculated to the extents of the sections.
Use Report Formatter: This option allows for customized report layout and contents. Otherwise a standard report is displayed.
Report Centroids: Specify whether or not to report centroids.
Calculate Rock Volumes: When checked, you will be prompted to select a third section (.SCT) file that will be used to calculate rock quantities.
Calculate Progress Volumes: This option prompts for a third section file that represents a stage of progress between the existing and design surfaces. The includes both the total cut/fill quantities and the subset of progress cut/fill quantities. The progress volumes are limited to be within the volumes between existing ground and design in order to avoid any extra cut or fill.

Calculate Elevation Zone Volumes: This option reports the amount of cut and fill for elevation zones. With this option, the program prompts for a starting station and elevation interval. Then starting at this elevation, the program calculates the amount of cut and fill between the section surfaces up to the next elevation. This elevation zone calculation is repeat until the highest elevation in the section files is reached.
Calculate Overexcavation: When checked, calculates volume of overexcavation. See diagram.

Report Cut/Fill Text: Specify whether or not to report cut/fill at each station.
Report Cut/Fill Differences: Adds a running total of the cut to fill balance at each station to the report.
Report Cumulative Cut/Fill: Adds a running total of the cut/fill at each station to the report.
Extend Shorter Sections to Longer: If checked, shorter sections are lengthened to the same left and right offset extents as the corresponding longer sections.
Interpolate Missing Section Stations: If checked, the missing stations are accounted for in the calculations.
Breakout Quantities by Staging: This option breaks out the cut and fill end areas and volumes according to user defined offsets along the road. The "Slope Format" determines how each stage will tie back into the road.In the example above, volumes will be reported separately for the left side of the road, the inside right lane (offset 0-10), the outside right lane (offset 10-20), and then the remainder right side of the road will automatically be reported as the "Last Stage".

Topsoil Adjustment File: This optional input file applies topsoil removal and replacement for the calculations. See the Topsoil Removal/Replacement command for more details on the .TOP file.
Mass Diagram Output File: Specify an optional (.MAS) file for mass haul data output for the Draw Mass Diagram and Mass Diagram Report commands.
End-Area Output File: Specify an optional end-area (.EW) file for output that can be used in the Edit-Process End Area File command.

Prompts

Section File (Existing Ground) to Read choose existing .SCT file
Section File (Final Ground) to Read choose the other existing .SCT file
Calculate Sections Volume dialog Make selections.

Pulldown Menu Location: Sections
Keyboard Command: calcsct
Prerequisite: Two section (.SCT) files