Cut/Fill Centroids

This command calculates all the areas of cut and fill between two triangulation surfaces. The center of mass or centroid for each area is calculated. The Minimum Region Volume is an optional filter that will skip reporting areas with volumes less than the specified amount. The Generate Labels option draws a symbol at the centroid and text for the region name and volume. The Generate Boundaries option draws closed polylines for the perimeters for each area. The Hatch Regions option is used to visually shows cut/fill areas in your drawing. Separate hatch patterns can be used for cut and fill areas.

The Use Inclusion/Exclusion Areas option will make the program prompt for polyline perimeters for the inclusion and exclusion areas on the site. For example, use an inclusion perimeter to calculate within an area of interest. When this option is off, the program uses the full extent of the surfaces.

A report is generated with the volumes and centroids for all the cut and fill areas. When the Report Optimized Earth Movement option is active, the report includes a list of the earthwork movements between cut and fill areas that minimizes the overall earthwork movement (volume * distance) where the distance is distance between the centroids.    


Here is the Cut and Fill Centroid Report for the above example. It shows the volumes, the coordinates of the centroids, and the Earth Movement Report. The Earth Movement Report shows the minimal distances for moving Cut to Fill areas.

Prerequisite: Existing and Design surfaces
Keyboard Command: tk_cutfillc