I've never had to do this before and struggling to achieve this - and I've got some time pressure....
I have a road design for an access road through a steep site. I have 4 strata levels defined as surfaces within the project. I've managed to get the earthworks cut with a defined gradient depending on the strata (although not without some errors, failing to recognise where it should finish). But how do I output a cut/fill volume for each of the individual strata levels?
Comparing the proposed / existing for a total volume gives me one answer. I've tried varying options of volumes but I can;t get any answer that seems comparable to the total volume (that should be the correct one) when I compare it. I feel I need to volume the existing surface and the individual 4 level but only against the design extent at that level.
stumped. Thanks in advance for any help
The wiki article below gives guidance on volume reporting for multi strata cuts.
How to Report Volumes in a Multi Strata Cutting
How triangulation was created layer wise.
Regards,
Sreenivas Bachu
Sreenivas
The layers for the different strata are generally created using borehole information. At a basic level you can extract the data from the borehole logs and create an x,y,z file to import into MXRoad for each strata surface and then create the triangulations. Borehole Analysis software can usually output to format that civil software can import to create the strata surface.
Jason,
Thats very helpful wiki entry. One question, the first step says:
1.When Creating the cross sections for the Volumes of the Design to the Strata you need to create a mask file to limit the design to the roadway elements and the earthwork elements that run to that Strata.
What the mask file is and how to create that. It is unclear to me. Is it apply only to MX - asking because it is noted that this method applies to SS3 version as well so It should work with other Civil product as well.
Thanks in advance.
Adam
Best,
OpenRoads Designer 2023 | OpenRail Designer 2023
Yes this process is specifically just for the MX Functionality. A mask file is used in MX to limit specific items to be included or excluded from the analysis.