ORD Earthwork

Does anyone know a way to check the volumes that the meshes are giving?  Specifically, I'm looking to verify the area at a specific station.  Is there no way to measure at each section to corroborate the EAV report?  Also, it seems as though some sections aren't showing the mesh accurately on the dynamic sections, see below.  Most sections look fine, but the Project Manager will question this and therefore the integrity of the report.

Thank you-

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  • I do know that, as a last resort, you can check EAV by measuring on the cross sections that were drawn to create your sheets.
    (That's how we did it in the old days, and it does still work. Painfully tediously, but it does work)

    MaryB

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  • Mary, 

    were you able to measure the closed shape for area in the drawn xsecs?  I have tried measuring by element on the closed shape in both the drawing model and the sheeted model and neither were getting me close to what the report says.  If I 'eyeball' the closed shape, it seems to get me closer, but when selecting the closed shape for area, it seems as though it may be measuring the entire mesh's area.

  • You can try going into the sheeted sections (drawing models, not the actual sheets) and turn off all levels except your shapes and measure each one by Flood. I have noticed something odd about the area of the shape itself, but I'm still in the try-out stage, so I couldn't tell if it was just me. Hopefully someone who has been using this in production more regularly will have a more thorough analysis.

    MaryB

    Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918
    Power InRoads 08.11.09.918
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  • You can try going into the sheeted sections (drawing models, not the actual sheets) and turn off all levels except your shapes and measure each one by Flood. I have noticed something odd about the area of the shape itself, but I'm still in the try-out stage, so I couldn't tell if it was just me. Hopefully someone who has been using this in production more regularly will have a more thorough analysis.

    MaryB

    Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918
    Power InRoads 08.11.09.918
    OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2

        

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