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-
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
Power GeoPak 08.11.09.918Power InRoads 08.11.09.918OpenRoads Designer 2021 R2
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.
Thanks, Mary. I will try by flood.
To trace your xsection areas i think you will need to use Measure Area - By Points and basically trace around the area. This is kinda slow and painful with many points along the existing ground.
i recently found in the ORD wiki - Drawing Production - Export to plain graphics - No reference.
Export to plain graphics - No reference - OpenRail Wiki - OpenRail - Bentley Communities
This allow you to export the cross sections to " the output sheet models will have the drawing models merged as plain graphics (no longer referenced)." you can then use the flood command as you did in the past because they are 2D graphics. i did it successfully as a test once and it seemed to do as promised. i have not made it into a standard practice for Checking earthwork yet.
I know i have many users who keep asking for sections they can edit by hand..... i guess this is a solution for that also..... but it means those sections are no longer tied to the 3D design and cannot be updated automatically further.
Eric - NHDOT