The create cut fill volume tool can be very useful but I was wondering if there is any way/workaround to use it between design models. To my mind there is no way without changing the feature definitions of the elements for one of the models to the existing volume option (or another one other than design) which would be messy.
I want to ideally avoid having to go through the process of starting to create formation terrains for everything if possible.
Hi Ken,
Unfortunately ORD doesn't really use the concept of separate design models as unique model containers which was one of the greatest strengths of MX. In ORD everything just gets chucked into a bucket and is only filterable using Feature Definitions. You may be stuck with Terrains for this if no one else has any ideas.
Regards,
Mark
OpenRoads Designer 2023 | Microstation 2023.2 | ProjectWise 2023
Thanks Mark and that's what I was thinking but had a glimmer of hope that someone much more experienced than myself might have thought of a workaround workflow. In fairness I would expect you'd have to do it with formation terrains in something like Civil 3D anyway.
Yes difficult to beat MX in some areas.
Idea added here:
Introduce the concept of seperate model containers to control data much better
Answer Verified By: Ken Bagnall
Thoroughly agreed and voted for!
Does not help with getting away from terrains and using models, but look into the Delta Terrain function to generate a "difference" terrain. Turning on the top mesh is a quick way to get a terrain from mesh anyway.
I actually switched which models I used and it suddenly worked. I later had to do it again with another existing Terrain and had a similar issue in a different area.
Creating top terrains aren't an issue as I already have a graphical filter setup to do so, it's the formation I need to account for and the tool was a very convenient way of doing that.
One of the problems I have is the templates haven't been designed to remove vertical faces from the underside of the corridors so creating reasonable formation terrains wouldn't be easy. I think given the seemingly unreliable results I've had recently I think I'm going to update the templates to ensure I can generate formation terrains going forward just incase.