Easily create surface models for contours and volume calculations.
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Contours are created automatically from the surface model by simply specifying the desired major and minor contour intervals. You can specify the line type, color, and label style for both major and minor contour lines. The entire process can be done in seconds. And if you need to change anything, the contours are automatically regenerated with the new changes applied.
Compare two surfaces to calculate the volume difference between them. The first surface might be natural ground and the second could be same area after a spoil pile or borrow bit has been created. Place a border around the area to restrict the calculations to just the portion that you are interested in.
A “surface” is created from 3D COGO points. These are typically shots taken in the field or x, y, z points imported into the program. A triangulated irregular network (TIN) is then quickly calculated from the points, and break lines can be added to help define features where the slope changes such as a top of bank or center of swale. This 3D surface is called a “Digital Terrain Model”, or DTM.