Contour Menu• Triangulate & Contour - One step contouring.Preset index and intermediate contourintervals, layers and contour labelingoptions. Select points, lines, 2D and 3Dpolylines with elevations, pick inclusion andexclusion perimeters, then <strong>SurvCADD</strong> contoursand labels. Smoothing and automaticvertice reduction are preset to create accuratesmooth contours with minimal vertices.The Triangular Irregular Network or TIN canbe plotted during the contour process as 3Dlines or 3D Faces and stored to a file.<strong>SurvCADD</strong> is the only civil software thattriangulates and contours without the needto store or display the TIN. If you want onlythe contours, use Triangulate & Contour. Noother AutoCAD civil based package contoursfaster or with fewer steps.• Global Elevation Label and Local ElevationLabel commands - Contours can be labeledafter contouring using these commands.Labels can be boxed.• Highlight Depression Contours - Highlights,Layerizes and places depression tickmarks on all contours in depression drainageareas.• Trim Contour-Plines by pline - This commandtrims all polylines inside or outside apolyline.• Change Contour-Plines Width - All indexcontours or any polylines can be globallyset to a certain width.• Assign Contour Elevations - External contourmaps drawn as polylines at zero elevationcan have their elevations quickly setwith this command. New elevation, intervaland layer can be set or changed within thiscommand without exiting.• Tablet Calibrate & Digitize contours -Configures digitizer to be used to digitizecontours with known elevation. Auto TabletOn, toggles the digitizer between tabletcalibration and selecting from digitizer tabletmenu for AutoCAD/<strong>SurvCADD</strong> commands."Just Window thePoints and Break Lines,Creating High QualityContour Maps!"Triangulate & Contour draws Index/Intermediate contours at any interval withlabels, within any inclusion and exclusionpolyines.• Edit TIN files on screen.• Contours may be drawn from TIN or gridfiles, stored or displayed .• Digitized, blocky contours can be smoothedby the accurate "Bezier" algorithm. Largecontour files, particularly files imported fromother software can be reduced to manageablesize by using Reduce Contour Vertices.File sizes after Reduce Contour Vertices, veryoften achieve 30% to 50% size savings withoutreducing accuracy or smoothing.• List Elevation - Displays elevation of any2D or 3D contour selected.<strong>SurvCADD</strong>'s contouring does not require storing a TIN file, but if you want to draw theTIN you may, as 3Dlines or 3Dfaces. As an option TIN files can be stored to a ASCIIfile for Volumes and Hydrology.<strong>SurvCADD</strong>'s points are plotted at their true 3D or Z elevation. <strong>SurvCADD</strong> can contourfrom screen entities in plan or any 3Dview. 3D lines, 2D or 3DPolylines with elevationsact as barrier lines.4
Site Menu<strong>SurvCADD</strong>'s Site Design has been a secret weapon for many civil engineering, surveying, construction and mining companies since1992. We were the first and remain the only company that completes site design in one step without the necessity of storing preliminaryFLT or Grid files. This unique ability allows our users to tie in any site, road, bench pond and valley dam to an existing surface, usingonly screen entities (e.g. photogrammetry contour map, digitized contours, contours from survey data...). By selecting only screenentities in the disturbed area both speed and accuracy are maximized and the need for elaborate project file management is minimizedor nonexistent. <strong>SurvCADD</strong> can also use stored surface FLT and Grid files for site design. <strong>SurvCADD</strong>'s newest site development featurein Design Pad Template applies a true simple or complex template to a 3D polyline representing the horizontal and vertical alignment.This feature draws the template in 3D with finished grade contours tied to existing contours, volume report is generated for cut andfill. Now roads or any template design can be drawn in 3D directly in plan view quickly and accurately, without creating cross-sectionsand running through conventional template design. Another AutoCAD first from <strong>Carlson</strong> <strong>Software</strong>!!!• Design Pad Template - Ties any picked 2Dor 3D open or closed polyline into an existingsurface defined as either screen entities(contours, spot elevations...), FLT or Grid file.Great for tieing in complex commercial andresidential sites or simple parking lots, roads,channels and ditches to an existing surface.The final design is drawn as a complete, 3D"wire frame" figure. A closed 3D polyline isdrawn around the perimeter, defining the disturbedarea. Finished grade contours aredrawn inside the disturbed area polyline.Existing contours inside the disturbed areapolyline can be trimmed out, with finishedgrade contours tied into existing contours.A volume report is generated for cut and fillin cubic yards and feet, this can be modified,screen plotted, sent to the printer or storedto a file. <strong>SurvCADD</strong>'s latest feature includesthe ability to apply a complex road templatecreated in the Section & Profile module toany 3D polyline that represents the horizontaland vertical road alignment. Using theDesign Pad Template command any template(even including, inside & outside curbs,median, sidewalks, ditches, berms and transitionaloutslope treatments...), can be tiedto an existing surface, drawing the outslopes,disturbed area polyline, all in 3D with proposedcontours and cut/fill volume report.In seconds.• Design Bench Pond - This command worksonly with a closed 2D polyline that definesthe top of the pond. The pond can be anysimple or complex closed polyline with bothline and arc segments. Slopes in percent orratio are drawn both outward and inwardfrom the picked pond perimeter. The pond"berm" can have any width. Outslopes aredrawn as 3D polylines, and a 3D polylineperimeter connecting all outslopes definesthe disturbed area. Finished grade contoursare drawn inside the disturbed area polyline.Existing contours inside the disturbed areapolyline can be trimmed out and finishedgrade contours tied into existing contours.The interior downward slope from the of thetop of the inside berm can tie either to theexisting surface or to a fixed elevation forbottom of pond. The interior down slope isdefined separate from the outslope treatmentin percent or ratio. Volumes for cut and filland pond stage storage capacity (acre feetand cubic feet/yards) are displayed withineven elevation intervals. The volume andpond stage storage report can be modified,screen plotted, sent to the printer or storedto a file. Pond capacity files can be storedfor stage storage graphing and plotting.• Valley Pond Design - This command workswith a linear 2D polyline that defines the topof a dam. Dam width and downslope gradesin percent or ratio are entered. Outslopesare drawn as 3D polylines with a 3D polylineperimeter drawn connecting all outslopes definingthe disturbed area. Contouring andvolume reporting are identical to the benchpond routine. The high water mark elevationinside the dam is drawn as a closed 2Dpolyline defining the perimeter of the storagearea.5• Design Pad from Boundary - Creates a padperimeter from the disturbed limit boundaryand design slopes.• Spot Elevations & Entities to Points - Createand plot random or gridded points fromscreen entities, FLT or Grid file. Great forcreating points for stakeout. For randompoints simply move the cursor along thesurface and the current elevation displayson the sidebar as fast as you move the cursor.Great for checking grades. Pick a locationanywhere on your map and a point iscreated and drawn with the surface elevation.To create gridded points for stakeoutpick a polyline or an alignment file (*.CL),specify offset distance left and right, intervaldistance to create points on left and rightsides and station interval. Points with elevationsand descriptions defining stationand offset left or right are created and plotted.Points uploaded to data collector canbe used for stakeout with point descriptions,helpful for verifying proper location.• Draw 3DPoly Perimeter & Base Barrier3D polylines - Draw base surface perimeterand base barrier lines in preset layers for onestep stockpile, pond and surface pit volumesbelow..• Calculate Stockpile, Pond and Surface PitVolumes - Creates volumes by simplywindowing a closed 3D polyline in the perimeterlayer, that envelops both base andfinal entities for the stockpile, pond or surfacepit. The volume report can be modified,screen plotted, sent to the printer or storedto a file. Stockpiles display only fill volumesand ponds and surface pits only cut volumes.No TIN or grid files are stored. Volumesfor each stockpile, pond and surfacepit are created in seconds and all you didwas window the entities.• Define Earthwork Zones & CalculateEarthwork - When estimating quantitiesusing existing and final contours, it is oftennecessary to deduct for stone and asphalt
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