Create roadway plan and profile sheets

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In this session, we will create plan and profile sheets based on our design

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and then calculate the earthwork volumes and the pavement quantities.

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We can then look at some of the reporting options available within civil 3d.

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To begin with, we will create the view frames based on our design alignments.

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So we'll go under the output tab

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and choose create view frames.

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We can either select the desired alignment from the list of

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choices or we can select the alignment in our file.

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We then choose the scale and the page size

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and then we can determine how the sheets will be laid out and displayed either plan,

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view, profile view or both.

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Once we set the view parameters for the plan and profile sheets,

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the view frames will be drawn

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and then we can do the same thing for the other alignment.

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But at a different scale to see how those view frames differ.

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Next, we'll choose the create sheets function under the output tab.

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We choose which view set we want to use

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and we can specify the location of the sheet files.

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Those sheet files will be added to BM 360 with the rest of the project.

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After we provide the inputs,

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we then specify on the screen where we want the profile view to be drawn.

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And we can just pick an empty point in our file

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in the sheet file. We can view the details.

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If we need to make any revisions to the profile view,

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we go into model space

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and we make the same modifications we would for any other profile here,

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we want to revise the elevation view to display all of the existing ground profile.

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So we can select either automatic or user defined elevations

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or we can make revisions as needed.

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Once we've made those revisions in the viewport,

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everything is updated in paper space.

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We can also make any revisions in the viewport to the plan view.

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Next, let's calculate the volumes and the quantities of the materials

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we can do this by the cross section method or based on the cord or surfaces.

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Let's take a look at the assembly and see what kind of information we need to gather.

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We want to create a surface that's based on the bottom of our assembly.

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So we'll select the sub base and the sidewalk

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and we also did create a sub assembly previously

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with the composer.

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So we'll need to know what codes we need to include so that the surface is accurate.

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It looks like those are sub base and bottom of curb. We

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will also include the cut and fill points

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when we add the elements to our surface,

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we want them to represent the bottom of our structure.

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So once the surface has been created,

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we can then add that to our sections to compute the volumes.

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So we can select any section

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and then choose sample more sources.

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We choose the surface that we want to add to the sections.

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And we specify the style.

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Now we want this to stand out.

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So we'll revise the way that our standard surface displays.

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Once that runs, we can inspect the sections

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and that surface seems to have come in very nicely.

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So let's create the material list.

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Now, we can choose this section and select compute materials.

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There are several types of quantities that we can compute including earthwork

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and pavement materials.

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We specify our surface and then we run the command.

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We can now see the hatching in our views

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and we can see the difference between cut hatch and a fill hatch.

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We can do the same workflow for the quantities

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we'll just need to edit the materials. So we'll add these elements as structures

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and we can choose the material from the corridor shapes.

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So we still need to add the shape that we created and we define that as concrete.

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So we'll do this the same way

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and now we see those are in section view.

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So we're ready to run the volume and quantities reports.

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So let's generate the volume report first.

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So we have some choices

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or the style,

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but we'll choose earthwork for. Now

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when we run the report, we can see the summary of the sections.

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We want to pay attention to the cumulative volume.

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Now, we could copy this into an Excel spreadsheet or we can add it as a table if needed.

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So we do the same thing to run the quantities report.

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We choose the section, select volume report.

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This time we will choose select material type.

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This gives us the summary of all the materials that

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we created in our list based on the corridor.

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Another option we have in regards to volumes is to

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choose the analyze tab and pick the volumes dashboard.

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Here, we can create a surface based on the difference

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between any two surfaces that we specify.

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We could choose the top surface against the sub grade or we could measure

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the sub grade against the existing ground or any combination that we choose.

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We can display the tables within the C ad file of the volumes

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and of our materials.

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And we can also create a mass hall

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diagram from the volumes that were calculated previously,

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the last workflow that we want to demonstrate. Here is the reporting feature.

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We access those in the toolbox tab

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and then we can open the report manager and we can see the different reports

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that are available for all the different civil 3D elements in our design file.

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We can generate geometry reports

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and pipe network reports.

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As well as any other elements that we might need from our design.

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We can select a single element or multiple items.

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This is a great tool to explore,

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to find the specific data that may be needed for any design project.