Exercise 2: Creating A Tin Volume Surface - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

Exercise 2: Creating a TIN Volume Surface

In this exercise, you will create a TIN volume surface. A TIN volume surface
is a persistent, differential surface object created from a composite of points
based on base and comparison surfaces.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating a TIN
Volume Surface.
This exercise continues from
Surfaces (page 106).
Create a TIN volume surface
NOTE This exercise uses Surface-6.dwg with the modifications you made in the
previous exercise.
1 Click Home tab
drop-down
2 In the Create Surface dialog box, specify the following parameters:
Type: TIN Volume Surface
Name: Berm Volume
Description: Berm volume difference surface
Style: Standard
Render Material: ByLayer
3 Under the Volume Surfaces property group, click <Base surface>. Click
.
4 In the Select Base Surface dialog box, select Existing Ground Without
Berm.
5 Click OK.
6 Under the Volume Surface property group, click <Comparison surface>.
Click
7 In the Select Comparison Surface dialog box, select Berm.
8 Click OK twice.
9 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Surfaces collection.
Exercise 1: Creating the Base and Comparison
Create Ground Data panel
Create Surface .
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