Volume calculation software?
Volume calculation software?
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I am an environmental geologist at a State regulatory agency. We are working on an enormous remediation project that will include dozens of separate excavations ranging from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand cubic yards of soil. Some excavations will be backfilled, some partially backfilled and some left unfilled. All of our data, including LIDAR elevation contours and hundreds of boring with depth data, is currently in Access database files viewed in ArcGIS. What software do you recommend for doing volume calculations? Thanks.





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ArcGIS Help 10.1 - TIN Polygon Volume (3D Analyst)
resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/.../00q900000064000000.htm
ArcGIS geoprocessing tool that calculates the volumetric and surface area between polygons of an input feature class and a TIN surface.
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If I were in your shoes, and decided not to just do it in ArcGIS, I'd choose PayDirt over Civil3d. Civil3d is a monstrous program with a huge stack of options you don't need, and a higher learning curve. Then again, so is ArcGIS.
If you're going to invest the time in learning a complex software, you'll probably get more mileage out of ArcGIS given your profession.
Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East - http://www.campbellcivil.com
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Global Mapper - Very inexpensive, still very accurate, not intuitive, slower workflow, can also handle almost any data you throw at it.
Hope this helps!
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http://www.agtek.com/
This is what our heavy earthwork contractors use.