Tutorial units

• Volume of a foundation pit

  Volume of a foundation pit

  The volume of a foundation pit can be calculated immediately using our Volume tool. Activate the Volume tool :

  

  Select the foundation pit respectively the area to calculate the volume:

  

  The volume of the selected area wil be calculated according to REB 22013. Start processing:

  

  The result will be showed directly:

  

  Double click the Job to open the calculation protocol in PDF:

  

  You can also see your volume in our 3D View:

  

• Volume of a mound

  Volume of a mound

  Using PointCab you can easily calculate the volume of a mound . Activate our Volume tool :

  

  In this example we wish to calculate the volume of a pile of stones. Select the required area :

  

  Start the processing with a green Start button. The Volume will be calculated according to REB 22013 and showed immediately afterwards:

  

  Double click the Job to open the Calculation protocol :

  

  Of course you can see your volume in our 3D View. In the Context menu of a Job (right click) you can open the volume:

  

• Volume calculation settings

  Volume calculation settings

  In Job Editor you can edit different settings to match your result to your requirements.

  Processing:

  

  The mesh accuracy describes the maximal acceptable divergence between calculated mesh area and measured point cloud.The smaller this value, the minuter the location of triangles. In consequence the size of a file augments.

  The filter object smooths the surface and removes points within some value. It means that if a 5 cm filter is selected , points lying 5 cm above or below the surface will be ignored. If a prism pole stands in the terrain, it will not affect the calculation.

  CAD & File:

  

  Under the CAD tab you can choose the Export Unit.

  You can change the name of a task under File.