The earthwork editing facilites are accessed by clicking the Earthworks Tools button button on the main toolbar. (See here for more details)

To edit the Earthwork properties, click the Earthwork Properties button button on the earthwork toolbar.

Earthwork Properties button Earthwork Properties

As soon as you click this button, one of the two properties window shown below will appear:

Standard Earthwork Properties

Earthwork Properties Window

Pond/Tank Properties

In addition to the standard earthwork properties, the water level of ponds and tanks can be specified. For tanks, the Type dropdown box is disabled.

Pond Properties Window

General Information

Name: This is a user definable name for this specific earthwork/pond.
Type: Shows the current eathwork type and allows you to change between a standard earthwork or a pond. Note: This is disabled for tanks.

Volumes/Area

The three windows here show the cut and fill volumes compared to the current survey as well as the horizontal 2D surface area of this earthwork/pond.

Display

You can change how this pond/earthwork is drawn simply by clicking the style dropdown menu and choosing one of the available options.

Water Storage

These settings/values are only accessible for ponds and tanks.

You can specify a water level here for pond entities, after which the water volume will show how much storage this pond would hold at the specified water level. If the water level window is empty, this means that either no water level has been entered, or the water level is not within the Z extents of the designed pond.

You can alternatively set a freeboard value for pond entities, which is the vertical distance above the water level to the maximum possible water level.

Infiltration

These settings/values are only accessible for ponds and tanks.

Specify the infiltration rates in m/s that will infiltrate into the pond/tank structure.

The Base Rate is applied to any 3D surface flatter than 1 in 10 that is within the water storage area. The Side Rate is applied to any surface area steeper than 1 in 10.


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