| Notices Quick Reference
Seminar Outline
Software Installation and Setup Notes
General Information
Data File Maintenance
Disabling/Re-enabling Tabletworks (Win 98/Me)
Disabling/Re-enabling Tabletworks (Win 2000/XP)
General Program Overview
A Toolbox for Creating Earthwork Models
Earthwork 3D / SitePlan 3D / SiteModel 3D Compared
Mouse and Digitizer
The Digitizer
Modes, Surfaces and Layers Defined
Utility Toolbar Reference
The Data Entry Guide Menu
Typical Manually Digitized Modeling Sequence
Earthwork Modeling Step-by-Step
Sample Site Plan and Typical Street Section
New Job Setup
Plan Scaling 1 (Using Arbitrary Coordinates)
Plan Scaling 2 (Using Designer’s Coordinates)
Entry Mode Screen Reference
Existing Perimeter
Existing Data Lines
Check and Edit Existing Data Lines
Error Checking with Plan View
Error Checking with 3D View
Error Checking with Trimesh Utility
Error Checking with Water Flow Utility
Spot Elevation Topos
Design Data Lines
Design Modeling Considerations
Design Data Lines Entry Tips
Skip Entry of Unnecessary Data Lines
Offsetting Design Data Lines
Offsetting: Takeoff Models vs. Grade Control Models
Design Perimeter
Holes in Design Perimeters
Check and Edit Design Data Lines
Stripping Areas
Holes in Stripping Areas
Error Checking
Report Regions / Sectional Areas
Holes in Report Regions/Sectional Areas
Subgrade With and Without Sectional Areas
Error Checking
Profile View Mode
Cut-Fill Maps / Plan View Mode
3D Drive-Through Simulations
Calculation and Reporting of Volumes
Export Volume Report to Text File for Excel
Formatting and Printing Documentation
Printer Setup
Volume Report
3-D Views
Cut-Fill Maps and Profiles
Combining Images from Multiple Job Files
Saving for Image Presenter Compatibility
Print Objects to AIP, EMF, PDF, VRML Files
Other Applications
Length/Area Utility
Correcting a File Digitized at the Wrong Scale
Heads-Up Digitizing From Raster PDF/TIFF Files
Differences Between Raster and Vector Data
Opening a Vector PDF File
Opening and Digitizing a Raster PDF/TIFF File
Appendix A: How to Get Help, Training, Program Updates
Getting Help
Getting Trained
Getting Program Updates
Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
CAD Transfer Mode
Edit Mode
Entry Mode
Profile View Mode
Plan View Mode
3D View Mode
Volume Report Mode
Haul Report Mode
Print Preview Mode
Appendix C: Takeoff Models from Profile Sheets Exercise
Appendix D: Design and Drafting Tools Exercise
Example Base Map and Existing Contours
Circle Utility
Point Compression Utility
Trim Lines Utility
Wild Card Label Selection
Auto Pad Utility
Assign Elevations by Daylight Function
Assign Elevations by Slope Function
Assign Elevations by Conform Utility
Fillet Line Utility
Establish Limit of Grading by Slope Intercept
Contour Surface Utility
Appendix E: Download and Use Seminar Data Files
Appendix F: Digitizing Multiple-Sheet Projects
Appendix G: Merging AGTEK Data Files Exercise
About the Author and Seminar Instructor
Seminar Attendee Survey
Tear-Out Plan Sheet for Step-by-Step Earthwork Modeling Exercise
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