Fundamentals of Site Modeling & Takeoff
2022 - 2023 Day 1 Seminar Outline (Final)
- 8:00 AMSign In and Seating
- 8:30 AM(Class Begins) Brief Seminar and Documentation Overview
- 8:40 AMEarthwork Modeling Step-by-Step
- New Job File Setup
- Import First PDF* Plan Sheet
- Adjust Display and Set PDF Plan Scale
- Verify and Correct PDF Plan Scale
- Translate Job File to Designer's Coordinates
- Geo-Reference Job File with Google Earth
- Enter Existing Perimeter
- Enter Existing Data Lines
- Contours
- Spot Elevations
- Sloping Lines
- 10:00 AMMorning Break
- 10:15 AMEarthwork Modeling Step-by-Step (Cont.)
- Re-Open Job File and Re-Import First PDF Plan Sheet
- Error-Check and Edit Existing Data Lines
- Check with Plan View (Obvious Horizontal Errors)
- Check with 3D View (Obvious Vertical Errors)
- Check with Trimesh Utility (Interpolation Errors)
- Check with Water Flow Utility (Interpolation Errors)
- Check with Contour Surface Utility (Interpolation Errors)
- Enter Corrective Existing Break Lines
- Ridge and Saddle
- Swale Flow Line
- Spread Debris Pile
- Existing Street
- Import and Align Second PDF Plan Sheet
- Enter Design Data Lines
- Building Data Lines (and Adjacent Landscape Grades)
- Fixed-Elevation Building
- Stepped-Elevation Building
- Building with Retaining Wall
- Pond Data Lines
- Street Data Lines
- Line Labels
- 12:00 PMLunch (Provided by Earthwork Software Services)
- 1:00 PMEarthwork Modeling Step-by-Step (Cont.)
- Offset Design Data Lines
- Pre-Offset Error Checking
- Level Landscape Data Lines
- Pond Data Lines
- Swap Ends Utility
- Street Data Lines
- Enter Design Perimeter
- Error-Check and Edit Design Data Lines
- Check with Plan and 3D Views
- Check with Trimesh, Water Flow, and Contour Surface Utilities
- Enter Corrective Design Break Lines
- Enter Stripping Areas
- Topsoil Stripping
- Holes and Embedded Stripping Areas
- Debris Removal (Over Topsoil)
- Existing Sidewalk Removal
- Verify and Edit Stripping Areas
- 2:30 PMAfternoon
Break
- 2:45 PMEarthwork
Modeling Step-by-Step (Cont.)
- Enter Report Regions and Sectional Areas
- Building Areas
- Pond Top, Slope and Bottom Areas
- Street Blacktop, Curb & Gutter, and Sidewalk Areas
- Landscape Area
- Holes and Embedded Report Regions/Sectional Areas
- Verify and Edit Report Regions/Sectional Areas
- Generate Profile Views
- Generate Cut-Fill Maps
- Calculate Cut/Fill Volumes
- Interpret Volume Report
- Cut/Fill Volumes, Stripping Quantities, and Sectional Quantities
- Shrink/Swell on Volume Report
- Net Import/Export
- 5:00 ~ 5:30 PMClass Adjourns
*Notes: Requires AGTEK PDF Utility (included with AGTEK 4D and GradeModel 3D; add-on module for Earthwork 3D and SiteModel 3D). Although all digitizing in this seminar is performed with PDF plan sheets,
the demonstrated techniques also apply to digitizing from paper plans. A different setup
and scaling procedure is used with paper plans; however, paper plan scaling is documented in the detailed
Day 1 Seminar Handbook
(see Appendix E for single paper plan sheets and Appendix F for multiple paper plan
sheets), which is provided to all seminar attendees.