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Properties

Use this dialog to configure basic settings for the excavation, including calculation mode, calculation standard, and presentation options.

Where can I find the dialog?

In the toolbox in the terrain model drawing, select the Excavation icon, then the Properties tab.

Calculation Mode

In the excavation module, you have two calculation types:

  1. Excavation
  2. Volume Contour

Volume contour is used for mass calculation between two physical layers (strata).

With the excavation module, you gain access to extended functionality, including the ability to use multiple theoretical layers and calculate cut and fill angles.

Calculation Standard

Select which calculation standard to use. The program includes predefined mass types for NS3420.

Draw Masses

Check Draw masses if you want to visualize calculated masses in plan and 3D. Which masses are drawn depends on your selection in the Mass Result tab.

Draw Annotations

Check Draw annotations in plan/3D if you want to display heights from annotation lines.

Application Layer Presentation

With this option, you can draw the excavation through an application layer. The advantage is that you have access to all the presentation rules defined there.

Procedure for drawing through application layer

  1. Create an application layer using the ModellPresentasjon.al_ template.
  2. Open the properties dialog for the excavation.
  3. Check Presentation and click the ... button.
  4. Select the application layer you created and click Open.
  5. Click OK in the dialog (note that you can also toggle the presentation on or off in the application layer list).

The ModellPresentasjon.al_ template is a starting point for customizations that you can save as your own templates.

Info

You can read more about drawing models through application layers in the user documentation.

Build Layers / Calculate Masses

Check this option if you want to build the layers and calculate the masses when you close the excavation dialog. If you make changes in the cross-section that affect the building of layers, the option will automatically be checked.

Use Template / Save Template

You can save all parts of the setup to a template using the Save template... button.

You can later retrieve this setup when creating a new EFI model or in an existing EFI model using the Use template... button.

Warning

For road parameters and superstructure parameters, the program first deletes existing content. For example, if you choose to retrieve superstructure parameters from a template, you will lose the existing superstructure setup.

Layer names, metadata, and mass types are handled slightly differently than parameters. When you retrieve these from a template, you are asked if you want to keep the existing setup in the EFI model. If you answer Yes, the existing content is merged with the new content.

Note

The road parameters defined for the layer, for example Teo. 0: Overflate, are saved to the template. Parameters that are specifically defined for each boundary contour in the layer using the Manual method are not saved to the template.

Update External Lines

External lines in the excavation may be imported from SFI models. There will then be a link between the excavation's external line and the corresponding line in the SFI model. If the SFI model's geometry changes later, you can use this option to update the external lines in the excavation.

Save Data

You are working with a data structure in memory (not directly with the storage format). Only when you use the general save options in the File menu, the toolbar, or the Save changes... button in this dialog, is the content written to the file.

If you want to undo changes, you can click Ignore changes.... The content from the last save will then be restored.

With the Save copy as... option, you can create a copy of the EFI file.