Quantity Diagram Drawings

Use this function to generate mass (cut and fill quantity) diagrams reading the data from active road model.

• Make sure that correct road model is active in project setting.

• If the project settings are not defined, the dialog Novapoint Project ID will pop up for project setting.

• The minimum requirement is that the quantity calculations are performed in the module Road Design. The function generates the earthwork quantities in the form of graphs.

• The total stretch of the road is divided into small stretches depending on the drawing sheet selected for quantity diagrams.

• The quantity diagrams are represented as graphs where the fill quantities are plotted on the positive y-axis, the cut quantities are plotted on the negative y-axis and the chainage is plotted on the positive x-axis.

Tips:

• It is recommended to open a new drawing file with the template Novapoint 1-1000, 1-200, metric.DWT and then run the function Autodraw Quantity Diagram.

• Thus the quantity diagrams are saved in a separate drawing file.

Run the function form the following locations:

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Drawing Generator: Draw Quantity Diagram

MOUS_ICO Menu: Road > Drawing Generator > Draw Quantity Diagram

The dialog Autodraw Quantity Diagrams will pop up.

Road Section

• Define the section of the road model, for which the mass and haul diagrams are to be generated and drawn to the drawing file.

• Use the fields From Chainage and To Chainage.

• By default, the entire section of the active road model will be considered.

Setup

Plotting Parameters

• Use this dialog box to define the following:

  • Horizontal scale, mass diagram scale, cut and fill quantities scale, at which the quantity diagrams are to be drawn.

Scales

• Define the numeric value 0 for default scale. Default scale depends on the sheet selected in order to use it in optimum way.

• Define a numeric value to change the scale.

Horizontal Scale (0 = Default)

• Define the horizontal scale for the mass and haul (cut and fill) diagrams.

• The scale defined in the dialog box Drawing Scale is adopted for mass and haul diagram.

Vertical Scale - Mass Diagram (0 = Default)

• Define the vertical scale for mass diagrams.

• Define the number of cubic metres to represent for each square centimetre.

Vertical Scale - Cut/Fill Diagram (0 = Default)

• Define the vertical scale for cut and fill diagrams.

• Define the number of cubic metres to represent for each square centimetre.

Draw haul diagram

Mark the check box Draw haul diagram if the mass diagrams are to be drawn in the quantity diagrams.

Plot of section cut/fill

Mark the check box Plot of section cut/fill if the cut and fill quantities of the road are to be drawn in the quantity diagrams.

Material types

Select the types of the soils/materials, which are to be shown in the quantity diagrams.

• Grading Quantities, surfaces 0ñ7.

• Quantities under Additional surfaces.

• Embankments and Grading.

• All Quantities (1 and 3).

Clear mass ordinate

• The total road length is divided into small stretches depending upon the drawing sheet (A0, A1, etc.,) selected.

• The mass diagrams are plotted on the positive (fill) and negative (cut) Y-axis.

• The mass diagram ordinate can be set to zero for each stretch, i.e. begin with a value zero as the sheet changes.

• Mark the check box to activate the option.

• If the mass diagram ordinate is not set to zero, the start ordinate will be the accumulated quantities calculated from the From Station of the quantity calculation of the road module.

Frozen X-axis

• The zero line (X-axis/chainage axis) of the graph can be locked to a fixed position on the drawing or, in other words, the origin point of the co-ordinate axes can be moved vertically to a desired location.

• Mark the check box and the position of the chainage axis at the edit field Vertical position (0= bottom, 10 = top).

• Defining 0 brings the X-axis at the bottom of the sheet, 10 takes the X-axis to the top of the sheet, 5 keeps the X-axis at the centre of the sheet, etc.

Values for each mass type in mass diagram

• Mark the check box to insert a legend giving the volumes for different types of soils in each sheet.

• These volumes will be drawn if the sheet is having enough room after the quantity diagrams are drawn.

• Selecting a small scale leaves enough room so that the legend of quantities is drawn.

Grid

• Mark the check box so that grid is drawn in the sheets.

• The interval for the vertical lines of the grid is to be defined at the field Grid space vertical.

• The horizontal lines of the grid are drawn at every fifth centimetre.

Color and Shading

• Use this option to assign colors and patterns to different types of earthwork quantities in road cross-section, supplementary surfaces, landscaping, etc.

• The dialog Color and Shading will pop up.

Customize color and shading by selecting color/shading from the palette and applying to the different categories above. Use Default settings to reset dialog.

Draw

Use this button to generate the quantity diagrams to CAD.

• The dialog Select Page Format will pop up with this button where the drawing sheet (A0, A1, A2, etc.,), orientation, title block, etc., are to be defined.

Select the drawing sheet, define the orientation, select the title box using the button Title box and confirm with the button OK.

Command prompts for:

Enter drawing position <0.00, 0.00, 0.00>:

Pick the insertion point for the drawing sheets.

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