Some stockpiles are tricky to measure accurately — think uneven ground, bins, benches, or overlapping piles. In those cases, the automatic base that Smart Volume generates won't cut it. You need to manually control where the base of your measurement sits, including the ability to set a custom elevation offset.
Custom Surface Comparison gives you that control. You can move and adjust individual points along the measurement boundary to make the base match the actual ground conditions beneath your stockpile.
How to customize the base of a stockpile measurement
- From the measurement toolbar, select Polygon.
- Select from the options in the dropdown menu. In this case, select Stockpile.
- Outline your stockpile, or use the Magic Polygon tool to draw a polygon boundary automatically.
- Select the surface comparison you want to make. In this case, choose Custom Surface for the From or To Surface in the dropdown menus
Change measurement units
Select the most appropriate measurement unit for distance, area, volume, and density from the dropdown menu. This makes it easy to switch between imperial and metric units as needed and generate reports in your preferred format.
How to edit the custom base
Move a single point
Click the point you want to edit. You can drag it to a new location, or manually edit the northing, easting, elevation, and offset of the point.
Move multiple points
Hold the shift key and click and drag a box around the points you want to edit.
Shift the entire polygon
You can also move the entire polygon by clicking the icon in the center of the polygon and dragging it to the new location.
Click SAVE to recalculate the volume.
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