Autodesk Autocad 2004 --land Desktop -civil Design Official

Fill Volume: 12,105 cu. yd.

He picked up the plan. He traced the new cul-de-sac with his finger. He looked at the proposed contours, then back at the old survey points. He grunted. Autodesk AutoCAD 2004 --land Desktop -civil Design

He stared at the cut/fill numbers. A long silence. Then, the corner of his mouth twitched. It wasn't a smile—Henderson didn't smile—but it was close. "You know," he said, folding the plan carefully, "when I started, we did this with a slide rule and a planimeter. Took two weeks." Fill Volume: 12,105 cu

She selected the points, right-clicked, and chose Create Surface from Points. The screen flickered. For a terrifying second, nothing happened. Then, like a ghost emerging from fog, a wireframe triangulation (the TIN) appeared. She held her breath and toggled the contours on. Smooth, elegant brown lines cascaded across the screen, revealing the land’s true story: a gentle ridge she hadn't seen on the flat old maps, and a hidden swale that collected water right where Phase 3’s new cul-de-sac was supposed to go. He traced the new cul-de-sac with his finger

The software hummed. The hard drive clicked. A dialog box appeared.

At 2 PM, Henderson shuffled over. "How's the disaster?" he asked, not unkindly.