It’s a Material World
Once alignments are sampled, volumes can be calculated from the sampled surface or from the corridor section shape. These volumes are calculated in a materials list and can be displayed as a label on each section view or in an overall volume table, as shown in Figure 12-17.
Figure 12-17: A total volume table inserted into the drawing

The volumes can also be displayed in an XML report, as shown in Figure 12-18.
Figure 12-18: A total volume XML report shown in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Once a materials list is created, ...
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