The Refill factor indicates what percentage of cut material can be reused as fill.

The Fill factor is typically used as a compaction factor for fill material.

The Cut factor is typically used as an expansion factor for excavated material.

This indicates that the material is going to be fill when Datum is above EG, and cut when Datum is below EG.Īlso note the three Factor values in the table: Notice that the Condition for the EG surface is set to Base, while the condition of the Datum surface is set to Compare. You will use the Earthworks criteria in the next exercise to calculate the quantity takeoff.

Expand the Earthworks item in the table.

This tab contains a pre-defined table for calculating earthworks (cut and fill) by comparing a Datum surface layer to an existing ground surface layer.

Double-click the Earthworks style to open the Quantity Takeoff Criteria dialog box.

Three styles are defined in the collection. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Quantity Takeoff Quantity Takeoff Criteria.Browse through the various settings available, but do not change any settings.

Under the Commands collection, double-click GenerateQuantitiesReport to display the Edit Command Settings dialog box.

In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Quantity Takeoff Commands.

The drawing opens, displaying three viewports.

Open Earthworks-1.dwg, which is located in the tutorials drawings folder.

The quantity takeoff criteria includes a list of materials that specifies the surfaces and shapes from which you want to generate volume information. The quantity takeoff report settings include the default quantity takeoff criteria used to create material lists and default styles for tables. In this exercise, you will review the options that are available for quantity takeoff criteria and reports.

Autodesk quantity takeoff framing