Areas of Contours for Stormwater Calculations (for now)

I am working out the kinks in my stage storage table (to be unveiled at AU this year during my SWM class), so for now here is a quick-n-simple way to get your contour areas out of your ponds.

This is also a great tool to use during your Civil 3D transition, because it is actually labeling a regular polyline. So until you break the drawing-your-own-contours habit, you can use this to help automate your labeling.

The procedure below is a variation on the theme of Labeling Polyline “Contours” and Other Lines in Civil 3D

More to come on this subject- but this will get you started. Not a lot of words in here, so let me know if you get hung up.

First you need a Pond Surface. Then…

DEFINE USER CONTOURS UNDER SURFACE PROPERTIES

COPY YOUR SURFACE
EXPLODE (yes I said it ) YOUR POND TWICE
MAKE A LINE LABEL STYLE

LABEL AND DRAG OFF

4 comments

  1. Dave Dixon says:

    Good info. Can’t wait to see the final version at AU. Thanks Dana.

    Dave

  2. Matthew Anderson says:

    Dana –

    Are you creating the user contours for you odd or unique elevation information only?

    Matt

  3. Dana Breig Probert, EIT says:

    yes Matt, just for special ones. but whatever you’d need them for, user defined contours are a neat tool.

  4. Thomas Haws says:

    Perfect for high water contours. Of course if all you are doing is labeling them, you don’t need to explode anything. Just create a Surface Contours label style called High Water Labels that has a “HW=” before the elevation. If I need to blog this for anybody, let me know.