Business Center – HCE for road takeoff gives you the ability to convert digital CAD cross-sections, rapidly extract cross-section information from Adobe PDF vector files and quickly see locations and quantities of materials. Save time, reduce rework and increase bidding accuracy with road takeoff from Business Center — HCE.
- Digitize cross-section drawings from a raster image or a vector PDF file
- Convert cross-sections into a 3D model automatically
- Store cross-section objects in association with an alignment object
- Map original ground, finished design and multiple material layers (subgrades) to stored cross-sections distinguished by layer
- Easily extract required surface from complex CAD cross-sections
- Generate average end area earthwork reports
- Import raster image files in many formats or Adobe PDF vector files
- Rapidly extract line work data from Adobe PDF vector files
- Perform comprehensive mass haul analysis
- Find the best borrow and waste sites to use for the lowest cost
- See graphical representations and geographic location of borrow pits, waste sites and haul roads
- Place barriers to mass haul along the alignment
- Assign import or export locations with cost analysis and volumes
Add-on modules needed: Road Takeoff Tools
Optional modules: Data Prep, Corridor Mass Haul, Image Manager, Surface Tools
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