topic Dam / Reservoir Volume Study in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/dam-reservoir-volume-study/m-p/604176#M3608 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was asked to calculate the volume within a reservoir and was asked to do it in Acrobat by tracing the contour lines.&nbsp; Acrobat would then calculate the volume.&nbsp; That was fine when the contour interval was 20 ft and the dam was 100 ft high, but now the contours are 2 ft with a 100 ft high dam.&nbsp; I figured out how to calculate the volume in 3D analyst, but the engineer I am doing this for would like to be able to calculate the volume every 2 ft in height.&nbsp; I am not an engineer so I don't understand why this is needed, but it may relate to knowing how much water can fit into a reservoir given various dam heights.&nbsp; I used the slice tool but I am not really sure what the function is or if it will get me where I want to go.&nbsp; Is there a way to calculate the volume of each 2ft slice in the reservoir?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I had also told this engineer about model builder.&nbsp; He wondered if this could be set up in model builder to calculate the volume every 2 feet?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:50:46 GMT LisaD 2011-11-09T19:50:46Z Dam / Reservoir Volume Study https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/dam-reservoir-volume-study/m-p/604176#M3608 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I was asked to calculate the volume within a reservoir and was asked to do it in Acrobat by tracing the contour lines.&nbsp; Acrobat would then calculate the volume.&nbsp; That was fine when the contour interval was 20 ft and the dam was 100 ft high, but now the contours are 2 ft with a 100 ft high dam.&nbsp; I figured out how to calculate the volume in 3D analyst, but the engineer I am doing this for would like to be able to calculate the volume every 2 ft in height.&nbsp; I am not an engineer so I don't understand why this is needed, but it may relate to knowing how much water can fit into a reservoir given various dam heights.&nbsp; I used the slice tool but I am not really sure what the function is or if it will get me where I want to go.&nbsp; Is there a way to calculate the volume of each 2ft slice in the reservoir?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I had also told this engineer about model builder.&nbsp; He wondered if this could be set up in model builder to calculate the volume every 2 feet?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:50:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/dam-reservoir-volume-study/m-p/604176#M3608 LisaD 2011-11-09T19:50:46Z Re: Dam / Reservoir Volume Study https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/dam-reservoir-volume-study/m-p/604177#M3609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Once you have generated the reservioir/Dam combo, you can vary the plane height and measure the volume that way with the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Surface_Volume/00q900000027000000/">Surface Volume</A><SPAN> tool.&nbsp; Then you can see what the volume will be at for different heights, every two feet.&nbsp; If you are looking to see the volume between the two planes, then you may have to create some different surfaces and try the tool again to measure it.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:23:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/dam-reservoir-volume-study/m-p/604177#M3609 JeffreySwain 2011-11-15T10:23:46Z