idea Cut Fill tool - allow DEM as the file type in Site Scan Manager Ideas

Cut Fill tool - allow DEM as the file type

JamesBurton1 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:38:35 GMT

Site Scan allows a comparison surface in the Cut/Fill tool, but it only accepts xml files, or "LandXML" I've heard them called. Currently there is no workflow to convert a simple DEM into a LandXML. I would like to be able to use DEMs as the comparison surface since that is what most GIS users are going to have access to.

Re: Cut Fill tool - allow DEM as the file type - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

dozer — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:46:48 GMT

Hi @JamesBurton1 , thanks for the idea. A common workflow supported in Site Scan is to generate an initial elevation surface by processing a mission, then using that DSM or DTM as a comparison surface against a future mission, to measure changes from time 1 to time 2. Would this help in your situation?

To understand your use case some more, what is typically the source of your DEM files that you wish to use as a comparison surface?

Re: Cut Fill tool - allow DEM as the file type

JamesBurton1 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:09:46 GMT

Your common workflow would work for a site where you had lead time to do a flight prior to disturbance. For my scenario, dirt has already been moved and I want to use a DEM from another source, such as NGS or UGRC, to use as the initial elevation surface you described.

Re: Cut Fill tool - allow DEM as the file type

SEANJEFFERYS — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 21:27:37 GMT

Support the ability to upload a DXF format for a 3D custom surface. Having the option to use a standard GIS raster DEM would be even better.