I was asked to calculate the volume within a reservoir and was asked to do it in Acrobat by tracing the contour lines. Acrobat would then calculate the volume. 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. 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. 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. 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. Is there a way to calculate the volume of each 2ft slice in the reservoir?
I had also told this engineer about model builder. He wondered if this could be set up in model builder to calculate the volume every 2 feet?
