Smart Pits
Updated July 16, 2021
This article applies to:
- RoadEng Civil
- RoadEng Forestry
The smart pit feature will allows you to determine the best location to borrow or waste material from a set of pits. Each Pit has the following information:
Access station - location on the alignment from which the pit is accessed.
Distance - from access station to the borrow/waste site (sometimes called dead-haul distance).
Elevation - at the pit. Press the Get from Alignment button to assign the same elevation as at the Access Station.
Material - available (borrow pit only).
Excavation $ - Cost to excavate (borrow only).
Waste quality - The minimum material quality required (non-variable only).
Capacity limit - Maximum volume of borrow or waste (variable only).
Volume - Exact amount of borrow or waste (non-variable only).
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