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2. Set preferences for:

   • Volume - The amount of 3D space that a material occupies in cubic units. Volume differences are calculated by comparing two surfaces to determine how much material needs to be moved (cut and filled) during earthworks.

     • Cut/Fill - Settings for a map with shading and/or a grid of measurements at an interval showing the elevation differences between two surfaces, such as an original ground surface and a design surface. Cut/fill maps are color-coded to indicate where earth needs to be cut or filled.

       • Default - Use preset values for cut, on grade, and fill values to create a standard cut/fill map.

       • Custom - Enter values for a specific use, such as:

         • Excavation - Enter the highest and lowest elevations for a design surface. When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

         • Landfill - Enter, for example, 2’ intervals for lifts.

     • Bulkage/Shrinkage - During mass earthwork operations, earthen materials, such as soils, occur in three fundamental density states, each of which contractors need to recognize, account for, and convert volumes between. Each of those density states represents specific circumstances in which the material will be encountered or handled, and for which its volume typically needs to be determined.

       • Default - Set to this when you do not need to account for material density states (or you do not have shrink/swell percentages).

       • Custom - Set material density percentages:

         • Shrinkage - Calculate the shrinkage from cut or the natural bed to fill. = (haul bulkage x haul compaction). The decrease in volume of soil (or another material) due to contraction, settling, and compaction. Also, a measure of the decrease in volume of earth material as it is excavated and extracted from its in situ state and then placed into compacted earth fill. The expected amount of shrinkage for a given soil can be expressed as a percentage of the in situ soil volume (that of the material in its natural state prior to excavation). For example, a shrinkage factor of 9% indicates that the soil will shrink to occupy a volume 9% smaller than it occupied prior to its excavation.

         • Bulkage - Calculate the bulkage from the natural bed to the loose condition. = (shrinkage / haul compaction). The increase in volume and decrease in density of soil (or another material) due to expansion. Bulkage is a common result when soil at its original in situ density is excavated from a job site and moved elsewhere during construction activities.

• Pass Count - A measurement of the number of times that a machine (e.g., roller compactor) has traveled over an area on a surface.

  • Pass Count Summary

    • Default - Use preset targets of 2 - 8 passes.

    • Custom - Set specific counts when there are higher requirements, such as a 4 pass minimum. When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

  • Pass Count Details

    • Default - Use preset targets.

    • Custom - Set specific values for the color-coded passes. When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

• Compacted meter value (CMV) - A measurement of the relative stiffness of compacted material as measured by a sensor on a compactor.

  • CMV Summary

  • CMV Percentage Change

  • CMV Details

• Machine drive power (MDP) - Machine drive power values recorded by compaction machine systems.

  • Default - Use preset values.

  • Custom - When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

• Speed - Vehicle speed

  • Default - Set to this when you do not need to account for speed.

  • Custom - When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

• Temperature - A measurement of the heat of asphalt material laid and compacted.

  • Temperature Summary

    • Default - Set to this when you do not need to account for temperature.

    • Custom - When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

  • Temperature Details

    • Default - Set to this when you do not need to account for temperature

    • Custom - When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

• Elevation - Vertical distance (height) above or below mean sea level. (2) Vertical distance above or below the geoid. (3) Distance above or below a local vertical datum.

  • Default - Use preset values.

  • Custom - The highest and lowest elevations are populated and cannot be edited. Select colors for elevation bands. When set, this will define the target tolerances for your project for ALL devices.

3. Click Save when you are done.

Settings

The Project Settings page contains all of the project targets and thresholds and all of the color settings that can be customized for the selected project. This feature simplifies customizing project targets and colors in Dashboard widgets, on the map, and in reports.

• Project Targets determines the ranges displayed in Dashboard widgets and the Map page.

• Project Colors lets you configure default or saved custom color settings for every Quality Metric data type for use in the Dashboard widgets and the Map page.

Configuring project targets

You can override target values from Machine Default values with custom target values. For example, you may need to increase the acceptable grade tolerance on this design. By overriding the lowest cut tolerance for Cut/Fill data, you can easily see the changes for grade data reflected on the map and in the Quality Metrics slider statistics.

Configure Project Settings, Map Colors, and Quality Targets

You can save your custom color selections in the color palette. This allows you to use your saved colors for other quality metric data types without having to recreate a palette each time. Saved colors are associated with user IDs and will be available for all projects accessed by this user.

1. On the Actions bar, click the More icon (vertical ellipsis) and select Settings > Project. Settings for whichever category you have selected in Map > Metrics appear by default.

2. Select one of the filter types (Volume - Elevation).

3. Select Custom.

4. Click a color to access the palette. Use the color picker to choose a new color for the quality metric. You can pick a different hue for the current color in the swatch, use the slider bar to choose a new color, or enter a color’s Hex value, RGB value, or HSL value (click the arrows to access the entry formats).

5. Make changes to target values as needed.

Note: To reset targets to machine defaults, before saving, select Actions bar > Reset to Defaults.

6. Click Save. The Map and Dashboard legends update with the new colors and target values. Elevations have five colors to configure, which when saved are turned into a graduated color palette on the map.

Note: To reset colors to machine defaults, click the More icon and select Reset to Defaults. This has to be done while you are on the Project Settings page.

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