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C	Process Help TRIVOL - report wireframe model volume and statistics

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Introduction
Files, Fields and Parameters
Notes
Example
Errors

Introduction

Reports volume and other statistics of a wireframe model.

Note that the NOSID parameter will have an effect on wireframe volume calculations.

TRIVOL supports the following recently-added parameters:

NOSID: This can be set to 1 to disable the checking of internal surfaces. This can be used on verified wireframes or DTMs, even if the triangle file does not contain the fields NORMAL-X, NORMAL-Y and NORMAL-Z.

Using a value of NOSID on a previously verified wireframe makes processing much faster.

If the fields NORMAL-X, NORMAL-Y and NORMAL-Z are present in the triangle file they will be used for detection of internal surfaces in preference to the NOSID parameter. These fields can be optionally output when using the wireframe-verify command.
DTM: This can be set to 1 to make the processing time faster if you are confident that the input wireframe is a DTM with no overlaps.

The ZONE field

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TRIVOL now supports alpha ZONE fields of up to 10 characters long. Records with absent ZONE values are counted and reported as a warning but a volume is still calculated for absent ZONES.

The name of the input triangle file to TRIVOL is now recorded in an implicit field in the output results file produced by TRIVOL.

Files, Fields and Parameters

Input Files

Name	Description	I/O Status	Required	Type
WIRETR	Input wireframe triangle file.	Input	Yes	Wireframe Triangle
WIREPT	Input wireframe point file.	Input	Yes	Wireframe Points
PERIMIN	Optional input perimeter file containing XP,YP,ZP fields, defining perimeter(s) within which volume is to be computed.	Input	No	String

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
OUT	Output	No	Undefined	Optional output file, which will contain the fields VOLUME, UPPERVOL, LOWAREA, UPAREA, TOTAREA, MINZ, MAXZ, MINX, MAXX, MINY, MAXY, MINDIP, MAXDIP, NUMTRI, and the optional zone definition file, if one is specified.

Fields

Name	Description	Source	Required	Type	Default
ZONE	Zone definition field in triangle file.	WIRETR	No	Any	Undefined

Parameters

Name

Description

Required

Default

Range

Values

ZBASE

Base elevation above which volumes are computed.

Yes

Undefined

NOSID

Option	Description
1	Disables checking of SIDs for increased speed. Use for single surfaces only.

0,1

DTM

Option	Description
1	Disables checking of overlaps for specified DTM input files (quicker)

0,1

Notes

The information output includes:

Total volume above minimum elevation
Volume above @ZBASE value
Projected lower area
Projected upper area
Total surface area
Minimum elevation
Maximum elevation
Minimum X co-ordinate
Maximum X co-ordinate
Minimum Y co-ordinate
Maximum Y co-ordinate
Minimum surface dip
Maximum surface dip
Number of triangles

Example

!TRIVOL &WIREPT(TOPOPT),&WIRETR(TOPOTR),*ZONE(ROCK),@ZONE=1,
@ZBASE=110.0

Error and Warning Messages

Message	Description	Solution
>>> NO DATA IN INPUT FILE <<< >>> ERR 136 <<< ( n) IN TRIVOL	The input wireframe point data file has no data. Fatal; the process is exited.

>>> MISSING OR ALPHA FIELDS IN PERIMETER FILE <<< >>> ERR 143 <<< ( n) IN TRIVOL	Fatal; the process is exited.

>>> MISSING OR ALPHA FIELDS IN WIREPT FILE <<< >>> ERR 145 <<< ( n) IN TRIVOL	Fatal; the process is exited.

>>> MISSING OR ALPHA FIELDS IN WIRETR FILE <<< >>> ERR 146 <<< ( n) IN TRIVOL	Fatal; the process is exited.