Trimble Business Center

Could it be possible to have multiple objects for object based calcs?

Maybe this could be delineated by having an OD1, OD2, OD3? This would create another correlating object selection field. In most cases having the option for one or two more objects would be awesome. Maybe a max of 5?

Use case : dynamic cut and fills for finish grade and subgrade calcs

You can already define a Volume Calculation between two surfaces and if you want two volume calcs between eg OG and FG and OG and SG then you need to create two text items - each one referring to a different Isopach - but they will both update dynamically with any Surface Changes. You can place as many Text Items based on any combination of Surface to Surface Volume computations. In the example below I have two text groups referring to two Isopachs to show Cut / Fill and Net Volumes for each computation (OG - FG and OG - SG) for example.

Here are the Text Labels used

OG - FG Volumes
Cut Volume = @<OD,O,VC>@
Fill Volume = @<OD,O,VF>@
Nett Volume = @<OD,O,VN>@

OG - SG Volumes
Cut Volume = @<OD,O,VC>@
Fill Volume = @<OD,O,VF>@
Nett Volume = @<OD,O,VN>@

The first set are pointed at the Isopach created between OG and FG Surface to Surface Volume and the second set point at the Isopach between OG and SG surface volumes. I create the Isopach and rename it so that it gets retained when I do a second volume calc - and then I turn off the Surface features for the Isopachs so you don't see them anywhere in the project - but if I then e.g. change a Z value of a point in the OG surface - the surface gets regenerated, the Isopachs get regenerated and the Volume text gets updated. I think that this is what you are trying to do

Hope that this helps

Alan

That make sense and that was what I was doing. I guess I was trying to keep them all group together in one text block, making it easier for drafting clean up and when labeling multiple entities. 

I think this is more applicable if you have a lot of objects that you are annotating that may reference multiple objects. Things such as utility structures where you need to reference the utility object but may need to reference a surface or multiple surfaces and repeat this sequence. Test pits would be another good where you want to reference multiple objects; different surfaces but you want this to be grouped. I don't think you can label test pits or bore holes surface elevations quickly for plan view purposes but I could be mistaken. I did a quick skim through the TBC help this morning. 

If I think of other reasons, I'll post it here.