Options

Type a descriptive name for the material as you want it to appear in the Material levels list for site improvements, the Define Strata dialog, the Earthwork Report and Takeoff Report, and more.

Type the percent, or factor by which, the material will shrink when it is cut and then used as fill.

Type the percent that, or factor by which, the material will increase in bulk when it is cut and hauled in loose condition.

Type the percent that, or factor by which, the material will shrink when it is cut and hauled in loose condition.

Optional supplemental measurement unit

If the units that you purchase or use the material in are different from the choices in the Units list, type the name you want to use for an alternate unit of measurement for the select material.

For example, if you calculate grass seed that you need to spread by square meter, but must purchase it by bag, then type "bag" here.

Define a mined material, such as limerock, or a processed material, such as a cement treated base, by establishing a unit of weight as an additional unit of measure, providing the appropriate conversion factor, and enabling the material’s procurement cost to be based on a ton of material, for instance.

Reciprocal expression - Click this box to switch the factors on each side of the equation.

For example, if you entered "bag" as the supplemental measurement unit so it shows "1 cubic meter = 1.5 bags", but you want to enter the values as "1 bag = .666 cubic meters", you will need to check the box.

Specify the cost per cubic unit of extracting the material as cut.

Note: This program displays the currency symbol and format that you have set in Microsoft Windows^® Regional and Language Options. The units and calculations, however, are not associated with a specific currency, so if a project is opened on a computer with different regional settings, those currency symbol and formats are used, but no conversion between currencies has been made.

If the procurement cost exceeds two decimal places, check this box to trim the cost by rounding up to the nearest whole number cost.

Select the color to be used in graphic views for the material when it is applied as a texture to a surface area.

Specify image files as material textures so they can be used in the Add Surface Texture command to make visualization of your 3D model more realistic (see Use an Image as a Texture).

If you have specified a texture image for a surface material in the External Library, the path to the image appears in the Texture box. If you have added a texture image to a material in the Project Library, only the file name appears in the box. A copy of the file it is saved at: C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\My Documents\(product name)\(project name)\

To specify or change a texture image file, click the Browse button and navigate to the texture swatch that you want to use for the material.

Specify the width of the texture tile in the current project units. If the texture is applied to a corridor surface, the height of the tile runs parallel to the alignment of the corridor.

Specify the height of the texture tile in the current project units. If the texture is applied to a corridor surface, the width of the tile runs perpendicular to the alignment of the corridor.