page_title: Earthworks (engineering)
section_title: Calculation software
hierarchical_section_title: Earthworks (engineering) / Calculation software
caption_attribution_description: English: Screen capture of cut and fill map and earthworks estimation summary produced by Kubla Cubed 2016.
context_page_description: Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.
context_section_description: The table below provides a list of  software used in the engineering and construction industries to plan, execute and cost these earthworks. 
  Earthwork software is generally a subset of CAD software, in which case it often an add-on to a more general CAD package such as AutoCAD. In that case, earthwork software is principally used to calculate cut and fill volumes which are then used for producing material and time estimates. Most products offer additional functionality such as the ability to takeoff terrain elevation from plans (using contour lines and spot heights); produce shaded cut and fill maps; produce cross sections and visualize terrain in 3D. The means by which volumes are calculated in software can differ quite considerably leading to potentially different results with the same input data.  Many software products use methods based on triangulated irregular networks (TINS) and triangular prism volume algorithms, however other calculation methods are in use based on rationalizing elevations into high density grids or cross-sections.
  A few programs are specialised in  earthworks transport optimization and  planning the construction works.
caption: Earthworks cut and fill map and estimation summary produced by Kubla Cubed.
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