The document discusses the Mass Haul diagram, which provides qualitative information about cut and fill volumes and movements along a road alignment. The Mass Haul value at any station is the accumulated cut volume minus the accumulated fill volume up to that point. Differences in Mass Haul between stations indicate surplus or deficit volumes. The document also describes how to display and configure the Mass Haul graphic in the software, including options to show free haul, over haul, borrow, and waste volumes. Borrow and waste volumes allow accounting for material imported or exported from the project area.

1. Mass Haul
The Mass Haul diagram
The Mass Haul diagram gives you quick, qualitative information about cut and fill volumes and
movements. In this exercise, you will explore the options available for configuring this graphic.
Mass Haul is a graphic representation of accumulated volume; at any station, the value is the accumulated
cut volume minus the accumulated fill volume up to that point. The difference in Mass Haul between two
points indicates the volume of surplus (positive difference) or deficit (negative difference).
As of this printing, all sub-grade material is included in the mass haul calculation regardless of material
type. For example, if you are cutting only silt and filling only shot rock, your mass haul may still show a
balance.
1. Use menu File | Open to open ExamplesLocation Align stage 3.dsn.
2. Use the Screen Layout drop-down in the standard tool bar (Error! Reference source not found.
above) to open training Profile only.dlt. This will set up your screen to look like the figure
below.
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Figure 1.1: Location design after opening training Profile only.dlt screen layout.
3. Right click in the Profile window and select Profile Options to open the dialog box shown below
left.
4. Press the Select button at the bottom of the Sub-Windows area. This will display the two list
dialog box shown below right.
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Figure 1.2: Select sub-windows for the profile window.
5. Select Mass Haul on the left and click Add (or double click) to add it to the Selected list (figure
above).
Note: The profile sub-windows area can display multiple items. All sub-windows will share the same
horizontal axis (station) with the profile window.
6. Press OK and OK again to accept changes and close the dialog boxes.
Figure 1.3: Mass haul displayed in a profile sub-window.
7. Move your mouse over the divider between the main profile window and the mass haul; when
it changes to the sizing cursor , click and drag up to make more room for the mass haul.
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8. Right click in the mass haul window and select menu Mass Haul Options to open the dialog
box shown in the figure below.
Figure 1.4: Mass Haul options
with all features turned on.
The concepts behind the mass haul diagram are discussed in detail in the help document.
9. Type <F1> and read the help text if you are unfamiliar with terms such as Free Haul, Over Haul,
Borrow and Waste. Close the help window when you are done.
10. Press the Grid button to display the common grid and axis label control. Notice that the
horizontal axis is disabled – it would be identical to the Profile axis and therefore redundant.
11. Cancel to close the grid options.
The Mass Haul and Zero Line buttons allow you to control the line style and color of the basic graphic
items (shown in Figure 1.3)
12. Turn on all four Advanced mass haul items (figure above).
The Free Haul Distance and Over Haul Distance are controlled by the fields on the right.
The
button beside each item allows you to control the hatching style and color. The hatching in the
figures below was chosen for black and white printing; you don’t need to change the current values.
13. Press OK to accept changes and close the options dialog box.
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5. Mass Haul
Figure 1.5: Mass haul with advance features turned on. (Note that the hatch styles are different from the
ones on your screen so that we can print this document in black and white)
Free Haul
Material which is pushed or pulled a distance less than
the Free Haul distance (100 ft.).
Over Haul
Material moved beyond Free Haul Distance (100 ft.) and
less than the Overhaul Distance (500 ft.).
Borrow
Material which must be trucked in from outside the road
project.
Waste
Material which must be trucked outside the road project
(End haul).
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It is possible to modify the mass haul to account for borrow and waste.
14. Choose menu Edit | Assign Parameters by Range (tool bar button
tab (figure below).
). Select the Borrow/Waste
15. Enter 450 for the Station and 8000 for the Volume. Press the Add/Update button.
Figure 0.6: Earthwork Borrow/Waste dialog box.
16. Press OK and respond Yes to the “Recalculate road alignment?” prompt.
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7. Mass Haul
Figure 0.7: Mass Haul after 8000 cubic yards borrowed at station 4+50
Now there is no need to pull material back across the gully.
17. File Close. Do not save changes.
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