Workflows / Site and topography

Site and topography

Bring a survey into Calq as points, CAD contours, LandXML or GeoJSON, or take the ground and the neighbours from the map, then grade it and seat a building on it.

Beta
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Beta: it works, and it is still being proven on real projects. Check what it makes.

What it does

The ground of a site comes from a survey file or from the map: the terrain, the neighbouring buildings and the streets round the plot. Rows Calq cannot read are named, not dropped in silence.

On the ground you grade platforms and slopes, cut a profile along a line and seat the building. The terrain leaves in the IFC and as LandXML.

What it reads

Points as CSV, TXT, XYZ or PNEZD, and Excel
Contours from DXF or DWG
LandXML and GeoJSON
The map round the plot

Where it stops

Topography is Beta: it is still being proven on a real survey from practice and on a very large file. Calq does not do drainage or earthworks design.

Questions

Can Calq import survey points?

Yes, as CSV, TXT, XYZ or PNEZD, or from Excel, on the free account.

Try it in CalqThe full guide is in Calq, for signed-in accounts.