Extra Content - Optimizing your excavation

Here are the instructions on how to create an optimized excavation:

• Try to reduce the amount of operations by combining them.

• Avoid having operations shapes with faces that overlap with previous operations (coplanar surfaces) to prevent a heavy geometry calculation.

• Avoid using duplications of the operations for the same reason. If you use duplicates, use a small offset on the duplicated sketch to prevent the coplanar surfaces:
  1. Open the Sketch of your duplicated operation
  2. Click on Offset
  3. Deactivate the Keep Original Line option
  4. Select the sketch line and define a small spacing like 0.01m just to avoid the overlap
  5. Confirm the offset and then confirm the sketch edit

• Use Projected Zones instead of Cut/Fill to Terrain to change the ground color
• Simplify the excavation boundary and cuts sketch for points that can be removed without altering the geometry too much