Revit LT can report cut and fill volumes on a site to aid in determining the costs of landscape modification during site development.
Video: Calculate Cut and Fill Volumes
Note: This video was recorded using Revit. When performing the procedures using Revit LT, you may notice minor differences in functionality and user interface.
Revit LT reports the values by making a comparison between a surface from one phase and, from a later phase, another surface whose boundary lies within the earlier surface. For example, Revit LT can compare a toposurface created in Phase 1 and a toposurface created in Phase 2 that lies within the boundary of the surface from Phase 1. (See Project Phasing.)
When you select the later surface and click Element Properties, you see the following instance properties:
The Cut value is the volume removed (where the later surface is lower than the earlier surface).
The Fill value is the volume added (where the later surface is higher than the earlier surface).
Net Cut/Fill value comes from subtracting the cut value from the fill value.
Note: The cut and fill volumes calculated by Revit LT are approximate, generally providing results with +/- 1% to 2% accuracy.
About Cut and Fill Reporting with Building Pads
If you add a building pad to a graded surface, you will see cut and fill reported separately for the pad and the toposurface in a topography schedule.