About Composite Volumes

The composite method triangulates a new surface, based on points from both surfaces.

This method uses the points from both surfaces, as well as any location where the edges of the triangles between the two surfaces intersect to create prismoidal segments from composite TIN lines.

The new composite surface elevations are calculated based on the difference between the elevations of the two surfaces, as follows:

This method gives accurate volume measurements between the two surface definitions.