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    Adjusting a Grade

    Background: I have a length of road which has been picked up by a group of surveyours. The centre line of the road has a few areas which need to be re-graded to level it out.

    I have a data series of uneven intervals that represents the running chainage (distance in metres)
    A1:A214, or 2103.974:2855.039. Each interval has a corresponding height B1:B214, or 493.616:503.870.
    I have plotted these values on a line graph and the level that need to be regraded are quite obvious.
    I would like to know if there is a way to regrade this using excel by giving a new height corresponding to the running chainage?

    Please help if you can.
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    Re: Adjusting a Grade

    First, you should change the chart type from Line to XY Scatter so that length intervals are constant along the x axis.

    Second, by what criteria would you grade?

    Naively, you could add a first-order trendline. That would give a best-fit linear slope from one end to the other.

    Or, you could join the start and end points with a line.

    Or, you could create a shallower curve that joins the end points.

    Or, you could use an algorithm to minimize the amount of dirt moved subject to having some maximum slope. There is surely on ocean of commercial software to do that.
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    Re: Adjusting a Grade

    Your post does not comply with Rule 1 of our Forum RULES. Your post title should accurately and concisely describe your problem, not your anticipated solution. Use terms appropriate to a Google search. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will be addressed according to the OP's experience in the forum: If you have less than 10 posts, expect (and respond to) a request to change your thread title. If you have 10 or more posts, expect your post to be locked, so you can start a new thread with an appropriate title.
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    Re: Adjusting a Grade

    Change your title to something FDibbins likes, and I'll post a solution that matches the elevations and slopes at each end and moves no dirt beyond the boundary.

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    Re: Adjusting a Grade

    I think the OP has punted on the thread, but I found the problem interesting, so I'm posting this for Alf's perusal.
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