# Contour Designer

# Contour has no batter

<span style="font-size: 16px;">**Symptoms:**</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">A contour is designed, but the cut/fill stops without a batter. In a cut/fill overlay, it will go from (e.g.) bright pink to gray without a transition.</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/1gjlriu243l-dseqgwcxroidhfly6w8tuq-png.png)</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">**Cause:**</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">The batter is not steep enough. In the case shown above, the hill and the batter both had ~5% slope. That’s why it tried to cut forever.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">**Solution:**</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">Add a section or two around the problem location to avoid changing the whole contour. Then for the affected section, increase the batter a bit above the prevailing slope. Preview cut/fill to verify.</span>