Boundary dialog box

The Boundary dialog box allows you to create closed polylines, defined by surrounding entities.

  1. Pick points in boundary
  2. Boundary tolerance
  3. Boundary set
  4. New
  5. Retain Boundaries as Polylines
  6. Islands

Pick points in boundary

It allows you to specify a point inside an enclosed area for which you want to create a boundary. It temporarily dismisses the Boundary dialog box.

Boundary tolerance

Specify the largest gap that can exist in the boundary for BricsCAD to consider the area closed.

Note: When boundary tolerance is 0, no gaps can exist.

Boundary set

Specify where BricsCAD should search for entities that make up the boundary.
  • Use Current View: searches all entities in the current viewport.
  • Use Boundary Set: searches only the current selection set for possible boundaries.

New

It allows you to create a new selection set of entities that make up the boundary. It temporarily dismisses the Boundary dialog box.

Retain Boundaries as Polylines [Read only]

Indicates how boundaries are retained.

Islands

Specify island detection. An island is an enclosed area inside a boundary.

Nested
Treats every island as a boundary.
Outer
Creates a boundary only of the outermost entities.
Ignore
Ignores the innermost areas. A boundary is created between the outermost area and islands.