Boundary

Pick points in boundary

Specifies the closed areas in which to place the boundary; temporarily dismisses the dialog box, and then prompts you at the command bar:

Select a point to define a boundary or hatch area - pick a point inside a closed area.

Notice that BricsCAD highlights draws the boundary, allowing you to preview it.

The prompt repeats, allowing you to choose additional areas. When done selecting areas, press Enter:

Select a point to define a boundary or hatch area - press Enter to return to the dialog box.

Boundary Set

Boundary set

Specifies where BricsCAD should search for entities that make up the boundary:

• Current Viewport - searches all entities in the current viewport.

• Existing Set - searches only the current selection set for possible boundaries.

New

Creates a new selection set of entities that make up the boundary; temporarily dismisses the dialog box, and then prompts you at the command bar:

Select entities - use any selection method to choose one or more entities.

The prompt repeats, allowing you to choose additional entities. When done selecting entities, press Enter:

Select entities - press Enter to return to the dialog box.

Boundary Retention

Retain Boundaries as
(read only)

Polylines

Islands

Nested

When an area contains other areas, BricsCAD creates multiple boundaries.

Outer

When an area contains other areas, BricsCAD creates a boundary of the outermost entities.

Ignore

When an area contains other areas, BricsCAD creates one boundary.

Boundary Tolerance

Tolerance

Specifies the largest gap BricsCAD ignores when creating a boundary inside an area that is not fully closed.