Creating Area Boundaries

You can create an area boundary from existing entities that form a 2D enclosed area.

Use the AreaBoundary command for:

The entities can be a combination of Lines, Arcs, Circles, PolyLines, Ellipses, elliptical Arcs, and Splines. The entities can be in any arrangement as long as the boundary makes an enclosed area without overlap.

To create AreaBoundaries:

  1. Click Draw > Bound Area (or type AreaBoundary).
  2. In the dialog box, set options:
  3. Click OK.
  4. Click any point inside the closed area to designate as a boundary entity. To create other boundary entities, click additional internal points.
  5. Press Enter.

Access

Command: AreaBoundary

Menu: Draw > Bound Area

Related Topics

-AreaBoundary (command window variant)

Constructing PolyLines

Creating Regions