Create a Boundary Using the CAD Command Line

Use the Create Boundary command alias on the CAD Command Line to:

Define the extents of a job site/WorksManager project to serve as a geofence for your field devices and or machine control boxes.
Create a 2D boundary to delineate a portion of a surface so you can include a subset of a larger surface in design data. A bounded surface rface to include only the surface triangles encompassed or crossed by the boundary.

Prerequisites:

License; See the Subscription Plans page. For a license matrix by command, see the License page in the TBC Community. Also see View and manage licensed features.

To create a boundary from the CAD Command Line:

Press [F3] or click the icon on the Status Bar to open the CAD Command Line.
Type bo or BO at the command prompt, and press [Enter].
If needed, set the Layer, Color, and/or Line style below the command prompt. The color you choose is used for the border color and fill color. By default, the boundary is not filled with color and the fill transparency is set to 50%. These properties persist the next time you run the command.
Type an identifier for the boundary and press [Enter] or simply press [Enter] to leave it unnamed.
Note: Boundary names cannot include spaces.
Based on the Generic boundary and Polygon modes highlighted, pick a starting point in a supported view (Plan, Sheet, or Cutting Plane), enter a coordinate, or type a keyword character to use another mode. The options are:
Usage
- Generic - Enter GE. Then specify a starting point.
- Borrow pit - Enter BO. Then specify a starting point.
- Dump zone (waste site) - Enter DU. Then specify a starting point.
- Avoidance zone - Enter AV. Then specify a starting point.
- Stockpile - Enter ST. Then specify a starting point.
- Cut zone - Enter CU. Then specify a starting point.
- Fill zone - Enter FI. Then specify a starting point.
- Project boundary - Enter PR to designate a boundary for the extents of your construction job site or WorksManager project. You cannot move a project boundary. By default, project boundaries are assigned a line weight of 1.00 mm to distinguish them from other boundary types (which have weight set by Layer). (This is the same for the pane-based command.)
- Section boundary - Enter SE to designate the extents of a specific contractor's work area. The areas within section boundaries cannot overlap, but section boundary lines can be coincident if sections are adjacent. Typically, there is one set of section boundaries within a project boundary. You cannot move or copy a section boundary.
  By default, section boundaries are assigned a line weight of 5.00 mm to distinguish them from other boundary types (which have weight set by Layer). This can be changed in the Properties pane after the boundary has been created.
Section type
If you opted to create a section boundary, restrict on-site access within the boundary to a specific user/company, by typing the user/company's unique ID in the Security ID box. Then select a section type:
- Compaction - Enter CO to denote an area in which compaction earthwork surfaces, design surfaces, or subgrade surfaces are to be created.
- Utilities - Enter UT to denote an area in which utility networks are to be built.
Creation method
- Polygon - Enter P to define the boundary by drawing a polyline around an area.
- Alignment corridor - Enter A to define the boundary by specifying an offset around a selected alignment.
  1. Pick the alignment to create a boundary around.
  2. For the Left offset, pick a point in the view, or type a distance and press [Enter] to specify the left boundary edge parallel to the alignment.
    Note: Since the alignment itself denotes a zero offset, typically the left offset value will be a negative number, unless you want to create a corridor on only one side of the alignment, such as for a sidewalk.
  3. For the Right offset, pick a point in the view, or type a distance and press [Enter] to specify the right boundary edge.
    Note: Unlike the pane-based command, you cannot create a boundary here between specific stations along the alignment.
- From a line - Enter F to pick a closed line in the Plan View to use as the boundary. The closed polyline that you select can include arcs; arcs are supported in boundaries.
For a polygonal boundary, enter additional coordinates to define the shape of the boundary using any of the methods listed above.
Enter [E] (or simply press [Enter]) when you are done.
Press [Spacebar] to rerun the command.
To edit the appearance of the boundary, in the Plan View, select the boundary, then select Properties from the right click menu.
Note: To fill the boundary with a color, in the Draw filled box click Yes. You can then select the fill color and transparency for the boundary.

Dependencies:

If you create an alignment-based boundary and then delete the alignment, the boundary is deleted. If, however, you create a boundary based on an existing polyline, and then delete the polyline, the boundary remains.