Areas Of Interest
Areas of Interest can be used to calculate volumes and material
quantities within a specified area. The Area Of Interest perimeters
are defined by user-selected closed polylines and each area is
assigned a name. The Area Of Interest polylines can be assigned
either as inclusion or exclusion perimeters for the area. You can
have any number of exclusion perimeters within an inclusion but
inclusion perimeters cannot be inside exclusions.
The Areas Of Interest (AOI) commands allow you to Tag/Untag Areas
of Interest, Identify/Report Areas of Interest and Hatch/Label
Areas of Interest.
Tag Area Of Interest
This command allows the user to select polylines and exclusion
perimeters that define phases of a project. Carlson Takeoff will
separate each area of interest in the volume and material
reports.
Prerequisite: a desired polyline
Keyboard Command: tag_aoi
Area Of Interest by Interior Text
This command allows the user to select text from the screen to name
AOIs and linework to determine the area.
Prerequisite: area linework and text
Keyboard Command: txt2aoi
Untag Area Of Interest
This command allows the user to remove previously tagged areas.
Prerequisite: an area of interest
Keyboard Command: untag_aoi
Identify Area Of Interest
This command allows users to identify AOI by either picking on a
polyline(s) or by searching the entire drawing. The command will
then report the AOI name, layer, type, starting point, and
highlight the polyline in the plan view.
Prerequisite: an area of interest
Keyboard Command: id_aoi
Report Area Of Interest Areas
Use this command to report the Inclusion or Exclusion area (SF),
the name, the layer, and the starting point.
Prerequisite: an area of interest
Keyboard Command: report_aoi
Hatch Area Of Interest Areas
This command allows the user to visually see AOIs in the plain
view. This command draws a hatch with a
specified color and pattern for the Areas of Interest. The purpose
is to allow you to visually review AOIs to make sure that the area
coverage is correct.
The command displays a dialog for the hatch pattern, color and
scale. The scale determines how spread out the pattern is within
the hatch. The Automatic Hatch Scale option checks the size of the
subgrade areas and sets the scale to make the pattern fit. Cycle
Different Colors For Each Area will give each AOI it's own color so
that you can distinguish between different AOIs.
The resulting hatch areas show where the AOI is applied. Exclusion
Areas of AOIs will not be hatched.
Prerequisite: an area of interest
Keyboard Command: hatch_aoi
Erase Area Of Interest Hatch
This command erases AOI hatching.
Prerequisite: hatched area of interest
Keyboard Command: erase_aoi_hatch
Label Area Of Interest Areas
This command labels the AOI name and area in the plain view.
Prerequisite: an area of interest
Keyboard Command: label_aoi
Erase Area Of Interest Labels
This command erases AOI labeling.
Keyboard Command: erase_aoi_labels
Prerequisite: hatched area of interest