Define Area Layers

This command sets up a list of layer names for use with the Report Areas By Layer command. For each layer in the list, an Area Type is assigned which is used for reporting in the Report Areas By Layer command. You can also specify hatch parameters for each layer. These hatch settings are used by the Hatch All and Hatch Selected functions. The Hatch All function hatches all the closed polylines in the drawing on the defined layers. The Hatch Selected function hatches only the currently highlighted layer. The purpose of these hatch function is to visualize and verify the areas. The Add, Edit and Delete buttons are used to manage the list of layers. The Load and SaveAs functions allow you to save and recall the defined layers to a .ALF file.

Pulldown Menu Location: GIS Tools
Keyboard Command: define_area_layers
Prerequisite: None