Draw Building Envelope Polyline

This command creates a rectangular polyline around selected linework. This can be used to give a building all one elevation. Select the entities that make up the building. Next you will be prompted to name the layer and In the dialog, you can set the layer name for the new linework, set one offset distance, or select to be prompted for each side to offset. Also, you can set the elevation of the envelope and trim crossing linework to ensure you have a flat pad.

Length Snap Resolution: Will round the dimensions of the created Building Envelope by a certain tolerance. For example, if you select None you may get a Building Envelope of 37.4 x 25.2. However, if you set the Length Snap Resolution to 0.5, you will get a Building Envelope of 37.5 x 25.0.

Prompts

Select building lines.
Select objects: pick the linework that makes up the perimeter of the building
Enter the segment horizontal offset <0.000>: 10
Enter the segment horizontal offset <10.000>: Enter
Enter the segment horizontal offset <10.000>: 5
Enter the segment horizontal offset <5.000>: Enter
Select/<Enter Elevation <0.0000>>: 400
Draw another building envelope [<Yes>/No]? No

Keyboard Command: bldg_perim
Prerequisite: a pad