Create Trace Boundary

Boundary tracing allows you to trace the boundary of a floor screed or negative extrusion that already exists to crea te a new surrounding walls, floor or screed.

1. From the main menu bar, select Create > Trace Boundary, the Boundary Tracing window is displayed.

   

2. You first identify the floor screed or negative extrusion that already exists, from which its boundary is to be changed:

   1. From the Boundary Tracing window, select CE, or select Pick. You are prompted to ‘Pick Element for Boundary Tracing:’ The name of the selected element is displayed in the Boundary Tracing window.

   2. From the Trace pane of the Boundary Trace window, select the type of element to be created - Walls, Floor or Screed.

   3. In the Offsets pane of the Boundary Tracing window, you must now input the required position of the new element:

   4. Boundary positions the edges of the new element relative to the edges of the traced element. A positive boundary offset positions the new edges outside the traced boundary, a negative boundary offset positions the new edges inside the traced boundary.

      Elevation positions the vertical position of the new element.

   5. miter Walls checkbox is only available when the element to be traced is a wall element, the functionality allows you to determine if junctions between the walls are to be mitered.

3. Click Apply to trace the boundary.

4. A confirmation box appears. Click Yes to retain the boundary.

   

5. Click No to abandon the trace.

6. Click Dismiss to discard any information and close the Boundary Tracing window.