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To add coverage areas to a model or proposal

    Table of contents
    1. 1. Creating Holes in a Terrain
    Tip To flatten an area, you can sketch a coverage and raise or lower the whole coverage a very small amount.

    Creating Holes in a Terrain

    Use the Terrain Hole material to render part of a terrain area as a hole. This material is useful for cutting rectangular openings with a clean edge in a surface. For example, if you are modeling a rail line, the Terrain Hole can show the station entrances under the ground.

    NoteAssigning the Transparent color material to a coverage renders that coverage feature with a transparent material. If there are other coverage features (with non-transparent materials assigned to them) that cover the same area, The transparent coverage reveals those materials.

    1. Click (Create / Edit Features).
    2. In the Draw Strip, click (Create Coverage Polygons).

      The Select Style dialog box is displayed and set to Land Cover Materials. You can also switch to City Block Materials.

    3. Select a style and click OK.
    4. Sketch the coverage area in the model or proposal.
      Action Result Visual

      Click the starting point for the coverage area and click each corner. Double-click to finish the area.

      The boundary is filled by the coverage style you selected.

       

      When you add coverage areas to the model, they appear on the master layer. View coverage information from the Properties Explorer.

      When you add coverage areas to a proposal, Infrastructure Modeler adds information (such as the area) to the Coverage section of the Proposals Manager.

    To change the style for subsequent coverages you create

    1. Click if the Draw Strip is not displayed.
    2. In the Draw Strip, click (Create Coverage Polygon) twice.
      NoteMake two separate clicks; do not double-click.
    3. In the flyout that displays, click a previously used style or click (Select Style).
    4. Select a new coverage style and click OK.
    5. Sketch the boundary of the coverage polygon in the model or proposal as instructed in the previous procedure.

    To create a hole in terrain

    1. Draw the coverage area where you want the hole to appear.

      For example, position the coverage over an underground area you want to be able to see from above.

    2. In the Draw Strip, click (Create Coverage Polygon) twice.
      NoteMake two separate clicks; do not double-click.
    3. In the flyout that displays, click (Select Style).
    4. Click the Material tab on the left side of the Select Style/Color dialog box.
    5. From the Material drop-down list at the top of the dialog box, select Material/Terrain.
    6. Click Terrain Hole.