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The Construction Zone Manager is used to create and manage zones and is opened using the Zoning button located within the 4D Simulation toolbox. When the Construction Zone Manager is opened the 3D Scene will change to an alternate render mode and a top down orthographic view to allow the user to easily see where the zone should be placed. |  | ||||||
Construction zones are created with at drawing tool that allows the user to make free form extrusions to describe the area that the zone encapsulates. Use the Create button to start creating a zone. Next click in the 3D scene to place each corner of the zone. in order to complete drawing the zone you must place at least 3 points. |  | ||||||
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A solid green line is always a permanent line | |||||||
When Drawing Zones each line means? After the Bounds of the zone are drawn the user is able to select the height of the zone separately. Use the blue arrows to adjust the height of the zone. |  | ||||||
After the Bounds of the zone are drawn the user is a ble to select the height of the zone separately. | |||||||
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Adding Zones to Tasks
Learn how to assign zones to tasks.
Zones can be assigned to temp tasks to display at specific times during a construction animation. This is a great way to show which areas of the construction site are currently active. | |||||||
The Gantt Chart must be displayed to assign zones to tasks. The Show Task List radio button toggles whether the Gantt Chart is displayed while the Construction Zone Manager is open. A zone can be added to a temp task. similar to normal objects zones are displayed during the duration of the temp task. |  | ||||||
Managing Zones
Learn how to manage multiple zones and assign them to appear during the construction schedule.
The Construction Zone Manager displays a list of all zones in the project. Zones in the list can be selected. | |||||||
When a zone is selected it appears with a orange highlight |  |  | |||||
Double click the Name of the zone to change it. | |||||||
 | Selecting the Color allows the user to change the color and opacity of the zone. | ||||||
The Delete button removes the currently selected zone. The Edit button opens Transformation Tool to edit the currently selected zone. Double click the Name column of the zone to change it. Click the Color column of the zone to open up a color selector to specify a new color. | |||||||
The Transformation Tool allows you to manipulate the zone like any other 3D object. To filter by a zone, create a new filter in your Filter Tab, edit it and select zone from the drop down menu and select your newly created zone. This filter can then be used to populate your task with all of the objects located in your zone. |  | ||||||
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