Construction Zoning

This section demonstrates how to use the Construction Zone Manager to create zones.


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.

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.

Assigning Zones to tasks

Learn how to manage multiple zones and assign them to appear during the construction schedule.

Click the Create button and then click a place in the 3D space for one of your corners with the left mouse button. Then select a spot for an adjacent corner, lastly select an opposite corner to completely define the bounds 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.