Clip Inside is a surface item modification tool. You might be interested in removing a specific area from a surface. Virtual Surveyor allows you to do this by clipping triangles within a selected boundary. It creates a hole in the surface item so no contour is generated within the clipped boundary.
The Clip Inside button appears in the TOOLS for Surface tab and works only if both a surface and a boundary are selected.
Quick Usage Guide
- Select both the surface and the boundary (hold Ctrl on your keyboard when clicking the items).
- Go to the SELECTION TOOLS tab.
- Click Clip Inside.
- The triangles inside the boundary are removed from the surface.
- The triangles crossed by the boundary are cut out to fit within the boundary.
Where to Use the Clip Inside Tool
- Use Clip Inside to create holes in the surface item and avoid drawing contours within building or water bodies.
Tips and Tricks
- The elevation of the clipped surface is exactly the same as the elevation of the original surface.
- The elevations of the boundary vertices are not incorporated in the surface item.
- The elevations of the boundary vertices are not incorporated in the surface item.
- After clipping, the internal part of the original surface is deleted.
- It is possible to clip the inside of multiple boundaries within a surface at the same time by selecting the surface along with all the boundaries.