Zone Tool

Create zone object.

Tool Operation

  1. open tool dialog
  2. draw contour of a zone or pick floor face
  3. adjust zone's settings (number, name, category, height etc)
  4. apply settings to generate zone object

Tool Modes
Activate each mode by clicking an appropriate command button on a dialog.
Use 'Esc' key to get back from any mode to 'default' one.
In case if tracing of a contour is in progress, first hit of 'Esc' breaks tracing process. It is necessary to hit it again to get back to 'default' mode if needed.

Advanced Operations

Select existing zone while tool is active by single-click, then

Modifier Keys

Post Processing

Tool Modes Description

'Default' mode is for selecting existing zone objects. It is possible to reshape and re-adjust properties of selected zone.
'Pick Face' mode is for picking any face, that represents a contour of a floor, in an active model instead of drawing zone's contour vertex-by-vertex.
'Pick Internal Point' mode is for picking a point inside a closed space and launching of automatic contour tracing procedure.
'Draw Contour' mode allows entering zone contour vertex-by-vertex.
'Cut Opening' mode becomes available after selecting an existing zone. Use it to draw openings inside selected zone.
'Get Material' mode helps to obtain material directly from any object in an active model instead of choosing it from a drop-down list.
Each mode of 'Zone Tool' has its own context pop-up menu.

Note

It is possible to edit generated zone group and its contents as well manually using native SketchUp tools any time later after its creation. It is possible to move/copy zone object or reshape elements inside zone group either. But in order to keep zone's calculated attributes actual it is necessary to refresh calculated attributes after editing zone object and/or its contents.
That's why it is necessary to use  'Recalculate' or  'Rebuild' commands after editing zone object.