CARIS HIPS and SIPS Help : Feature Editing : Commands : Create Area Feature
 

Create Area Feature

 

Menu

Create > New Feature > Area

Tool

Create a new area.

For complete information about creating new features, see Create.

Related commands:

• Create Line Feature

• Create Point Feature

• Create Sounding Feature

• Repeat New Feature

• Create Area from Minimum Bounding Rectangle

• Create Areas from Selection

• Create Buffers

• Create Corridor

• Create Parallel Line

• Create Closing Edges

• Create Connecting Line

Procedure

1. Select the Create Area Feature command.

2. Select an acronym and set any necessary attributes as described in Create.

By default, you add the area boundary as a point to point line, but you can select several different line types from the Area Digitizer pop-up menu. See Digitize for details.

3. Add points to define the boundary line.

4. Select the Close Area command.

 

Pop-up

Area Digitizer > Close Area

Key

<End>

The area is added.