Site boundary?

[Jeff_M]

Is there a method to obtain the overall Site boundary? I have not found one, if there is, but it would sure come in handy when creating reports. We must always include the project Boundary as the first item in a report, so being able to add it to the existing reports would be a huge timesaver.

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeff,

Site is an abstraction for construction site containing parcels and alignments. I don't see even in UI we assign any geometry to it nor it shows any geometry property like boundary etc. in UI dialog.

In your requirement, I think we can use Surface Boundary - isn't it ?

Thanks,

Partha

[Jeff_M]

Hi Partha,

While a Site can effectively not have a 'boundary, such as when miscellaneous alignments and featurlines exist, it can have a ParcelAreaLabel displayed showing the Site Area. The SIte Area is also displayed in Prospector. As I'm composing this response I am seeing the difficulty in providing this request. I guess I will just continue to do what I have always done and have a separate Site for the project Boundary.

No, a surface boundary would not work for this. At least not that I can tell as the Parcel MapCheck report only gets Parcel info.

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeff -

Since you need it now, I gave it a try 🙂

Looks like we can get the site boundary / perimeter from it's base curve.

Check this -

Site site = siteId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead) asSite;

Polyline sitePerimeter = (Polyline)site.BaseCurve ;             

ed.WriteMessage(

"\nSite Name :    " + site.Name.ToString());

ed.WriteMessage(

"\nSite Area :    " + site.Area.ToString());

ed.WriteMessage(

"\nSite Perimeter :    " + sitePerimeter.Length.ToString());

I did a quick test on a sample and seems returning correct results.

Please let me know if you find this returns incorrect boundary in your DWG files.

Thanks,

Partha Sarkar

Autodesk

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeff -

I am just revisiting this and wondering if you want the Site boundary geometry to be visible / printed as part of your project report ?

Thanks,

Partha

[Jeff_M]

Partha, I think my current workflow will suffice. Thanks for checking back, though.

[Anonymous]

OK. Thx for the confirmation !