The project boundary is very important. Not only does it establish the geographic location of your project, but it also drives site calculations.
Giraffe uses the site area to calculate FSR/FAR, open space ratios, and more.
It feeds coverage ratio calculations in Urban and values in Site Components in Analytics.
The project boundary is denoted by a thick grey dashed line. It is always visible in your projects.
The style of the project boundary cannot be changed. If you would like to add a differently-styled outline, copy the boundary as a Giraffe shape and style it using properties.
Create a Boundary
Every project needs a boundary. The boundary can be created several ways
Option 1: Draw a boundary manually before defining a project.
Click “Draw Boundary” in the top center
Draw your boundary. The boundary tool works the same as for any other shape in Giraffe.
Click Save project in the top center
Option 2: You can set the boundary to a map geometry.
Right click on a map element and click 'Set project boundary' on the contextual menu.
Click "save project" in the top center
Option 3: Set the Boundary using Data Table Bulk Selection
Click the 3 dots to the right of the layer name. Select “Open Lens Controls”
Click any layer shape on the currently-Lensed layer with Lens Controls open.
Select the checkbox on the layer in the list to add the polygon to the selection set.
Create Project from Selection
Create One project
With one or more polygons selected, click “Add to new project” to create a new project with that polygon as the boundary.
The project save modal appears. Edit the project name, add a template, and edit workspace property values
You can choose to open that project now or wait until later.
Create multiple projects
With multiple polygons selected, Click “create multiple projects from selection” (double arrow button) to create one project from each polygon.
The project save modal appears. Select which polygon to edit from the dropdown. Change the project name, add a template, and edit workspace property values.
Edit a Boundary
Adjust your established boundary any time.
Click Spacebar to open Command Line and search for "edit project boundary"
or
Click Edit Project Boundary in More Tools
Edit the boundary using control points an extrusion handles.
Select contiguous map shapes and use merge to expand.
Click “Redraw” at the top center to start from scratch.
Click done to save your changes.
