Build Piece Zones

You can use the Build Piece Zones tool when you want to create a zone, based on a specific area of your piece. This allows you to define a map zone that basically imitates the original pieces, so when making a change to a piece in the map zone, the new piece will be updated accordingly. This can be helpful when you wan to create your pattern by sketching and you want to reuse the pieces later on.

This tool is similar to the Build Piece tool; however, instead of creating a piece, it defines a zone (which can then be created and corrected).

ClosedClick here to see the differences between the Build Piece and Build Piece Zone tools.

Advantages in comparison to the Trace Zone Tool

  • Works faster – fewer clicks are needed in order to select the desired area.

Disadvantages in comparison to the Trace Zone Tool

  • The Build Zone tool does not always select the desired area. Certain actions can be taken to improve its functionality.

  • When building a piece with intersecting internals some grading points that were not on the original pieces may be added, at the precise point of the Intersection.

Icon & Location:

  • Toolbar: Piece

  • Toolbox: Build & Cut

To use the Build Piece Zones tool:

  1. Create the piece you are going to use for your Map Zone. In the example below, we created a sketched piece:

  2. Select the Build Piece Zones tool.

  3. Click on the areas required to create the zone.

  4. Double-click inside the selected area to create a zone.

    The Map Pieces Zones window opens as follows:



    Notice a new line appears in the table with information about the zone.

  5. Click Create Piece if you want to transform the zone into a piece.

    Notice the piece appears next to the map zone as follows:

  6. Continue creating the rest of your zones and pieces are required.

    Here is an example of a completed Map Zone with pieces: