Envelope
Creates an envelope or bounding box for selected geometries. This refers to the smallest rectangular area that fully contains each object. It is commonly used to generalize shapes, define extents, or prepare spatial data for indexing, visualization, or spatial queries. The result is a simplified and standardized representation of the original geometry's outer limits..
The SPMENVELOPE command creates rectangular polygon entities representing the minimum bounding rectangle (envelope) of selected entities.
Envelope Options
- Source: select the entities to create the envelope around (review selection control options).
- Options
- Layer/Table name: specify the layer where the created polygons will be placed and the table name for attached data.
- Apply random colors to new layers: if checked, the created layers will be assigned random colors.
- Fill with hatches: the resulting closed polylines can be filled with hatches.
Envelope video
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