Edit / Sample Areas Menu

The Edit / Sample Areas menu offers the following commands:

Define New Sample Area	Defines a new sample area.
Define New Open-Type Sample Area	Defines a new open-type sample area.
Finish New Sample Area	Complete definition of a new sample area.
Delete Selected Sample Areas	Deletes selected sample areas and the samples they contain.
Select / Deselect Sample Areas	Selects/Deselects sample areas.
Set Grid Angle	Changes the alignment angle for gridded samples.
Reset Grid Angle	Changes the alignment angle for gridded samples back to its default setting.
Change Color	Changes the color of selected sample areas.
Color by Value	Colors sample areas / rooms based on a parameter value
Map Elevations from Contours	Creates elevation mappings for a sample area from contour lines
Clear Elevations	Remove elevation mappings from all selected sample areas
Combine	Combine multiple sample areas into a single sample area or create holes in sample areas.
Uncombine	Break apart sample areas that have been previously combined.
Cut Out	Cut out contained sample areas leaving holes in containing sample areas.
Snap Edges	When edges and corners of adjacent sample areas do not exactly match up, use this command to perfectly align them.
Bring to Front	Brings the selected sample areas to front of list.
Flip Direction	Flips the direction of an open-type sample area.
Trim	Shortens an open-type sample area.
Bisect	Use the command to split a sample area into one or more parts.
Partition	Breaks a Sample Area into smaller sample areas.
Expand	Expands all selected sample areas by a specified amount
User-Defined Parameters	Define new parameters for sample areas / rooms
Set Parameter Values	Sets values of sample area / room parameters from manual input or from other parameter values
Load Parameter Values	Sets values of sample area / room parameters from clipboard or external file
Export Parameter Values	Exports selected sample area parameters to a file
Add MARSSIM Class Parameters	Adds the Zone parameter used to define class types for MARSSIM.

Certain sample area parameters can be changed on the Sample Area Information dialog accessed by right-clicking on a sample area.