Exclude Shrubs Not Working With Groundcover Hatch

Issue

When you attempt to use our Exclude Shrubs tool, a groundcover fails to detect shrubs to exclude.

Solution

In some cases, the Exclude Shrubs tool may not work within certain bounding lines.

If this is the case, first delete the hatch in the planting area, then copy the bounding polyline off to the side.

Type REGION in the Command line. The Command line will prompt you to Select objects.

Check whether the Command line indicates Self intersections.

If so, you can then use the BOUNDARY command to redraw the polyline. Type BOUNDARY in the Command line and press Enter.

The Boundary Creation dialog box will open.

 

Click OK.

The Command line will prompt you to Pick internal point. Click within the polyline boundary you copied off to the side of the planting area. The polyline will turn into a new, closed boundary.

Place the hatch again within this polyline. Exclude Shrubs should now work.