The Area Target Object

The Area Target object models a region on the surface of the central body. Select one or more of the following to model an Area Target and impose constraints:

Basic properties
2D Graphics properties
3D Graphics properties
Constraints

The boundary of an area target extends infinitely and geodetically above the ellipsoid when used in Access calculations.

Basic Properties

Property	Description
Boundary	Define the area target as a pattern bound by selected points or as an ellipse with specified parameters.
Centroid	Define a 'center' point for the area target to be used as, among other things, a terminal point for access lines drawn to the area target during animation.
Description	Record useful information about the area target.

2D Graphics Properties

Property	Description
Attributes	Define color, line style and other graphics characteristics for the area target, and opt whether to inherit or override global attributes defined at the Scenario level.
Display Times	Set time intervals during which area target graphics display.

3D Graphics Properties

Property	Description
Attributes	Define color, line style and other graphics characteristics for the area target, and opt whether to inherit or override attributes defined at the 2D Graphics level.
Vector	Control the display of vectors and other geometric elements related to the line target.

Constraints

Property	Description
Active	Impose constraints on access from the following available constraint categories for an Area Target object: Basic: The most commonly used constraints Geometry: Constraints that use a geometric measure (other than angle), such as range, altitude, and grazing altitude Analysis Workbench (AWB): Constraints that involve an Analysis Workbench (AWB) component (Angle, Calculation Scalar, Condition, or Vector) Plugins: Your own plugin constraints, which compute a plugin-defined metric that you define Temporal: Constraints related to specified time-of-day or time intervals
Settings	Select access constraint conditions that apply generally to access computations involving this Area Target object.

Property

Description

Active

Impose constraints on access from the following available constraint categories for an Area Target object:

Basic: The most commonly used constraints
Geometry: Constraints that use a geometric measure (other than angle), such as range, altitude, and grazing altitude
Analysis Workbench (AWB): Constraints that involve an Analysis Workbench (AWB) component (Angle, Calculation Scalar, Condition, or Vector)
Plugins: Your own plugin constraints, which compute a plugin-defined metric that you define
Temporal: Constraints related to specified time-of-day or time intervals

Settings

Select access constraint conditions that apply generally to access computations involving this Area Target object.