====Area Of Effect====

Area-Of-Effect is a system built into ARDI-VE to allow you to visualise properties that aren't usually visible in any way on their own - particularly those properties such as rates of air-flow or gas levels that exist //between// assets.

If you enable Area-Of-Effect (from the [[managing properties|properties list]]) by switching the Area-Of-Effect settings from **No Area Of Effect** to **Show An Area**, it will enable that property to be displayed using the Area-Of-Effect system.

There is one last task required - defining how //large// of an area each of your assets effect.

1) Go to the details of the assets with this property (or modify the [[types|type]]) and add the **Area Of Effect** property.
2) Specify a radius that the asset effects.

When you then use ARDI-VE and switch to viewing the AoE property, you'll find that...

1)  The asset is now in a large sphere - this shows the radius of the measurement around the point.

2) Any relationships that //carry// the AoE property (for example, a relationship might exist between the air quality sensors along the direction of flow) will also include an area of effect between the points. This creates a connected network of points, where the colours representing values. If one point contains a low value and another has a high, the colours will blend along the line connecting the two.