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Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:57:01 GMT

I need to add a masking region around the label for the sheet number in a Section mark. Not sure how to do this, so any help would be appreciated. In the snippet below, we want to add the mask out the filled region of the arrow so the text reads clearly. TIA This is in Revit 2020.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

ToanDN — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:03:07 GMT

Make the label type opaque.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:26:27 GMT

I tried that as my first option and it did not work.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

ToanDN — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:02:22 GMT

@btobias wrote:

I tried that as my first option and it did not work.

Share your family here.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

barthbradley — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:12:12 GMT

Looks to me like you need a Filled Region with that Background.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:28:26 GMT

Here is the family. Thanks for your help.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

barthbradley — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:40:42 GMT

Isn't the easiest solution to use a label that fits.

The glass ain't half empty or half full. It's just that the contents don't fit the glass. 😉

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:45:16 GMT

I would love to, but this is a client requirement.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

ToanDN — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:51:22 GMT

@btobias wrote:

Here is the family. Thanks for your help.

Here is what your call-out appear when being used in a project. Is it not what you want? Or do you want to mask the part of the label falling outside of the circle?

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

barthbradley — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:05:12 GMT

@btobias wrote:
I would love to, but this is a client requirement.

Well then, tell the client that it is what it is.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:53:32 GMT

yes, we need to mask that part that extends outside of the circle so when used in a section mark it masks the filled region of the arrow.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

ToanDN — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:02:52 GMT

@btobias wrote:

yes, we need to mask that part that extends outside of the circle so when used in a section mark it masks the filled region of the arrow.

No can't do. You either live with it or use a different symbol for the head, similar to the tails below.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

barthbradley — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:21:55 GMT

@btobias wrote:
yes, we need to mask that part that extends outside of the circle so when used in a section mark it masks the filled region of the arrow.

It already does that. Masks the Arrow Fill.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

btobias — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:31:52 GMT

It is not doing that for me, see my initial post.

Re: Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

barthbradley — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:45:32 GMT

Select ANY Label in ANY Head Family (e.g. Section, Callout, Elevation, etc,) and make is OPAQUE. Now the Text will "mask" the contents behind it.

If your Opaque Labels do not "mask", then there is something fishy going on at your end.

Perhaps, it is the way you are building the Family. As a test, edit the default Section Head, make the Labels Opaque and then load the Section Head into a Project and test it. Are its labels masking content behind the label?