Forgive the general rant but I am just going to add this in on the off chance that the development team actually read these comments.
AUTODESK IGNORING FEEDBACK REPEATEDLY & NEVER ACTUALLY MAKING TIME TO MEET WITH US
For the development team to argue that a masking region is intended to be permanently visible is ridiculous and a clear indication that the software developers have (1) never worked on Revit or (2) they are unwilling to take user feedback seriously. This request is a longstanding request of mine that I have submitted directly to Autodesk at least 4 times formally in the past 10 years. Every few years we get palmed off to a new rep that hears the requests all over again but nothing ever eventuates from any of our feedback.
EXPERIENCED USER FEEDBACK
It seems more surprising to me that Autodesk would not take the time to hear what I have asked for since Marina (my colleague) and I have both been a Revit content creator and Revit implementation specialist for more than 14 years now and I have used Revit since 2003! There have also been very experienced and credible Revit leaders who have supported these ideas.
DOWNFALL OF REVIT DEVELOPMENT TEAM - IGNORING FAMILY EDITOR
The biggest issues is that Revit family creation specialists are few and so Autodesk simply ignores us. The problem with that approach however, is that all projects consist of 80% or more of loadable content so by ignoring the Family editor functionality Autodesk is severely restricting our efficiencies of all projects, for all companies who which to design the time effective Revit implementation solutions.