Revision Cloud Hatch

[stuart_bassil]

Has anyone tried to hatch a revision cloud? I can place the revision cloud ok but when I double-click to open it the Hatch Region doesn't do anything. Any ideas?

[Gabriel_Watson · Accepted solution]

If your drawing is saved as DWG format, you can go to AutoCAD and hatch it there if you create a closed loop. The revision cloud output isn't a closed loop apparently.

[stuart_bassil]

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. It's a bit long-winded but it is a work-around.

[Wynand_Louw_Aranzu]

Go to the SDK folder of your Inventor installation, eg. C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2022\SDK

In this folder there is a UserTools.msi file, run this file and it will extract. You should now have a UserTools folder inside the SDK folder. The UserTools folder contains the DrawingTools add-in. Register this add-in and you will have a revision cloud option in Inventor Drawings.

[stuart_bassil · Accepted solution]

Thanks, Wynand. I could create the revision cloud from the Add-In OK - I just couldn't hatch it.

If I run the 'Close Loop' command on each segment to close it then it can be hatched.