Adding a mask region around a label in a Revit Family

[btobias]

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.

[ToanDN]

Make the label type opaque.

[btobias]

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

[ToanDN]

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@btobias wrote:

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

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Share your family here.

[barthbradley]

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

[btobias]

Here is the family.  Thanks for your help.

[barthbradley]

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. 😉

[btobias]

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

[ToanDN]

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@btobias wrote:

Here is the family.  Thanks for your help.

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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?

[barthbradley]

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@btobias wrote:

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

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

[btobias]

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.

[ToanDN]

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@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.

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

[barthbradley]

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@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.

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It already does that.  Masks the Arrow Fill.  

[btobias]

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

[barthbradley]

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?