Best method for drawing regions

[Marcus.Isacsson]

Hi!

Whats your prefered method for creating drawing regions covering your projects?
Here's what I use (but I guess there's better methods?)

1. A parent view with scope boxes visible, creating all the regions and matchlines.
2. Creating dependent views, one for each scope box.
3. Creating hatches on each side of the match lines -> Grouping those hatches -> Use "Hide in view" on groups for each sheet (uncertain if this step is the best)

Any better methods?

[chrisplyler]

I don't personally bother with hatching beside the match lines, but otherwise yeah I think you've got it.

[ToanDN]

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@chrisplyler wrote:

I don't personally bother with hatching beside the match lines, but otherwise yeah I think you've got it.

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Same here.

I have a view reference with a symbol for the match lines as below.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

Interesting, haven't seen this being used before, could you send a sample file of it?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Here goes.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@ToanDN wrote:

Here goes.

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As I understand it you use callouts instead of scope boxes?
Is it possible to group those callouts or how do you use them in the projects? I've only used them for details.
What happens if you need to change the drawing regions, will you have to change those regions on each plan then?

[ToanDN]

I use callouts in the example but you don't have to.  You can use master view and dependent views with scope boxes to show smaller regions of a large plan.  But the concept of using match lines and view reference is the same.