Can I create a filled region on sheets ( hatch)

Can I create a filled region on sheets ( hatch)

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Can I create a filled region on sheets ( hatch)

Anonymous
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I'm trying to add a hatch on a sheet , but the Filled Region button is gryed out ??? any ideas

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Message 21 of 29

ChrisGamble
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How did you bring the view above the titleblock? I know this was years ago and maybe you were able to do that in 2013 but im in 2018, and I haven't figured that out yet. Ill probably have to do what CADastrophe suggested.

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Message 22 of 29

jamesDYM77
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Observer

...and in 2021 McFly. 

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Message 23 of 29

viktor_kuzev
Explorer
Explorer

I didn't see this answer here, but you can do the following:

1. Open the titleblock family. 

2. Draw a filled region there. 

3. Ctrl + X the the filled region. 

4. Open the sheet. 

5. Ctr + V. 
And voila you have a filled region on a sheet

Message 24 of 29

Anonymous
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@Anonymous, you should mark this as solution as well. It's a very quick workaround.

And — oh my! — v2023 and this is still a mystery.

Message 25 of 29

jklynsma
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@Johan_Ekstromfound a solution that's perfect for me.

I tried the recommended solution proposed by @CoreyDaun, but this didn't work for my purposes.

The problem I ran into with this Generic Annotation Family method is that I couldn't change the line style of the filled region - as in, the Family settings simply do not allow me to select and create a Line Style. The option is greyed out. So, I wanted the filled region to have a dashed border, but the annotation family method doesn't allow this.

I also didn't want to do the drafting view method, because I'm hatching over views that are being excluded from my current construction document contract, but will still be needed in the future (bid was high so scope was reduced, for now). The drafting view method would require, at minimum, a separate view for every single sheet.

Johan's solution, in my opinion, is incredibly straightforward and only requires that the workaround be performed once per project. It's pretty much a bug, but once you follow these steps (create line on sheet, make it a detail group, add detail group to a view, add a filled region to the detail group in that view, and ungroup the detail group on the sheet), the filled region just exists on the sheet now, and it can be copied on that sheet and copied to other sheets. You can change the profile, type, etc. It behaves exactly like you'd expect a filled region to behave.

The only caveat I should mention is that I am NOT trying to mask anything. I just want a hatch overlaying my views, and this works.

Revit is great, but sometimes Revit is also stupid lol

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Message 26 of 29

arun.arumugam
Explorer
Explorer

I am using Revit 2022 Still its working (Importing CAD hatch in to Revit sheet and exploding)

 

Thanks

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Message 27 of 29

mikebZP76Q
Participant
Participant

1969: Human beings walk on the moon.

 

2024: Autodesk can't figure out how to place filled regions on sheets.

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Message 28 of 29

aaugust2
Explorer
Explorer

If this is for a notes: or a key plan I made a dependant view of my plan and dragged it into my notes for things like " this hatch indicates shear wall". 

That way its the exact same hatch as the drawing and also you can crop the window extents which is not possible with making a drafting view of the hatch. 

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Message 29 of 29

michael
Explorer
Explorer

You can also create a filled region in a detail or any view, copy or cut it, and paste it into your sheet. Once pasted onto the sheet, you can edit the crop boundary. It will not allow for active stretching without opening the filled region and redrawing boundaries, but otherwise, it seems to be a functional workaround.  

 

Michael

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