Its not revision, how to cloud

[Anonymous]

I want to cloud to annotate and have some notes but its not part of revision.

can someone pls give any idea. how that can be achieved

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

There are several options:

- You can still use the Revision cloud tool to craw the graphic if you like.  If your official Revisions are numeric then you can add a new Revision with its numbering set to 'none' or 'alphabet' in order to filter it out from the Revision schedule.

- Create a repeating detail component to draw the cloud-like graphic.

- Create a line based detail family arraying an arc module to draw the cloud-like graphic

[Anonymous]

Thanks ToanDN,

I have to ask how you can filter out a Revision of a Revision Schedule though. It seems not possible for me.

[ToanDN]

You cannot. What i meant was set the sorting grouping to unimtemized, sort by revision number, then all the non numbered revisions will collapse into one blank row.

[biztrobill]

I just came across a post that answers this question. http://revitscratchpad.blogspot.com/2011/05/fake-revision-clouds-in-revit.html

First use the revision cloud tool to create the shape you want. But before closing the revision cloud tool, select and copy (Ctrl-C) the cloud geometry. Then click the X to close without saving. Now you can Paste-Aligned and the cloud is created as detail lines. Clever, no?

I tried to make a filled region the same way but it didn't work for me. Pasting the cloud geometry only shows as a rectangle. Maybe someone has a suggestion?

Hope this helps,

Bill

[Anonymous]

Simple, yet genius.
Thanks a lot!

[famosGQMT9]

Genius indeed. Love these kind of solutions.

[paryseVSJ9U]

amazing, copying pasting the rev. cloud worked! Now, only if i could change those new cloud detail lines to red....:/ 

[ToanDN]

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@paryseVSJ9U wrote:

amazing, copying pasting the rev. cloud worked! Now, only if i could change those new cloud detail lines to red....:/ 

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Why can't you?  Create a new line type, change its color to red, and assign it to the pasted cloud lines.

[davidjimm]

Not possible. For whatever reason those pasted lines are not changeable. Wish they were.

[CiaranB9TPCE]

To edit the color go into Line Styles and look for <Thin Lines> can edit Line Weight, Color and Pattern. Just check you are not using this line style in any part of Revit like lines used in schedules.  

[wisedrawing]

You can change it with graphics override in that sheet or view - as its an annotation object and not a model object changing it in the view is easy and useful - highlight it and right click to override graphics and select it how you want it - totally fixed

[RobDraw]

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@wisedrawingwrote:

totally fixed

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That's fine for one but how about for all the future ones?

[wisedrawing]

My fixes will often be hacks 🙂 - as this was a convoluted work around from the start anyway!

[RobDraw]

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@wisedrawing wrote:

My fixes will often be hacks

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I think your description is a bit generous.

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@wisedrawing wrote:

as this was a convoluted work around from the start anyway!

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In the absence of an annotation cloud, a few easy extra steps isn't very convoluted.