Schedule Footer Opacity

[chughes]

Is it possible to control schedule footer fill color?  I know that typical cells shading color can be adjusted by a single digit to make them 'white' and opaque.  I cannot find where the footer can be changed.

[barthbradley]

like this?

[chughes]

I believe so, yes.  Whereabouts mightn't I find that adjustment?

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

It is a slight pain in the buttocks to do.  It's a solid-colored Fill Region on the Sheet -- which itself is a workaround since Revit doesn't allow Filled Regions to be placed on a Sheet.  Do you want to go there?  

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1. In Sheet View: Draw a Detail Line and Group it.

2. In Model Plan View: Place instance of Group and edit it. 

3. In Group Edit mode: Draw a Rectangular Solid-Colored Fill Region and click Finish to close out of Group Editing mode.

4. In Sheet View: Select the Group (now a Rectangular Solid-Colored Fill Region) and edit it.

5. In Group Edit mode: resize the Rectangular Solid-Colored Fill Region and click Finish to close out of Group Editing mode.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Create a Legend view 1:1 with a masking the same size as your footer and place it on sheet where the footer is.

[chughes]

This probably works probably the best.  Adding reference planes to the legend background allows for edge alignment.

[ToanDN]

The approach of using a region on sheet works too.
- draw detail lines on sheet first
- group them
- place the group in a drafting view and add a masking/fill region
- the group on sheet with be updated with the region

[barthbradley]

I've used both approaches. Six of one; half-dozen of another. I just happen to prefer the Fill Region on Sheet better.

[chughes]

After working with the grouped detail region option, I have changed my opinion and agree that the grouped detail region works better.  I do want to note that the region has to be a Filled Region.  A Masking Region will not work.

[barthbradley]

I never said masking region. Where did that come from? 

[chughes]

ToanDN mentioned masking/filled region, and I mentally defaulted to masking region thinking of 'masking' something.  I wanted to point it out for clarity, for others reading the solution.

[Ian_Shafer]

Has anyone (including Autodesk) found a real solution to this? Adding 'pasties' to a drafting view isn't very BIM.