Irregular Crop Regions

[thsmith1804]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to this forum, so I don't know if anyone is aware of how to deal with a quick fix if you're wanting an "irregular crop region". I just create the typical retangular region and then I activate the view, click on the "filled region" and create a "no hatch" area while using an "invisible line".

Hope this helps someone out there :lol:

[aggockel50321]

Nice tip!

I just tried it on a view & it works great.

[Scott Hopkins]

Good one! I hadn't thought of that.

[Archman]

That's a good tip. How come I didn't know that? and I only sit feet away :D

[gregcashen]

No way! Archman :) and Revitor :twisted: working together!? I thought they were arch enemies?

"By the power of Autodesk, I have the power!"

[Vincent Valentijn]

nice! :wink: just my annotations don't 'hide' is that something I'm missing or is it the same for you?

[thsmith1804]

Nice one gregcashen...My side is hurting from laughing so hard. With all the Central Crashes and other problems I've had, it feels so good to laugh that hard :)

[gregcashen]

No problem. Always try to provide a little comic relief. :roll:

[thsmith1804]

That's right Vincent, I couldn't get annotations to hide with the "no hatch region". But you can always just right click on them and select hide from view.

[Steve_Stafford]

Greg...keep it straight will you?? Revitor and ADTman are each others nemesis...Archman is Revitor's sidekick! You've got to pay more attention to the character development!! :D Now "Vectorman" is a whole nuther issue...when he and Rastorizor get going, watch out!!

[Scott D Davis]

Don't forget about LISPinator.....but he talks kinda funny....

[gregcashen]

Isn't he a member of the evil A.P.I. - Against Parametric Innovation - Group?

[Vincent Valentijn]

That's right Vincent, I couldn't get annotations to hide with the "no hatch region". But you can always just right click on them and select hide from view.

Yes you can hide them of course.. :roll: but I thought it would be nice if I could show them for the visible part. Now I can only have an irregular crop -without- the dimensioning.. well, still pretty nice Greg, thnx.

[Dean Camlin]

You do need to watch out when using these, unless the Revit programmers have changed something recently. My experience with these "no hatch regions" (actually, they're white-solid-hatch regions, right?) is that they will overwrite your title blocks and other items like view titles in the sheet view. And you don't see this effect till you've done a print preview or actually printed your drawing.

[Archman]

Thanks for the heads up Dean. As I've come to realize slowly, when it comes to plotting, what you see is not always what you get. :?

BTW, Revitor and I were arch enemies for years, but we mutually realized that when it comes to Revit, collaboration beats competition. :D