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mmiles
2008-07-28, 02:20 PM
Hi all,

I am creating light fixture families for an electrical plan using symbolic lines/model lines only, at this time. I have a series of symbols we use in ACAD/typical electric-lightung plans - some of which have poche/hatch/fill regions. How does one get a filled region into the light family? I see there is a masking region available but it doesn't seem like I can change the color from white to black.

I have tried using generic annotation family loaded into the light family, but I cannot seem to control the scale of the fill (a simple square). Obviously the annotation family uses a scaling factor related to text size/scaling. Unfortunately, my brain is not yet totatlly awake, so I cannot figure out the scale factor.

Can anyone offer a solution for my need of a light family which shows (in a plan view) an 8" Square, with black fill, and a circle inscribed that is about 1/3rd the size of the square?

Or, tell me how else to get a filled region into the light family?

thanks.

sbrown
2008-07-28, 02:51 PM
You would need to make a detail component, load that into the family.

mmiles
2008-07-28, 04:03 PM
thanks, I was able to do it with the Detail Component.