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Create different types of revision clouds.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:04
Revision clouds have a very distinct purpose in AUTOCAD.
00:07
They are literally clouds shaped objects that
00:10
are drawn around areas on design plans
00:13
to communicate changes that have been made.
00:16
Their intent is to make those changed areas stand
00:19
out so that reviewers can easily see the changes.
00:23
Revision clouds received a major overhaul in 2021
00:28
with a lot more control and options.
00:31
I will create revision clouds in an example
00:34
and highlight the options and commands for revision clouds
00:38
to start the revision cloud command. You can either type rev
00:42
cloud or
00:43
you can go to the ribbon where there are two
00:46
different places on the ribbon to access the command,
00:49
you can go to the home tab,
00:52
click on the draw drop down
00:54
and the rev cloud drop down has three different choices to select.
00:59
You can also go to the annotate tab on the
01:02
markup panel and click the revision cloud button as well.
01:07
Both buttons have the same drop-down choices
01:09
of rectangular polygonal or freehand revision clouds.
01:14
Each option presents you with command line options to choose from.
01:19
Let's quickly take a look at some of these options
01:22
after starting any revision cloud command.
01:25
Options on the command line that appear include
01:28
arc length,
01:30
which allows you to set default arc length for the revision clouds
01:34
object,
01:35
which allows you to select a previously created object such as a polyline
01:40
and turn it into a revision cloud
01:43
style so that you can select from creating a normal style revision cloud
01:49
or calligraphy. So that you can select a style that looks to be more hand drawn
01:55
and modify so that you can modify a previously drawn revision cloud.
02:02
Let's create a few revision clouds and then go through some of the commands for them.
02:07
First,
02:08
remember to set the layer that you want the revision
02:11
clouds to be created on as the current layer.
02:14
If you don't have a layer, then go ahead and create one.
02:18
For this example,
02:19
I will use
02:21
the
02:22
A
02:23
Anno
02:24
rev's layer.
02:26
This layer is NCS compliant with the A being the discipline for architecture
02:32
A
02:32
O being the major category of annotation
02:35
and revs being the subcategory for revisions.
02:39
Now that the correct layer is current
02:42
will create a rectangular revision cloud in the
02:45
upper left hand corner of the drawing.
02:53
Click the first point
02:55
and drag your cursor in the direction
02:58
for where you want to create the revision cloud.
03:04
Next. In another part of the drawing,
03:07
we'll try a polygonal revision cloud
03:11
click
03:12
to place it
03:14
and when done
03:15
right click and choose enter
03:18
lastly in a different part of the drawing,
03:20
we'll try the freehand revision cloud option.
03:24
Simply click
03:27
and move your cursor
03:29
in the shape of where you want the revision cloud to be drawn.
03:34
This command rocks because you're basically moving your cursor in the shape
03:38
you want the cloud to be without making any clicks at all.
Video transcript
00:04
Revision clouds have a very distinct purpose in AUTOCAD.
00:07
They are literally clouds shaped objects that
00:10
are drawn around areas on design plans
00:13
to communicate changes that have been made.
00:16
Their intent is to make those changed areas stand
00:19
out so that reviewers can easily see the changes.
00:23
Revision clouds received a major overhaul in 2021
00:28
with a lot more control and options.
00:31
I will create revision clouds in an example
00:34
and highlight the options and commands for revision clouds
00:38
to start the revision cloud command. You can either type rev
00:42
cloud or
00:43
you can go to the ribbon where there are two
00:46
different places on the ribbon to access the command,
00:49
you can go to the home tab,
00:52
click on the draw drop down
00:54
and the rev cloud drop down has three different choices to select.
00:59
You can also go to the annotate tab on the
01:02
markup panel and click the revision cloud button as well.
01:07
Both buttons have the same drop-down choices
01:09
of rectangular polygonal or freehand revision clouds.
01:14
Each option presents you with command line options to choose from.
01:19
Let's quickly take a look at some of these options
01:22
after starting any revision cloud command.
01:25
Options on the command line that appear include
01:28
arc length,
01:30
which allows you to set default arc length for the revision clouds
01:34
object,
01:35
which allows you to select a previously created object such as a polyline
01:40
and turn it into a revision cloud
01:43
style so that you can select from creating a normal style revision cloud
01:49
or calligraphy. So that you can select a style that looks to be more hand drawn
01:55
and modify so that you can modify a previously drawn revision cloud.
02:02
Let's create a few revision clouds and then go through some of the commands for them.
02:07
First,
02:08
remember to set the layer that you want the revision
02:11
clouds to be created on as the current layer.
02:14
If you don't have a layer, then go ahead and create one.
02:18
For this example,
02:19
I will use
02:21
the
02:22
A
02:23
Anno
02:24
rev's layer.
02:26
This layer is NCS compliant with the A being the discipline for architecture
02:32
A
02:32
O being the major category of annotation
02:35
and revs being the subcategory for revisions.
02:39
Now that the correct layer is current
02:42
will create a rectangular revision cloud in the
02:45
upper left hand corner of the drawing.
02:53
Click the first point
02:55
and drag your cursor in the direction
02:58
for where you want to create the revision cloud.
03:04
Next. In another part of the drawing,
03:07
we'll try a polygonal revision cloud
03:11
click
03:12
to place it
03:14
and when done
03:15
right click and choose enter
03:18
lastly in a different part of the drawing,
03:20
we'll try the freehand revision cloud option.
03:24
Simply click
03:27
and move your cursor
03:29
in the shape of where you want the revision cloud to be drawn.
03:34
This command rocks because you're basically moving your cursor in the shape
03:38
you want the cloud to be without making any clicks at all.
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