The Filled Region tool creates a 2-dimensional, view-specific graphic with a boundary line style and fill pattern within the closed boundary. The filled region is parallel to the view’s sketch plane. The tool is useful for defining a filled area in a detail view or for adding a filled region to an annotation family.
Filled regions contain a fill pattern. Fill patterns are of 2 types: Drafting or Model. Drafting fill patterns are based on the scale of the view. Model fill patterns are based on the actual dimensions in the building model.
A filled region created for a detail view is part of the Detail Items category. Revit lists the region in the Project Browser under Families
Detail ItemsFilled Region. If you create a filled region as part of an annotation family, Revit identifies it as a Filled Region, but does not store it in the Project Browser.
The following procedure is a general method for creating a filled region. Steps may vary depending on your design intent.
To create a filled region
- Click Annotate tabDetail panelRegion drop-down
(Filled Region). - Click Modify | Create Filled Region Boundary tabLine Style panel, and select a boundary line style from the Line Styles drop-down.
- Sketch the region using the sketch tools on the Draw panel.
For example, you might sketch a square region. For more information about the sketching tools, see Sketching.
- To give the region a fill pattern, on the Properties Palette, click Edit Type and then select a fill for the Fill Pattern property.
- To set different line styles for the region lines, select the lines, and on the Properties Palette, change the value for the Subcategory property.
- Click Finish Edit Mode to complete your sketch.