To Work With Revision Clouds

How to create and edit revision clouds for highlighting parts of a drawing.

Create a Rectangular Revision Cloud

  1. Click Draw > Revision Cloud > Rectangular.
  2. Specify the first corner of the revision cloud.
  3. Specify the other corner of the revision cloud.

Create a Polygonal Revision Cloud

  1. Click Draw > Revision Cloud > Polygonal.
  2. Specify the start point of the revision cloud.
  3. Click to specify additional vertices of the revision cloud.

Create a Freehand Revision Cloud

  1. Click DrawRevision CloudFreehand.
  2. Guide the crosshairs along the cloud path. You can click pick points along the path if you want to vary the size of the arcs.
  3. Press Enter at any time to stop drawing the revision cloud.

    To close the revision cloud, return to its starting point.

  4. To reverse the direction of the arcs, enter yes at the Command prompt and press Enter.

Create a Revision Cloud with Calligraphy Pen Style

  1. Type REVCLOUD in command line.
  2. In the drawing area, right-click and choose Style.
  3. Select Calligraphy.
  4. Press Enter to save the calligraphy setting and to continue with the command, or press Esc to end the command.

Convert an Object to a Revision Cloud

  1. Type REVCLOUD in command line.
  2. In the drawing area, right-click and choose Object.
  3. Select a circle, ellipse, polyline, or spline that you want to convert to a revision cloud.
  4. Press Enter to keep the current direction of the arcs. Otherwise, enter yes to reverse the direction of the arcs.
  5. Press Enter.

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