How match lines are displayed is controlled by a match line style, a match line label style, and choices made on the Match Lines page of the Create View Frames wizard.
Use the match line style to control the appearance of the match line. You can set typical style characteristics, such as visibility, layer, color, linetype, linetype scale, and lineweight. For more information, see Match Line Style Dialog Box or Object Styles.
Use the match line mask area to hide or mask the area that exists between the outside of a match line and the inside border or boundary of the view frame. This component exists only in plan views, not profile views, and only in paper space. The following illustration shows an example of the two match line mask areas in gray, on the left and right sides of a plan view viewport:
The Display tab of the Match Line Style dialog box includes an option to specify a hatch pattern for this match line mask area. Use this option to help you make your construction documents look better by masking the drawing data that exists outside of the match lines. See Editing the Match Line Mask Area for more information.
Match line labels are displayed on top of the match line mask area, and are therefore visible over it.
Match Line Label Style and Location
You can specify a label style for the label that will be displayed on the left side of a match line or on the right side of a match line. Since each individual match line is displayed in two sheets, it’s convenient to have the ability to set label styles differently for the label that will be displayed on the left side of the match line, and another label style for the label that will be displayed on the right side of the match line.
Also, you can display only one match line label (on the left or on the right side of the match line) by simply turning off the visibility of one match line label.
You can choose to place the left and right side match line labels at the start, end, or middle of the match line, or where the alignment intersects the match line. For more information, see Labeling Match Lines.
Set the defaults for this match line label behavior using the View Frame Group Settings dialog box.