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Draw fast, accurate revision clouds

By Ellen Finkelstein

Revision clouds show areas of a drawing that have been recently revised. When the REVCLOUD command was introduced to AutoCAD, I thought that they were for quick and dirty indications of revised areas of a drawing. Then I saw that people liked them to be neat!

If you like neat over messy, here’s the technique. […]

August 24th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Editing | 9 comments

Marking revisions with a revision cloud

By Ellen Finkelstein

A revision cloud is an often-used means to indicate that certain areas of a drawing contain revisions. The cloud draws attention to the revision. It’s similar to using Track Changes in Microsoft Word, or highlighting text. The revision cloud circles the revised objects.

A revision cloud

To add a revision cloud, choose Home tab> […]

February 1st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Drawing | 9 comments