REVCLOUD — Revision Cloud

Draws a revision cloud: rectangular, polygonal, freehand or from an object.

• Command: REVCLOUD · Global name: _REVCLOUD
• Ribbon: Home › Draw
• Menu: Draw

Draws a revision cloud: a polyline made of arcs used to mark the changes on a drawing. The cloud can be rectangular, polygonal or freehand, or made from an existing object.

Usage

1. Enter REVCLOUD or click Revision Cloud.
2. Choose the type of cloud with its option, if it is not the current one, and specify the first point. The prompt shows the current type; Enter goes to the Object option.

Specify first corner point or [Arc length/Object/Rectangular/Polygonal/Freehand/Style/Modify] <Object>:

3. Rectangular: specify the opposite corner and the cloud is created.

Specify opposite corner:

4. Polygonal and freehand: specify the next points and press Enter to finish.

Specify next point or [Undo]:

Options

• Arc length (A): minimum and maximum arc length. The maximum cannot exceed three times the minimum.

Specify minimum length of arc <…>:
Specify maximum length of arc <…>:

• Object (O): turns a polyline, circle, ellipse or spline into a cloud. The cloud replaces the object and takes its layer, color and linetype; the direction of the arcs can be reversed.

Reverse direction [Yes/No] <No>:

• Rectangular (R), Polygonal (P) and Freehand (F): type of cloud.
• Style (S): Normal or Calligraphy (arcs of varying width, as if drawn with a pen nib).
• Modify (M): changes a piece of a cloud. Select the cloud at the point where the new part starts (or specify it with First point), give the points of the new part until a segment crosses the cloud again and pick the side of the cloud to erase; the new part, with its arcs, takes its place in the same polyline.

Select polyline to modify:
Specify next point or [First point]:
Pick a side to erase:
Reverse direction [Yes/No] <No>:
Select arc style [Normal/Calligraphy] <Normal>:

• Undo (U): removes the last point of a polygonal or freehand cloud.

Notes

• A polygonal cloud closes itself when you press Enter. A freehand cloud closes when you come back near the first point; if you press Enter before, it stays open. Freehand clouds are also drawn with clicks, point by point.
• The arc lengths, the style and the type are remembered for the next cloud.
• The cloud is saved like AutoCAD's (a polyline with 110° arcs) and is edited with PEDIT.

See also

PLINE · RECTANG · PEDIT · WIPEOUT