Adjusting layout picture box to non-rectangle shape?


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I'm pretty sure I've done this before, but can't remember how and apparently didn't have the right buzz words to find it in help or in this forum...   I have a .jpg picture file of a house overview on a layout page.  I want to angle one side of the .jpg rectangle to crop out part of the driveway and take out a small chunk on the other side.  I looked for something like the Break tool to adjust the edges, but can't seem to find anything.  What am I missing?   Thanks.

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I had forgotten about having to send it to plan, or having it in my plan and then sending it to layout.  So I decided I should just open up the saved camera view and send it into the layout.  However when I sent it to layout, with "current screen" selected, it sent a much larger view than the current screen, but not the entire plan either.  I can now use the Break tool to adjust the box perimeter, but then when I wanted to enlarge it, I can't find a way to do that.  What would normally be the resize handles just expand the box (i.e. undo any cropping) and I tried holding various Ctrl or other keys, but those didn't seem to work.  Any suggestions on how to enlarge it?

 

First image was the current screen image, second shows what I had selected in the dbx, third shows what showed up in the layout.

 

I also tried sending the camera view to layout with "current screen as image" which actually sends the "current screen" as expected, but then I can't use the Break tool.  (BTW, I will send in a bug report "feature request" asking that we be able to use the Break tool on images in layout.) 

 

When I went to re-open my saved camera view (the first image) - it had been changed to the weird partial view that showed in layout even though I closed the camera view in plan saying "don't save."   Odd.

 

 

2020 01 27 OV in plan.JPG

2020 01 27 OV current screen.JPG

2020 01 27 OV in layout.JPG

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  • 4 years later...

Had this same question and it was answered on the Chief Facebook group. Sharing here in case anyone else stumbles upon this thread.

How to adjust the layout frame to a non-rectangular shape: 

In layout select the layout box. Go to the edge you want to break and hit the 3 key (or in edit menu bar there will be a break option) It will apply a new grip at the break, then grab the line you want and start manipulating the polyline of the layout box.

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