GLOBE-Res Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Are layout views possible to be a "shaped" view or is it strictly a rectangle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 You can fillet the corners and make circles but that's about it. You can get polyline shapes really easily though using CAD masks in plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Or, you can just put a filled rectangle with a shaped "Hole" over the layout box. - That's know as thinking "Outside the Box" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Or, you can just put a filled rectangle with a shaped "Hole" over the layout box. - That's know as thinking "Outside the Box" Good idea Joe! I've always done that step in plan. Never occurred to me to do that in layout. Probably more useful in plan in most cases, but definitely a few instances where doing in layout would make more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOBE-Res Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ok so if I understand, I can send the drawing to the layout and in the layout draw a shape to suit my needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ok so if I understand, I can send the drawing to the layout and in the layout draw a shape to suit my needs? Essentially yes. You create a rectangle with a solid fill (background color) and then select that polyline and click on the "Create Hole" icon on the Edit Toolbar. This will allow you to create a rectangular hole in the original rectangle. That hole can be shaped anyway you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOBE-Res Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Awesome, tried it. Works like a charm! Would be nicer to be able to just shape the layout window but the work around is ok. Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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