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Hi there DataCAD users,

Just got a quick question about Line types not working right. When drawing a revision cloud I always use treeline. It would be handy if I could just use the polygon tool with its line type set as tree line to
quickly place a revision cloud. But, alas, nothing can be simple! When I do this the treeline line type is facing the wrong way so my revision cloud looks more like a half eaten cookie.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I didn't think this was true, but I just tried it and it doesn't matter which way you draw the polyline - it always puts the line direction the wrong way.

Sounds like a feature request for Mr. Wizard (Dave G.) to address!

You can use a Polyline instead (draw in a clockwise direction). You can still use 3D Polygons, but you'll need to flip the normal in order to reverse the order of points from counter-clockwise (normal up) to clockwise (normal down).

When you create the 3D Polygon, toggle Normal Up off and draw the shape in a clockwise direction.

To correct an existing 3D Polygon, go to 3D Entity, Polygons, Edit, Flip Normal and select the entity to reverse the order of points.

It would be convenient to have left and righthanded treeline linetypes , just as we do have LH and RH shingle/siding linetypes. Almost everyone uses treeline for revision clouds...

I use the Clouds macro, which has clockwise and counterclockwise options.

You can always create your own line types.