AutoCAD Revision Clouds, complete tutorial

AutoCAD Revision clouds are geometries used for markup as a means to drive attention to a certain part of the drawing the require corrections. 

The revision clouds are Polylines in the shape of connected arcs and they can also be modified like a Polyline.

Basically there are three types of revision cloud, Rectangular, Polygonal and freehand.

You can find the revision cloud on the expanded draw panel of Home tab as shown in the image down below.

So, lets explore all these revision cloud tools in detail.

Creating a Rectangular Revision cloud

To create a Rectangular revision cloud select the “Rectangular” option from revision cloud drop down menu as shown in image above.

Alternatively type REVCLOUD on the command line and press enter. 

Click at rectangular from the command line options and then click at two points in the drawing to make the rectangle.

A revision cloud will be made in the drawing area as shown in the image below.

This revision cloud will take the shape of a rectangle and just like a rectangle you can select it’s multifunction grips to modify it’s shape or size as well.

Creating Polygonal Revision cloud

To create a polygonal revision cloud with multiple vertices select the Polygonal option from the revision cloud dropdown.

Alternatively you can use REVCLOUD command and then select the Polygonal subcommand from the options.