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Standardizing Type Names for Filled regions
Having some sort of naming convention applied to your filled region types can help you orga-
nize the type selector in a way that is easy for the project team to understand. You'll notice in
Figure 16.8 that we've organized the region names around a two-number Masterspec division prefix.
Because Masterspec is tied to the keynoting system as well, project teams tend to be familiar with
the naming convention. This approach also keeps similar material types together rather than all
of the materials being sorted alphabetically. take Concrete and Precast Concrete as an example.
You can see in Figure 16.8 that those material types are very close together in the drop-down list
based on their prefix.
The filled regions also have additional properties. By highlighting any placed region, you can
open its type properties from the Properties palette by clicking Edit Type (Figure 16.9). These
properties allow you to control the fill pattern, background opacity, line weight, and color of the
region. Remember that these properties are by type, so if you want a region that is opaque and
then decide you also want one that is transparent, you'll need to create another type.
Figure 16.9
type properties for a
filled region
As we discussed in Chapter 4, filled regions can use either a drafting pattern or a model
pattern. Refer to Chapter 4 for instructions on how to create a custom fill pattern. For now, let's
review the process of creating a new filled region type.
