Revision clouds is a new annotation type in SolidWorks. The main purpose for revision clouds is to allow you to call attention areas where a revision was made on a drawing. Though revision clouds are not the same as comment clouds in eDrawings, you may also want to use it to highlight comments for redlines, if you wish. Revision clouds are likely the most entertaining annotation, as you can also get artsy and make actual cloud shapes just for the fun of it.
Making a revision cloud is easy. Open up a drawing in SolidWorks 2013, goto the annotations tab on the CommandManager. Nearby Revision Symbol, you’ll find Revision Cloud. The PropertyManager allows you choose cloud type, Rectangle, Ellipse, Irregular Polygon and Freehand. You can also control the maximum size of the cloud puff radius, line type, line thickness and layer. Color can also be controlled via the layer or by using the Line Color tool in the Line Format toolbar. Here’s some examples.
Elliptical cloud around a dimension
You can group the dimension and cloud together
Once grouped, the cloud and dimension will move together
Example of a rectangular cloud
Example of an irregular polygon cloud
Example of a freehand cloud with a different line style
can you add an annotation to the cloud. i used these a lot when parts of a design were not complete, but needed to start the fabrication. we annotated the area as a “reserved”
David, as noted in the article, these aren’t comment clouds like in eDrawings. They have a very different purpose. However, you can group a cloud with an annotation for the same overall effect with an extra couple of steps. It seems like you are either asking for borders around note annotation to have a cloud option, or to have a separate comment cloud capability (that may or may not be combined with revision clouds tool). What do you think? Also, can you go into more detail about your used of clouds in hurried operations?