Ramp surface Model Pattern in Plan Views - workarounds

Here are some ideas:

• Use a Filter with a Drafting Pattern and match the Hatch Scale to the View Scale.  Link: Model pattern not visible on ramps in plan views?
• Use Floors with slope arrows instead (to simulate a Ramp)
• Make a 4 point Adaptive Component that has a surface with a slight vertical offset, and place it on "top" of the Ramp surface.  Apply your Model Pattern to this "skin".
• Orient a 3D view to Plan, Lock it and annotate (instead of using a Floor Plan)

All of these have problems that make them less than desirable.  But hey, maybe one of them will get you out of trouble on your current project...