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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:52:45 AM | Need help with a PAT file

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I'm in a bind here fellow Revitizers. I don't have AutoCad on my computer at the moment and need to create a .pat file for use in Revit 2012. I need a simple pattern if someone is willing to help me out and make it for me.

It is alternating bands of 3 1/4" and 11 1/4" (full scale) siding.

 

Also, for use in the model and elevation shots, do I need both a drafting and model pat file?

 

Thank you for you help on this!


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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:19:01 AM | Need help with a PAT file

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Hatch tool


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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:34:58 AM | Need help with a PAT file

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Thanks for the link TK. I've never made a .pat file and would have no idea where to begin. I've seen some of the other posts on here about the file structure but I fear that this is way over my head. Any other help you could give me?

 

Am I remembering incorectly that there is a way to draw a pat file in Illustrator or Photoshop?



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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:29:16 AM | Need help with a PAT file

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That tool is an add-on for Revit, and it's about as easy as it gets for creating .pat files. You'll draw your hatch pattern in Revit, then it will make a .pat file for you.


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Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:55:36 PM | Need help with a PAT file

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I second this.  You draw the hatch with drafting lines to the exact scale you wish -- within a boundary box -- select all the lines, and tell it to make a hatch.  I've used it for realistic wood grains that aren't excessively wavy, LARGE swaths of cobbled rock walls that graduate in size.

 

This is an 8' x 30' model hatch pattern. crazy, huh?

 

once upon a time super-efficient hatch patterns might have been necessary for CAD machines that used vacuum tubes instead of microcircuits... (okay, that's an exaggeration,) but on today's machines this isn't really a problem, considering the other burdens a 3D model places on the memory and processor. 

 

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