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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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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?
Edited on: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:28:38 AM
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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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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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