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They have an angle, a starting coordinate, sometimes a shift, but always a distance where they will repeat.

How a pattern definition worksĭefining a pattern can be quite a complicated process – but the theory is quite simple.Ī pattern consists of lines which repeat/offset themselves with a certain distance. After choosing units (mm or in), click on OK and browse for the location where you wish the pattern to be exported to.

Here you can set the name and the description of the pattern. pat file, you can do so by clicking on the Export Pattern button in the bottom left corner of the dialog. Here you can switch between pattern lines while editing. If you click on Edit Line symbol, the preview panel will transform into Edit Mode where you can edit existing lines, or draw a new one. Preview dialog updates automatically when making changes either in the Sketch Mode or Grid View. On the right side there is a preview dialog showing changes made to the hatch pattern.

You can preview the changes without closing the UI or having to re-select element.

In the bottom part of user interface there is an option to export the pattern as a.

All the values in the Pattern lines table are editable (Angle, X, Y, Shift, Offset).

To create a new line, click "+" in New column.

Here you can edit the lines angle, position and spacing, or you can remove existing lines.

When a pattern is selected, in the middle part of the tool window there will be a list of lines that belong to that pattern.

In the upper left part of the tool window you can select a pattern from the project.

The function provides a straightforward workflow: If no elements are pre-selected, the "Pre-selected element patterns" drop-down will be grayed out. If you pre-select an element, the "Pre-selected element patterns" drop-down will be available and here you can select a pattern you want to use. You can pre-select an element and run the tool, or you can run the tool without pre-selection. You can start the tool in two different ways.

Duplicating, renaming and applying patterns to materials in the Revit project.Preview of the changes done to the pattern.Creating new patterns without using a pattern definition file.Writing such a definition file is quite a challenge, since the format is based on the same kind of hatch patterns used in AutoCAD. pat file) and then import the definition file to a Custom Pattern instead of a Simple Pattern. Simple patterns (equal distance and same angle on all lines) can be edited directly in Revit itself but more complex patterns require the user to write a custom hatch pattern definition file (a. Much like in AutoCAD, this process of editing and importing is complicated and time consuming. To create or edit patterns in Revit now you need to edit. This is a tool used for editing existing or creating new custom patterns.