Aligning hatches

[herohair]

Hey all, I'm currently learning and playing about with revit to see what I can do with it.
At the moment I am modelling the steeple of a church my colleague is working on in CAD. It seems okay, but is there any way to align hatch patterns independantly on each face of an object?
The attached image shows my problem. I modelled the tower with a square base and an octagonal section on top of that. Where the corner slopes up to top section I modeled in place with a blend set as a wall object, then joined the lot together.

When it comes to assigning materials though, the slope goes mad. In elevation, each course needs to be horizontal, which means I need to realign the hatch on the sloped part only.

Any ideas?

***Update***
After a bit of a play, I have found I can use the align tool to sort the hatching on the walls, and if I edit the blend in place I can do the same to the vertical sides of the blend, but still can't align the slope hatch. What gives?

[cliff collins]

Try setting the workplane to the plane of the triangular piece where the hatch needs alignment.

Then, you should be able to Tab and select the lines in the fill pattern and rotate them.

Worth a shot.

Another method would be to create a Mass, then convert the face to a wall or roof, then see how the pattern aligns.

cheers

[herohair]

Try setting the workplane to the plane of the triangular piece where the hatch needs alignment.

Then, you should be able to Tab and select the lines in the fill pattern and rotate them.

cheers

That hasn't worked I'm afraid. When I edit the mass in place and select it, I can select any of the hatch lines to use as alignment - they highlight with no problem.
When I pick one of the hatch lines on the sloping part as a refernce then pick one of the hatch lines on the vertical side, the side hatch aligns to the slope hatch. So it works that way, but obviously I don't want to align to the slope hatching.
When I try it the other way, I can select the side hatch as reference, and I can also pick the slope hatch to align, but nothing happens, even with the work plane orientated to the slope.

[jhansen.143877]

Setting the work plane solved a problem I've been fighting with for months!
Thanks!