Scott D Davis
2005-09-26, 11:21 PM
September 2005 (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=23733) Batch Plotting with Adobe Acrobat
Submitted by Aaron Rumple - Kennedy Associates, Inc.
Since development was halted on the Revit PDF driver, print quality using it has degraded with each release as others have noted. We've had lots of trouble getting the high quality linework we want. Unfortunately Revit doesn't play nice with Acrobat and won't batch plot individual files with automatic naming. However I've finally worked up a solution which is giving me excellent control of file size and plot quality. Click HERE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=23733) to see Aaron’s solution!
October 2005 (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=26050) Get a pattern from an AutoCAD file
Submitted by user “dgraue” – Santa Monica, CA.
This does not refer to customizing hatch patterns, but if you have a particular hatch pattern in autocad you want to use in Revit, there is a quick way to load it. In autocad draw a rectangular polyline and fill it with the hatch pattern you want (you may need to adjust the scale of this hatch), save it and import this dwg file into Revit...then explode the dwg. Now this hatch pattern can now be found in the model pattern type of your Fill Patterns in Revit. I've found this to be helpful when I need a new hatch pattern on the fly. Click HERE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=26050) to see dgraue’s post!
Submitted by Aaron Rumple - Kennedy Associates, Inc.
Since development was halted on the Revit PDF driver, print quality using it has degraded with each release as others have noted. We've had lots of trouble getting the high quality linework we want. Unfortunately Revit doesn't play nice with Acrobat and won't batch plot individual files with automatic naming. However I've finally worked up a solution which is giving me excellent control of file size and plot quality. Click HERE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=23733) to see Aaron’s solution!
October 2005 (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=26050) Get a pattern from an AutoCAD file
Submitted by user “dgraue” – Santa Monica, CA.
This does not refer to customizing hatch patterns, but if you have a particular hatch pattern in autocad you want to use in Revit, there is a quick way to load it. In autocad draw a rectangular polyline and fill it with the hatch pattern you want (you may need to adjust the scale of this hatch), save it and import this dwg file into Revit...then explode the dwg. Now this hatch pattern can now be found in the model pattern type of your Fill Patterns in Revit. I've found this to be helpful when I need a new hatch pattern on the fly. Click HERE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=26050) to see dgraue’s post!