Hatch

[dsw98]

Is it possible to create my own hatch inside Revit? And if so how would I do so. I know I can import new ones and modify them but I need a shake type hatch and can't find what I need so I thought I would create my own if possible

[sbrown]

no, only various crosshatch and parallel patterns can be created in revit. You need something that works with autocad to create your hatch patterns.

[Chris DiSunno]

We bought this program and it works great, someone recommended it here a while back.

create your hatch pattern then load it in Revit.

www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit

[dsw98]

Well that's a bummer.

[SkiSouth]

devin, if you post an image of the shakes / pattern you need, someone here might have something close for you to add to your Revit.pat file..

[david.kingham]

This is a great program to create hatchs if you have autocad http://www.cadopolis.com/autocad_addons/GlobalCAD_Hatch-Manager.shtml

[dsw98]

devin, if you post an image of the shakes / pattern you need, someone here might have something close for you to add to your Revit.pat file..

It's basicly a cedar shake but at the end it's a half round instead of squared off.

[Justin Marchiel]

here is a lisp file that i download from cadalyst website. They have a webpage (http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=6735) that contains tip from readers, some of them being lisp files.

The way that the file works is that you draw a 1x1 box and sketch your pattern in it. the program then converts that into a hatch pattern file. from there is understand that you can copy the coding from the acad *.pat file and into REVITs pattern file.

Been awhile since i last used this lisp, but it works really well in acad, so i guess if the pattern works there, it should come over to REVIT fairly well.

Justin

[SkiSouth]

Devin,

Look at THESE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=16789&highlight=hatch)and see if any are what you need. (about the fourth response down - you'll need to create a model pattern with them)

[dsw98]

Devin,

Look at THESE (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=16789&highlight=hatch)and see if any are what you need. (about the fourth response down - you'll need to create a model pattern with them)

Those will work, Thanks Ski South