Reflected Ceiling Plan Pattern

[m_cahoon14336]

I am trying to graphically distinguish between two different type of 2 x 2 lay-in-ceiling tiles. One is a typical acoustical type. The other is a a wshable gypsum product, vinylrock. Is it possible to add a light sand surface pattern and still keep the 2x2 grid pattern? How can I do this? Thanks

[PeterJ]

If this is just an indication on an RCP then think about using your sand texture as a transparent filled region over the areas you need to show that way and leave the washable vinyl bits in just a grid, but use the grid model pattern for all areas of ceiling.

If you want to use this idea for 3D views then you'll need to model all the sand in a 2x2 tile area and that would be time consuming, but if you want to try it the quick way would be to isolate the descriptions of sand and squares in the pat file and then bring the two together. It'll take a lot of trial and error. The quickest route will be to take whatever tile size the sand uses, work that out and then wrap a square around it, which is not too hard in the pattern definition syntax, then import that and scale up to make the square your 2x2 size, it will be very open textured sand but it should convey the flavour of what you intend.

[LRaiz]

Each pattern needs to be either a model pattern or a drafting one. It is not possible to have single pattern combine properties of both. 2 x 2 pattern is model, sand is drafting so you can not get exactly what you ask. However you can get something quite close by making a new pattern based on existing 2 x 2 by adding to it an additional sequence of lines. You can combine two existing model patterns into one or design your own.

[sbrown]

You have to know how to combine the sand hatch pattern and the ceiling together in note pad. Here is an example of a splitface block

[Steve Cashman]

This type of need comes up in our firm often. I would be nice if it was easier to accomplish than what was described here. Most of my architects are NOT techies. For Revit to be really successful in the architectural community, it needs to be geared, in most ways, to the non-technical architects. I really believe they are the majority. We had enough of the world of AutoCAD and complexity. I want us to focus on architecture, not CAD or BIM.