Custom Surface Pattern

[sroy]

I am in the process of learning Revit by creating a project that was recently done in ACA 2008. I was asked to do this as part of a learning excercise to see how Revit would work and for evaluation of the software..

One of the first things I came up against is that the wall type that I am creating has a cast stone base with a patten as shown in the attachment.

Is there anyway to get this converted to a hatch pattern that I can use as a surface pattern in Revit? I have seen discussions about hatch pattern generators, but since we are using this just as a learning process, I don't think I would be able to purchase any software for this use at this time.

If there are any other options to get this so that it shows up in my elevation let me know.

Shawn

[Andre Carvalho]

If you are using it in ACAD, you probably have this in a *.pat file. If you edit the wall material > Surface Pattern > Drafting (or Model) > New > Custom > Import > select the *.pat file containing the pattern you want.

Andre Carvalho

[sroy]

I sorry that I forgot to clarify one thing. This is not a current hatch pattern, it is just a block. So I am trying to figure out how to first convert to .pat file and then into revit.

[jeffh]

I posted a LSP file that can be run to create a PAT file from something you have drawn. You might want to try that and see if it get the results you are looking for. The LSP file is posted in this thread.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=79856

About 1/2 down you will see a post from me with an LSP file attached.

Remember if you want to use the generated PAT file as a model pattern in Revit you will have to modify the PAT file using notepad so Revit can read it as a model pattern. See help file on how to modify a PAT file to be used as a model pattern.

[hugh.69031]

For some reason I can't see the attachment you mentioned but for evaluation purposes there should be a suitable stone pattern amongst those already linked to here:

http://www.hatchkit.com.au/HatLinks.php

Otherwise to save some time you can convert almost any AutoCAD block to a Revit hatch pattern by transferring to HatchKit via Clipboard or DXF then arranging and saving in Revit model or drafting format for loading to Revit as described above by Andre Carvalho.



Hugh Adamson
www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit (http://www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit)