Rotated Filled Region??

[greg.gebert978266]

I just did a ridge detail that had rigid insulation. I used the OOTB rigid insulation detail component. When I rotated the rigid insulation the filled region hatch pattern didn't rotate. Is there a setting that will make the hatch rotate with the detail component?

[patricks]

Unfortunately that is not possible with detail components. The Align to Element feature for fill patterns only works with model elements.

[greg.gebert978266]

Unfortunately that is not possible with detail components. The Align to Element feature for fill patterns only works with model elements.

I thought I was just missing a check box or something somewhere. Thanks!

[t1.shep]

Supposedly you can use model patterns to accomplish this. However, I always seem to have an issue with the fill pattern being too dense.

does anyone know how to easily rotate a drafting pattern? i.e. if I want to create a detail line component (based on the OOTB rigid insulation family) and use an existing drafting hatch pattern that also runs horizontal. I want to rotate the pattern so that it is perpendicular to the length of the insulation...

[nancy.mcclure]

I believe you would have to create a new PAT file with the rotated orientation in the line definition. Not great, as angled/faceted lines require really complex PAT file definitions that typically must be generated by a program, not by a simple .txt conversion. I use HatchKitPro, and it's worked pretty well for me.

[JohnCAVogt]

Regarding model patterns being too dense, I just discovered this trick. If you want lines 1/8" apart, the code would be this:

0, 0, 0, 0, 0.125

but revit calls that too dense. So if you do this:

0, 0, 0, 0, 0.5
0, 0, 0.125, 0, 0.5
0, 0, 0.25, 0, 0.5
0, 0, 0.375, 0, 0.5

Revit thinks the lines are 1/2" apart, and accepts it, and doesn't notice that you get the same results with 4 sets of lines offset from each other by 1/8"