They wrote a LISP program that can generate the. You can just grab the hatch definition and save the pattern to your local drive, thanks to Tee Square Graphics. Now what if you receive a drawing with custom hatch pattern inside it? You want to use the hatch pattern, but you don’t have the pat file. This AutoLISP command is available on Cadalyst website. If it still doesn’t work, it looks like you need to try other alternatives. You may try to simplify it and try to create it again. Sometimes it doesn’t work well when you have a very complex pattern. This is a pattern I created in few seconds. Select objects within the rectangle then save the pattern file. You need to draw new entity.Īfter you finish creating the objects, you can run this command. Apparently this method doesn’t work well. I tried to copy object to this location and try to convert it. You need to draw what you want as pattern here.

This command will create 1×1 rectangle at coordinate 0,0. Once you load the LISP program there will be two new commands available. It is a very convenient way to create a pattern graphically. This free AutoLISP program is available on Cadalyst. However, there is an easier way if you need to create custom complex hatch pattern. You can check this tutorial if you want to know how it’s done.

But if you can’t find it anyway, it’s time to create your own custom hatch.Ĭreating simple hatch is quite easy. There are many resources to download custom hatch pattern. Then Select OK.AutoCAD come with default hatch patterns. The pattern is imported and appears in the pattern list. The Units and import scale are displayed. Navigate to the *.pat file and select it.Ĭhoose the file in the import list. In the dialogue box that appears choose the Custom option. Drafting for the annotation objects and Model for 3D objects and Elevations. First choose whether to create a Drafting or Model Hatch. From the drop down menu, select Fill patterns To import into Revit select the Manage tab and choose Additional Settings. Once edited the *’pat file is saved in the same place as the revit.pat file. *HBFLEMET,Brickworkflemishbond Free patterns from %TYPE=MODEL These are Drafting or Model and *.pat file must have lines of code to accept these options, also the units of the hatch must be stated so that scaling problems do not occur. There are two options when importing a pattern file into Revit. However a few extra lines of code need to be added before it is imported into Revit. Revit accepts the same format Hatch pattern as AutoCAD, which is the *.pat file extension which is editable using notepad.

Custom hatch patterns in autocad