Aligning hatch patterns on a curved surface PDF Print E-mail
Written by jstott1070   
Thursday, 22 January 2009 08:55

Hatch patterns can be manually positioned on a wall to suit brick coursing or other setting-out requirements.  Normally you do this in an elevation view or 3D view using either the 'Move' tool or the 'Align' tool.

If you have a curved surface (like the one shown here), it is not possible to adjust the vertical lines in an elevation view or 3D view with the above mentioned methods.

 

Here are the steps you need to follow to adjust curved hatching...

 

To adjust the horizontal lines, select a hatch line in elevation or 3D view.

Select Wall Hatch

 

 

Move Tool

Select the move tool and  manually move the hatch line down until it snaps to teh head of the reveal.

 

Move wall hatch

 

 The vertical hatch alignment updates as shown below.

Hatch updates

If you try this process for the vertical lines it will not work.  Instead, select a vertical hatch line as shown below.

Select vertical line in 3D

 

Pick Rotate ToolThis time, pick the Rotate tool and you will see snaps appearing if you hover over the base of the wall as shown below.  Click on the end point at the reveal to adjust the vertical placement of the hatching.

 

Rotate along base of wall

 The vertical hatch line will update to the new location.

 

Vertical hatching snaps to reveal

 

 

 
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 November 2009 18:33 )
 

Comments  

 
0 #4 Adam L 2009-06-22 16:43 Nice - I was so thrilled when i found this.
Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to work on my in-place swept blend ceiling.

Any alternatives? Quote
 
 
0 #3 admin 2009-02-13 16:01 hi Rx1,
Ive just tried it in 2008 and it worked ok for me. You mentioned using Align. This won't work. You have to use the move tool… and the rotate tool for the vertical lines.

To create a wall cladding hatch pattern simply go through the following steps:

1. Go to Settings > Fill Patterns…
2. At the bottom, under Pattern Type, make sure 'Model' is selected then click 'New…'
3. Give the pattern a name (such as 600mm Horizontal)
4. Set Line Angle at '0'
5. Set Line Spacing 1 at 600mm
6. Keep clicking Ok to exit and complete the new pattern.
7. Modify your wall material to use this hatch pattern on the surface.

You now have a wall style with 600mm horizontal cladding lines. Quote
 
 
0 #2 Rx1 2009-02-05 20:51 It doesn`t seem possible in Revit Architecture 2008 to align hatch pattern with anything… - I tried that with newly created hatch pattern but it`s not working.
When I tried that with predefined brick hatching, it moves all hatching to align with one selected line or construction.

Or another question, how can I create pattern that will represent linear cladding in 1000 - 900 - 600mm distance (different panel sizes used for a cladding). Quote
 
 
0 #1 jstott1070 2009-01-27 21:12 Quote
 

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