I also downloaded the Batt Insulation hatch pattern from Revit City and found that it was a defined as a Model Pattern not a Drafting Pattern (see Batt Insulation BOLD/Underlined text below).
*Batt Insulation, Batt insulation ;%TYPE=MODEL 161.57,1,1,7.59,2.53,-56.92,6.32 18.43,-1,1,-7.59,2.53,-56.92,6.32 108.43,1,1,-20.24,2.53,18.97,-44.27 71.57,-1,1,20.24,2.53,18.97,-44.27
You need to open the PAT file and change the word MODEL to DRAFTING, although it is not case sensitive so it can be upper lower or a combination of both.
Mel Persin, aia - adjunct instructor BIM-Revit Technology
Oakton Community College - Skokie, IL USA
I stand corrected on my last statement in the response I posted. The defined type of pattern (MODEL or DRAFTING) must be capitalized.
My apologies!
Mel Persin, aia - Adjunct Instructor BIM-Revit Technologies
Oakton Community College - Skokie, IL USA
David,
It is more complicated than you think. The Batt Insulation hatch pattern on the RevitCity website is an AutoCAD PAT file and about 12X to large (it is in feet as suggested by anothers post). Also, this pattern as a drafting pattern is only usable in a horizontal wall (see file Batt Insul Hatch Pattern.pdf attached).
Why aren't y9ou using the Insulation tool on the Annotate tab to fill in your walls, instead of using a Filled Region. Drafting patterns are not scalable or can they be rotated as a Model pattern.
I think you are taking the wrong approach trying to use a hatch pattern, model or drafting, to fill in your walls in plan, section or callouts.
Mel Persin, aia - Adjunct Instdructor BIM - Revit Technologies
Oakton Community College - Skokie, IL USA
Actually I think what he is trying to do is add a batt hatch pattern to his wall type to automagically hatch insulated walls with the batt pattern. It's a great idea however I dont believe there is a way to align or scale a pattern depending on wall orientation, since batt is a pattern that needs to be aligned with the wall to display correctly I dont think it will have the desired result, even if you did find a good batt pattern to use. I've been wanting to do the same thing and the only solution I could come up with was to use a different hatch pattern such as cross hatch (which isn't idea as it looks like masonry) or a grey hatch pattern.