Hi guys,
Does anyone know if there is a way to put a word as the hatch pattern in a hatch? I'm doing a flooring legend and I'm using hardwoods, tile, ect. and I wanted to use those words as the hatch pattern.
Thanks guys
It is but it is not that easy (hopefully someone will prove me wrong). You could create a new hatch pattern in autocad that would have text in it (you can check procedure here: http://www.cad-addict.com/2009/04/autocad-how-to-create-custom-hatch.html). Then you can use the pat file to import it into Revit and use it.
You can try the HatchKit add-in from the Revit app store. Or, create a family with a parametric array of a piece of text (on top a hatch pattern if you need that too).
Do I understand you correctly? You want the words “Hardwood Flooring” to be repeated over and over again – over the entire surface area of the floor?
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile,
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile
I guess you want it to be a Model Pattern so it will remain readable at all drawing scales; right?
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If Revit's material tags don't float your boat and you have AutoCAD then AutoCAD's "Explode Text" Express Tool will create a bunch of polylines that, cleaned up, can be saved as DXF to be opened and arranged at a suitable spacing within HatchKit. If you have AutoCAD LT you can do much the same but only with SHX fonts.
Be wary of creating overly complex patterns that will weigh down the project. Those from simpler SHX fonts will be far lighter.
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