Help to create a Pat file?

[studioPZDLB]

Hi, anyone knows how to make a Pattern file for this one, kinda like a board & batten? Thanks in advance.

[ToanDN]

Do yourself a favor and install pyRevit then you can create custom patterns easily.

https://github.com/eirannejad/pyRevit/releases

[Pattycake_Kyle · Accepted solution]

PAT File like this is actually super easy to write yourself and a great started PAT file to learn on. You can use notepad (or any text editing program) and save as a '.pat' file extension.

You can learn more about how each of the numbers act/function here: https://pattycake.io/docs/d/pat-from-scratch-intro-tutorial

For this, follow the format from the image. Change the offset value to the distance between the repeating line. Note that the 4 represents inches due to the units, and in this case, its 3" between the blue and pink lines (board exposed face), then the batten is 1" here. You then only need to adjust the "3" value which is the pink X starting location. Changing that to 3.5 would mean the batten is .5" across with 3.5" board exposed face.

Cheers, 😎

[studioPZDLB]

This worked. Thank you!

[nick_dunlevy]

What if PAT file is not an option when saving the notepad file? 

[Pattycake_Kyle]

Save as a normal text file with the .txt extension, and then rename the .txt extension to .pat manually.

Depending on your system settings/preferences, you might be able to save as "patternname.pat" directly, but be careful cause it might default to "patternname.pat.txt" (auto adding the .txt).

If you are in Windows 11, under a folder, you can go to options, then view tab, and uncheck the 'hide extensions for known filetypes' which should show you the file extensions if you don't currently have them shown. 

[jppp0329]

This is the best! thanks for this.

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