Model vs Drafting pattern in sloping surface
When you write ceiling family does that mean a family built in the family editor or one using the Ceiling tool?
Generally a Drafting Pattern is intended for 2D representation because it does not scale, in the same way that we used to apply a sticky back pattern from the art supply store in the old days of drafting. The patterns are defined according to a printed size, not a real world dimension like 24x48 ceiling tiles for example.
Model Patterns do scale in views and attempt to respect a 3D view's vanishing point, appearing to get closer and closer together the further into the distance the view they are drawn.
Steve Stafford
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Well... I just did some testing in 2018.3 and a ceiling created using Sketch Ceiling AND assigning one side to Defines Slope before finishing the sketch is creating a result where the pattern is rotated arbitrarily.
If I create the ceiling and finish sketch first the pattern is oriented correctly. Then using edit to define a slope it does not alter the orientation.
That's weird...
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You miss the subtlety I'm writing about... I'm slightly familiar with the basics 🙂
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