pat File - Hexagon

[redcornpoppy]

I am trying to create a custom pat file and not having luck. It is a stretched hexagon. I started with a honeycomb pat file that I found on revitforum, but now I need something more accurate. I tried writing my own, but it tells me no pattern found. I  have attached my file so far, as well as an image of my desired shape (custom tile). I don't know why pat files confuse my brain so much.

Thanks!

[hugha · Accepted solution]

Assuming no gaps, try this:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;        Written by HatchKit Professional
;        HatchKit Professional (c)1990-2016 Cadro Pty Ltd
;        www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date                                   : 2017-05-05
;-Time                                   : 1:41:28 PM
;-HatchKit Version                       : 3.1.9.2674
;-HatchKit Output Filetype               : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*honeycomb
;%TYPE=MODEL
39.2894068625,0,0,257.375981862,-1.2664755805,14.213,-341.103760089
0,11,9,25,-9,14,-36
-39.2894068625,0,0,97.940778227,-1.2664755805,14.213,-341.103760089

There are only three segments because the template arrangement can be skewed rather than rectangular.

hth,

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au

[redcornpoppy]

Awesome! Thank you so much. Perfect!

[Anonymous]

Hey! Great pat file. Works like a charm. I tried to recreate it for a symetrical hexagon with 12.5sm side, but I couldn.t figure out how you got the numbers in red, so I couldn't calculate them in my case. Could you help out and explain how to get the needed numbers? Thanks a lot.

[hugha]

The regular hexagon pattern HONEY in ACAD.PAT could do the job for you. 

*HONEY, Honeycomb pattern
0, 0,0, .1875,.108253175, .125,-.25
120, 0,0, .1875,.108253175, .125,-.25
60, 0,0, .1875,.108253175, -.25,.125

Scale all numbers on each line (apart from the first number - the angle)  to suit.

 Hugh

[Anonymous]

It worked. Thanks!

Do you generate them automaticaly and is there a free software that does that from a drawing, or you have to do the calculations yourself?

[hugha]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It worked. Thanks!

Do you generate them automaticaly and is there a free software that does that from a drawing, or you have to do the calculations yourself?

---

Hatchkit automatically generates the pattern from a drawing.

You can try that out by running our demonstration version available here.

The full version however is not free.

best,

Hugh

[gabrod31]

Can someone make this a hatch? I have figured out everything but the delta x,y for the 30 degree lines, I can't figure out. 

[hugha]

This nested fill uses a 70 deg bevel at either end of a 5.5" x 3" tile. 

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Written by HatchKitCS
; HatchKitCS (c)1990-2016 Cadro Pty Ltd
; www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date : 23/08/2017
;-Time : 5:11:54 PM
;-HatchKitCS Version : 3.1.10.2730
;-HatchKitCS Output Filetype : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*Entities,DXF Entity Section
;%TYPE=MODEL
0,0.54596,0,4.9540446486,-1.5,4.4081,-5.4999892972
70.0260904519,0,1.5,319.184266954,0.0445555050545,1.5963,-331.968181597
-70.0260904519,0,1.5,319.184266954,-0.044555505054,1.5963,-331.968181597

This pattern consists of 3 elements on a skewed arrangement whereas a rectangular arrangement would require 6 elements.

hth

[gabrod31]

hugha,

Thanks so much. It works perfectly! I just couldn't figure out the x and y offsets. 

[JNM2013]

Sorry not getting how you get some of the numbers, can you explain it a little more? I have a tile pattern the designer wants in the file. It is 8" tall x 6" wide but in a hexagon pattern angle is 63.43495.

Don't understand how you obtained these values 39.2894068625,0,0,257.375981862,-1.2664755805,14.213,-341.103760089

Thanks

[hugha]

Happy to:

1. Open a HatchKit Editor.
2. Set a 2" grid with GridSnap on
3. Snap lines from 0,0 to 2,4, then to 4,4, then to 6,0
4. Set arrangement vectors from 0,0 to 4,4 and from 0,0 to 6,0
5. Name and Save.

Result:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Written by HatchKitCS
; HatchKitCS (c)1990-2017 Cadro Pty Ltd
; www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date : 16/11/2017
;-Time : 10:40:28 AM
;-HatchKitCS Version : 3.1.10.2730
;-HatchKitCS Output Filetype : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*8by6hexTile
*;%TYPE=MODEL
63.434948823,0,0,4.472135955,-1.490711985,3.7268,-11.18031985
0,1.6667,3.3333,-3.xxx-xxxxxxxx,-3.xxx-xxxxxxxx,1.6667,-4.xxx-xxxxxxxx
-63.4349488228,3.3333,3.3333,10.434983895,-1.xxx-xxxxxxxx,3.7268,-11.18031985

hth,

Hugh

[hugha]

The posted pattern is wrong - blaming my new glasses 🙂

Try this instead:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Written by HatchKitCS
; HatchKitCS (c)1990-2016 Cadro Pty Ltd
; www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date : 16/11/2017
;-Time : 12:05:35 PM
;-HatchKitCS Version : 3.1.10.2730
;-HatchKitCS Output Filetype : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*8by6hexTile
;%TYPE=MODEL
63.4349488229,0,0,5.366563146,-1.788854382,4.4721,-13.41644382
0,2,4,4,4,2,-6
-63.4349488229,4,4,5.366563146,1.788854382,4.4721,-13.41644382

[JNM2013]

Thanks, works great. Wish I understood the math better.

[jsanders]

Hello,

Has anyone got a .pat file for the regular honeycomb pattern ? I've been trying to find it for the past 30 minutes but no luck. I don't understand why it's not implemented in Revit in the first place.

I've tried adding the acad.pat file and other honeycomb.pat files from RevitCity but I ALWAYS get this error message : "IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND PATTERN TYPE MODEL"

Please help me thanks.

EDIT : For future reference, this is the text in the pat file that doesn't work :

;%UNITS=MM
;%VERSION=3.0

*HONEY, Honeycomb pattern
0, 0, 0, 1.875, 1.0825317547305483084546539634412, 1.25, -2.5
120, 0, 0, 1.875, 1.0825317547305483084546539634412, 1.25, -2.5
60, 0, 0, 1.875, 1.0825317547305483084546539634412, -2.5, 1.25

And the pat files that are found in the solution work for Revit 2019 but I don't want that specific pat file I'm searching for the regular hexagon pattern.

[hugha]

try this, what you need to make the pattern recognised as a MODEL pattern is the highlighted line immediately following the pattern name:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;        Written by HatchKit Team Edition
;        HatchKit Team Edition (c)1990-2019 Cadro Pty Ltd
;        www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date                                   : 2019-03-25
;-Time                                   : 17:29:00
;-HatchKit Team Edition Version          : 3.1.11.2776
;-HatchKit Team Edition Output Filetype  : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*HONEY,Honeycomb pattern
;%TYPE=MODEL
-60,-0.0625,0.10825,0.1875,0.10825,0.125,-0.25
60,0.125,0.21651,0.1875,0.10825,0.125,-0.25
0,0,0,0.1875,-0.10825,0.125,-0.25

hope this helps,

Hugh Adamson

[jose4C42K]

Hi! Could you please help with the one attached?

[hugha]

Try this:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Written by HatchKit 4 Standard Edition
; HatchKit 4 Standard Edition (c)1990-2021 Cadro Pty Ltd
; www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date : 2021-04-16
;-Time : 02:25:49
;-HatchKit 4 Version : 4.1.1.2998
;-HatchKit 4 Output Filetype : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*FlatHex,
;%TYPE=MODEL
0,1.6667,1.6667,8.33333333,1.66666667,6.6667,-10
0,1.6667,-1.6667,8.33333333,1.66666667,6.6667,-10
45,0,0,-9.42809041,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041
45,8.3333,-1.6667,-9.42809041,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041
135,10,0,-2.35702260,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041
135,1.6667,-1.6667,-2.35702260,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041

hth,

Hugh Adamson

[hugha]

Or this:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Written by HatchKit 4 Standard Edition
; HatchKit 4 Standard Edition (c)1990-2021 Cadro Pty Ltd
; www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date : 2021-04-16
;-Time : 02:25:49
;-HatchKit 4 Version : 4.1.1.2998
;-HatchKit 4 Output Filetype : Revit with HatchKit Add-In
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;%VERSION=3.0
;%UNITS=INCH
*FlatHex,
;%TYPE=MODEL
0,1.6667,1.6667,8.33333333,1.66666667,6.6667,-10
45,0,0,-9.42809041,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041
135,10,0,-2.35702260,2.35702260,2.357,-9.42809041

which by eliminating elements that overlay halves the pattern "weight".

This result cannot be obtained by generators requiring a rectangular arrangement of the pattern template.

hth,

Hugh Adamson

[vjimen01]

Hello, 

 anyone have a Hexagon pattern the is DASHED. 

Trying to use this pattern for demolition. 

-Thanks Val