Pattern Alignment

[eyalbRAPVR]

Any idea how to overcome the Revit pattern alignment issue? Even when I do it manually it is full of bugs. The snap to horizontal misses the exact horizontal line by a bit and then it is impossible to align a segment to its neighbours. It drives me crazy and wastes entire days of work doing it...

Any thoughts about this?

[martijn_pater]

Use a model pattern, tab select the pattern line(s) and then move/rotate it.

[eyalbRAPVR]

I know that. That is what I am doing. It takes ages, and many times the snap does not align to vertical or horizontal lines and then it is impossible to align. The align command simply does not work. 

[martijn_pater]

I'm unable to reconstruct the issue you're having with this from the question alone. Perhaps share the file to have a look...

[eyalbRAPVR]

I attach one such floor.

Try rotating and aligning the area cloud marked area. There are many parts that behave like this. Revit triangulated surfaces are tedious. 

[martijn_pater]

You could try aligning to the points instead of the edges... or perhaps just use regions on top, seems overly complex tbh.

[eyalbRAPVR]

Ovely complex? This is an existing pavement around an existing consevation builidng. Software should fit real needs not real needs fitting the software. 

Thanks for your help!

[barthbradley]

I wouldn't hatch it -- especially all 3700 sq. ft.  of it.  I might strategically locate hatches  for particular detail views, but I would use the View-Specific Hatches in those views.  

[eyalbRAPVR]

Thanks for your attention and effort, but you're sending me back to Autocad. This is not a BIM solution. I know how to solve 2D problems. They do not resolve the 3D ones. 

[barthbradley]

You sound wounded. Do you need medical attention? 

[eyalbRAPVR]

Oh yes! very much so. Autodesk are driving me up the wall. I am enfuriated by their attitude and lack of care for their customers. But that is not your problem. I have been working with Revit since 1999 and most problems I reported in 2001 are still there, because they are not on the "Road Map". The letter that was sent by some leading firms to Autodesk received a ridiculous resposnse, so yes, I do need my daily dosage to keep on working like this. Not my choice, but that is the reality where I work. Sorry for this tirade, but you asked...😁

[barthbradley]

Can you private message me. We need talk.  

[eyalbRAPVR]

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Eyal Bleiweiss

BIM Manager

Bar Orian Architects

44 Balfour Street

Tel Aviv 6522604, Israel

Tel: +972 74 788 44 58

www.barorian.co.il

[martijn_pater]

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@eyalbRAPVR wrote:

Ovely complex? This is an existing pavement around an existing consevation builidng. Software should fit real needs not real needs fitting the software. 

Thanks for your help.

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I meant that it seems like an overly complex geometry using modified subelements to then use a hatch/surface pattern on. So I think you should reconsider the method to model this pavement perhaps... But I guess it doens't solve your issue your having at this very moment, but I would be happy to help you along further or for a future similar situation to find a better approach.