Revit Hatch Pattern - Double Vertical Lines Not Working

[lee.imbimbo86EM4]

I'm hoping someone on the forums can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong with these hatch patterns.  But I was trying to setup two basic double line hatch patterns to assist me with brick coursing and design, one horizontal, and one vertical.  I'll be honest, I always have trouble visualizing the hatch to text command nature of the patterns in CAD and REVIT, but this one seems pretty simple, and I did get the Horizontal one doing what I want.  But for whatever reason the Vertical one doesn't want to play ball.

The goal is to end up with a pretty basic modular brick coursing line that shows a double line for the mortar joint.  The Mortar Joint is exactly 3/8" and the brick spacing is divided such that three bricks and three mortar joints equals 8".  Like I said the Horizontal pattern works, and reads as follows:

*Brick_Modular_3cE8_wMortar_Horz,Brick Modular 2.29" Brick with 3/8" Mortar Joints
;%TYPE=MODEL
0, 0, 2.29166667, 0, 2.66666667
0, 0, 2.66666667, 0, 2.66666667

But when I try the Vertical one I keep getting error messages when I try to import them into Revit.  Given that the Horizontal one used the Y-Origin, and Y-Delta fields, I figured that the Vertical one would use the X-Origin and X-Delta, and effectively read as follows:

*Brick_Modular_3cE8_wMortar_Vert,Brick Modular 2.29" Brick with 3/8" Mortar Joints
;%TYPE=MODEL
0, 2.29166667, 0, 2.66666667, 0
0, 2.66666667, 0, 2.66666667, 0

Can anyone provide any insight as to what I'm doing wrong?

[barthbradley]

If it's Vertical, shouldn't the "0"s be "90"? 

[ToanDN]

Get pyRevit and you can create a custom pattern by simply drawing a few lines.

[Pattycake_Kyle · Accepted solution]

With pattycake you can visualize exactly which line is controlling what, with real-time notices for error checking.

When I plug in your values, it shows that the error is 'model patterns should have a value of .5 or greater'. (the red ! mark). This isn't a 'rule' but a guideline that PAT files have. However, you should know that offset cannot be zero (it will just think to draw the line on top of itself repeatedly). As an aside, your vertical lines should also be 90 degree numbers. We are about to launch a whole series of instructional docs that can help you understand this. And lastly, all lines should be in one .pat file as well.

I used our template to create this one, which is what i think you need:

https://pattycake.io/pat/8Gg55znvwmd

This outputs this:

Happy Pattycaking :birthday_cake::birthday_cake::birthday_cake::birthday_cake::birthday_cake::birthday_cake:

[Pattycake_Kyle · Accepted solution]

Just wanted to ping this thread for anyone stumbling across it, we completed the aforementioned tutorial.

https://pattycake.io/docs/d/pat-from-scratch-intro-tutorial

This goes part by part helping you understand PAT files a bit better. We spent a lot of time on it and hope you all find it useful! Cheers! :birthday_cake: