Hardcore and crushed stone fill hatch pattern for Revit and AutoCAD (.PAT)
- Kind
- Drafting symbol (section hatch)
- Group
- Ground and fill
- Repeat cell
- 10 × 10 mm (on paper)
- Scale
- Same size at every view scale
- Revit · drafting patternMH_SYM_HARDCORE_DRAFTING.patPaper size; reads the same on 1:20, 1:50 and 1:100 views. Load it under Fill Patterns › Drafting.
- AutoCAD · millimetresMH_SYM_HARDCORE.patDrawn at paper size: set the hatch scale to the drawing scale (50 for 1:50).
- AutoCAD · inchesMH_SYM_HARDCORE_IN.patFor drawings in inches; the same scale rule.
Load it in Revit
- On the ribbon,
Manage › Additional Settings › Fill Patterns. - Under Pattern Type pick the file’s kind: Model for a model pattern, Drafting for a drafting pattern.
New fill pattern › Custom › Import…, choose the .pat file and the pattern in its list; keep the import scale at 1.00.- Use it as a material’s surface or cut pattern, or in a filled region type.
Load it in AutoCAD
- Save the .pat file in a folder listed under
OPTIONS › Files › Support File Search Path. - Start HATCH; the pattern appears in the pattern list under its own name.
- Keep the file name: AutoCAD finds the pattern by it.
Model or drafting pattern?
A model pattern is real size: a 215 mm brick is 215 mm in the file and grows and shrinks with the model as the view scale changes. A drafting pattern is paper size and stays the same on the sheet at every scale, so the view scale it was drawn for is in its file name. Use the model pattern for a material’s real surface and the drafting pattern for a symbolic fill in section.
Earth (natural ground)
Gravel
Sand