Revit Pattern (.pat) Source File

You may remember a handout a colleague of mine, Doug, created explaining view depths.  Well, he created another super informative handout about Revit pattern (.pat) files.  Additionally, he created a Revit source file that contains a bunch of pattern files!  Doug was nice enough to let me share it with all of you.

Enjoy...

Revit Tutorial - Creating and Modifying Surface Patterns ( .pat files)

Surface patterns and filled regions are a very important part of CD's in Revit. I refuse to call them "hatch patterns" for obvious reasons but they are essentially the same thing (only better).  Model Patterns are very powerful when used correctly and can save loads of time, energy, and money.  I have copied/altered/pasted from the default Revit .pat file to break it down a bit and give you an understanding of how to create your own simple pattern.  I also made a video at the end of the post to help you understand.  First, find the default Revit .pat file.  In 2011, it is located at:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2011\Data

The pattern we are going to create is a 24"x144" running metal panel.  To edit the .pat file simply open it in notebook.  Instead of showing you those lovely notepad lines full of text I made a nice little table to graphically understand what to do:



This pattern is called "24x144 Metal Panel"; you will see this name when you import it into Revit. It is
a model pattern. It has two families of lines. The first family creates the horizontal coursing: