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I previously posted a way to generate PAT files from an exported DWG file. One of the comments to that post gives a great alternative method – so unique it actually made me smile. You may have noticed…
You have a Revit file with some custom hatch patterns (filled regions / fill patterns) in it. You want to turn them into PAT files for re-use in AutoCAD or some other drafting program. Here’s how: Mak…
Do you love or hate Revit Fill Patterns? Here is a collection of some tips and tricks related to Fill Patterns, or ‘hatching’ in AutocadSpeak. Overview On your system, open up your Revit installation …
The German Autodesk AEC team have put together a step by step tutorial on exporting a PAT file from AutoCAD and then importing it into Revit. They have even shown how to correctly scale the imported P…