Convert all your AutoCAD Hatch To Model Fill Patterns for Revit using Dynamo

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CONVERT MANUALLY

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As we all know in order to use AutoCAD hatch in Revit, we can convert them manually by adding following;

;%TYPE=DRAFTING
;%TYPE=MODEL
;%UNITS=MM
;%UNITS=INCH

This is one of the example.

1. At First Download FREE AutoCAD Hatch Patterns from http://www.cadhatch.com/

2. Then open your ".pat" file using NOTEPAD and then add ";%UNITS=MM " and
";%TYPE=MODEL" to your ".pat" file as shown in the picture.

3. Then launch your Revit do the following steps;

That's all !

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USING DYNAMO

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The above method is good for when you have one or two .pat file. For instance if I have more than ±50 .pat file and I want to convert them all. I let you estimate the time, That how much time you’ve spent to finished the particular task. The following screenshot shown that I have 49 .pat file. Which I can convert all of them in less than 1 second using Dynamo.



Using Dynamo to Convert all AutoCAD Hatch To Model Fill Patterns for Revit is pretty simple. Below is how it can be done;

1. Download FREE AutoCAD Hatch Patterns from this http://www.cadhatch.com/

2. Launch Dynamo and click on new file (i am using Dynamo version of 0.9.0.3067) [Note: You don’t have to open Revit in order to open Dynamo. Just create a shortcut file using “C:\Program Files\Dynamo 0.9\DynamoSandbox.exe”]

3. Add the following nodes then run

You may refer to video as well;

Download this script from here