In previous releases osnaps would honor hatches, in 2005 they are ignored by default.

There has been a change in behavior in AutoCAD 2005 regarding the object snaps on its geometry. Any hatch pattern you find should work with any previous or future version of AutoCAD! The good news is that the hatch pattern format hasn't changed since it was first introduced years ago. Watson has donated these hatch patterns to the AutoCAD community. You may not post them online (including web sites, ftp sites, bulletin boards, and other online services) for public downloading.Ĭoursed 3',6',4' & 5' Random Length StonesĬredit: Watson Kilbourne of CompugraphX produced the highest quality hatch patterns available anywhere.You may not distribute these patterns in PAT form, instead refer associates to this page.You may place these patterns on your system and use them in your drawings.Then Select OK. See Fig 6.To download these free AutoCAD hatch patterns, simply right click on the patterns you want and choose Save Link As, then place the PAT file in a path included in your AutoCAD support paths. The pattern is imported and appears in the pattern list. The Units and import scale are displayed. See Fig 4.Ĭhoose the file in the import list. Navigate to the *.pat file and select it. In the dialogue box that appears choose the Custom option. Drafting for the annotation objects and Model for 3D objects and Elevations. First choose whether to create a Drafting or Model Hatch. From the drop down menu, select Fill patterns.

To import into Revit, select the Manage tab and choose Additional Settings. Once edited the *’pat file is saved in the same place as the revit.pat file. *HBFLEMET,Brickworkflemishbond Free patterns from %TYPE=MODEL These are Drafting or Model and *.pat file must have lines of code to accept these options, also the units of the hatch must be stated so that scaling problems do not occur. There are two options when importing a pattern file into Revit. However, a few extra lines of code need to be added before it is imported into Revit.

Revit accepts the same format Hatch pattern as AutoCAD, which is the *.pat file extension which is editable using notepad.

Free autocad hatch patterns