When making a Revit style, we’re continuously required so as to add main points to supply knowledge or make the style appears compelling. One element that we continuously upload is patterns (or hatches in AutoCAD).
We will be able to upload a trend for a Spanish roof like the picture underneath.

Making a Style Trend
To create this roof trend, you will have to have a roof style trend. You’ll obtain the trend document I exploit on this article right here.
Drafting vs. Style Trend
Revit has two kinds of patterns: drafting patterns and style patterns, and each appear equivalent. What’s the distinction?

Drafting Trend
Drafting patterns are annotations. It method the patterns supply additional info to the style, however it’s no longer a part of the style itself – as an example, the concrete trend or brick trend in segment perspectives. Drafting trend dimension will regulate the scale in step with the view scale.
The picture underneath presentations the similar view in numerous scales. The patterns regulate the dimensions to verify they’re visual.

Style Trend
Style patterns are the real illustration of our style—as an example, flooring trend, ceiling trend, roof tile, and so forth.
The view scale doesn’t have an effect on style trend dimension. For the reason that trend dimension presentations the real-world object dimension. 400×400 mm flooring tile all the time presentations as 400×400 mm.
AutoCAD Hatch Conversion to Drafting Trend or Style Trend
You’ll use AutoCAD hatch from a PAT document in Revit. However earlier than the use of it, you wish to have so as to add the next parameter within the PAT document.
For a drafting trend:
;%TYPE=DRAFTING
For a style trend:
;%TYPE=MODEL
Upload the parameter in an instant after the trend title, like within the instance underneath.

Uploading a Customized Trend
You’ll import patterns via getting access to from the Arrange tab> Settings> Further Settings> Fill Patterns.

Make a choice Style Trend as the kind, then click on New Fill Trend.

Outline as follows:
- Revit gets the trend title from the PAT document, however you’ll be able to rename it later. Alternate the trend kind to customized.
- Click on browse to seek out the ready PAT document.
- Normally, hatch recordsdata are within the Inch unit. If you happen to use every other size unit, enter your import scale right here.

Click on OK.
This roof trend is outlined.
Defining Roof End Subject material
We outlined the roof trend. Now we want to outline the fabric and use that trend to constitute a roof subject material.
You’ll get admission to the Subject material Browser device within the Arrange tab> Settings panel.

Let’s create new subject material for the roof. You’ll create a brand new subject material via clicking Create New Subject material on the backside left of the Subject material Browser conversation.

Within the Identification tab, rename the fabric.

Within the Graphics tab, in finding the Floor Trend class and Foreground subcategory. Click on the empty field subsequent to the trend parameter, then select the trend that you simply created earlier than.

Defining Roof Circle of relatives Kind
The final step is defining the roof kind. Whilst you create a roof, click on Edit Kind within the Homes Palette.

- Click on Reproduction to make a brand new roof kind. Supply an appropriate title.
- Click on Edit subsequent to the Construction parameter.

Outline the roof construction, then substitute the fabric with the Spanish tile that we outlined earlier than.

Spanish Tile Roof Outcome
You are going to see the Spanish tile roof trend in the event you outline the entirety as it should be. Realize that the trend follows the slope path. You don’t have to prepare it manually.

Video Information
You’ll discuss with the next video in case you have difficulties following the stairs above.
