Working around model fill pattern minimum dash length
I suspect the answer to my question is, "that's impossible" but hoping someone will have a creative solution for me.
I'm trying to make a series of model type fill patterns that I can apply as a surface pattern to perforated plasterboard. Several of these patterns have circles and/or elements smaller than the minimum dash length of 8.383mm (1/3 inch). The attached .pat is an example of a pattern with 13.5mm dia holes that I originally tried to replace with circumscribing octagons...problem is the octagon sides were 5.6mm so the pattern came out looking like the attached pic. So now I'm just using squares which is unfortunate because I have a 12mm actual square pattern that looks identical now. I have another pattern with 6mm holes and another with 5mm wide slots...how am I supposed to model that??
Things I've noted:
- It is possible to make dashes smaller than 8.383mm if the space(s) is/are also smaller than 8.383mm (they never are in my patterns). If both values are below 8.383mm then Revit, for some reason I cannot divine, will switch the first dash and space (e.g. "0,0,0,6,-2" produces a 2mm dash and a 6mm space...why?).
-Dashes smaller than 8.383mm can be used in drafting type fill patterns but that doesn't help as my pattern needs to be aligned to elements, have an adjustable origin and be visible in 3D views.
Any suggestions???
I'm trying to make a series of model type fill patterns that I can apply as a surface pattern to perforated plasterboard. Several of these patterns have circles and/or elements smaller than the minimum dash length of 8.383mm (1/3 inch). The attached .pat is an example of a pattern with 13.5mm dia holes that I originally tried to replace with circumscribing octagons...problem is the octagon sides were 5.6mm so the pattern came out looking like the attached pic. So now I'm just using squares which is unfortunate because I have a 12mm actual square pattern that looks identical now. I have another pattern with 6mm holes and another with 5mm wide slots...how am I supposed to model that??
Things I've noted:
- It is possible to make dashes smaller than 8.383mm if the space(s) is/are also smaller than 8.383mm (they never are in my patterns). If both values are below 8.383mm then Revit, for some reason I cannot divine, will switch the first dash and space (e.g. "0,0,0,6,-2" produces a 2mm dash and a 6mm space...why?).
-Dashes smaller than 8.383mm can be used in drafting type fill patterns but that doesn't help as my pattern needs to be aligned to elements, have an adjustable origin and be visible in 3D views.
Any suggestions???
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, I need to see the pattern but I even...
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