How to use Pat file into Sketchup drawing
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Please anybody tell me how to convert *.pat files (Hatch files) into jpg format or directly how can I use them in Sketchup.
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You can't, BUT my 2D Tools Hatching has a collection of PAT files as jpgs...
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@tig said:
You can't, BUT my 2D Tools Hatching has a collection of PAT files as jpgs...
Hello Tig
Thanks I have installed the 2D Tool Plugins. Thanks for the wonderful work.
But how did you made those jpgs from pat files. I have downloaded some *.pat files. Now I want to use them or I would like to put them in your 2D Tools Hatching folder. How shall I do that. Will you suggest.
Regards
Milan -
The easiest (?) way is to fill an area in AutoCad or Revit with the pattern and export the result as a raster file, and then use a raster editor to crop or duplicate the file so that it creates a seamless texture. I don't know of non-Autodesk software that uses the same pattern files, although some of the available "clones" might.
The pattern file structure is very simple, as the patterns consist of a series of (dashed) lines in various directions. I don't know of a viewer, but writing one should be a piece of cake for a programmer.
Anssi
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