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01-14-2014, 08:30 AM #1
running bond brick hatch required
Can anyone tell me how to produce this hatch for vector view?
The size is actually 36"hx12"h, it is a stonetile cladding. I have offset tile by 12" each row.David Skogg
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01-14-2014, 09:38 AM #2
David:
Couldn't you make a copy of the CMU material and just resize it to 36 x 12?Curt Johnson
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01-14-2014, 10:01 AM #3
HI Curtis, i could resize but what about the stagger of the pattern?
David Skogg
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01-14-2014, 10:15 AM #4Registered User Promoted
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Google "Acme brick masonry designer" and download the program for free, then install to your PC - takes seconds. It has many brick/block textures/colours and can reproduce the offset running bond you want. You then just need to get a sample into Chief, but I haven't done that yet, so let me know how you get on.
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01-14-2014, 12:04 PM #5
thanks for the suggestion Alan, this program will produce a good texture image but not a line drawing for a hatch pattern.
Also the third running bond alternates every other course not adjusting every course by a third as you move to next row.David Skogg
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01-14-2014, 12:27 PM #6
David,
Try Browsing Chief's Pattern Files. There are all sorts of Cross-Hatch Patterns and you can even use ".pat" files from AutoCAD, etc. The other option is learning to create a ".pat" file with the proper definition yourself. It's just a text file with numerical values.Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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01-14-2014, 01:47 PM #7
Joe, do you know how i would make a text file for a 12x36 running bond hatch with each row offset 12"?
David Skogg
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01-14-2014, 02:02 PM #8
I haven't done a hatch pattern for a long time. There are tutorials on the web and you can also look at the "Brick" pattern file (open with wordpad) to see how a hatch is coded. You can even copy and modify one of the patterns within that file. Some of the numerical values indicate direction and some indicate distances and I think there's also a draw/move value.
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01-14-2014, 03:01 PM #9Kirk Clemons
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01-14-2014, 03:20 PM #10
Kirk,
I don't think you have it right. David has a pattern that gets offset 1/3 of the brick width each row (3 distinct rows) which is then repeated. That means the Hatch Pattern has to define 3 rows vs just 2 rows for a standard running bond that is offset 1/2 of the brick width.
I believe that Chief's dbx's (which you show) simply allows the Texture to be offset from the horizontal and/or vertical starting position (origin). I recall making the suggestion during the past year or two for a similar offset capability for the XHatch Pattern but I didn't see it mentioned in the X6 What's New.Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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01-14-2014, 03:54 PM #11
David I sent you an email with the Pat.file shape that you were looking for.
I made this pattern in Vectorworks , then copied to CA.
I tried attaching the file in this forum but it said invalid file. works fine on my X5.William Page Architects A.I.A.
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01-16-2014, 06:24 AM #12Registered Abuser Demoted
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Dang Bill, some of you guys are just Bad Arse! Do you use Vectorworks much? I would imagine you would need it for your larger commercial projects. I demoed it a long time ago and sort of liked the crisp "clicking" noise feedback of the mouse when selecting etc (I think they were sued by another Mac based CAD program for stealing that technology.-BB
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01-17-2014, 12:20 PM #13David Skogg
Architectural Technologist.
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