Pattern Component Families - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

Changing Patterns
Select the divided surface, and then select a new pattern from the Type Selector drop-down. If another
component or a pattern component has been previously applied to the surface, it will be replaced by the
new pattern.
Modifying the Pattern with the Face Manager
Pattern spacing is controlled by the spacing of the divided surface. See
on Divided Surfaces
Pattern orientation is controlled by the orientation of the direction of grids of the divided surface. See
Adjusting UV Grids with the Face Manager
Modifying Pattern Border Tiling
Patterned surfaces may have border tiles that intersect the edge of the surface and are not complete tiles.
These border tile conditions can be set to be Partial, Overhanging, or Empty in the Border Tile instance
property of the patterned surface. (See
is the default setting.
Empty
1 Select the patterned surface.
2 Click Modify Divided Surface tab
Properties.
3 In the Instance Properties dialog, under Constraints, select Empty, Partial, or Overhanging.
4 Click OK.
When components are later applied to a surface, the border components inherit the condition of the border
tile set when the surface was patterned.

Pattern Component Families

You can use the Curtain Panel by Pattern family template (Curtain Panel Pattern Based.rft) to create flexible
parametric components. These parametric components can be loaded into a conceptual mass family and
applied to divided and patterned surfaces to populate buildable architectural components across a large
variety of geometric surfaces. When building a parametric component based on the Curtain Panel by Pattern
template, you can apply the form-making tools to create variety of shapes. See
Pattern components are nested families, which are part of the larger conceptual mass family. When loaded
in the conceptual design mass, they are available to be applied to a divided or a patterned surface. They may
be modified individually after being applied to the divided surface.
To create and apply pattern components
1 Create a new pattern component family using the provided template family. See
578 | Chapter 11 Conceptual Design Environment
on page 571.
Partial
Pattern Component Families
on page 571.
Pattern Element Instance Properties
Overhanging
Element panel Element Properties drop-down
on page 579.
Modifying the Spacing of UV Grids
on page 585.) Partial border tiling
Instance
Forms on page 551.
Creating New