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Project Patterns

Use the Project Patterns tab to review and manage fill patterns already loaded into the active Revit project.

Open Project Patterns

On the Revit ribbon:

ADAPT → Model → Patterns

Open the Project Patterns tab.

Flow reads the current project’s model and drafting fill patterns. Revit’s solid fill is deliberately excluded because it is a system pattern rather than a user-managed hatch definition.

Find a Project Pattern

Use the project search box to filter by pattern name.

Use the type filter to show:

  • All Types;
  • Drafting; or
  • Model.

The results are sorted alphabetically by pattern name.

Review a Project Pattern

Select a project pattern to review its definition and graphical preview.

Pattern Manager identifies:

  • the pattern name;
  • model or drafting target;
  • pattern grids and segments;
  • its relationship to a pattern in the shared library; and
  • its current classification or match status.

The library comparison can distinguish an exact match from a pattern whose name or geometry differs from the managed library definition.

Available Actions

Depending on where the action is presented, select or right-click a project pattern to access:

  • Edit — open the definition in Pattern Editor; see the current limitation below;
  • Duplicate — open a copy in creation mode using the suffix - Copy;
  • Export — save the selected definition as an individual PAT file;
  • Create Filled Region — create a filled region using the selected project pattern;
  • Conform Name — apply the ADa naming format to the selected pattern; and
  • Conform Project Pattern Names... — review and apply naming changes across eligible project patterns.

Edit a Project Pattern

The Edit action opens the selected definition in Pattern Editor. However, the current update workflow is not yet complete.

  1. Select the project pattern.
  2. Click Edit, or use Edit from its context menu.
  3. Modify the definition in Pattern Editor.
  4. Click Save.

Use Duplicate for production changes

Saving an edited project pattern currently creates a temporary replacement pattern without transferring the original pattern's project references or removing the original. Use Duplicate to create a separate definition instead, then deliberately reassign affected materials or filled-region types in Revit.

Duplicate a Project Pattern

Duplicate when the existing definition is a useful starting point but the original pattern must remain unchanged.

The duplicate opens in creation mode as:

Existing Pattern Name - Copy

Rename and edit the copy before saving. Flow prevents the new definition from being saved with a project pattern name that already exists.

Standardise Names

For individual or bulk project-pattern naming, see Standardising Patterns.