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Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills
Hatch Visor
Defines the boundaries, pattern or fill properties, and other parameters for
hatch and fills.
Summary
The Hatch visor is displayed when you start the HATCH command, select a
pattern or fill from the Hatch Library palette, or select an existing hatch object
with a pattern or fill in a drawing.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Pattern
Displays a preview image of the current hatch pattern.
Click the preview image to display the Hatch Library palette and select a new
pattern to use.
Properties
Hatch Color Overrides the current color for solid fills and hatch patterns.
(
HPCOLOR (page 1321) system variable)
Background Color Specifies the color for hatch pattern backgrounds. Not
available when using the Solid pattern. (HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR (page 1320)
system variable)
Angle Specifies an angle for the hatch or fill relative to the X axis of the current
UCS. Valid values are from 0 to 359. (
HPANG (page 1319) system variable)
Scale Expands or contracts a predefined or custom hatch pattern. This option
is available only when Hatch Type is set to Pattern. (HPSCALE (page 1329) system
variable)
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