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Normal
Hatches or fills inward from the outer boundary. If an internal island is
encountered, hatching or filling is turned off until another island within the
island is encountered. (
HPISLANDDETECTION (page 1363) system variable)
Outer (Recommended)
Hatches or fills inward from the outer boundary. This option hatches or fills
only the specified area and leaves the internal islands unaffected. (HPISLAND-
DETECTION
(page 1363) system variable)
Ignore
Ignores all internal objects and hatches or fills through them. (
HPISLANDDE-
TECTION
(page 1363) system variable)
The Normal, Outer, and Ignore options are also available from a shortcut
menu by right-clicking in the drawing area while you specify points or select
objects to define your boundaries.
Boundary Retention
Specifies whether to create an object that encloses the hatch.
Retain Boundaries
Creates an object that encloses each hatch object. (
HPBOUNDRETAIN (page
1359) system variable)
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