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The red circles remain displayed after you exit HATCH. They are removed
when you specify another internal point for the hatch, or when you use
REDRAW, REGEN, or REGENALL.
To hatch an area whose boundary is not quite closed, do one of the following:
■ Locate the gaps and modify the boundary objects so they form a closed
boundary.
■ Set the HPGAPTOL system variable to a value large enough to bridge the
gaps. HPGAPTOL applies only to gaps between geometric objects that
would meet if extended.
NOTE By default, a preview of the hatch displays as you move the cursor over
bounded areas. To improve the response time in large drawings, turn off the hatch
preview feature (HPQUICKPREVIEW system variable), or decrease the preview
timeout value (HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT system variable).
See also:
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Reshape a Hatch or Fill on page 928
To define a boundary set in a complex drawing (ribbon turned on)
1 Click Home tab ➤ Draw panel ➤ Hatch.
2 Expand the Boundaries panel, and click the Select New Boundary Set
button at the bottom-left of the expanded panel.
3 Select the objects to be considered for the hatch and press Enter.
Selecting the objects with a crossing window is often the best method.
4 Specify a point inside each area that you want hatched.
5 Press Enter, or click Close on the ribbon to apply the hatch and exit the
command.
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