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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Get Familiar with the Work Area
- 3 Drawing Commands in AutoCAD Mechanical
- 4 Modify Drawings with Power Commands
- 5 Generate Standard Parts
- 6 Organize Objects with Layers
- 7 Create Hidden Lines
- 8 Reusable Detailing Tools
- 9 Power Dimensions
- 10 Add Part Lists and Balloons
- 11 International Drafting Standards
- Index
Create Hatch Patterns
Hatches enable people using your mechanical drawings to distinguish between
parts in the section or breakout views more easily. In AutoCAD Mechanical,
there are three types of hatches: associative hatch, user-defined hatch, and
predefined hatch.
Predefined hatches are for manufacturing drawings with parts of different
sizes and shapes in an assembly. The program includes six predefined hatch
patterns with left and right directions, at 45-degree and 135-degree angles,
three hatch pattern widths, and one double-hatch pattern.
NOTE User-defined and predefined hatches are non-associative by default. To
change both to be associative, select the Make Predefined Hatches Associative
check box on the AM:Preferences tab of the Options dialog box.
Create Hatch Patterns
For many parts in an assembly, you can apply predefined hatches quickly by
selecting the part and using a Hatch menu command. For this exercise, select
the User-defined hatch command.
1 Click Home tab ➤ Draw Tools panel ➤ Hatch drop-down ➤
User-Defined Hatch to create hatch pattern.
2 Select User-defined pattern in the Pattern Type list. Set 45 degrees for
angle and 2.50 mm for Spacing in the Pattern properties list.
3 Click OK.
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