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■ If you work with layout viewports in different scales, you can apply scale
factors automatically by making them annotative. This method is more
efficient than creating duplicate hatch pattern objects with different scale
factors. For more information about using annotative scaling, see
Create
Annotative Hatches
on page 1249.
NOTE To prevent accidental creation of an enormous number of hatch lines, the
maximum number of hatch lines created in a single hatch operation is limited.
This limit prevents memory and performance problems. However, you can change
the maximum number of hatch lines with the HPMAXLINES system variable.
See also:
■
Scale Annotations on page 1224
■ Modify Hatch Alignment, Scale, and Rotation on page 1290
To set the scale of a hatch pattern (ribbon turned on)
1 Click Home tab ➤ Draw panel ➤ Hatch.
2 On the Properties panel, click Pattern from the Hatch Type drop-down
list.
3 On the Pattern panel, click a hatch pattern.
4 On the Properties panel, enter a hatch pattern scale.
5 Specify a point inside each area that you want to hatch.
6 Press Enter, or click Close on the ribbon to apply the hatch and exit the
command.
To set the scale of a hatch pattern (ribbon turned off)
1 Start the Hatch command from a menu or toolbar.
2 In the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, Hatch tab, under Type and Pattern,
click Predefined from the Type drop-down list.
3 Select a pattern from the Pattern drop-down list.
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