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x | Contents
Part V Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions . . . . . . 447
Chapter 18 Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Define Hatch Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Overview of Hatch Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Control the Hatching in Islands . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Define Hatch Boundaries in Large Drawings . . . . . . . 456
Create Unbounded Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Choose Hatch Patterns and Solid Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Create Solid-Filled Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Create Gradient-Filled Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Use Predefined Hatch Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Create User-Defined Hatch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . 464
Create a Blank Area to Cover Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Chapter 19 Notes and Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Overview of Notes and Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Create Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Overview of Creating Text and Leaders . . . . . . . . . 468
Create Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Create Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Create Text with Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Import Text from External Files . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Work with Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Overview of Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Assign Text Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Set Text Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Set Text Obliquing Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Set Horizontal or Vertical Text Orientation . . . . . . . 496
Change Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Overview of Changing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Change Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Change Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Change Text with a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Change Text Scale and Justification . . . . . . . . . . 501
Check Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Use an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Overview of Using an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . . . 504
Format Multiline Text in an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . 505