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Modify Compound Objects | 423
You modify each of these solid-filled objects just as you would any other
hatch, 2D solid, wide polyline, or donut. In addition to
PROPERTIES, you can
use
HATCHEDIT for solid-filled hatches and gradient fills, grip editing for 2D
solids, and
PEDIT for wide polylines and donuts.
To change the angle of a hatch
1 Select the hatch pattern.
2 Right-click the hatch and click Properties on the shortcut menu.
3 In the Properties palette, enter the new value for Angle.
Standard toolbar
Command line
PROPERTIES
To set the limit of objects in a hatch pattern
■ At the Command prompt, enter (setenv “MaxHatch” “n”)
where n is a number between 100 and 10000000 (ten million). The higher
the value, the more dense the hatch pattern.
Note MaxHatch is case sensitive.
To modify a gradient fill
1 Double-click the gradient fill you want to modify.
2 In the Hatch Edit dialog box, Gradient tab, make any changes.
3 To see how the gradient fill will look, click Preview. Press
ENTER or right-
click to return to the dialog box and make adjustments.
4 When you are satisfied, in the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, click
OK to create the gradient fill.
Modify or Join Polylines
You can edit polylines by closing and opening them and by moving, adding,
or deleting individual vertices. You can straighten the polyline between any
two vertices and toggle the linetype so that a dash appears before and after
each vertex. You can set a uniform width for the entire polyline or control
the width of each segment. You can also create a linear approximation of a
spline from a polyline.