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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills | 451
Choose a Hatch Pattern
AutoCAD supplies a solid fill and more than 50 industry-standard hatch
patterns that you can use to differentiate the components of objects or
represent object materials. AutoCAD supplies 14 hatch patterns that conform
to the ISO (International Standards Organization) standards. When you
select an ISO pattern, you can specify a pen width, which determines the
lineweight in the pattern.
The Pattern area of the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, Hatch tab, dis-
plays the names of all the hatch patterns defined in the acad.pat text file.You
can add new hatch patterns to the dialog box by adding their definitions to
the acad.pat file.
Limit Hatch Pattern Density
If you create a very dense hatch, AutoCAD may reject the hatch and display
a message indicating that the hatch scale is too small or its dash length too
short. You can change the maximum number of hatch lines by setting the
MaxHatch system registry variable using (setenv MaxHatch n) where n is a
number between 100 and 10000000 (ten million).
Note When changing the value of MaxHatch, you must enter MaxHatch with
the capitalization as shown.
Edit Hatch Boundaries
Due to the many combinations of objects that can be hatched, editing
hatched geometry can produce unexpected results. If you create a hatch that
you don't want, you can undo it, or you can delete the hatch block and
rehatch the area.
hatched object result of editing
boundary with
associative hatch
result of editing
boundary with
nonassociative hatch