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452 | Chapter 18 Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
Create Custom Hatch Patterns
You can also define your own hatch pattern using the current linetype with
the User Defined Pattern option, or you can create more complex hatch
patterns.
See Also
“Overview of Hatch Pattern Definitions” in the Customization Guide
To drag hatch patterns into your drawing
1 On the Tools menu, click DesignCenter.
Note This procedure describes how to use DesignCenter to drag hatch pat-
terns into your drawing. You can also drag hatch patterns from a tool palette.
2 With the Folders tab displayed, click the Search button.
3 In the Search dialog box, make the following entries:
■ In Look For, select Hatch Pattern Files.
■ In the In box, select the drive where AutoCAD is installed.
■ Select the Search Subfolders option.
■ On the Hatch Pattern Files tab, in Search for the Name, enter * (aster-
isk).
4 Click Search Now.
The default hatch pattern file is acad.pat or acadiso.pat. The search results
may display the same file in different locations.
Note For convenient access, you can add the file to Favorites by selecting
the file and clicking the Favorites button. A shortcut to the file is displayed in
the Favorites folder on the Folders tab in DesignCenter.
5 In the search results, double-click the file to load the hatch patterns into
the content area of DesignCenter.
6 (Optional) Right-click a pattern to display a shortcut menu with the fol-
lowing options:
■ BHATCH. Opens the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box.
■ Copy. Stores the hatch pattern in the Clipboard.
■ Create Tool Palette. Creates a new tool palette with the selected pat-
tern displayed.