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Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills | 453
7 From the content area, drag a hatch pattern onto a closed object in your
drawing or onto a tool palette.
Note If the hatch pattern scale is too large or small, an error message is dis-
played. You can adjust the scale for any hatch pattern by double-clicking the
hatch pattern to display the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box.
Standard toolbar
Command line
ADCENTER
To hatch areas
1 From the Draw menu, choose Hatch.
2 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, choose Pick Points.
3 In your drawing, specify a point inside each area you want hatched and
press
ENTER.
This point is known as the internal point.
4 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, Hatch tab, in the swatch box,
verify that the sample pattern is the pattern you want to use. To change
patterns, select another pattern from the Pattern list.
To see how the hatch pattern will look, choose [...] next to Pattern. Choose
OK when you finish previewing.
5 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, make adjustments, if neces-
sary.
You can specify new hatch boundaries by choosing Pick Points.
6 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, choose OK to create the hatch.
Specify one internal point per hatch block. Specifying more than one
internal point can produce unexpected results when you edit the hatch
boundary.
Draw toolbar
Command line
BHATCH