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454 | Chapter 18 Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
To hatch selected objects
1 From the Draw menu, choose Hatch.
2 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, choose Select Objects.
3 Specify the object or objects you want to hatch.
The objects need not form a closed boundary. You can also specify any
islands that should remain unhatched.
4 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, choose OK to apply the hatch.
Draw toolbar
Command line
BHATCH
Define Hatch Boundaries
You create a hatch by selecting an object to hatch or fill, or by defining a
boundary and then specifying an internal point.
Overview of Hatch Boundaries
You create a hatch by selecting an object to hatch or by defining a boundary
and then specifying an internal point. A hatch boundary can be any combi-
nation of objects, such as lines, arcs, circles, and polylines, that forms an
enclosed area. You can also specify points to define a boundary. If you are
hatching a small area in a complex drawing, you can use boundary sets to
speed the process. Each boundary component must be at least partly within
the current view.
Enclosed areas within the hatch area are referred to as islands. You can hatch
them or leave them unhatched.
You can hatch an enclosed area or hatch within a specified boundary using
BHATCH and HATCH. BHATCH creates associative hatches, which are updated
when the boundary is changed.
Objects can be hatched only if they are in a plane parallel to the XY plane of
the current UCS. The interiors of polylines with width and solid fills cannot
be hatched because their outlines are not acceptable boundaries.