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460 | Chapter 18 Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
6 Select the [...] button next to Pattern to display the Hatch Pattern Palette
dialog box.
7 In the Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box, Other Predefined tab, select Solid.
Then choose OK.
8 To see how the hatch pattern will look, choose Preview.
9 When you finish previewing the hatch pattern, right-click or press
ENTER
to apply the hatch, or press any other button or key to return to the
Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box.
10 In the Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box, make adjustments, if neces-
sary. (You can specify new hatch boundaries by choosing Pick Points.)
11 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
To create a 2D solid object
1 At the Command prompt, enter solid.
2 Specify the first point.
3 Specify the second point, moving left to right.
4 Continue to specify points. Press
ENTER when the object is complete.
When you create a quadrilateral solid-filled area, the sequence of the third
and fourth points determines its shape. Compare the following
illustrations:
Notice that to create the quadrilateral area, both the top and bottom edges
are specified from left to right. If you specify the first point on the right
and the second point on the left, then the third and fourth points should
also be in a right-to-left direction. As you continue to specify pairs of
points, be sure to continue this zigzag sequence to ensure the results you
expect.
Command line
SOLID
3
1
4
1
2
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4
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