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When you select an associative hatch, a single, circular grip called the control
grip is displayed. No boundary grips are displayed because the boundaries of
an associative hatch can be modified only by changing its associated boundary
objects. Use the Select Boundary Objects option to select and grip-edit the
boundary objects.
To modify the boundaries of a nonassociative hach, you modify the boundaries
of the hatch object itself. Thus, when you select a nonassociative hatch, both
the control grip and the boundary grips are displayed.
Retain Boundary Objects
Specifies whether to create an object that encloses the hatch.
Don’t Retain Boundaries Does not create a separate object that encloses the
hatch object. (
HPBOUNDRETAIN on page 2350 system variable)
Retain Boundaries - Polyline Creates a polyline that encloses the hatch
object. (HPBOUND on page 2350 system variable)
Retain Boundaries - Region Creates a region object that encloses the hatch
object. (HPBOUND on page 2350 system variable)
For more information about regions, see “Create and Combine Areas
(Regions)”.
Select New Boundary Set Specifies a limited set of objects, called a boundary
set, for evaluation by the pick point when creating the hatch.
Specify Boundary Set
Defines the set of objects analyzed when defining a boundary.
Use Current Viewport Defines the boundary set from all objects within the
extents of the current viewport.
Use Boundary Set Defines the boundary set from the objects that you selected
with Select New Boundary Set.
Pattern Panel
Displays preview images for all predefined and custom patterns.
Properties Panel
Hatch Type Specifies whether to create a solid fill, a gradient fill, a predefined
hatch pattern, or a user-defined hatch pattern.
Predefined patterns are stored in the acad.pat or acadiso.pat files supplied with
the program.
User-defined patterns are based on the current linetype in your drawing. A
custom pattern is a pattern that is defined in any custom PAT files that you
have added to the search path.
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