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Figure48.SendHatchestoBacktool
ThenewsystemvariableMIRRHATCHenables you tomirrorhatcheswhileretainingtheirorientation.
(ThisissimilartotheMIRRTEXTvariable.)Setto0,mirroringhatchesmaintainstheiroriginalangle.
WhenMIRRHATCHissetto1,thehatchanglemirrorsalongwiththerestoftheobjects.
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Figure49.Hatchmirrorbehavior
TheHatchObjectLimitsystemvariable(HPOBJWARNING)hasbeenincreasedto10,000from1,000to
reflectthecapabilitiesofcurrentcomp uters.Whenalargenumberofobjectsareselectedforhatch
boundarycalculations,itcanresultinslowerperformance.Thankstoincreasedhardwarecapabilities,
though,itnowtakesamuchlarger
numberofboundaryobjectstoaffectcalculationspeed.Youmay
nowalsosetthevalueoftheHatchObjectLimityourself.
Polylines
PolylineobjectsinAutoCAD2011nowhaveextragripstomakeeditingthemeasierthanever.In
additiontothefamiliarprimarygripslocatedattheendofeachpolylinesegment,therearenow
additionalsecondarygripslocatedatthemidpointofeachsegment.Thesegrips,likethenewhatch
grips,
aremultifunctional.Theavailablefunctionscanbeseenbyhoveringoveragrip,andyoucan
chooseanoptiondirectlyfromthemenuthatappears.