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Associative
Specifies that the hatch or fill is associative. A hatch or fill that is associative
is updated when you modify its boundary objects. (HPASSOC system variable)
Create Separate Hatches
Controls whether a single hatch object or multiple hatch objects are created
when several separate closed boundaries are specified. (HPSEPARATE system
variable)
Draw Order
Assigns a draw order to a hatch or fill. You can place a hatch or fill behind all
other objects, in front of all other objects, behind the hatch boundary, or in
front of the hatch boundary. (HPDRAWORDER system variable)
Layer
Assigns new hatch objects to the specified layer, overriding the current layer.
Select Use Current to use the current layer. (
HPLAYER on page 2370 system
variable)
Transparency
Sets the transparency leve for new hatch or fills, overriding the current object
transparency. Select Use Current to use the current object transparency setting.
(
HPTRANSPARENCY on page 2376 system variable)
Inherit Properties
Hatches or fills specified boundaries using the hatch or fill properties of a
selected hatch object.
After selecting the hatch object whose properties you want the hatch to inherit,
right-click in the drawing area and use the options on the shortcut menu to
switch between the Select Objects and Pick Internal Point options.
The HPINHERIT system variable controls whether the hatch origin of the
resulting hatch is determined by HPORIGIN or by the source object.
Preview
Displays the currently defined boundaries with the current hatch or fill settings.
Click in the drawing area or press Esc to return to the dialog box. Right-click
or press Enter to accept the hatch or fill.
More Options
Expands the Hatch and Gradient dialog box to display
more options on page
885.
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