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Hatch Tab (Hatch and Gradient Dialog Box)
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills
Defines the appearance of the hatch pattern to be applied.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Type and Pattern
Specifies the hatch’s type, pattern, color, and background color.
Type
Specifies whether to create a predefined, user-defined, or custom 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.
Pattern
Displays a selection of ANSI, ISO, and other industry-standard hatch patterns.
Select SOLID to create solid fill. The Pattern option is available only when
Type is set to Predefined. (HPNAME system variable)
[ ] Button
Displays the
Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box on page 893, in which you can
preview images for all predefined patterns.
Color
Overrides the current color with a specified color for hatch patterns and solid
fills. (HPCOLOR on page 2365 system variable)
Background Color
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