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To drag hatch patterns into your drawing
1 Click Insert tab ➤ Content panel ➤ Design Center.
NOTE This procedure describes how to use DesignCenter to drag hatch
patterns into your drawing. You can also drag hatch patterns from a tool
palette.
2 On the DesignCenter toolbar, click Search.
3 In the Search dialog box, do the following:
■ From the Look For drop-down list, select Hatch Pattern Files.
■ From the In drop-down list, select the drive where the program is
installed.
■ Confirm that Search Subfolders is selected.
■ On the Hatch Pattern Files tab, in Search for the Name, enter *
(asterisk).
4 Click Search Now.
The default hatch pattern file is acad.pat or acadiso.pat. The search results
may display the same file in different locations.
NOTE For convenient access, you can add the PAT file to Favorites by selecting
the file and clicking the Favorites button. A shortcut to the PAT file is displayed
in the Favorites folder in DesignCenter folders list.
5 In the search results, double-click the filename to load the hatch patterns
into the content area of DesignCenter.
6 (Optional) Right-click a pattern to display a shortcut menu with the
following options:
■ HATCH. Opens the Hatch and Gradient dialog box.
■ Copy. Stores the hatch pattern on the Clipboard.
■ Create Tool Palette. Creates a new tool palette that contains the
selected pattern.
7 From the content area of DesignCenter, drag a hatch pattern into an
enclosed area in your drawing or onto a tool palette.
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