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HPSCALE

Sets the hatch pattern scale factor.

HPSEPARATE

Controls whether a single hatch object or separate hatch objects are created

when operating on several closed boundaries.

HPSPACE

Sets the hatch pattern line spacing for user-defined patterns.

Control the Scale of Hatch Patterns

The scale of hatch patterns can be set individually, or it can be set

automatically based on the scale of each layout viewport.

■ If you create hatch patterns exclusively for a single view or at a constant

scale, you can set the current hatch scale manually in the interface or with

the HPSCALE system variable.

■ If you work with layout viewports in different scales, you can apply scale

factors automatically by making them annotative. This method is more

efficient than creating duplicate hatch pattern objects with different scale

factors. For more information about using annotative scaling, see

Create

Annotative Hatches

on page 1350.

NOTE To prevent accidental creation of an enormous number of hatch lines, the

maximum number of hatch lines created in a single hatch operation is limited.

This limit prevents memory and performance problems. However, you can change

the maximum number of hatch lines with the HPMAXLINES system variable.

Similarly the number of enclosed areas in single hatch is limited by the

HPMAXAREAS system variable.