Operation Manual

Filling objects | 305
To change the fountain fill print and display quality
1 Select an object that has a fountain fill applied to it.
2
In the Property manager docker, click the arrow button at the bottom of the Fill section to display more fill options.
3
Click the Set to default button to unlock the fountain steps, and type a value in the Fountain stepsbox.
Higher numbers create a smoother transition between colors.
When the Fountain steps box is locked, the number of steps in the printed fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the
Print dialog box. For information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see “Fine-tuning print jobs” on page 571.
To set the display quality for fountain fills
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the list of categories, double-click Workspace, and click Display.
3 Type a value in the Preview fountain steps box.
Applying hatch fills
You can fill objects with hatch patterns to clearly distinguish materials or object relationships in a drawing. For example, a drawing of a floor
plan may use hatching to indicate different flooring materials, or to indicate where two floors overlap.
Hatch fills can be used to indicate different materials.
Hatch fills are composed of vector-based lines. You can use preset hatch fills or edit fills by setting different line patterns and colors for the
foreground, or by changing the color of the background. When you edit hatch fills in the Hatch fill dialog box, the changes apply only to
the currently selected object. You can also create new hatch fills and add them to a library.
When you create new hatch fills, the currently selected fill is used as a starting point. If no fill is selected, the default fill is used. You can add
new lines, specify line style attributes, set the position and angle for the lines, and control the spacing and offset for each instance of a line.
You can use hatch fills on projected objects to create the illusion of a three-dimensional image. Hatch fills use the active drawing plane.