Operation Manual

Filling objects | 307
To Do the following
Change the line color Choose a color from the Front color picker.
Change the background color Choose a color from the Back color picker.
Change line spacing In the Fill area, type a value in the Spacing box. Larger numbers
increase the distance between lines; smaller numbers decrease the
distance.
Change line width In the Fill area, type a value in the Thickness box. Larger numbers
increase the line width; smaller numbers decrease the line width.
Skew lines Type a value in the Skew box to set the degrees by which the lines
are skewed.
Rotate lines Type a value in the Rotate box to set the degrees by which the lines
are rotated.
When you edit a hatch fill in the Edit fill dialog box, the changes are applied only to the object selected in the drawing window. Only
custom hatch fills created in the New hatch from selected dialog box can be added to a library.
You can also apply a hatch fill by clicking the Interactive fill tool in the toolbox, choosing Hatch fill from the Fill type list box on
the property bar, and specifying the properties you want.
To create a custom hatch fill
1
Click Window Property manager.
2
In the Property manager docker, click the Hatch fill button to display hatch fill options.
3
Click the Hatch fill properties button .
4 In the Edit fill dialog box, click New hatch.
The new hatch fill is based on the current fill.
5 In the New hatch from selected dialog box, click a line to edit from the Hatch lines list.
The selected line is displayed in red in the Hatch preview window. Unselected lines are displayed in their applied color.
6 In the Line style area, specify the attributes you want.
7 In the Line origin area, specify the following:
• y-Origin — lets you set the y-origin for the line. This setting is important if you have more than one line in the hatch fill. The y-Origin
value can be used to set the spacing between different lines. For example, to ensure that a new line isn’t positioned directly over an
existing line, type a new value in the y-Origin box.
• x-Origin — lets you set the x-origin for the line. This setting is effective when you have more than one dashed line and you want to
offset the patterns of the different lines. It has no visible effect on standard solid lines.
8 In the Line angle box, type a value to set the angle of the line.
9 In the Shift box, type a value to offset each instance of a line.
This setting is effective when you have one dashed line and you want to stagger the pattern. It has no visible effect on standard solid
lines.