Our last tip of the month is Hatch Maker (Tip #2065) from Lanny Schiele. Hatch Maker is a nifty utility for creating hatch patterns. If you have tried to create a hatch pattern by hand, you know that it's not that easy to make anything interesting. Lanny just changed that for you. Load the LSP file and type DrawHatch at the AutoCAD Command line to start things up. This function prepares a drawing area and sets the grid snap mode in AutoCAD for creation of a hatch pattern. Draw lines and points to make up the hatch pattern cell. When you are finished, type SaveHatch and follow the directions on screen to create a custom PAT file. Harry was quite taken with this routine and gave it double thumbs up. I think I know why (figure 2). Thanks, Lanny!
Hatch command in AutoCAD allows you to apply shading, solid fill, or gradient fill in AutoCAD on a closed loop or closed shape, subject to shading.
Creating your own custom Revit hatch patterns is actually quite easy if you follow the steps outlined in this blog post. Creating fill patterns in Revit. To create a new fill pattern, go to the Manage Tab, click on ‘Additional Settings’ and on the drop down click on Fill Patterns.
In applying the hatch pattern to a particular area of the drawing (a closed object) creates an object called hatch objects or AutoCAD just hatched.
Hatch command in AutoCAD.
How to make (put) a hatch in AutoCAD.
Ways of drawing in AutoCAD hatch.
Associative and non-associative hatching in AutoCAD.
Video 'How to make (put) a hatch in AutoCAD'.
Call the Hatch command in AutoCAD, use one of the following methods:
Draw lines from the menu - a string Hatch ...;
Home tab of the ribbon tools - in Draw group - the Hatch button;
toolbar Draw - Hatch button;
or to register the name of the team in the Hatch command line.
How to make (put) a hatch in AutoCAD
Call the Hatch command in AutoCAD. At the command prompt, you are prompted:
Укажите внутреннюю точку или [Выбрать объекты/Отменить/Параметры]: Pick internal point or [Select objects/Undo/seTtings]:
You will see a temporary tab Hatch Creation, which contains the settings created in AutoCAD hatch.
The current settings of hatching can be changed using the Hatch Creation tab or by using the Hatch command Settings option in AutoCAD, which opens the Hatch and Gradient dialog box.
Ways of drawing in AutoCAD hatch
To hatch an object in AutoCAD, for example, a rectangle - just click inside it, and it will be shaded. Area hatch in AutoCAD, you can specify either an interior point or a selection of objects (closed loops). To do this, select the option Select objects Hatch command in AutoCAD.
If you hover the mouse pointer over a closed circuit, and wait a few seconds, it will display a preview of the shaded area with the current settings of hatching. If you want AutoCAD hatch, then click inside the hatch area.
If the circuit is open, the hatching in AutoCAD will 'leak' from the place of rupture and discontinuity place itself marked in red circles (with AutoCAD 2016).
Hatching in AutoCAD should be placed on a separate layer.
Associative and non-associative hatching in AutoCAD
Associative hatching in AutoCAD snaps to a closed circuit, and when it changes, hatching is automatically updated.
Call the Hatch command in AutoCAD, and then SELECT Settings option. Dalogovoe Hatch and Gradient box in the Options area contains vlazhok Associative. If you remove the check box, the hatching created in AutoCAD will lose associativity and non-associative hatching.
Temporary Hatch Creation ribbon tab in the Options group tools also contains Associative button. When this button is highlighted in blue, is to be applied in AutoCAD hatching is associative.
In the next article I will continue to answer the question: 'How do I create a hatch in AutoCAD?'.
Video 'How to make (put) a hatch in AutoCAD Part 1' (Russian)
This video tutorial AutoCAD and article are included in the free tutorial professional AutoCAD, which is suitable for both novice users and has long been working in this program.