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When I wanted to make my own hatch pattern I read through the AutoCAD help
section under the Customization Guide - Linetypes and Hatch Patterns. It
got me through it. Good luck.
Relz
Hi!
Is like the diamond one but instead of diamonds I need small circles, I can
arrange a jpg for anyone willing to help. Its because its a default hatch
for restoration.
Thanks
Emo
Its possible with Notepad - but have fun :-(
More sensibly try ww.caddalog.com (might only be one "d"). You should be
able to d/l a shareware proggy from there.
DJE
It's fully explained in the Customization Guide section of HELP. However, it
can be much easier if you can find an add-on utility that does the job. Do a
Google search for "BoobyHatch" or "bbyhatch" -- it's a tool that's been
around for a while, and works quite nicely.
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We are also looking for a hatch pattern of a "dimensional shingle" I have
talked to a few different mfr's but none have one to match their product.
Has anyoune out there created one or know where to get one? Email or post if
you can help....
Thanks,
-Rob
Extract from my FAQ Page at http://www.cadalot.co.uk
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Where Can I find more Hatch Patterns
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You will find Hatch Patterns available at the following web sites.
http://www.caddepot.com
http://www.cadalog.com
http://www.cadsupport.co.uk/cshatch.htm
http://www.hatchpatterns.com
to mention just a few, or you can purchase my AutoCAD Utilities
Collection CD Rom which already has them on. If you want to see whats
available out there I've catalogued them and produced an Adobe e-book
for each collection see my download page.
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How easy is is to create your own hatch pattern ?
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For more complicated hatches you could try bbyhatch.lsp but it does
make large files.
Take a look at www.upfrontezine.com they have a tutorial system called
Tailoring AutoCAD by Ralph Grabowski which I found useful for many
things including customised hatching. I didn't find it so much as hard
as fiddly.
You can also look at the AutoCAD help file, here is an extract:-
Defining a hatch pattern requires knowledge, practice, patience, and a
text editor. You can add a pattern to the acad.pat library file or
store it in a file by itself, in which case the file name must be the
same as the pattern name. For instance, a pattern named PIT would
reside in the pit.pat file.
Regardless of where the definition is stored, the pattern has the same
format. It has a header line that looks like this:
*pattern-name [, description]
It also has one or more line descriptors of the following form:
angle, x-origin, y-origin, delta-x, delta-y [, dash-1, dash-2, ...]
For example, a pattern called L45 that hatches with 45-degree lines
separated by a spacing of 0.5 is defined as follows:
*L45,45 degree lines
45, 0,0, 0,0.5
This simple pattern specifies that a line is to be drawn at an angle
of 45 degrees, that the first line of the family of hatch lines is to
pass through the (0,0) drawing origin, and that the spacing between
hatch lines of the family is to be 0.5 drawing units. L45 is the name
of the pattern, and the description field is the optional description
of the pattern displayed by the ? option of the HATCH command. (If you
omit the description, do not include a comma after the pattern name.)
Each line in a pattern definition file can contain up to 80
characters. AutoCAD ignores blank lines and text to the right of a
semicolon.
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A tip when defining your own hatch pattern is to define one line
pattern at a time and when that is right add the next
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There is also a tutorial called Customize AutoCAD crosshatch patterns
by Bill Fane to be found in the Learning Curve section of CADALYST
http://www.cadalyst.co,/solutions/lc/01001c/01001c.htm
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Hope this helps
Alan (Cadalot)
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:12:26 +0100, "Emiliano Della Bella"
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