Create an hatch

Hi everyone!
I was wondering how can I make a new hatch. Do I need a special proggy or is
it pssible with the main autocad program?
I have both release 2004 and 14.
Thanks
Emo

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Download hatch pattern from
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/lwcon/retini/retini1.htm
Open it up with Notepad and take a look at it for an example.

 

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.