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Create Solid-Filled Areas
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To create a hatch with a solid pattern

  1. Click Draw menu Hatch.At the Command prompt, enter bhatch.
  2. In the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, click Add: Pick points.
  3. Specify a point in your drawing inside each area that you want hatched.

    This point is known as the internal point.

  4. Press ENTER.
  5. In the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, Hatch tab, under Type, click Predefined.
  6. Click the [...] button next to Pattern.
  7. In the Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box, Other Predefined tab, select Solid. Click OK.
  8. To see how the hatch pattern will look, click Preview.
  9. When you finish previewing the hatch pattern, right-click or press ENTER to apply the hatch, or press any other button or key to return to the Hatch and Gradient dialog box.
  10. In the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, make adjustments, if necessary. (You can specify new hatch boundaries by clicking Add Boundaries or Remove Boundaries.)
  11. Click OK.
 Toolbar: Draw 
 Command entry: HATCH