Define Hatch Boundaries in Large Drawings

Define Hatch Boundaries

Choose Hatch Patterns and Solid Fills

 

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Create Unbounded Hatches

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

There are several methods you can use to create a hatch that does not display a hatch boundary.

• You can create a hatch with HATCH, and then erase some or all of the boundary objects.
• You can create a hatch with HATCH, making sure that the boundary objects are on a different layer than the hatch. Then turn off or freeze the layer of the boundary objects. This is the only method that maintains hatch associativity.
• You can trim an existing hatch with objects created as trim boundaries. After trimming the hatch, erase the objects.
• You can define a hatch boundary with the Draw option of -HATCH at the command prompt by specifying boundary points.

For example, you might want to show that a large area of a drawing is filled with a pattern by filling only a small section of that area, as shown in the following illustration.

You can choose whether to retain the polyline boundary after the hatch is created; here, the polyline boundary is not retained.