Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills (Procedure)

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Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To drag hatch patterns into your drawing

Click Tools menu Palettes DesignCenter.At the Command prompt, enter adcclose.

NoteThis procedure describes how to use DesignCenter to drag hatch patterns into your drawing. You can also drag hatch patterns from a tool palette.
On the Folders tab, click the Search button.
In the Search dialog box, make the following entries:
- In Look For, select Hatch Pattern Files.
- In the In box, select the drive where the program is installed.
- Select the Search Subfolders option.
- On the Hatch Pattern Files tab, in Search for the Name, enter * (asterisk).
Click Search Now.
The default hatch pattern file is acad.pat or acadiso.pat. The search results may display the same file in different locations.

NoteFor convenient access, you can add the PAT file to Favorites by selecting the file and clicking the Favorites button. A shortcut to the PAT file is displayed in the Favorites folder on the Folders tab in DesignCenter.
In the search results, double-click the file to load the hatch patterns into the content area of DesignCenter.
(Optional) Right-click a pattern to display a shortcut menu with the following options:
- HATCH. Opens the Hatch and Gradient dialog box.
- Copy. Stores the hatch pattern to the Clipboard.
- Create Tool Palette. Creates a new tool palette with the selected pattern displayed.
From the content area, drag a hatch pattern onto a closed object in your drawing or onto a tool palette.

NoteIf the hatch pattern scale is too large or small, an error message is displayed. You can adjust the scale for any hatch pattern by double-clicking it to display the Hatch and Gradient dialog box.

Toolbar: Standard

Command entry: ADCENTER