Hatch

Hatch command fills an enclosed area with a hatch pattern or solid fill. A large variety of hatch patterns can be used and adjusted by specifying the scale and the direction angle.

Area to fill can be selected manually or detected automatically by clicking an internal point.

A transparency can be applied to solid fill.

Click Draw.

Click Hatch.

This command opens a new panel on the right and allows the selection of the pattern.

Select from the Select Hatch pattern window the pattern to use.

• Click Hatch models to select the group of models.

• From the drop-down menu select Add pattern to import new patterns in the format .pat

• Select the pattern to use from the window.

After pattern is selected, we can define the properties in the Add Hatch pattern panel.

• Pattern name: the selected pattern. Click to select a different one.

• Layer: the layer where the pattern will be recorded.

• Color: the pattern color.

• Scale: the pattern scale factor.

• Angle: the pattern direction. Click on arrow icon to define the direction clicking on the graphic view.

• Transparency (%): if the pattern is solid, allows to define the transparency.

Select how to identify the area where to apply the pattern:

• Internal point: selects an internal point.

• Select entities: selects the entities (like closed polylines or polygons).

• Unselect: cancels the current selection.

The software shows a preview of the hatch. Click Apply to save it.