Creating Color Gradient Fills
Use the FillArea command to fill an enclosed area or specified entities with a solid color or a color gradient. Like hatches, color fills add meaning to drawings and help differentiate materials and areas.
To create a color fill:
- Click Draw > Hatch/Fill (or type FillArea).
- In the Hatch / Fill dialog box, select Fill.
- Configure the Colors of gradients by clicking One color or Two colors, selecting a a color by clicking
, and applying the Dark Light slider.
Note: To create a uniform solid fill, click One Color, then enter 50 in the field next to the Dark-Light slider.
- Choose a color gradient style from the Style list:

- Update Orientation by setting the Angle and optionally selecting Symmetric to ensure the pattern is symmetric within the boundaries.
- Specify the Boundary settings.
- Specify entities
. Lets you select the entities that form the boundary.
- Specify points
. Lets you click points in enclosed areas to define the boundaries.
- Rebuild boundary
. Replaces a boundary after removing (enabled only when using the EditHatch command).
- Delete boundary entities
. Removes boundaries from the set of entities that form the boundaries.
- Highlight boundary entities
. Displays the boundaries in the drawing.
- Optionally, set additional options:
- Click Preview to view the color settings before applying.
- Click OK to apply the fill settings.
Command: FillArea
Menu: Draw > Hatch/Fill