Crosshatching SOLIDWORKS adds crosshatching to section views automatically. You can modify the crosshatch pattern manually. You can also add area hatching to faces or to closed sketch entities in drawings. Automatic crosshatching in a drawing section view Properties (material, scale, and angle) of individual crosshatched sections specified manually Area hatch added to a face and a sketched ellipse Area hatch region bounded by a combination of model edges and sketch entities Parent topicDetailing Dimensions in Drawings Dimension Formats Symbols Annotations Leaders Tables Bill of Materials Layers Blocks