Editing User-Defined Hatches

You can quickly edit user-defined hatches in the graphics area.

To edit user-defined hatches:

  1. Type AM_UserHatchEdit in the command window.
  2. In the graphics area, select a user-defined hatch.
  3. In the dialog box, from Style, select a new predefined hatch pattern.
  4. In Angle, edit the hatch angle value.
  5. In Spacing, edit the distance between the hatch lines.
  6. Select Double to create a cross pattern with hatch lines perpendicular to the primary lines.
  7. Select Calculate boundary to create new boundaries of the hatch area.
    1. In the graphics area, specify a point in an area to hatch.
      Alternatively, you can select Specify entities and specify the entities to hatch.
    DraftSight deletes the hatch that you selected in step 2.
  8. Optional: In Adapt hatch distance at less than, enter the number of hatch lines if the area to hatch is small enough to match the specified pattern.
    The default number of lines is 5.
  9. Click OK.