Hatch from Selection
Toolbar / Icon:
Menu: Draw > Hatch > Hatch from Selection
Shortcut: H, A
Commands: hatch | ha
Description:
This tool fills an area surrounded by existing entities with a hatch pattern
or a solid color.
Procedure:
- Prepare the entities that surround the hatching area so they form a
closed contour. The contour must be closed in a way that one entity is
connected to the next one as shown at the right in this example:
- Select the contour(s) you want to fill. Note that islands inside contours
will get hatched if they are not selected:
- Launch the hatch tool.
- A dialog for the hatch options is displayed. Choose a hatch
pattern, scale factor and a rotation angle for the hatch pattern. If you want
to fill the object with a solid color instead of a pattern, check the
check box "Solid Fill".
- Click 'OK' to proceed with the hatching. Depending on the complexity of
the contour and the scale factor of the chosen pattern, it might take a while
to create the hatch.