Subject: Specifying a user-defined hatch pattern

To specify a user-defined hatch pattern

   1   Do one of the following to choose Hatch ():

•   On the ribbon, choose Home > Hatch (in Draw) or Draw > Hatch (in Draw).

•   On the menu, choose Draw > Hatch > Hatch.

•   On the Draw toolbar, click the Hatch tool.

•   Type bhatch and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Hatch tab.

   3   In the Type list, select User Defined.

   4   Specify any of the following options:

•   Color In the first (left) color list, select the color of the hatch lines. In the second (right) color list, select the color of the hatch background.

•   Angle Enter the angle of the hatch pattern relative to the x-axis in degrees (1-360). The default angle is clockwise; you can change the angle by entering a numerical value.

•   Double Select to cross-hatch the pattern, which places another copy of the pattern at a 90-degree angle over the original.

•   Related to paper space Select to scale the hatch pattern relative to the units defined for paper space. (Available for named layouts.)

•   Spacing Enter the line spacing for the hatch pattern.

   5   In Hatch Origin, select whether to draw the hatch pattern from the default origin or a new origin. If you choose to specify a new origin, do one of the following:

•   Click () to pick the new origin directly in the drawing.

•   Select Default to Boundary Extents to set the origin to the top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, or center of the boundary extents.

A new origin can be saved as the new default.
To store the new hatch origin as the default, select Store as Default Origin. The hatch origin will be saved in the HPORIGIN system variable.

   6   To continue, specify entities or areas for hatching. For details, see Specifying enti­ties or areas for hatching and gradients.