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In AutoCAD I created a series of flooring and cladding hatch patterns library and two arrow blocks pointing at the start points (and directions) of applying. As seen, the hatch patterns are usual a...  Read more

Tip#: 4526
Author: Danny Korem
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 17-Aug-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
3
  Rated by 1 users

Harold Detlaff has given us another nice AutoCAD hatch pattern similar to the one he shared in Cadalyst CAD Tip #...  Read more

Tip#: 4367
Author: Harold Detlaff
Rename File To: fluid2.pat
Published on: 14-Sep-2014
Downloads: 670
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Harold Detlaff has given us a nice AutoCAD hatch pattern you can use to represent fluid. Drop the PAT file into a directory that is part of your support file search path, and the p...  Read more

Tip#: 4256
Author: Harold Detlaff
Rename File To: Fluid/,Fluid/Fluid.dwg,Fluid/Fluid.pat
Published on: 22-Feb-2014
Downloads: 633
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Frequent contributor Raymond Rizkallah sends us a unique AutoCAD routine that can generate hatch patterns on the fly. Before you get started, you will need to plan what you want th...  Read more

Tip#: 4138
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: MATRIX (Hatch Creator).lsp
Published on: 19-Jun-2013
Downloads: 858
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Kent Cooper didn’t like the dot hatch patterns in AutoCAD, so he made his own and shared them with us.

“I was a little surprised to find that in AutoCAD’s/...  Read more

Tip#: 4061
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: DotsHatch.txt,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/._DotsHatch.txt
Published on: 04-Feb-2013
Downloads: 1907
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This routine from Juan Villarreal will combine separate hatch objects into a single object. When you create hatch objects in AutoCAD, there is an option to create multiple hatch ob...  Read more

Tip#: 3937
Author: Juan Villarreal
Rename File To: MH_MergeHatch.lsp
Published on: 17-Jul-2012
Downloads: 3890
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Gordon Smith explains how to use a specific hatch pattern in AutoCAD to shade an area transparently.

"For quite a few years now, I’ve been shading with th...  Read more

Tip#: 3698
Author: Gordon Smith
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 08-Aug-2011
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Raymond Rizkallah has submitted three hatch patterns: one of overlapping vertical tiles, a second of various horizontal tiles, and a third that's in a herringbone formation. Follow...  Read more

Tip#: 3474
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: Hat1/,Hat1/NEW2.PAT,Hat1/new2pattern.png,Hat1/RICH2.PAT,Hat1/rich2pattern.png,Hat1/WW2.pat,Hat1/ww2pattern.png
Published on: 10-Aug-2010
Downloads: 637
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users


Brick Hatch Generator is a great tip from Raymond Rizkallah. Rizkallah put his imagination and programming skills to work in creating this program that makes brick hatch patterns. Load the LI...  Read more

Tip#: 2276
Author: Raymond Rizkallah
Rename File To: Tip 2276: BRICKS.lsp
Published on: 01-Mar-2008
Downloads: 4133
Rating:
4.75
  Rated by 4 users


Cross Lock is a hatch pattern from regular contibutor Watson Kilbourn for drawing pavement-type sections of locking cross shapes. Locate the PAT file in a folder AutoCAD knows about. Watson r...  Read more

Tip#: 2266
Author: Watson Kilbourne
Rename File To: Tip 2266: CROSSLOK.PAT
Published on: 01-Feb-2008
Downloads: 1192
Rating:
1
  Rated by 1 users