*HBSTRCES,Stretcher Bond Brickwork - 0,0,0 ,0,75Īngle of the line in degrees. The parallel line is offset in the vertical Y axis by 75 units. The next field shown below is the X-Offset and Y-offset values.Īs the horizontal line contains no dashes no offset in X direction is required as the line is offset. *HBSTRCES,Stretcher Bond Brickwork - 0, 0,0, 0,75 The next field shown below is the X,Y co-ordinates of the line origin, this determines the starting point of the line. *HBSTRCES,Stretcher Bond Brickwork - 0 ,0,0,0,75 Angles are measured from a horizontal axis and are measured anticlockwise eg 0 degrees (3 o'clock) =horizontal, 90 degrees (12 o'clock) = vertical. How To Create Custom Hatch Patterns 1.In your AutoCAD document, draw a desired pattern using a tool from the Draw panel.

The first field shown below is the angle of the line in degrees. *HBSTRCES, Stretcher Bond Brickwork - 0,0,0,0,75 The pattern name is separated from the description with a comma, you can put anything that describes the pattern. Pattern Name (starts with an *) *HBSTRCES IMPORTANT The filename saved on disk should match this exactly eg HBSTRCES.pat We recommend that you use Notepad to create your patterns. *HBSTRCES,Stretcher Bond Brickwork - 0,0,0,0,75 The path to your hatch pattern definitions can be found in the Support folder in AutoCAD. Listed below is the contents of one of the patterns on our site Full installation instructions are available Alternatively there are a selection of free patterns to download. Creating Custom Hatch patterns for AutoCAD has never been easier, we have a Free hatch creation tool, available here.

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