Groundcover Hatch Patterns

• Groundcover Hatch Patterns Overview
• Editing a Hatch Pattern
• Editing a Placed Detail Hatch (Hint:Use our P-Hatch Tool)
• Having a Groundcover Hatch Issue ? Download Our Updated Hatch Patterns Manually
• Related Webinars
• Troubleshooting

Like shrub areas, groundcovers are represented with hatch patterns.

Groundcover Hatch Patterns Overview

You'll see our groundcover hatch patterns when you:

• Add a groundcover or Shrub Area to a project
• Edit a groundcover or Shrub Area
• Open our Generic Plant Symbols tool

The Hatch dialog box will open with the Groundcover tab selected. Here, you can see thumbnail images of all our Groundcover hatch patterns. We've designed these hatches for specific uses within details you create.

We've updated our hatch patterns library to include subcategories for each hatch type, visible as extra tabs within each hatch type tab. More information

 

Select a detail hatch subcategory, then use the scroll bar to scroll down and see additional hatch patterns.

 

Once you've found the hatch pattern you need, click it to select it. Then click OK to place the hatch.

Our hatch patterns are simply graphic standards for typical materials you can use in the creation of a detail. You can easily add more patterns to this library using our Save Hatch tool.

Editing a Hatch Pattern

To edit an existing groundcover hatch pattern, follow our steps for editing hatch patterns.

Editing a Placed Groundcover Hatch (Hint: Use Our P-Hatch Tool)

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Power Tip: P-Hatch

Need to add to or subtract from an existing placed groundcover hatch?

If so, we recommend using our P-Hatch tool rather than the native CAD Hatch Edit command. Here's why.

Saving Your Custom Hatch Patterns Into Our System

For information on saving a hatch pattern into our system, see our Save Hatches documentation.

Note: Although it's technically possible to create your own hatch pattern as a block and then save it as a hatch, we do not recommend attempting this onerous task. Hatch creation from scratch is a difficult, involved process that is best left to professionals. Instead, we recommend finding a hatch pattern that's reasonably close to the pattern you're looking for – whether it is one of our existing hatches or another hatch you find or purchase from a third-party source.

Having a Groundcover Hatch Issue? Download Our Updated Hatch Patterns Manually

Are you experiencing any of the following issues with your hatches?

• Hatches looking fragmented or broken apart
• Hatches with scales that are too large or too dense
• Hatches that place blank or empty
• Hatches that are not appearing in schedules
• File size bloating

If so, follow our steps to download our updated hatch patterns manually.

Related Webinars

• Hatches We dive into the Land F/X hatch libraries, take a look at how Land F/X manages hatches, and show you how to integrate your own custom hatches and develop a better understanding of the inner workings of the Land F/X hatch system as a whole. (58 min)

Troubleshooting

Issue: Hatches are appearing as solid rather than patterns

Issue: Blocks or hatches are not available when you try to select a symbol

Issue: When you change a groundcover hatch description when editing that hatch, a new duplicate hatch is being created with the original description

Issue: Colors are displaying incorrectly in Model Space

Issue: You tried to place a groundcover as a Stipple hatch pattern, but the hatch is placing incorrectly outside the planting area

Issue: You are unable to change the scale of a hatch pattern

Issue: You are unable to change the rotation of a hatch pattern

Issue: A placed groundcover hatch looks fragmented or isn't joined like it should be

Issue: A placed groundcover hatch looks different from its thumbnail preview slide in the Hatch dialog box

Issue: You've assigned custom layers to some of our hatch patterns, and those layers are missing from the hatches