Hatches

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• Intro/TOC
• What Is a Hatch?
• PAT (.pat) File, Hatch Slide, XML (.xml)
• AutoCAD Hatches vs. Land F/X Hatches
• Where Hatches are Stored
• Hatch Tools
• How to Save Custom Hatches
• How to Reshoot a Hatch Slide
• Demonstration

0:00 – 5:07: Intro/TOC

5:08 – 6:44: What Is a Hatch?

• In AutoCAD, a hatch is a pattern or a solid fill that is generated automatically within a closed boundary to identify parts of a drawing.
• Components of a hatch:
  • XML (.xml) file
  • PAT (.pat) file
  • Slide file (SLD or .sld)

6:45 – 9:42: AutoCAD Hatches vs. Land F/X Hatches

AutoCAD hatches:

• Single PAT (.pat) file.
• One location for all default hatches.

Land F/X hatches:

• Individual PAT (.pat) files
• Organized into hatch libraries
• AutoCAD hatches plus Land F/X hatches
• Automatic hatch scaling

9:43 – 11:06: Where Hatches are Stored

AutoCAD hatches are stored in a single PAT (.pat) file found at:

• C:\Users\{username}\AppData(hidden)\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20xx\Rxx/x\enu\support

Land F/X hatches:

• PAT (.pat) files are stored in Local disk\LandFX\patterns
• XMLs are stored in Local disk\LandFX\Hatches
• Slides are stored in Local disk\LandFX\Hatches\respective library

11:07 – 13:18: Hatch Tools

AutoCAD:

• Basic Hatch tool

Land F/X:

• Hatch libraries
• Print Hatches
• P-Hatch
• Save Hatch
• MSLIDE
• Delete Hatch

13:19 – 16:33: How to Save Custom Hatches

• Back up your custom hatches in a specific folder.
• Add the specified folder to your Support File Search Paths.
• Run Print Hatches for desired library.
• Place and set up your custom hatches (scale and rotation).
  • You can save the same hatch multiple times with unique names, scales, and rotations. Example: Light Rubble, Medium Rubble, and Heavy Rubble.
• Adjust window to 4:3 aspect ratio, which will produce the best preview slide.
• Run the Save Hatch tool.

16:34 – 17:12: How to Reshoot a Hatch Slide

• Place saved hatch.
• Adjust window to 4:3 aspect ratio.
• Zoom in so hatch fills the screen.
• Run MSLIDE command.

17:13 – end: Demonstration

How AutoCAD handles hatches, and locating the acad.pat file (17:39)

How Land F/X handles hatches (21:21)

Why it’s important to leave the hatch XML files alone (22:29)

The Land F/X hatch tools, available on the F/X Site ribbon (24:05)

Our Hatch tool and the Hatch dialog box (24:16)

Hatch categories and subcategories (24:25)

Placing and scaling an AutoCAD hatch (26:14)

Placing a Land F/X hatch (which will scale automatically) (28:16)

"Painting" hatch into an area in a drawing using our P-Hatch tool (29:12)

Print Hatches (31:04)

Reference Note (RefNote) Area hatches and manufacturer hatches (33:33)

Checking the hatch file size in the folder LandFX\Patterns to troubleshoot a hatch pattern that is appearing fragmented (36:41)

Saving your own custom hatches (37:52)

Print Hatches (38:39)

Placing your saved custom hatches (46:47)

Organizing your custom hatches (47:40)

Reshooting hatch slides (52:52)

Deleting hatch patterns (55:39)

How to download our hatch library manually (hatch troubleshooting trick) (57:27)