Internal Point

Determines a boundary from existing objects that form an enclosed area around the
specified point.

Pick Internal Point

While specifying internal points, you can right-click in the drawing area at any time
to display a shortcut menu that contains several options.

If you turn on Island Detection, objects that enclose areas within the outermost boundary
are detected as islands. How HATCH detects objects using this option depends on which
island detection method is specified.

NOTE:Red circles are displayed at unconnected endpoints of boundary objects to identify
gaps in the hatch boundary. These circles are temporary and can be removed with REDRAW
or REGEN.

Properties

Specifies new hatch pattern properties to apply.

Pattern Name—Predefined or Custom

Specifies a predefined or custom pattern in the PAT file format such as acad.pat or acadlt.pat.

Enter the pattern name followed by an optional hatch style code. Precede the pattern
name with an asterisk (*) to fill the area with individual lines instead of a hatch
object.

?—List Pattern Names

Lists and describes the hatch patterns defined in the PAT file.

Solid

Specifies a solid fill and redisplays the first HATCH prompt, where you can define
a boundary.

User Defined

Specifies a user-defined pattern. Enter u, followed by an optional hatch style code. Precede the u with an asterisk (*) to fill the area with individual lines instead of a hatch object.

Double Hatch Area

Specifies a second set of lines to be drawn at 90 degrees to the original lines.

Select Objects

Determines a boundary from selected objects that form an enclosed area.

Select Objects

Interior objects are not automatically detected. You must select the objects within
the selected boundary to hatch or fill those objects according to the current island
detection style.

Each time you click Select Objects, HATCH clears the previous selection set.

While selecting objects, you can right-click at any time in the drawing area to display
a shortcut menu. You can undo the last selection or all selections, change the selection
method, change the island detection style, or preview the hatch or fill.

Draw Boundary

Uses specified points to define the boundary of a hatch or fill.

The options that are available as you specify points are also available in PLINE.
When you complete the polyline boundary, press Enter. You can then create additional
polyline boundaries, or press Enter to twice to apply the hatch.

Remove Boundaries

Removes from the boundary definition any of the objects that were previously added.

Select Objects

Removes objects from the boundary definition.

Add Boundaries

Adds objects to the boundary definition.

Advanced

Sets the method used to create the hatch boundary.

Draw Order

Assigns the draw order to a hatch or fill. You can place a hatch or fill behind all
other objects, in front of all other objects, behind the hatch boundary, or in front
of the hatch boundary.

Origin

Controls the starting location of hatch pattern generation. Some hatches, such as
brick patterns, are meant to be aligned with a point on the hatch boundary. By default,
all hatch origins correspond to the current UCS origin.

Use Current Origin

Sets the value of the HPORIGINMODE system variable. The last 5 options listed below
correspond to the values 1-5.

Set New Origin

Specifies the new hatch origin point directly.

Default to Boundary Extents

Calculates a new origin based on the rectangular extents of the hatch. Choices include
each of the four corners of the extents and its center. You can also store the value
of the new hatch origin in the HPORIGIN system variable.

Annotative

Specifies that the hatch is annotative. This property automates the process of scaling
annotations so that they plot or display at the correct size on the paper.

Hatch Color

Overrides the current color with a specified color for hatch patterns and solid fills.
The color value is stored in the HPCOLOR system variable. When Hatch Type is set to
Pattern, you can also specify a new background color. The background color value is
stored in the HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR system variable.

To set the hatch color back to the current color for objects, enter “.â€‌ or Use Current. To turn off the background color, enter “.â€‌ or none.

Default Object Color

Enter the color number (1 through 255) or the color name (the names for the first
seven colors). For example, you can specify the color red by entering the ACI (AutoCAD
Color Index) number 1 or the ACI name red. You can also set the hatch color to ByLayer or ByBlock.

Truecolor

Specify an RGB color expressed as values from 0 to 255, such as 210,155,95.

Colorbook

Specify a custom color from a color book installed on your system.

Layer

Assigns new hatch objects to the specified layer, overriding the current layer. Enter
Use Current or “.â€‌ to use the current layer. (HPLAYER system variable)

Transparency

Sets the transparency level for new hatches or fills, overriding the current object
transparency. Enter Use Current or “.â€‌ to use the current object transparency setting. (HPTRANSPARENCY system variable)