another. The ellipse expands or contracts as you drag away from or
toward the starting point.
Hatch inks
You use the Hatch tab in the Inks palette to apply hatch inks. The
Hatch manager lets you customize hatch inks. For general instruc-
tions, see Using Inks Managers on page 18.314.
Hatch inks are patterns made of groups of lines. You can specify the
number of line groups and the angle, offset, and origin of each group.
You can assign a pen size, color, and dash to each line group, and you
can select a fill ink to be the background of the hatch ink.
Hatch inks are often used in illustrations to distinguish different
materials in cross sections, machine diagrams, and maps.
To select a line group for editing
When you create a hatch ink in the Hatch manager, click a line in the
edit box to select the line group. Selection handles appear where the
selected line group intersects the edit box.
Hatch tab in the Inks palette
Hatch manager
When you create a hatch ink,
you can set the number of line
groups and other attributes.
A Preview. Click a line group
in the preview box to select it.
Tiny handles appear where the
selected group meets the edge.
B Pen color. Choose a color
for the selected line group in
the pop-up menu. You can
choose a preset color or define
a custom color; see Creating
custom colors in pop-up pal-
ettes on page 18.320.
C Fill ink. Select an ink to use
as the hatch ink background.
D Dash. Choose a dash pat-
tern for the selected line group.
Add Line. Click to add a new
line group to the preview box.
Clear. Click to delete the
selected line group (unless
only one group is present).
See the next section for infor-
mation on setting Pen, Angle,
Offset, and Origin.
A
B
C
D