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Creating and saving hatches


    You can create and save your own hatches or modify existing hatches and save them for reuse. To save hatches, you use either the New Hatch or the Hatch Effects dialog box.

To create a hatch:

  1. Draw the objects you want to convert to a hatch design for the ink pen effect.
  2. Select the artwork.
  3. Choose Filter > Pen & Ink > New Hatch.
  4. Click New. Enter a name for the new hatch and click OK.
  5. To improve the program's performance, deselect Preview to turn off the preview of the hatch and click OK.

To modify an existing hatch:

  1. Make sure that nothing is selected in the artwork.
  2. Choose Filter > Pen & Ink > New Hatch.
  3. Choose a hatch from the Hatch pop-up menu.
  4. Click Paste and then click OK.
  5. Edit the hatch as desired, and then select it.
  6. Choose Filter > Pen & Ink > New Hatch.
  7. Click New. Name the new hatch and click OK.

To save hatch settings:

  1. Select an object in the artwork and choose Filter > Pen & Ink > Hatch Effects.
  2. Specify the hatch settings and any style options you want to save.
  3. To save the settings in the file, click New. Enter a new name for the settings, and click OK.

To delete hatch settings:

  1. Select an object in the artwork and choose Filter > Pen & Ink > Hatch Effects.
  2. Select the hatch settings and any style options you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete, and then click OK.

To delete an existing hatch:

  1. Choose Filter > Pen & Ink > New Hatch.
  2. Choose a hatch from the Hatch pop-up menu.
  3. Click Delete, and then click  OK.