Toolbar: Insert > Hatch
Menu: Draw 2D > Boundary Hatch
Keyboard: BHATCH
Allows you to apply cross-hatching and pattern-filling to closed entities within specified boundaries. You can make the boundary hatch associative or non-associative, by choosing whether the hatch pattern will change when its boundary is changed. Associative hatches created in Autodesk AutoCAD display in IntelliCAD® 2001 and can be edited.
For instructions on how to create a boundary for hatching, see Boundary Polyline.
For a sample of available boundary hatch patterns, see Hatch Patterns or ISO Hatch Patterns.
NOTE Hatch patterns are memory intensive and can take a considerable amount of time to draw. To improve performance, add hatching as one of the last steps when you create a drawing, or insert hatches on a separate layer that you can freeze as you continue to work on your drawing.
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Specify a predefined hatch pattern