Area Hatch Patterns

A hatch pattern is used to hatch the area with straight lines.

Note: It is possible to use more than one pattern on a graphical element. When doing crosshatching, define two patterns with different angles and call both patterns into the area.

TYPE HATCH delta [angle [offset]]

delta – The delta parameter defines the distance between each line in the pattern. The distance is specified in master units.
angle – The angle parameter defines the angle of each line in the pattern. If no angle is specified, the default value 0.0 is used.
offset – The offset parameter defines how much each line should be offset from the origin of the area. The offset should be specified as a value in the range 0 - 1. The resulting offset is based on the delta parameter: If no offset is specified, the default value 0.0 is used.

Tip: Make advanced patterns by applying more than one pattern on an area. Try to experiment with the delta, angle and offset values on each pattern.

Example:

In this example all shapes on level 1 are filled with advanced hatching created using two separate hatch patterns. The first pattern places lines using color 1 on level 63 at a 45 degree angle and with 10 inches between each line in the pattern. The second pattern places lines using color 2 on level 63. It uses the same distance between the lines and the same angle as the first pattern. But because of the non-zero offset, the lines will be placed 5 inches (0.5 x 10) from the lines in the first pattern.