How to Create a Customized Menu in AutoCAD 2009 - Working with AutoCAD continuously, are you bored with using repetitive commands? Then let’s create customized menus in AutoCAD. The example discussed in the tutorial above does not cover all types of hatch patterns, but if you understand the logic you can develop your custom hatch pattern easily.

ConclusionĪpart from regular built-in AutoCAD hatch pattern you can create your customized hatch pattern.

įor creating AutoCAD hatch pattern of circle you need to create pattern of dashed line inclined in proper angle.

įor example if you want to create a hatch pattern of crossed lines then you may need to add third line in the above file as 90.000, 0,0, 0.5,0.5, 0.5,-2,1.

If your hatch pattern has two types of lines then you need to add two lines of codes after first line in the. Save the notepad file to AutoCAD 2009 support directory as dashedangle.pat

Ġ.5,-2,1 can be read as draw a line of 0.5 length then lift the pen for 2 length again draw a line of 1 length and repeat the same.

Ġ.5,0.5 is offset distances between two lines, this will define how dense hatch pattern you will get.

Ĥ5 degree is inclination of hatch lines.

Write down the first line as *dashedangle, dashed angular hatch We will create a custom AutoCAD hatch pattern of 45 degree inclined dashed line. Run AutoCAD 2009 and select the just created hatch pattern from the custom tab of the hatch pattern palate. Save the file by giving filename as filename.pat and save it to your AutoCAD 2009 support directory ( /program files/AutoCAD2009/Support). The optional dash pattern is for specifying dashed or dotted line type. The first field of the code is the inclination angle of the hatch line, origin-x and origin-y is the starting point of first hatch line, x-offset and y-offset defines spacing dimensions between the hatch lines. The syntax of the rest of the lines of the file will be Angle of line, origin-x, origin-y, x-offset, y-offset, The syntax of the first line of your hatch pattern file will be *filename, description Learn How to Create Hatch Patterns in Photoshop

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