Click Fill/Hatch Sketch Region to hatch or color fill an enclosed boundary in a drawing sketch.
On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Sketch panel Create Sketch to create a drawing sketch or double-click an existing sketch in the browser to make it active.
Use the sketch commands to create a sketch that forms a closed loop.
On the ribbon, click Sketch tabDraw panel Fill/Hatch Region.
In the graphics window, select the sketch loop you want to fill or hatch.
In the Hatch/Color Fill dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
To add hatching, switch Hatch on. Hatch style assigned to the Sketch Hatch object in Objects Defaults is applied on the hatch fill.
If appropriate, change the hatch attributes: Select another hatch patterns, edit the hatch angle, scale or shift, or change the Line Weight. Select Double to add a copy of the specified hatch pattern perpendicular to the first hatch pattern. All edits are kept as object overrides.
Tip: To use a hatch pattern that is not available in the Pattern list, select Other in Pattern. Then set the hatch pattern as Offered or load the hatch pattern from a PAT file using the Select Hatch Pattern dialog box.
To add a color fill, switch Color Fill on. Then select a color in the Color dialog box and click OK.
Right-click, and then select Done. Right-click again, and then select Finish Sketch to close the sketch.
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Edit or delete the hatch/color fill
When you edit attributes of a hatch fill, all edits are kept as object overrides.
To edit a sketch with hatch/color fill, double-click the sketch in the browser.
On the ribbon, click Sketch tabDraw panel Fill/Hatch Region.
In the graphics window, select the sketch with the hatch/color fill.
In the Hatch/Color Fill dialog box, change options, and then click OK.
Change the hatch attributes: Select another hatch patterns, edit the hatch angle, scale or shift, change the Line Weight, or select Double to create a crosshatch.
To use a hatch pattern that is not available in the Pattern list, select Other in Pattern. Then set the hatch pattern as Offered or load the hatch pattern from a PAT file using the Select Hatch Pattern dialog box.
Change the color of the color fill in the Color dialog box.
To switch between hatch and color fill, switch Hatch or Color Fill on.
To delete the hatch or color fill, switch off both Hatch and Color Fill.
Right-click, and then select Done. Right-click again, and then select Finish Sketch to close the sketch.