To Specify the Plan and Section Hatch Patterns of a Material Definition

Use this procedure to change the patterns for the Plan, Hatch, and Section Hatch components of a material definition.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

2. Click Multi-Purpose Objects Material Definitions.
3. Select the material definition you want to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and verify that Style Override is checked.

   The display representation in bold is the current display representation.

6. If necessary, click .
7. Click the Hatching tab.
8. Select Plan Hatch or Section Hatch, and click the setting for Pattern.
9. Select the hatching for the component:

   If you want to…	Then…
   select a hatching pattern that is available in the software	select Predefined for Type, and then select a pattern.
   select a custom pattern	select Custom for Type, and then enter the name of the custom pattern. If necessary, click Browse, and navigate to the location where the custom pattern file is located.
   select single hatching	select User-defined for Type, and clear Double Hatch.
   select double hatching	select User-defined for Type, and select Double Hatch.
   select solid fill	select Solid Fill for Type.

10. Click OK.
11. Click Scale/Spacing, and enter a value that determines how the selected pattern is repeated.
12. Click Angle, and enter the angle for the selected pattern.
13. Click Orientation, and specify how the hatching is oriented:

    If you want to…	Then…
    orient the hatching to the object, regardless of the object rotation	select Object.
    orient the hatching to the World Coordinate System	select Global.

    

    Specifying surface hatching orientation

14. Click OK.