To Add and Edit a Hatch to Drawing Sketches

You can select multiple closed profiles in a sketch, and apply the Fill/Hatch to all of them.

What's New: 2018.2, 2020.2

When you edit attributes of a hatch, all edits are kept as object overrides.

1. 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.
2. Use the sketch commands to create one or more sketches that form a closed loop.
3. On the ribbon, click Sketch tab Create Panel Hatch Region.
4. In the graphics window, select a closed loop you want to hatch. Click to add additional sketch loops. Use SHIFT-click or CTRL-click to remove a selected loop from the selection set.
5. In the Hatch dialog box, specify options.
   • To add hatching, switch Hatch on. (The hatch style assigned to the Sketch Hatch object in Objects Defaults is applied on the hatch fill.)
   • To add a copy of the specified hatch pattern perpendicular to the first hatch pattern, select Double.
   • To add a color fill, select SOLID in the Pattern list. Then, select a color in the Color dialog box and click OK.
   • 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 rotate the hatch pattern, specify an angle in Angle.
   • To change the color, click Color ( ), and specify the fill color in the Color dialog box.
   • To delete the hatch, switch off the Hatch.
   • To specify a distance between lines in the hatch, enter a value in Scale to scale the distance larger or smaller. (A scale of 1 uses the original distance specified in the hatch pattern.)
   • To offset the hatch pattern slightly from the original position, enter a distance in Shift.

How to Shift the Sketch Hatch Fill Pattern

Show Me How to Define a Hatch Style and Set It as the Default for Sketch Hatch Fills