To Specify the Hatching of a Zone Style

Use this procedure to specify the hatch settings of a zone style. The specified hatch is applied to the zone symbol and to any spaces attached to the zone, allowing you to easily detect the structure in your drawing if you have many spaces and zones. The hatch is also important if you want to create a coding legend from the zone.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
2. Expand Architectural Objects Zone Styles.
3. Select the zone style that you want to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6. If necessary, click .
7. Click the Hatching tab.
8. Select a component, 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 folder 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.

14. Click OK twice.