To Work with Hatch Patterns in Section Views

Control hatch patterns individually or by material, and hide or display hatch patterns to improve visibility.

The active Hatch style defines the pattern, scale, shift, and other attributes of the hatch.

Modify the Hatch Pattern for an Area in a Section View

Edits that you make in the Edit Hatch Pattern dialog are kept as property overrides.

1. In the graphics window, select the hatch pattern to change.
2. Right-click and select Edit.
3. Change attributes of the hatch pattern in the Edit Hatch Pattern dialog:
   • Select By Material to use the hatch pattern assigned to the material of the cut part.
   • Select a hatch pattern from the Pattern list.
   • Set the hatch Angle, Scale, Shift, and Line Weight.
   • Select Double to create a crosshatch.
   • Click Color and select a new color in the Color dialog.
4. To use a hatch pattern that is not available in the Pattern list, select Other in Pattern. Then add the hatch pattern using the Select Hatch Pattern dialog.
5. (Optional) To change the Hatch style for a section hatch, select another style in the Style list box on the Annotate tab of the ribbon. The selected Hatch style is applied to the hatch object and all overrides are discarded.

Use the By Material Hatch Pattern in Section Views

If material of a component is defined in the hatch pattern map, then the By Material hatch pattern is used whenever the component is cut. Otherwise, the hatch pattern from the Hatch style assigned to the Section Hatch object in Object Defaults is used, and the By Material option is disabled for the component.

1. In the graphics window, select the hatch pattern to change.
2. Right-click and select Pattern from the menu.
3. If the By Material option is available, select it to apply the hatch pattern defined for the materials of the component, or cancel it to use the default hatch pattern defined in the hatch style.
4. To enable the By Material hatch pattern for legacy drawings, map materials to hatch patterns in Styles and Standard Editor, and then select the By Material option for all hatch patterns in the drawing from either the Edit Hatch Pattern dialog or from the Hatch context menu.

Map Materials to Hatch Patterns

The Material Hatch Pattern Defaults tab in the active Standard style specifies materials that you can apply to hatch patterns.

1. Open the Style and Standard Editor, and click the active Standard style.
2. Import materials or create a list of materials manually, and map hatch patterns to materials.

Change the default hatch in cut views

Use the Style and Standard Editor to:

• Edit the current Hatch style or select another Hatch style for the Section Hatch object in Object Defaults.
• Change the default Section Hatch Angles on the General tab of the Standard style pane. Section Hatch Angles define hatch rotation for particular sectioned parts.
• Load hatch patterns from an external PAT file and set them in the Hatch style.
• Map materials to hatch patterns on the Material Hatch Pattern Defaults tab of the Standard style pane.

Use the By Material Hatch Pattern in Section Views

If material of a component is defined in the hatch pattern map, then the By Material hatch pattern is used whenever the component is cut. Otherwise, the hatch pattern from the Hatch style assigned to the Section Hatch object in Object Defaults is used, and the By Material option is disabled for the component.

1. In the graphics window, select the hatch pattern to change.
2. Right-click and select Pattern from the menu.
3. Select the By Material option to apply the hatch pattern defined for the materials of the component, or cancel it to use the default hatch pattern defined in the hatch style.
4. (Optional) To enable the By Material hatch pattern for legacy drawings, map materials to hatch patterns in Styles and Standard Editor, and then select the By Material option for all hatch patterns in the drawing from either the Edit Hatch Pattern dialog or from the Hatch context menu.

Hide or Display Hatching for Parts in Section Views

1. In the graphics window, select the part in the view.
2. Right-click the hatched area, and then:
   • Select Hide to suppress the hatch display.
   • Clear Hide to show the hatch display.

Hide or Display All Hatching for Section Views

1. In the graphics window or in the browser, select the section view.
2. Right-click and select Edit View.
3. In the Drawing View dialog, open the Display Options tab, and clear or select the Hatching option.