To Specify the Hatching of a Slab/Roof Slab Style

Use this procedure to specify the hatching of a slab or roof slab style. Hatching is displayed only in display representations, such as Plan, that are used in the Top view (plan view) of a drawing.

1. Open a tool palette that has a slab or roof slab tool, right-click the tool, and click Slab Styles or Roof Slab Styles.
   Note: Alternatively, you can select a slab or roof slab in the drawing, and click Slab Styles or Roof Slab Styles from the Edit Style drop-down on the General panel of ribbon’s contextual menu.
2. Select the style you want to edit.
3. Click the Display Properties tab.
4. Select the display representation in which to display the changes, and select Style Override.
5. If necessary, click .
6. Click the Hatching tab.
7. Click the setting for Pattern.
8. Select the hatching pattern:

   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 then clear Double Hatch.
   select double hatching	select User-defined for Type, and then select Double Hatch.
   select solid fill	select Solid Fill for Type.

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

    If you want to…	Then…
    orient the hatching to the slab or roof slab, regardless of its rotation	click to select object.
    orient the hatching to the World Coordinate System	click to select global.

13. Click OK twice.