Use this procedure to specify the hatching of the components of a slab or roof slab.
Hatching is displayed only in display representations that are used in the Top view (plan view) of a drawing.
Note: If a material assignment determines the hatching properties of a slab display component, you can change the hatching of the display component by clearing By Material or by overriding the material assignment with a different material.
- Select the slab or roof slab you want to change, right-click, and click Edit Object Display. Note: You can also use the Display tab of the Properties palette to change the display property settings for a selected object display component in the current display representation.
- On the Display Properties tab, select the display representation for which you want to change a property, and select Style Override.
- If necessary, click
. - On the Hatching tab, select the display component, and click the setting for Pattern.
- Select the hatching for the display component.
If you want to… Then… specify a hatching pattern that is available in the software select Predefined for Type, and then select a pattern. specify a custom pattern select Custom for Type, and enter the name of the custom pattern. If necessary, click Browse, and navigate to the folder where the custom pattern file is located. specify single hatching select User-Defined for Type, and clear Double Hatch. specify double hatching select User-Defined for Type, and select Double Hatch. specify solid fill select Solid Fill for Type. - Click OK.
- Click the setting for Scale/Spacing, and enter a value that determines how the selected pattern is repeated.
- Click the setting for Angle, and enter the angle for the selected pattern.
- Click the setting for Orientation, and specify how the hatching is 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. - Click the setting for X Offset, and enter an offset value.
- Click the setting for Y Offset, and enter an offset value.
- Click OK twice.