To Specify the Surface Hatch Pattern of a Material Definition

Use this procedure to specify the pattern used for the surface hatch.

Specifying material assignment by object face

Note: After you assign a material definition to an object, you can edit the surface hatches for the individual faces of the object.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

2. Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
3. Select the material definition you want to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and verify that Style Override is checked.

   The display representation in bold is the current display representation.

6. If necessary, click .
7. Click the Hatching tab.
8. Select Surface Hatch, 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 location 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.

    

    Specifying surface hatch orientation

14. Click the Other tab.
15. For Surface Hatch Placement, select the object faces on which the surface hatching is displayed.
16. Click OK.