Hatching options

Use the Hatching page to specify the default hatching options.

1. Click File > Options > Application Options > Drafting > Hatching.
2. Use the options to specify the default hatch pattern as follows:

• Select the default hatch pattern from the examples given. The selected pattern is highlighted in blue, for example:

  

  For each hatch pattern, you can edit the Spacing and Colour. The spacing and colour of each hatch pattern is stored and used by the Hatch dialog.

• Spacing — Enter the spacing between the lines in the selected hatch pattern.

  

• Colour — Select a colour for the selected hatch pattern.
• If you do not want to use one of the Standard Hatch Patterns, select a user-defined hatch pattern from the list.
• Create — Click this button to create a new user-defined hatch pattern.
• Edit — Click this button to edit the selected user-defined hatch pattern.
• Delete — Click this button to remove the selected pattern from the list.