To Specify the Hatching for Components of a Mass Element Style

Use this procedure to specify the hatching of components of a mass element style. Mass element hatching is displayed only in display representations, such as Plan, that are used in the Top view (plan view) of a drawing.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager. .
2. Expand Multi-Purpose Objects Mass Element Styles.
3. Select the mass element style to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and click Style Override.

   The display representation in bold is the current one.

6. Click the Hatching tab.
7. Select a display component, and click the setting for Pattern.
8. Select the hatching for the display 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 folder 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.

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 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.

13. Click OK.