Hatch Properties Dialog Box

Sets the pattern type. Click the button to select the hatching type from the drawing area:

• Predefined: Specifies a predefined AutoCAD pattern. These patterns are stored in the acad.pat and acadiso.pat files. You can control the angle and scale of any predefined pattern. For predefined ISO patterns, you can also control the ISO pen width.
  Note

  When you use the Solid predefined pattern, ensure that the boundary is closed and does not intersect itself. In addition, if the hatch area contains more than one loop, the loops must not intersect. These limitations do not apply to standard hatch patterns.

• User-Defined: Creates a pattern of lines based on the current linetype in your drawing. You can control the angle and spacing of the lines in your user-defined pattern.
• Custom: Specifies a pattern that is defined in any custom PAT file that you have added to the AutoCAD search path. (To use the patterns in the supplied acad.pat and acadiso.pat files, choose Predefined.) You can control the angle and scale of any custom pattern.

Lists the available predefined patterns. The six most recently used predefined patterns appear at the top of the list. The selected patterns are stored in the HPNAME system variable. Available only if Type is set to Predefined.

Click to open the Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box, where you can view preview images for all predefined patterns.

Lists the available custom patterns. The six most recently used custom patterns appear at the top of the list. AutoCAD stores the selected pattern in the HPNAME system variable. Available only if Type is set to Custom.

Click to open the Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box, where you can view preview images for all custom patterns.

Specifies an angle for the hatch pattern relative to the X axis of the current UCS. AutoCAD stores the angle in the HPANG system variable.

Specifies that an ISO predefined pattern is scaled based on the selected pen width. Available only if you set Type to Predefined and set Pattern to one of the available ISO patterns.

Expands or contracts a predefined or custom pattern. AutoCAD stores the scale in the HPSCALE system variable. This option is available only if you set Type to Predefined or Custom.

Specifies that the hatch pattern is scaled relative to paper space units. Using this option, you can easily display hatch patterns at a scale that is appropriate for your layout. Available only from a layout.

Specifies the spacing of lines in a user-defined pattern. AutoCAD stores the spacing in the HPSPACE system variable. Available only if you set Type to User-Defined.