AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

Is there a way to maintain associative hatches, but change its functionality when selected slightly.

Ie: When i select a hatch i have placed in a rectangle, it selects the rectangle also. Properties dialog shows 'ALL (2)' selections instead of only the hatch i originally selected. deleting the hatch, therefore deletes the rectangle.

Correct me if im wrong, but i recall a time when i could have an associative hatch, and if i selected it, it would be only the hatch object selected, therefore could be deleted without removing the boundary. I now need to go to properties, select the hatch, then change its associativity to 'NO' then delete it?!  

So am i wrong, or am i missing something??

[#2]

you can turn selection cycle on, then select either the boundary or the hatch

[#3]

You can also change the following System Variable:

PICKSTYLE

Change it to 1, (it's probably set to 2 or higher)

[#4]

HPBOUNDRETAIN

0 is OFF

1 will create an object that encloses each hatch.

[#5]

Sorry All, everything suggested is already set that way! anything else? This is the exact behaviour:

Create a rectangle

pick point an associative hatch and finish

then select the hatch now and the rectangle will automatically select, properties registers 2 objects.

now delete the hatch and the rectangle disappears.

BUT if i select the rectangle only, the hatch WONT be selected. if i delete the rectangle, the hatch remains.

So, is this expected behaviour? I'm sure this wasnt always the usual behaviour for associative hatches, maybe I'm wrong?  

[#6]

That is weird, since the only way I could mae this happen as you describe is to change my pickstyle which was set to 0 to a value of 2 or 3. Once I put it back to 0 it reverted back to one object selected when the hatch was picked. I also tried it with hpboundretain on, which creates a secondary boundary, that I normally do not use. Even that setting did not make any extra objects being selected when the hatch was picked, if pickstyle was less than 2. Normally I toggle it on or off (1 or 0) with ^ shift A when I am editing groups.

[#7]

Yeah, after testing, I'd have to say PICKSTYLE 2 behaves as described and PICKSTYLE 1 does not.

Try this combination (the defaults)

PICKSTYLE = 1

HPASSOC  = 1

HPBOUNDRETAIN = 0

[#8]

cheers everyone, seems to have done the trick. Although, i think i may have lead you all astray because when i booted up this morning my pickstyle was set to 3. changing it to 1 rectified the problem as was suggested earlier in the thread. I did check this value earlier though so Im not sure where i have gone wrong, but none the less, 3 new variables to brush up on.

thanks.