AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

I have a lot hatches with no boundary around. i need recreate boundaries of these hatches but it take too late time doing it. i know that is possible but don't know how! plz help me. i am an intermediate in autocad.

[#2]

HATCHEDIT command has a RECREATE BOUNDARY button, explore it.

[#3]

I know that. I mean I want do this for many hatches at once because i want save a lot time of recreate hatch boundaries. with hatchedit command you able do this for one hatch. i guess that be done by script writing or that will be possible with a sidelong software.

help plz

[#4]

You will have to customize with Lisp (or a menu macro) using the -HATCHEDIT (note the dash) command.

Customization Discussion area if you need help:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Visual-LISP-AutoLISP-and-General/bd-p/130

What and see if anyone here has one already written they can share.

[#5]

Here you go.  I just wrote it real quick. It seems to work ok.

;;;Recreate-Hatch-Boundaries.lsp written by Murray Clack, November 19, 2010

;;;This routine will recreate boundaries around multiple selected hatch patterns and makes the patterns associative

(prompt "\nRecreate-Hatch-Boundaries.lsp loaded, Enter RHB to execute")

(defun c:RHB (/ OLDCE SSET CNT OBJ)

  (setq OLDCE (getvar "cmdecho"))

  (setvar "cmdecho" 0)

  (princ "\nSelect Hatch Objects: ")

  (setq SSET (ssget))

  (setq CNT -1)

  (while (setq OBJ (ssname SSET (setq CNT (1+ CNT))))

(command "-hatchedit" OBJ "b" "p" "y")

 )

(setvar "cmdecho" OLDCE)

(princ)

)

[#6]

Hi, i extended the previous code with these features:

- creates associative boundary
- assigns the same hatch color to the boundary
- creates the boundary on the same layer the hatch entity belongs

it's here:

http://furiousgis.blogspot.it/2012/04/autocad-recreate-boundaries-around-all.html

bye

[#7]

How about selecting all the individual hatches, then right click and choose "Generate Boundary"?

[#8]

You can do that (I cannot find the command right-clicking, I need to type "_HATCHGENERATEBOUNDARY" on the commandline). However my goal was slightly more than this: - recreate the boundaries with the same hatch source colour - recreate the boundaries on the same hatch source layer or in a "cloned empty layer" named something like "myLayer_boundaries"

[#9]

Great murray-clack! I love this command

Best

Jamal