topic Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer in AutoCAD Forum

Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

Gangula2 — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:15:40 GMT

Can we assign a hatch pattern to a layer and then choose the hatch pattern to be "by layer" or custom pattern?

For example, if I have to hatch a pattern for all my walls in a floor plan, making a continuous/connected hatch is gonna be tedious, so I choose to make individual hatch patterns for individual walls, but if for any reason I choose to change the hatch pattern for the walls, I'd like to change it with a single click.

Sure select & filter is a good way for this, but if can choose the hatch to be "by layer" I can just simply change the pattern like I can change the colors, it'd decrease a lot of effort.

Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

imadHabash — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:36:48 GMT

Hi,

>> Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer <<

use HPLAYER system variable.

>> but if for any reason I choose to change the hatch pattern for the walls, <<

SELECTSIMILAR command will help.. and settings will guide how to select.

Command: SELECTSIMILAR
Select objects or [SEttings]:

Good Luck...

Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:02:49 GMT

You can't give a Layer a default Hatch pattern, the way you can give it a linetype or color. @imadHabash's screen-shot is to set it to put Hatching on a default Layer, but that's really the converse of what I think you're talking about.

But after doing your partial-area Hatches, you could GROUP them together, and selecting any of them would select all for purposes of changing the pattern, or Layer, etc.

Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

pendean — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:22:43 GMT

>>>...Can we assign a hatch pattern to a layer...<<<
With customziations (aka LISP or others), you can do that: have you mapped out which exact layer names get which exact hatch pattern and hatch settings yet?

It's not a core feature otherwise.

Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

Gangula2 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:26:24 GMT

Thank you pendean, I thought this would be core feature at least in the Express tools. Thank you for letting me know that we can do it using LISP. I right now don't need a solution using Lisp. But thanks for the help.

Re: Assign Hatch Pattern to a layer

Gangula2 — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:27:23 GMT

Thank you, Kent for giving an alternate solution. Really helpful.