https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/unhatching-part-of-a-hatch/m-p/5797552#M314094 <P>two ways I can think of offhand --</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>1) put a background mask on your room names, and moive them to the top of the DrawOrder</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>2) use the Hatchedit command, recerate the boundaries, the erase the old hatch and re-hatch, selecting the newly generated boundary and the text/block you want to not be covered by the hatch. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:11:13 GMT jggerth 2015-09-01T13:11:13Z