https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723944#M68280 <P>Select them and start the command..</P> <P>_hatchgenerateboundary</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:40:48 GMT cadffm 2021-10-29T20:40:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723902#M68279 <P>AutoCAD 2021: How to create boundaries for multiple hatches in one go?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I couldn’t figure out if there is a tool that can create boundaries for multiple hatches in one go</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Clip_1034.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/983684iFDC701F6F64BFDC9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Clip_1034.jpg" alt="Clip_1034.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:09:05 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723902#M68279 JamaL9722060 2021-10-29T20:09:05Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723944#M68280 <P>Select them and start the command..</P> <P>_hatchgenerateboundary</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:40:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723944#M68280 cadffm 2021-10-29T20:40:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723949#M68281 <DIV style="font-size: 1.1em; font-family: 'ArtifaktElement'; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 15px 100px 80px 100px;"> <P><A style="color: blue; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; font-weight: 300;" href="https://www.jtbworld.com/autocad-hatchb-lsp" target="_blank">This will do it.</A></P> </DIV> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:42:24 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10723949#M68281 rkmcswain 2021-10-29T20:42:24Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10770347#M68282 <P>Thank you guys for the help. Great that this tool is available out of the box!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JamaL9722060_0-1637401719392.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/991844i71189F56B3A2F3DF/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JamaL9722060_0-1637401719392.png" alt="JamaL9722060_0-1637401719392.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:52:28 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/10770347#M68282 JamaL9722060 2021-11-20T09:52:28Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/12880017#M68283 <P>Is there any way to make the generated boundary associated to the hatch?<BR />I need to use the stretch command to edit multiple hatches so they need an associated boundary.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any help is appreciated.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>H</P> Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:55:04 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/12880017#M68283 harryW4VU6 2024-07-05T10:55:04Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/12880225#M68284 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/13179273">@harryW4VU6</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>Is there any way to make the generated boundary associated to the hatch?<BR />I need to use the stretch command to edit multiple hatches so they need an associated boundary.</P> <P>....</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Does it need to be STRETCH specifically?&nbsp; Can you select the Hatches and their boundary objects collectively, and then use <EM>grip-editing</EM>, which will work on them together even if they're not associated?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>But to answer your question -- I don't know of a way.&nbsp; It doesn't look hopeful, as Help for HATCHGENERATEBOUNDARY is explicit about it:</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Kent1Cooper_0-1720184518097.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1383646i11BF31781A5EF8A5/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Kent1Cooper_0-1720184518097.png" alt="Kent1Cooper_0-1720184518097.png" /></span></P> <P>and doesn't offer any option about that.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>But it should be possible to come up with a routine that would do that, take information from the Hatch pattern, delete it, and make a new one, this time Associative with the boundary.&nbsp; Would that serve your purpose?</P> Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:04:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/12880225#M68284 Kent1Cooper 2024-07-05T13:04:36Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/13112539#M68285 <P>thank you very much</P> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:36:16 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/13112539#M68285 aadish_bin_abdul_sathar 2024-10-28T10:36:16Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/13793435#M353916 <P>Thank you!</P> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:50:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2021-how-to-create-boundaries-for-multiple-hatches-in/m-p/13793435#M353916 JSvejkovsky 2025-09-02T19:50:43Z