How do you add a Hatch Pattern

[Anonymous]

I would like to know how to add a Hatch Pattern and apply it to a Variable Grating? I need the pattern to appear as welded wire mesh not standard "Grate" hatching. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also I still working in 2015.1 not 2016

Thanks,

Rob

[wtheron]

AstorGratings.mdb you should be able to modify the hatch pattern for the chosen grating.

[múinteoir]

You need to save the custom hatch pattern file (.pat file) in C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\Support

Once saved to this location it will be available in the daialog box.

[Anonymous]

@múinteoir thanks for the response. Now one last question how can I edit an existing .pat file? There is an existing "Mesh Square Articulated 20x20" I need the squares to be 4"x4" or 102mm x 102mm?

[hugha]

A hatch pattern .pat file is simple text.

For orthogonal patterns such as gratings you should be able to use Notepad to edit and save the result as a .pat file (via Save as type -. All Files), naming the file to match the name of the single pattern it contains. Ensure there is a blank line at the end of the file and that no line is longer than 80 characters.

To edit more complex patterns I suggest HatchKit.

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au

[ChristianBlei]

Hi,

I use As 2016. I get only the patterns in the acad.pat and acadiso.pat files loaded. None of advance steel patterns in

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\Support.

Is that really working for you?

There seems to bei either a problem with the path or the pattern definition here.

BR,

Christian

[ChristianBlei]

Hi,  

works now , after I added C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2016\Shared\Support, the location of the Advance .pat files,

to the Support File Search Path in AutoCAd Options.