Board and Batten hatch pattern not working

[tevansERD]

i created this board and batten hatch pattern but it is not working. it has a 5 1/2" batten every 24" O.C.

*BoardandBatten24in,Board_Batten_1x6_Batten
90, 0, 0, 24, 24, 24
90, 5.5, 0, 24, 24, 24

[pendean]

How does it not work exactly? Post a screenshot.

[tevansERD]

the battens are 5 1/2" but 12" oc and not 24"

[pendean]

And if you double the spacing in the code (since it is half that now) you get... ?

[tevansERD]

It breaks the code

[hugha · Accepted solution]

Try:

*BoardandBatten24in,Board_Batten_1x6_Batten
90, 0, 0, 0, 24
90, 5.5, 0, 0, 24

hth

Hugh

www.hatchkit.com.au

[hugha]

Just to amplify - every unbroken pattern line is specified by 5 items:

angle, origin X, origin Y, slew, spacing

it's somewhat easier to specify the items in a reverse order

5.  Spacing between instances of this line (here 24)

4.   Slew (ignored, normally zero)

2,3  any point on the line. (here:  0, 0 or 5.5, 0)

1.  finally line angle from the X axis (90)

Slew comes into play when broken lines are being specified along with their draw/skip intervals. 

Too late to fix now but reversing spacing and slew within the original prescription would have removed an unnecessary item from unbroken line definition. 🙂 

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au