HELP: super hatch tool to create custom parquet flooring - floor plan

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I have been having trouble with creating a custom hatch with the super hatch tool. I need to create parquet flooring where the rectangles are joined together with no gaps but I am struggling to understand what to do. I have created a block, as shown below, but I am unsure what corner to corner to select after inserting the block. Everything I am trying is causing there to be gaps between the pattern. 

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Also if anyone knows how to remove the red and green x and y axis that would be great haha. 

Thanks!

unsure where to click for cornersneed tiles touchingwhat I am trying to imitate

[imadHabash]

Hi,

The idea is to find a common area that when copied or attached beside each other you will get your final shape.so the secret exist in the Magenta rectangle . 😉

[vinodkl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

Here is the Herringbone Parquet hatch pattern file (see attachment)

Place this .pat file in this location : C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20XX\R2XX\enu\support

And for the RED and GREEN x and y-axis, type in the command "VS" and then press "2" and enter.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your response!

I have tried to follow your instructions but I am unsure where you mean...

'C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20XX\R2XX\enu\support'

Is this on my Mac desktop? Sorry I am new to all the software as you can probably tell.

Thank you for telling me how to get rid of the green and red axis line, I haven't had a clue for ages haha.

[vinodkl]

Hi,

Are you using MAC?

If so, then check this link on how to install a custom hatch pattern: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-i... 

[Anonymous]

Heya, 

I have uploaded the image but still can't figure out how to do it, sorry I'm new to AutoCAD as you can tell.

Thanks!

[Kent1Cooper]

A real Hatch pattern is so infinitely easier to work with than SuperHatch that it's worth defining one, unless there's something about the pattern that isn't appropriate to the way Hatch patterns are defined.  The attachment to Message 3 draws 1x5  tiles, but your image looks like a 1x6  ratio.  If that's what you really want, try this:

*HB1x6, HerringBone of 1x6-ratio rectangles

0, 0,0, 1,1, 7,-5
90, 1,0, 1,-1, 7,-5

I find it much cleaner, in addition to being actually precise  instead of rounded off, to define such a pattern in orthogonal terms, without all the decimal places, and if you want it at an angle such as 45°, give it one.

If you copy that into a file of its own, the file name must match the pattern name [HB1x6.pat, not case-sensitive, or you can change it to whatever you want], and it must end with a blank line, not with the last character of code.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for that!

I have followed the instructions to download it but an error message has come up when I try click 'herringbone 2' (which is the file I downloaded of yourself) 

 do you know if I may have done something wrong in the process?

Thankyou!

[Anonymous]

Hiya, 

I have seen this numbers online earlier when I was trying to figure it out, where do I put the numbers in to create it? are those 'hatch codes'? 

Sorry this is all very new

Thank you !!

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

.... an error message has come up ....

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The problem is that the file name and the pattern name must be the same.

[Kent1Cooper]

Go back to my previous message [edited since first posted].  Copy the code to a plain-text editor such as Notepad, include an Enter at the end so the end of the file is a blank line, and Save it to a file as described there, in a folder that is in your OPTIONS dialog box's Files tab Support File Search Path list [typically the one that ends in ...\support].

[maxim_k · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

I attached the archive with two hatch patterns: one - yours and another one from @Kent1Cooper 

Extract archive to the location described here:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-install-custom-hatch-patterns-in-AutoCAD.html?_ga=2.177139174.2122117643.1590434349-182359330.1580295825

and try to use them - HB1x6 and Herringbone patterns.

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much for your help!!

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much!!!