I am now having Hatch problems

[Anonymous]

Hi All -

A new issue is now happening while I am trying to hatch.

First off the spinning wheel won't spot after I select an area to hatch, which then makes me have to force quit. And the only way I can force quit is to hold the power button.

It seems to be trying to hatch everything - when I only want to hatch things such as a wall thickness.

This has not happen before - I have always been able to hatch.

I am working on AutoCAD 2014 LT

Mac Yosemite.

Am I missing a setting? Is there a patch? Everything seems to be up to date.

Any advise would be great.

Thanks!

[maxim_k]

Hi,

Looking at the screen shot you provided, I can say that you are trying to hatch non closed area - the red circles you see on the screen indicates the places where area is not closed. So please check your drawing once again.

If you want, you can attach your drawing here, I can look at it.

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxim,

I'm having the same problem with hatching, but the boundaries do seem to be closed. I've tried drawing polylines around the area which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. When I select an area to be hatched I get the spinning wheel with a message in the command line - selecting everything visible, analyzing selected data. Am I missing a simple setting or something? Any help is appreciated.

Darren

[maxim_k]

The easiest way to hatch in complex drawings is to isolate hatch boundary or hide everything except hatch boundary.

I use IsolateObjects command (right-click context menu: Isolate -> Isolate Objects), than I can hatch instantaneously by picking points inside boundaries.

Than use context menu Isolate -> End object isolation.

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Thanks! That seems to do the trick nicely.

Darren

[meilisa_615220023]

I've been facing the same problem and its not about the red circles, mine is perfectly fine but the hatch just won't comply and I have to close the app and back to where I saved before, it keep showing spinning wheel whenever I try to do hatch. What should I do??

[maxim_k]

Hi @meilisa_615220023 ,

The best and universal way in my experience is to isolate objects you need to hatch: turn off unnecessary layers, use Isolate Objects command, finally - COPY the boundary edges into the empty space in the drawing, do the hatching, MOVE the hatch back in place.

Plus - avoid using Splines as hatch boundaries.