Adding Hatches to 2015

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon.

I have been trying very unsuccesfully to add 3 custom hatches to 2015. I have 2 CAD books, (Mastering AutoCad is one of them) and have watched counteless YouTube vids to no avail. Can someone kindly post step by step instructions that an idiot like myself can understand.

I already have the .pat files downloaded. I have found the acad and acadisio files. I have copied and pasted the codes in the custom area. I recognize all of the additional hatches in the folders as well. But my custom defined will not show up. Ive been to options and custom hatch, but cannot find anywhere to place the location extension of the new .pat files since the coding isnt working.

Thank yo so much! I need to add random stone to a foundation el, Im surprised this isnt in the pre-defined hatches.

Thank you so much fo ryour consideration.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> I have found the acad and acadisio files

Where have you found them? Because there are multiple copies of that files on your system, but not every place is the one your AutoCAD session uses.

You can verify which file AutoCAD uses by entering that into the command line and see it's result:

(findfile "acadiso.pat")<ENTER>

>> But my custom defined will not show up

Where did you look for it? (screenshot?)

In case the above suggestion didn't help upload the ACAD.PAT and ACADISO.PAT and let us know the name of the hatch patterns you added.

As a global tip: I would not modify the original AutoCAD files, I would create a seperate folder, place there the pat-files (each hatch pattern has then it's own pat file) and make sure to add the folder with the pat-files to the list of AutoCAD support folders. This works then well with future AutoCAD releases without modifying the AutoCAD original files again and again.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Im getting an error that says find file at the command prompt doesnt work. I normally handraft everything, I had plenty years of AutoCad in college but it was always hard for me. Im fast and eficient with a pencil. However, time to jump to present day. 🙂

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Im getting an error that says find file at the command prompt doesnt work

Please enter the complete line that I have shown, including the parentheses!

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Okay that worked!

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

well, now you know which of the files AutoCAD uses, have you added your hatch pattern(s) to that file or to another one?

If you've modified this file then we have to search why the pattern does not work/is not found ... therefor we would need the file.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

ok, I downloaded a file called "HSTON3E0.pat" (seems to be the same as one of the three files you showed in your screenshot), then I restarted AutoCAD, started the _HATCH command and found it in the list of hatch patterns (close to the end of the list).

Your file seems to be placed within a folder AutoCAD should find, doesn't it find this pattern after a restart of AutoCAD?

And if it does not show the pattern, what happens when you try that:

(findfile "HSTON3E0.pat")<ENTER>

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

They are there,

That was so easy! I cannot thank you enough. I do take direction well! Haha!

Have a great weekend. Again thank you!

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

You are welcome, good to know you got it working.

A nice weekend to you too, - alfred -

[Anonymous]

So they arent staying put.

I add the new hatch, size it etc. and it lasts for maybe 15 second before it automatically deletes????

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> and it lasts for maybe 15 second before it automatically deletes

Sorry, I don't understand what you are doing. We spoke about creating hatch, now you want anything "automatically delete"? Why delete and why should anything automatically be deleted?

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Basically in a nutshell. I add the hatches. Resize them everything looks good. Then they just dissappear. Im not doing anything they arent highlighted etc.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Then they just dissappear

Are you sure that you finished the hatch?

Starting the command _HATCH asks you for a point within lines/polylines/arcs to find the area (alternativ method could be it asks you to select an object).

In point mode: as long as you move the mouse AutoCAD always refreshes the hatch for the borders it finds for the current position. BUT this is not the end of hatch command, now you have to click into the area so the hatch is not just a preview, it is then really created.

- alfred -