Can I pre-select my boundary elements for BHATCH (Pick internal point)?

[MbMinx]

I have a bunch of hatching to do, and "Pick Internal Point" is forcing me to pick every little area created where any element runs over my space. Is there any way to select the boundary elements beforehand so that "Pick internal point" doesn't have to process every possible area - it can just process if the area is contained by the boundary elements?

[Anonymous]

One way is to use AutoLISP to define the selection set:

(setq ss (ssget))

then you select the objects you want to include.

Now execute BHATCH

Make sure the dialog box is fully expanded so you see on the right side a section called Boundary Set

Click on the New button

then at the command prompt to recall the selection saved enter:

!ss

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[MbMinx]

That almost worked...

What I'm trying to accomplish is to "flood" hatch an area so that it can "find" and leave gaps around all the annotation in that area. Unfortunately, the text is on the same level as a bunch of lines that criss-cross the area in question. If I select my boundary, it won't locate the text, and if I "flood", I end up with dozens and dozens of tiny areas for me to select. Using the boundary set made it possible to ignore all the crossing lines, but it didn't pick up the text.

Do I need to make those texts part of my boundary selection?

[Anonymous]

You may want to select the Text as well as part of the selection set just to see if that would give you want you are looking for...it wouldn't hurt.

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[MbMinx]

I just figured out how to ISOLATE objects. That worked - I could just isolate the elements I wanted my hatch to locate, and it ignored anything else.

[ВeekeeCZ]

/// edit: misread ///

pre-select object(s)

run Hatch Tool,

specify hatch pattern (or not if the current is good)

type P as previous selection