Custom 6x36 tile Hatch Pattern

[sovby]

I have a custom hatch pattern that i need to edit to make the vertical line 9" from the 0,0 origin. So the tile will be 36" long then be 6" in height. I thought i understood this but i am doing this wrong. I understand the first number is the angle that the line is to be drawn at. The second number is the x & y offset. The third & final numbers are where i get confused. I thought that since i am rotating everything 90 degrees & drawing a line 6 " long that the code would be

*Core_16_Tile, 6x36 One Quarter Elevation
90,0,0,-6,9,6,-9
0,0,0,0,6

Can someone please help me out?

[scot-65]

90, 0,0, 6,18, 6,-6
???

[sovby]

Well, its closer than what i had. Basically, the first bottom tile at origin point 0,0 will be 36" long by 6" high. The text tile in a vertical direction will start at 9,6, & then the row above that will be 9,6 from that point.

[scot-65 · Accepted solution]

Does it matter which side the smaller of the two distance stagger?

As you show in the pic, the angle is 90 degrees. The next offset will
have a positive X, and a negative Y. What I gave you earlier should
have been an equal stagger regardless of positive X or Y.

Try this:
90, 0,0, 6,-9, 6,-18

The offset distance is based on the angle of the line. If it helps,
this is where you turn the paper so the (dashed) line is horizontal
and the positive-X direction points to the right (East).
Now determine the X-direction and Y-direction.
In the pic above, the next line begins 6 units in the X direction
and -9 units in the Y direction.

The last pair of numbers is Pen Up / -Pen Down. A "0" is a dot.
You are drawing a line 6 units long and not drawing for 18
additional units before it starts a new cycle.

Notice I did not give a unit of measurement?

(apologies for not viewing your earlier attachment as I am not in
the habit of opening others' files)

Hope this helps.

[hugha]

From HatchKit's Brick and Tile wizard:

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;        Written by HatchKit Professional
;        HatchKit Professional (c)1990-2016 Cadro Pty Ltd
;        www.hatchkit.com.au/
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Date                                   : 19/11/2016
;-Time                                   : 12:39:53 PM
;-HatchKit Version                       : 3.1.9.2674
;-HatchKit Output Filetype               : AutoCAD format
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Brick0,RUNNING HORIZONTAL 36"x6" bond=1/4
90,0,0,6,-9,6,-18
0,0,0,0,6

hth,

Hugh Adamson

[Kent1Cooper]

90, 0,0, 6,-9, 6,-18

[sovby]

Works great. This is exactly what i wanted Thanks so much everyone. I think your explanation will be very helpful. I always get confused with hatch patterns