hatch Associative property is disabled

hatch Associative property is disabled

Amremad
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hatch Associative property is disabled

Amremad
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Hello All

 

I have a problem with hatch in Autocad2018 after install AutoCad2018 plant 3d 

 

i can't use Associative property with hatch where when i click on it's button make it disable , and i can't edit the hatch 

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imadHabash
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Hi,

 

would you try from command line to change HPASSOC system variable to 1 . 

 

Command: HPASSOC
Enter new value for HPASSOC <1>:

Imad Habash

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> i can't use Associative property with hatch

You can't re-associate a hatch to an existing boundary.

 

The setting "Assicative" for hatches needs to be activated before you create a hatch. Then the creation of the hatch will store the information about i's borders to the hatch object and so every modification of any of the borders initiate an update of the hatch.

 

Whenever you already have created hatches without the information about the borders you can't tell the hatch afterwards to find it's borders (they even might not exist any more) ... and that's why you can't activate the associative flag after the hatch is already created.

 

If that helps: you can create boundaries for a hatch (which are not the original objects, but new created objects) and for that function you can tell AutoCAD to regenerate the hatch to be associative to these new objects.

 

Hope that makes sense, - alfred -

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Amremad
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Hi,

 

would you try from command line to change HPASSOC system variable to 1 . 

 

Command: HPASSOC
Enter new value for HPASSOC <1>:

 

 

doesn't work 

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Amremad
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>>

The setting "Assicative" for hatches needs to be activated before you create a hatch. Then the creation of the hatch will store the information about i's borders to the hatch object and so every modification of any of the borders initiate an update of the hatch.

 

Whenever you already have created hatches without the information about the borders you can't tell the hatch afterwards to find it's borders (they even might not exist any more) ... and that's why you can't activate the associative flag after the hatch is already created.

 

If that helps: you can create boundaries for a hatch (which are not the original objects, but new created objects) and for that function you can tell AutoCAD to regenerate the hatch to be associative to these new objects.

 

Hope that makes sense, - alfred -

 

 

the boundaries of hatch was working, now it's doesn't with new hatches 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> now it's doesn't with new hatches

New information or changed information? Your screenshot shows "Hatch Edit" dialog ... which means you edit an existing hatch ...

 

For new hatches make sure HPASSOC is set to one, then start command _HATCH and create a hatch by "pick points" or "select" object(s). Finish the hatch command, select the hatch again and look to the property window, is the hatch associative?

 

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- alfred -

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imadHabash
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>> I have a problem with hatch in Autocad2018 after install AutoCad2018 plant 3d  <<

i suggest to reset your autocad to default settings . >> Click <<

Imad Habash

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Amremad
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yes iam sure HPASSOC is set to one, and associative is yes 

 

but see this picture 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

what object type is the border you selected to create the hatch?
Can you please select that border and show a screenshot with border and property window?

 

- alfred -

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Amremad
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sorry about late Mr.Alfred.NESWADBA

 

 

 

 

 

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Amremad
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any solution ?

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