How do I change hatch boundary color?

[KhoiNguyen6224]

Hi all

I'm a new Inventor user so I don't know how can I change the hatch boundary color in the Inventor drawing? Please help me.

Thank you

Khoi Nguyen

[SharkDesign]

How did you do the boundary? Is it geometry or a sketch?

Either way, you select the boundary lines (ctrl click for multiple) right click and choose properties.

Like this:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/e34b850d-50a6-4a2e-b557-1a29009c2851

[-niels-]

You can change it in several locations:

For an overall color change for the entire drawing, use edit layers:

For individual hatches, right-click on the one you want to change and select "edit" then choose the desired color:

[KhoiNguyen6224]

It's section view of geometry so I have too much hatch boundary to change by select them. 

[SharkDesign]

My solution is the boundary colour and Neils is the actual hatch. 

Take your pick on what you need.

[KhoiNguyen6224]

I want to change "hatch boundary" color not "hatch" color .

Thank you

[SharkDesign]

follow my video as shown for boundary. 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/e34b850d-50a6-4a2e-b557-1a29009c2851

[SharkDesign]

p.s. Inventor is not like AutoCAD. There isn't really a  boundary on hatches. It's either a sketch that you draw, or it's projected geometry. 

[-niels-]

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@KhoiNguyen6224 wrote:

I want to change "hatch boundary" color not "hatch" color .

Thank you

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Ok, guess i misunderstood... let's blame it on Monday morning 😅

Still not sure if i fully understand the "hatch boundary"... there's "detail boundary" in the layers... could be that...

It's likely part of a layer, if you can select the geometry then it should tell you which layer it belongs to on the dropdown in the top-right on the annotate tab. (next to the "edit layers" button)

[KhoiNguyen6224]

I see that Inventor detects projected geomatry to hatch, it must detects boundary. 
I don't know is there any API or iLogic to change it's color?
Thank you

[SharkDesign]

I don't think this would be possible in API either. Inventor doesn't save it as a feature, it is just part of a sketch, so trying to pick that out with some iLogic code would be very difficult. 

When you project the geometry, that is not a hatch boundary, it is just projected sketch geometry. 

When you hatch it, Inventor is just filling an area and looking for the sketch lines. How this is notated on the software side of things and whether it know it's a boundary or just creates a hatched area is something that probably only the devs could answer. 

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The hatch pattern color is driven by the hatch style or the material. Please share an example that you are working on. Forum experts can take a look to propose the best workflow.

Many thanks!

[SharkDesign]

Hi Johnson, it's the boundary colour they want to change like you can in
autocad.
Only way I know is to select the lines you're using and change the colour
through the properties button.