Changing Default Hatch Settings

[JohnC_ISM]

looking to make it so hatch settings are permanently set and dont reset after each hatch. ive attached the pic of what i want to change

draw order - set to send to back

island style - set to ignore

separate hatches - turned on 

[_gile · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Have a look at these system variables:

HPDRAWORDER = 1

HPISLANDDETECTION = 2

HPSEPARATE = 1

[pbejse]

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@JohnC_ISM wrote:

draw order - set to send to back

island style - set to ignore

separate hatches - turned on 

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• HPDRAWORDER
• HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
• HPSEPARATE

Edit: Too slow... 😄

FWIW: You can hover over the item to see what is system variable such as hatch separate hatches

Just make sure Show tooltips is checked on Display/Windows Elements in OPTIONS

[JohnC_ISM]

this worked. now hopefully they stay at those values. i know its supposed to be system variables but before when i tried to change an option it didnt, and i had to get a lisp written for the acaddoc file. but thank you !

[JohnC_ISM]

okay so it didnt work. i changed the system variables.
it worked that one time but that was it.
i went back to check the system variables again and it shows NEW VALUE as what i changed it to, but and the CURRENT VALUE still hasnt changed. i set em and clicked okay. im not sure why its not working.

[pbejse]

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@JohnC_ISM wrote:
 but and the CURRENT VALUE still hasnt changed. i set em and clicked okay. im not sure why its not working.

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Do you mean on existing HATCH entities  prior to setting the new value? Then yes you may have to set it afterwards. 

[JohnC_ISM]

okay so apparently its just not saving the change to the system so when i open back up it goes back to what it was before. 

[Kent1Cooper]

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@JohnC_ISM wrote:

okay so apparently its just not saving the change to the system so when i open back up it goes back to what it was before. 

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That's right, and Help will tell you all about it for any and all of those System Variables [including whether or not the same is true for all of them -- I didn't investigate], for example:

[JohnC_ISM]

Oh okay yeah the random target folder that popped up to save worried me I thought I messed something up. Gotit now!!! Thanks.