Custom Hatch Generator

[JCCDeAngelisIron]

Looking for an app that generates complex hatches for AutoCAD. Price is not an issue, and the lisp routines are useless.

[pendean]

http://www.cadhatch.com/hatch-pattern-generator/4588167700

[Kent1Cooper]

Another possibility I'm aware of, but haven't tried (and free), is >here<.

[hugha]

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@JCCDeAngelisIron wrote:

Looking for an app that generates complex hatches for AutoCAD. Price is not an issue, and the lisp routines are useless.

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HatchKit operates as a standalone Windows application capable of reading and editing existing patterns, creating new patterns  from imported DXF entities or with its own graphical editor while supporting AutoCAD and most other fill pattern formats.

Further information is at HatchKit website.

hth,

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au

[marko_ribar]

Here is the one I wrote in *.lsp format and it's based on Kent's Hatch Maker routine suggestion, but it may be a little buggy when complex hatches you want to create... If you have simple repeating pattern it's better than Hatch Maker in the way that you are not limited to draw lines inside boundary 100x100 units with snapping - boundary rectangle can be any size, but with greater scales it may fail to generate all you wish... You should select LINE entities inside and RECTANGULAR LWPOLYLINE that is serving as boundary for hatch repetitions... Yes, it's 100% free as I wrote it...

https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/70417-make-pat-files/?do=findComment&comment=565434 

HTH.

[ronjonp]

@JCCDeAngelisIron IMHO don't get too crazy with custom hatch patterns if you regularly share your files. They are a pain in the @SS to modify if you don't have the definition. They can also really bloat PDF sizes when they get too complex.

[john.uhden]

@ronjonp :

As to PDF sizes, I recall that publishing to a DWF and then printing that to a PDF (even using CutePDF) reduced the file size considerably.  Of course a DWF is so much better than a PDF, but selling that idea to a client is next to impossible, even with the viewer being free.

[marko_ribar]

@JCCDeAngelisIronJust to inform... I've added 2 IMHO useful routines at the end of page of the link I gave you from cadtutor site... Now I suppose you should give some likes if you find them useful too... After all I cobbled for a while until I sorted it all for good...

Your feedback would be appreciated...

M.R.