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HATCH

HATCHEDIT

Modifies an existing hatch or fill.

SOLID

Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals.

System Variables

FILLMODE

Specifies whether hatches and fills, 2D solids, and wide polylines are filled

in.

HPANG

Sets the angle for new hatch patterns.

HPBOUND

Controls the object type created by HATCH and BOUNDARY.

HPDOUBLE

Specifies hatch pattern doubling for user-defined patterns.

HPNAME

Sets the default hatch pattern name.

HPSCALE

Sets the hatch pattern scale factor.

HPSPACE

Sets the hatch pattern line spacing for user-defined patterns.

Hatch Patterns with Dashed Lines

To define dashed-line patterns, you append dash-length items to the end of

the line definition item.

To define dashed-line patterns, you append dash-length items to the end of

the line definition item. Each dash-length item specifies the length of a

segment making up the line. If the length is positive, a pen-down segment is

drawn. If the length is negative, the segment is pen-up, and it is not drawn.

The pattern starts at the origin point with the first segment and cycles through

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