Hatch Creation

[nicolas]

Hi,

 

I need to create a rectangular tile hatch that is 200 (w) x 300 (h). So far using USER, I have been able to do square tiles (100x100 and 300x300). Is there any simple way to create a hatch pattern file for such rectangular tiles?

 

Thanks.

[eldon]

Try something like this:-

 

*TILERECT,

0, 0, 0, 0, 300

90, 0, 0, 0, 200

[nicolas]

Hi Eldon,

 

Thanks for the info. I have created a text PAT file with the content you specified. However I am having an error in pattern file dialogue box when applying it to a closed polyline. Would you please help me on this? Thanks.

 

[eldon]

The problem may be that the pattern file name HAS to be exactly the same as the name after the * in the first line of the definition file.

 

So the first line should be (for you) *Tiles200x300 instead of *TILERECT. I don't think that upper and lower case matter.

 

Also there should be a blank line at the end of the file.

[BIGAL]

Rather than 200x300 why not 100x150, plus 100x200, plus 100x300 if you make your hatch scale = 2 for 100x150 then it will be 200x300 a 400x600 is a scale of 4 and so on, less patterns but with correct scaling ratio achieve correct result sq tile 100x100. Even make the pattern 1x1.5 then its scale is size required =200

[nicolas]

Hi,

 

Still problem with the PAT file. Now it is:

 

Bad pattern definition file:

Missing parameter on line 3.

 

Here is the content of the file:

 

*Tiles200x300,

0, 0, 0, 0, 300

90, 0, 0, 0, 200

 

BIGAL is right concerning the 100x150 tiles. It is more logic and productive that way.

 

Thanks for your help.

[eldon]

It does not look as if you have a blank line at the end of the file

 

I can't attach the actual file that works for me, because CadTutor does not allow uploading .pat files

 

So please edit the file extension to .pat from .txt

Tile100x150.txt