Successfully downloading and using posted Hatch Pattern file

[eldon]

One of the more common mistakes in downloading and saving a Hatch Pattern file is the lack of a blank line at the end of the file. When one tries to use the file a message comes up

 

"Bad pattern definition file"

"Missing parameter on line x"

 

However, there is a way of overcoming this by the poster of the Hatch Pattern file. At the end of the definition, instead of the blank line, type a line starting with the "*" character. Then when the whole file is copied off the screen, it will work!

 

*Query1,question mark unit spacing
90,0.5,0.435,1,1,0.0075,-0.021,0.0265,-0.945
90,0.54,0.53,1,1,0.01,-0.99
33.6900576,0.5,0.49,1.386750443,0.277350338,0.036055516,-3.56949759
63.4349489,0.53,0.51,0.894427191,0.447213596,0.022360680,-2.213707298
123.6900675,0.54,0.54,1.386750491,0.277350098,0.036055512,-3.569495763
180,0.52,0.57,1,1,0.03,-0.97
225,0.49,0.57,0.707106781,0.707106781,0.03,-1.384213562
*end of pattern, eldon fecit MMXX