Parquet Herringbone Hatch

[Daniel OKane]

Hello

 

Is there a method to edit a Parquet Herringbone Hatch to precise dimensions?

 

I'm trying to mock a herringbone deck pattern using Moso decking with board dimensions of 6' L x 5.375" W.

 

I've tried using the Edit Hatch in Resource manager, but not getting correct results.

 

Thanks!

 

[DBrown]

Editing Hatches is a pain in Vectorworks; the Hatch engine is so cumbersome and old that it's better to find a DWG file with the hatch you are looking for or create a Tile, that is a better option.

[Tom W.]

13 hours ago, Daniel OKane said:

Hello

 

Is there a method to edit a Parquet Herringbone Hatch to precise dimensions?

 

I'm trying to mock a herringbone deck pattern using Moso decking with board dimensions of 6' L x 5.375" W.

 

I've tried using the Edit Hatch in Resource manager, but not getting correct results.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Maths isn't my strong point but I think because of the way Hatches work you are going to struggle with this because 72" isn't easily divisible by 5.375". If you could make the planks 72" by 6" for example it would be easy to do the Hatch.

 

I'm not sure if the German Hatch generator plug-in can do it to your dimensions? Perhaps @Tobias Kern would be kind enough to look at it...

[Tobias Kern]

Hey @Daniel OKane,

 

greetings.

 

If you predefine me a file (VW 2024/2025),

I can try to convert the pattern into a hatch.

 

Please prepare the pattern so that it can be seamless

and place it in an equilateral rectangle (border).

Everything inside the border should consist of lines.

 

Greetings from Germany

Tobi

Edited January 22, 2025 by Tobias Kern

[Tom W.]

1 hour ago, Tobias Kern said:

Please prepare the pattern so that it can be seamless

and place it in an equilateral rectangle (border).

 

By my calculations it will need to be a Rectangle nearly half a kilometre wide in order for it to tile but hopefully I'm wrong on that 🙂

@michaelk you're good with maths/geometry

[Tobias Kern]

@Tom W.

 

I tried a bit.

 

The trick is to rotate the pattern by 45°

 

Left is the ready to use hatch

Right is the base for the hatch

 

Later you can rotate the hatch back.

 

The base I used is custom and not 6' by 5.375'

 

Greetings

Tobi

Edited January 22, 2025 by Tobias Kern

[Tobias Kern]

[Tom W.]

21 minutes ago, Tobias Kern said:

The base I used is custom and not 6' by 5.375'

 

So the planks are not 6' by 5.375"?

[Tobias Kern]

Hey,

 

the algorithm fails with 6' by 5.375"

the pattern won't be seamless, if i rotate it back 45° 

 

But you can use a Mosaic with absolute size instead.

 

Attached some tests with VW 2025.

 

Greetings

Tobi

test.vwx

[shorter]

It would be so nice to see a convert vector data to hatch command...  It is so easy to draw what you want, but so hard to edit it afterwards in the current hatch editor.

 

But, you can scale a hatch, which might help, otherwise draw what you want to see, then use your drawing to work out the dimensions you need to edit in the hatch editor.

 

Remember that the dash factor, is the dimension you want divided by the repeat, so for example, in brickwork, the module or repeat is 225mm.  The dashed portion of the repeat is 215mm, therefore the dash factor is 215/225.  Simple.

[Tobias Kern]

Attached is a Herringbone similar Hatch for VW 2025.

but not 6' by 5.375"

 

Greetings

Tobi

Hatch Herringbone.vwx

[Tom W.]

So @Tobias Kern you prove my point: using a 72" x 5.375" plank is not really feasible, unless you are happy for it to repeat over 475m 🙂

 

Attached is what I get using a 72" x 6" plank. Two levels. Much easier.

 

TW Hatch.vwx

[Daniel OKane]

Hello Gents

 

I appreciate all the help and responses to working this out and the file examples - very much appreciated. Sometimes it's better just to draw it yourself than rely on premade hatches it seems. Once again, thanks for the help.