How to create complex hatches

[Christiaan]

Can we have a knowledge base article on how to create complex hatches, preferably with an example video? Maybe something of medium complexity, like a honey comb.

Also, does anyone know of any other resources I could look at. I've finally got some time to learn how to create them properly!

[maarten.]

Here's a little movie that explains how to make such a honey comb hatch. Hope it will help (and sorry for my crappy English )

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[Christiaan]

Awesome, thanks maarten! Appreciate that. It's easier than I thought.

[Charlie_P]

Excellent maarten, thanks for posting that. Your English is perfectly OK and considerably better than my Dutch.

[maarten.]

Thanks, and you're welcome

I used the "angle mode" in that one, but you can also work with coordinates.

Here's an other one, a brick hatch where the use of coordinates will be explained.

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These two methods are you going to use a lot when you're making "dimensioned" hatches.

The more "free-Style" hatches use an other method, but sometimes also some parts of the two methods mentioned above. If you want to know more about that, just say

[Jonathan Pickup]

anyone that has my essential Tutorial manual, there is an appendix at the back where I show you how to make a brick hatch, available from:

http://www.archoncad.com

[Jonathan Pickup]

in November 2007 the cadsupportonline user group covered hatches along with other 2D graphics. if you belong to this user group, get the back issue...