Andrew Mac Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Is it possible to create hatches with curved lines? Also, Is there a good place to get more hatches then what VW supplies, examples would be shingle siding Edited July 22, 2008 by Mac B Designs Quote Link to comment
dcont Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Not that I know of. Curves are created by little lines. Vector Depot has hatches and a whole bunch of other goodies. http://www.vectordepot.com/Hatches1.shtml Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 ...And you can convert Autocad-type hatches if they're used in a DWG file. Sometimes they're distributed that way, a bunch of hatch patterns used in a DWG file to show what they look like, together with a PAT file that actually contains the hatch definition. If you import the DWG while the PAT is in the same folder, VectorWorks will make its own hatch definition in the VW drawing file. Then you can copy that resource to other files. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Importing the .pat file is not working for me. Is there some trick? I have the .pat file in the same folder as the .dwg. Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Sorry. I guess I made that sound confusing. I was just talking about importing DWG files and getting whatever hatch patterns are used in them. I didn't mean to suggest that you can import the PAT file itself. There has to be a hatch entity in the DWG file that uses the pattern you want. And I was saying that sometimes they're distributed that way, as both a PAT and a DWG. But sometimes not, sometimes only as a PAT file, since that's all you really need in Autocad. In that case, we're out of luck. Experimenting just now, it doesn't seem to matter where the PAT file is. I guess you don't even need it. That's amazing. VW's import facility seems able to figure out the pattern and create a VW hatch, even without the PAT file. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Thanks jan15, that's what I thought. It would be great to be able to import .pat files. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.