Hatch Origin

[exxodus]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to tell Vectorworks the origin point for a hatch?

For example, I have a 300 x 300 tile hatch but currently I am not sure how it decides where to start the hatch. On Acad you are able to tell it to start the hatch from a point [click] - you then have an accurate representation of where the tiles will actually be.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Alberto

[michaelk]

Yes.

The attribute mapping tool in the basic tool palette. Select the object, click the tool. A box will appear in the hatch. You can move, resize and rotate the box to change the hatch.

hth

[mike m oz]

- Select the hatched object.

- Activate the Attribute Mapping tool.

- Move the bottom LH corner of the rectangle which appears to where you want the hatch origin to be.

All as shown in the Easy Mapping of Associative Hatches online video:

http://www.nemetschek.net/library/index.php?movie=2010movies

[exxodus]

Thanks guys,

Sorry, total newb here.

The attribute mapping tool is not giving me the "box" you say would appear . . . .

Anything I move moves the entire hatch but nothing within.

Any suggestions to what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks again!

[exxodus]

Sorry, my bad . . . . . we are using 2009 Vector Works - are you able to do it in this version . . . .

[Jonathan Pickup]

then use Hatch... from the Modify menu

[atari2600]

Prior to the "attribute mapping" tool, I used the ceiling grid tool for all my basic square-like hatches. I could then set both the origin and the respective hatch size. I could also rotate it.