Linear Material Hatch attributes

[archdaly]

Hi everyone. 

 

I'm wondering if there is still no way to change the graphic attributes of the hatches that are currently linked to the linear material tool? In my current experience, I still can't see any way to edit or change the line-weight or colour of the hatch (not showing as a resource).

 

I found several threads regarding the same frustration but they were from a few years ago. Is it still the case where you can't adjust line-weight or colour of the pattern in a linear material preset? Also, the jagged edge of the plastic stucco material is highly irritating as it requires the use of a fill overtop to square it off. 

 

Anyone have any suggestions/work arounds??

Cheers!

[MFW]

Hi Archdaly

 

I spent a long time today trying to find out if this could be done. The linear material tool seems to be controlled by a vector script plugin, so if you know anyone smart enough to be able to edit it, then it might be possible. Unfortunately I am not clever enough for that, but I do have a slightly crappy workaround. 

I only really use the tool for drawing plasterboard details (gyp. bd.) so needed to change the hatch as it is really stupidly heavy lineweight. The best solution I can find is to basically turn the hatch off by setting the density to zero and then giving it a fill with a normal hatch (I used 'sand').

 

As I said, it's a bit crappy but worked for my purposes. My computer seems to run a bit faster too, in the Vectorworks help it actually mentions that the stipple fill it uses may lead to slow rendering. 

 

Best of luck,

Matt