Patterns

[michael john williams]

Trying to use patterns to give some rendering to elevations and views. However they are pretty hopeless as lines and patterns only seem to follow the correct direction in plan and not in elevation, perspective and axonmetric.

Is there a way round this?

[islandmon]

Yes, use Image Props and/or Textures. the versatility is endless.

Mix & match to achieve the most efficient results.

[Delmer]

I believe patterns were the original tool of the very first MiniCad and I don't know if they've changed since.

Hatches have their limitations and an associated learning curve, but at least you are able to adjust their direction -though creating one for a perspective would be a challenge. Check inside your VW Extras folder for a few to get you started.

As the islandmon suggested, using an image as a fill style is pretty easy to get the hang of. On intensive hatches like some stone I've found that making a bitmap of it and using it as an image can actually lighten the drawing.

[Delmer]

Michael, it only now occurred to me that you may have meant 3D model elevations, in which case you are limited to colors or, if you have RenderWorks, (again, as the mon mentioned) you can render with textures.