You set the scale of the pattern when you first entered it into Paper Space to save it. The pattern will automatically be scaled for the same look on both. When you place your hatch pattern into both Model Space (with your scale set, and a Paper Space viewport set at the same scale), and in Paper Space. Remember: What you see on your screen will become your small preview thumbnail of the pattern, so avoid zooming too far in or out.

Zoom in quite closely to the pattern, and let it fill the screen. This process may seem complex, but remember: You only need to complete it once for each of your hatches. Why would you want to do this when you already have it saved in CAD? Because you'll find that hatches are simply easier to access and work with, as well as more logically organized, when you've saved them into the system. Now that you have a good idea of what your hatch will look like, it's time to save it into our system. That way, you'll be sure of what they will look like in an actual printed drawing.Īs you place more of your hatches in the Land F/X Hatch Patterns Drawing, you are adding to what will become the hatch section of your CAD standards binder. You'll probably want to print each of your hatches before saving them into out F/X database. You may have to print the drawing to view its final output scale. Your screen is currently showing the final look of the hatch. Once you save your hatch into the system, the hatch will be scaled automatically when you use it in either Model Space or Paper Space. Remember: You're working in Paper Space with no scale. This folder path is available in the AutoCAD Options. You'll want to remove this folder from the Support File Search Path once you have saved all your hatches into our system.įor CAD to be able to read your hatches, you'll first need to place them in what's known as the Support File Search Path. This folder will be a temporary location for your PAT files for the purpose of importing them into CAD. You can place this folder in the location of your choice – even directly on your computer's C drive.

We recommend creating a single temporary folder to store copies of all your hatch files. As you may know, hatches are saved as PAT (.pat) files.Before you can save your hatch into our system, you'll need to save it into AutoCAD.For more information on this drawing and its capabilities, see our Land F/X Hatch Patterns Drawing page.Īs part of the steps below, we included a link to download this drawing. This editable hatch library, available for download below, as well as in your LandFX > Administration folder, is designed to become a part of your CAD standards binder. The Land F/X Hatch Patterns Drawing is your key to the easiest method of saving and organizing your hatch patterns.

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