Hatching in AutoCAD

Name: Hatching in AutoCAD
Author: Patrick Porter

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Hello and welcome. In this chapter, we are going to take a look at hatch patterns in AutoCAD. And in this particular lesson, we're going to introduce hatches. So before we get started, I'd like for you to make sure that you have opened up the introducing hatches drawing as I have shown on my screen. And once you have that open, I'd like for you to go ahead and just follow along with me. Now, as you can see here on my screen, I have a little house that I've drawn up and it has some hatch patterns already assigned to some of the elements in the drawing. Now, hatches in AutoCAD is typically used to indicate a type of material. Looking at my example that I have here, it's indicating a wall material here with the brick. And over on this side, we're indicating a siding. And up here we're indicating a roof-type material. Hatching is also used to sometimes identify an area of a drawing for some other reasons, such as to hatch an area for a wall to be demolished or objects that are to be removed. There are many different reasons as to why you might want to use hatching. AutoCAD hatch objects, or objects that fill a space, and it's a closed space, it has to be closed so you cannot hatch an open area without boundaries to it. It has to be a closed container. Think of that as an area where you can pour water into or a liquid into. So for example, this window area here can be hatched. It it's a closed area. Hit escape here. But if I was to try and hatch this area out here in the open, I would not be able to hatch it because water would just flow and flow and flow. And that hatch object that we create will be of three different types. It can either be of a pattern, it can be of a solid color, or it can be of a gradient and we're gonna see all of those in this chapter. Also things to note is hatches that are associative and hatches that are non-associative, as I have shown here on my screen. A hatch that is associative will update when the objects that were used to create that hatch are updated. So for example, I also grab the edges of this wall here and if I was to move this grip out, notice how my hatch updated. On the non-associative hatch side, if I was to come over and adjust this wall, the hatch pattern will not update. So we're gonna explore hatches a little bit more in this chapter. Thanks for watching this lesson. Join me in the next lesson where we will begin creating some hatches.

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Course Description

Discover hatch objects and hatch pattern applications In these lessons, you’ll learn about hatch objects in AutoCAD. You’ll learn about hatches and how to use hatch patterns effectively. Once you’ve learned what a hatch object is, you’ll explore the many methods available to create and edit hatch objects. Finally, you’ll see how to create solid color and gradient hatch types.

What You'll Learn

Understand what hatch objects are in AutoCAD
Apply hatch patterns effectively
Create hatch objects using the available methods
Edit existing hatch objects
Create solid color hatch types
Create gradient hatch types

Key Takeaways

The course explains what a hatch object is in AutoCAD and how hatch patterns are used.
It covers the many methods available to create and edit hatch objects.
Learners see how to create both solid color and gradient hatch types.
The lessons progress from introducing hatches through creating, editing, and working with gradients.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this AutoCAD course cover?

It covers hatch objects in AutoCAD, including what a hatch object is, how to apply hatch patterns effectively, the methods available to create and edit hatch objects, and how to create solid color and gradient hatch types.

What lessons are included?

The course includes four lessons: Introducing Hatches, Creating a Hatch Object, Editing a Hatch, and Gradients.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course is associated with skills including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Box Modeling, Object Diagram, and Pattern Making.

Will I learn to create gradient hatches?

Yes. The course shows how to create solid color and gradient hatch types, and includes a dedicated lesson on Gradients.