Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 557

Hatching the South Elevation

Hatches and fills should be on their own layers so they can be turned off or fro-
zen without also making other objects invisible. You'll begin the exercise by cre-
ating new layers for the hatches and assigning colors to them:

1. Open the 10A-FPLAY5.dwg drawing created in the Chapter 10 “If You
Would Like More Practice” section. If you did not complete those exer-
cises, the 10A-FPLAY5.dwg is also included in the Chapter 11 download
found on the topic's website ( www.sybex.com/go/autocad2011ner ).

TIP to clearly see the visual effect of putting hatch patterns on the
south elevation, change the background color for the drawing area to white.
Click the Options button at the bottom of the application menu to open the
Options dialog box and then click the Display tab. Click the Colors button
and choose 2D Model Space in the Context list, Uniform Background in the
Interface element list, and White in the Color list to make the change.

2. Set up six new layers as follows:

Layer Name Color

A-ELEV-DOOR-PATT 7

A-ELEV-FNDN-PATT Gray (8)

A-ELEV-GLAZ-PATT 7

A-ELEV-ROOF-PATT Gray (8)

A-ELEV-SHAD-BNDY 60

A-ELEV-SHAD-PATT Black (White) (7)

A-ELEV-WALL-PATT 42

3. For the A-ELEV-SHAD-BNDY layer only, click the printer icon in the
Plot column of the Layer Properties Manager.
The icon changes to a printer with a red circle with a line through it.
The objects on that layer will not appear in print regardless of whether
they are visible in the drawing area.

4. Make the A-ELEV-ROOF-PATT layer current. Now any new objects
you create will be assigned to this layer.