Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 563

3. Start the HATCH command. Then expand the Pattern panel from the
contextual Hatch Creation tab to display the library of available hatch
patterns.
4. Scroll as necessary to find and select the AR-CONC pattern.
5. Moving to the Properties panel, enter 1 in the Hatch Pattern Scale
textbox to set it to 1.0000 (1).
6. Expand the Options panel, and select the Create Separate Hatches
option as shown in Figure 11.5.
When multiple areas are selected for hatching, this option creates
a distinct hatch in each area rather than a single hatch consisting of
multiple, noncontiguous hatched areas.
FiGuRE 11.5 Choosing the Create Separate Hatches option from the
expanded Options panel
7. Move your cursor back to the drawing area, and click once in each
rectangle representing the foundation and the deck support posts.
To visually confirm your hatch area selection, pay attention to the
live preview that appears before you pick the internal point for each
hatch area. After you've chosen these points, the boundary used to
create each hatch insertion ghosts, providing yet another visual cue
during the hatch-creation process.
8. Press ↵ or click the Close Hatch Creation button on the contextual
Hatch Creation tab to end the HATCH command. The Concrete hatch
pattern is then applied to the foundation and support areas, as shown
in Figure 11.6.
Take a moment to pick the hatch insertion for one of the deck support posts.
Notice how the hatch insertion is separate from the hatch for the foundation and the
other deck support post. By default, all of the areas selected during a single instance
of the HATCH command are grouped together as a single hatch entity. Because you
chose the option to Create Separate Hatches, each area is a separate hatch entity.