Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 566

point, or origin (usually at the drawing's origin of 0,0), that is the starting point
for the pattern that is emitted equally in all directions. If you hatch two overlap-
ping areas with separate hatches, the hatches in the overlapping areas will be
identical. This is the problem with the pop-out: even though the pop-out wall
was a different hatched area than the areas on either side, the pattern appeared
to be continuous because all three hatches share the same origin. In this sec-
tion, you'll edit the origin for the pop-out.
1. Zoom into and select the AR-RSHKE hatch for the pop-out.
The contextual Hatch Editor tab opens to display a Ribbon very similar
to the contextual Hatch Creation tab you used earlier. Both contextual
tabs are nearly identical, with subtle differences such as Create Separate
Hatches on the Hatch Creation tab versus the Separate Hatches found
on the Hatch Editor tab.
2. Expand the Origin panel on the contextual Hatch Editor tab, and select
the Bottom Left button.
The AR-RSHKE pattern updates and is no longer in line with the
AR-RSHKE pattern along the main wall. As you can see from expand-
ing the Origin panel, the software provides a number of predefined
origin points out of the box. Another option is to manually define a
new origin point.
Origin points may be defined by graphically picking a location on
the screen, or by manually entering a point at the command line.
3. Click the Set Origin button found on the contextual Hatch Editor tab ➢
Origin panel. At the Select point: prompt, enter 6,1 ↵ ( 152,25 ) to
move the origin 6 ″ (152 mm) to the right and 1 ″ (25 mm) up.
4. Press Esc to deselect the hatch for the pop-out, and exit the HATCH
command. The contextual Hatch Editor tab will also close after you
deselect the hatch.
Once complete, the south elevation should resemble Figure 11.8.
5. Save the current drawing as 11A-FPLAY1.dwg .
using a Solid-Fill Hatch
The windows will be hatched with a solid fill. You apply this hatch in the same
way as the other hatches you've been using, except that you don't have a choice
of scale or angle:
1. Make A-ELEV-GLAZ-PATT the current layer.