Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 576

4. From the Properties panel, change the Hatch Spacing to 12 ″ ( 305 ),
and verify that Double is selected by expanding the Properties panel.
5. Choose the Set Origin tool from the Origin panel of the Hatch Creation
tab, and move your cursor back into the drawing area.
6. Use the running Midpoint osnap in conjunction with Object Snap
Tracking; acquire the midpoint of the lower kitchen area line and the
midpoint of the right-side kitchen area line. When the cursor is posi-
tioned properly, two tracking lines and a tooltip appear (see the top of
Figure 11.20).
This sets the origin of any subsequently created hatch patterns at the
center of this room and you are prompted to Pick internal point: .
7. Similar to the way you hatched the bathroom, pick a point anywhere
in the main floor area of the kitchen, and then pick a second point
between the door swing and the door. After choosing the two points,
press ↵ to end the HATCH command.
This places the hatch of 12 ″ (305 mm) tiles in the kitchen (see the
bottom of Figure 11.20). Notice how the pattern is centered left to
right and top to bottom.
Each time you change the origin, all subsequent hatch patterns will use the
new setting as their origin. For most hatches, the origin isn't important, but
if you need to control the location of tiles or specific points of other hatch pat-
terns, you can reset the hatch origin before you create the hatch by clicking
Specify New Origin and then entering 0,0 ↵ .
Finishing the Hatches for the Floors
To finish hatching the floors, you'll use a parquet pattern from the set of predefined
patterns in the living room and another user-defined pattern on the two decks:
1. Use Pan and Zoom to adjust the view so it includes the living room.
2. Using the Off tool found on the Layers panel of the Home tab, select
the wall header for the closet to turn off the A-WALL-HEAD layer.
3. Start the HATCH command, and change the Hatch Type to Pattern
from the Properties panel of the contextual Hatch Creation tab.
4. Expand the Pattern panel on the contextual Hatch Creation tab, and
select the AR-PARQ1 pattern.