Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 578

5. Set the scale to 1 from the Properties panel, and verify that the angle
is set to 0.
6. Move your cursor back into the drawing area, and use the automatic
preview to display what your hatch will look like when inserted into
the drawing. As you can see in Figure 11.21, the squares look a little
small.
FiGuRE 11.21 The parquet hatch with its initial scale of 1
7. Return to the contextual Hatch Creation tab, and reset the Hatch
Pattern Scale to 1.33 .
8. Move your cursor back into the drawing area, pausing inside the liv-
ing room area to see a preview of the hatch. This looks better; click to
insert the parquet pattern, and press ↵ to end the HATCH command.
The parquet pattern is placed in the living room (see Figure 11.22).
9. Freeze the A-AREA-NPLT layer.
10. Start the HATCH command, and change the Hatch Type to User Defined
from the Properties panel of the contextual Hatch Creation tab.
11. Expand the Properties panel and deselect the Double option, set the
Hatch Angle to 90°, and Hatch Spacing to 6 ″ (152).
12. Choose the Set Origin tool from the Origin panel, and use the
Endpoint osnap to pick the lower-left inside corner of the front deck.
13. Move your cursor anywhere inside the front deck area, pausing for a
moment to see the automatic hatch preview display.