Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 581

7. Move the cursor directly to the right of the point you picked; then
enter 5 ′↵ ( 1524 ↵ ).
8. The living room and roof are now longer, and the hatch patterns have
expanded to fill the new areas (see the right image of Figure 11.25).
FiGuRE 11.25 The crossing selection window (left) and the modified cabin with the
adjusted hatch patterns (right)
9. Save this drawing as 11A-FPLA3A.dwg .
Hatches are a necessary part of many drawings. You've seen a few of the pos-
sibilities AutoCAD offers for using them in plans and elevations.
Creating and Managing tool Palettes
If you find yourself using particular hatch patterns over and over in various drawings,
wouldn't it be advantageous to have them available at a moment's notice instead of
setting them up each time? AutoCAD's tool palettes let you do just that and more.