Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 589

2. Start the HATCH command.
3. Click the Match Properties button on the Options panel of the con-
textual Hatch Creation tab, and then click the hatch pattern on either
side of the pop-out in the south elevation.
This copies that hatch's properties to the contextual Hatch
Creation tab.
4. Change the Hatch Angle in the Properties panel of the Hatch Creation
tab to 180.
5. Move your cursor to a point inside the wall in the north elevation to
display the automatic preview. Assuming the hatch correctly fills the
wall in the north elevation, click and press ↵ to insert the hatch and
end the HATCH command.
6. Repeat the previous process, changing the rotation, pattern, and layer
until all the hatches and gradients in the south elevation (except the
roof pattern, which only appears in the north and south) appear in
the other three elevations.
Make sure you're on the correct layer when creating the new
hatches.
You'll need to draw additional rectangles on the A-ELEV-
SHAD-BNDY layer to constrain the new gradients. Use polylines
to draw the boundaries in the east and west elevations.
Make sure Create Separate Hatches is selected when you create
the hatch patterns for the windows.
TIP as you hatch the east, west, and north elevations, try using the
LAYMCUR command (called the Make Object's Layer Current tool on the home
tab ➢ Layers panel). This command will allow you to select an object
and set its layer current.
When you are done, the remaining elevations should look similar
to those in Figure 11.35.
WARNING When layers are added to a drawing after a named
view is saved, you must select that named view in the View Manager dialog
box and then click the Update Layers button to display the layers correctly
when you set the view to current.