Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 3-13:
Stretching the base plate.
The drawing
afd03d-i.dwg
[
afd03d-m.dwg
] contained in the
afd03.zip
download is the stretched version of the base plate.
Crossing your hatches
Your final editing task is to add some crosshatching to the space between the inside and
outside edges of the column to indicate that the drawing shows a section of the column.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Turn off Snap, Ortho, and Object Snap Modes by clicking their respective but-
tons on the status bar until they look dimmed.
2. Repeat Steps 2 through 7 from the “Drawing rectangles on the right layers” sec-
tion (earlier in this chapter) to create a new layer named Hatch. Set its color to 6
(magenta) and make it the current layer.
3. On the Home tab's Draw panel, click the Hatch button — the one that shows the
fine crosshatching inside a square.
The Hatch Creation tab appears on the Ribbon. For more information on this tab,
and hatching in general, see Chapter 15.
4. In the Hatch Creation tab's Pattern panel, click the Hatch Pattern button and se-
lect ANSI31.
