PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS
PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS
(OP)
THE AUTOMATIC HATCHING THROWS LINES ON HERE & THERE. HOW CAN IT BE CONTROLLED I.E ALL LINES TO BE AT 135 DEGREE & 45 DEGREE THEN VARY THE LINE SPACES. (& COMMON PARTS TO SHARE THE SAME HATCH).
IN ADDITION TO THIS CAN THE HATCHING BE GROUPED SO HYDRAULIC, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL & PNEUMATIC PARTS ARE REPRESENT BY DIFFERENT COLOURS?
THANKS
IN ADDITION TO THIS CAN THE HATCHING BE GROUPED SO HYDRAULIC, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL & PNEUMATIC PARTS ARE REPRESENT BY DIFFERENT COLOURS?
THANKS





RE: PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS
When you have the hatchings on the drawing, double clicl on the hatching lines itself, this will bring up a side menu (WF2 and below, not sure for WF3). Once you have this you will be able to modify angles (Angle) and spacings (Spacing). To modify the colour attack the Line Style option.
Kevin Hammond
Mechanical Design Engineer
Derbyshire, UK
RE: PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS
A COLLEAGUE IS HATCHING A FLOOR OF FIRE BRICKS FOR A FURNACE
(WILDFIRE 3), USING THE METHOD YOU HAVE DECSCRIBED AND HAS ROUGHLY TAKEN 2 DAYS.
RE: PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS
"To override smart default crosshatch for newly created cross sections, define cross section parameters default_xhatch_spacing and default_xhatch_angle. Cross sections of other surrounding parts that are not defined adjust accordingly. "
BY HAVING HALF OF THE COMPONENTS HATCHED AS I'D LIKE I'D ONLY HAVE HALF LEFT TO EDIT.
THANKS
RE: PRETTY HATCHING ON DRAWINGS