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Hatch Fast
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Fast
hatching in AutoCAD |
Disclaimer
WE PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM "AS IS" AND WITH ALL
FAULTS.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
Internet Main Page (description and videos): http://www.nyacad.com/HatchFast/Hatch
Fast.html
Overview
Hatch Fast: the program
for fast hatching in AutoCAD + rail drafting tool: you can quickly add
intermediate Rails, Pickets and Posts
- hatches.
Hatch Fast is
alternate to slow AutoCAD Hatch dialog. All parameters you can setup in
convenient form.
Additional
features: add hatch accordingly to the Dimscale;
Filter hatches by Name; Set hatch Variables and others.
Besides
regular hatch patterns several custom
hatches are at your disposal.
Known issues: in AutoCAD2007 hatch dialog after invoking regular
Hatch command doesnt appear on the screen.
Solution:
launch the program and click on option button Hatch Dialog. After that command hatch (dialog) works normally.
Enter shortcut HY at the AutoCAD command prompt. The main
form pops up (click on picture to enlarge):
Compare with your standards and edit if necessary default
hatch scales for each hatch pattern (see picture below)
DimSC12= 0.5 means: if hatch scale is 0.5, hatch
looks good when the scale of the drawing is 1=1-0 (Dimscale 12).
When you select different scale from list box, the program changes
Hatch Scale equally. Thus the hatches added with using of this program will
look uniformed: no matter whether the hatch is shown on the ViewPort with scale
1=1-0 or 1/8=1-0
For hatch patterns Grate and AR-B816 (brick) when you change scale, the
program shows real size of brick and distance between grate round bars.
For Pickets hatch pattern the program always set Hatch Scale
= 1.
To add specified hatch click on radial button (see picture
below):
Select scale
Select appropriate option (no hatch dialog or open hatch
dialog):
and click on button:
Alternate (faster) way of performing hatch is using
shortcuts. The corresponding command shown in form (e.g. HCO for Concrete hatch pattern):
The open the list of all shortcuts used in program click on
the button:
For fast selection and modification of Hatch objects use
buttons:
You can specify different name of Hatch layer in form.
3. Pickets and Posts PARAMETRICAL hatching
The program has custom hatch pattern Pickets dynamically
updated when you change the parameters: Center to Center distance between
pickets and Size of bar. You can enter any distance using any format of
numbers. Two options are available:
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PK1
- distance to first left line of hatch from hatch origin = space between
pickets
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PK2
- distance to first left line of hatch from hatch origin = ½ space between
pickets.
4. Balconies and Ladders PARAMETRICAL hatching
The program has custom hatch pattern Balcony dynamically
updated when you change the parameters. You can enter any distance using any
format of numbers. Two options are available:
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PB1
- distance to first left line of hatch from hatch origin = space between
pickets
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PB2
- distance to first left line of hatch from hatch origin = ½ space between
pickets.
See examples of input and drawings below:
BALCONY
PARAMETRICAL HATCH
1.
INTERMEDIATE RAILS AND PICKETS
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DRAWING |
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BALCONY
PARAMETRICAL HATCH
2. LADDERS
INPUT |
DRAWING |
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Try to experiment with options (distances) as well as
changing (if necessary) Hatch origin (AutoCAD2006 or higher) or SnapBase
variable (AutoCAD prior to 2006). Read AutoCAD Help topics for using system
Hatch variables (HPOrigin, HPoriginmode and others). Use shortcuts, it is
faster (click on corresponding button in form to open list of shortcuts).
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If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us via email info@nyacad.com or visit NYacad company web site at: http://www.nyacad.com