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Quick Hatch |
Author: Alex Borodulin |
Overview
Quick Hatch
- the set of AutoLISP and VBA commands for quick Hatching in AutoCAD.
System requirements: AutoCAD
2000 or higher
Installation and Setup
1.
Start AutoCAD and configure your
support file search path information to include the directory Quick Hatch.
To do this type at
the command prompt: options.
Then in “Options” dialog window press tab “Files”,
select “Support File Search
Path”, press button “Add…”, then “Browse…” and select folder Quick Hatch
2.
Include two files in ACAD Startup
Suite: Quick Hatch.lsp
and Quick Hatch.dvb:
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Type appload
at the command prompt
o
Press button Contents…
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Click on Add…
button and browse to find files: Quick Hatch.lsp
and Quick Hatch.dvb.
Select both files and press Add.
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Close dialog windows
Start Application
Enter shortcut Q3 or HA3 at
the AutoCAD command prompt. The form pops up:
Click on any button
in this form to launch the corresponding command. The most of routines used in
this program can be invoked from command prompt: type
shortcut (e.g. 31
or HP), pick internal
point (s) on screen or enter S (Select) and press Enter.
To close the form
click on button EXIT
or press Cancel on keyboard.
Description of commands
Quick Hatch
Use shortcuts instead
of bhatch command. Change dimscale (in
Model Space only), if required and enter command:
31
– ANSI 31 (Hatch angle 0)
319
– ANSI 31 (Hatch angle 90)
32
– ANSI 32 (Hatch angle 0)
329
– ANSI 32 (Hatch angle 90)
HC
– AR-CONC
HP
– Rail Pickets (1/2” bars 4 1/2” O/C)
The commands for
adding the most frequently used Hatch patterns do not require every time change
setting (Hatch scale, Hatch pattern), the most of parameters set up by program
automatically. With Quick Hatch
you would be able to draw quickly rail pickets using custom hatch (see sample
below) The area of hatching can be easily modified
(the hatch is associative).
Hatch scale in program is Dimscale dependant. When the
dimscale changed, Hatch scale will be adjusted
accordingly. You can customize Hatch scale used for ANSI31, ANSI32 and AR-CONC patterns. For instance, if you think ANSI32 hatch
pattern is too dense, then open text file Quick
Hatch\HatchScale-ANSI32.txt and edit text. Instead of hatch scale 2
used by program for ANSI32 hatch pattern scale for dimscale 12, enter new value (e.g. 2.5 or 3). Save and close text file.
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