Hatch Patterns For Beginners
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:00 am
Hi All
This is my 1st attempt at creating a tutorial on how common hatches are created using a text editor.
There are many types of hatches and many different ways to create them some have over 10 numbers in
one line others have only 5 or less, but this is the most common of all hatches so I thought I would do
this 1st...For this example and all others I will use the K.I.S.S. approach ( keep it simple stupid )
so everyone should be able to understand this and be able to make your own simple hatches this way.
Please note for basic patterns, angles should be kept to these 0,45,90,and increments of these, negative
values can also be used.
Just to keep things simple for now...I hope everyone understands this "Hatch Patterns For Dummies"
I've created, have fun I've deliberately made the text an image so you need to type in
VERY IMPORTANT A CARRIAGE RETURN MUST EXIST AT THE END OF THE FILE OR IT WON"T WORK
JUST PRESS ENTER AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED THE LAST LINE...
PDF of image attached too...
Cheers
John
PS Qcad must be restarted after a hatch has been copied to the patterns/imperial or patterns/metric
so if you also make any modifications that will need a restart too.... these folders are read only so don't
edit directly in them, edit the file somewhere else eg Desktop then copy to the folder...
That's if you have an installed version if you have a portable version or folder on your Desktop or elsewhere
you will be able to save your edits in that folder..
Cheers
John Hyslop
PS Pen Up Values Always Start with a Negative -
PPS Printable pdf added ( uses less ink )
This is my 1st attempt at creating a tutorial on how common hatches are created using a text editor.
There are many types of hatches and many different ways to create them some have over 10 numbers in
one line others have only 5 or less, but this is the most common of all hatches so I thought I would do
this 1st...For this example and all others I will use the K.I.S.S. approach ( keep it simple stupid )
so everyone should be able to understand this and be able to make your own simple hatches this way.
Please note for basic patterns, angles should be kept to these 0,45,90,and increments of these, negative
values can also be used.
Just to keep things simple for now...I hope everyone understands this "Hatch Patterns For Dummies"
I've created, have fun I've deliberately made the text an image so you need to type in
VERY IMPORTANT A CARRIAGE RETURN MUST EXIST AT THE END OF THE FILE OR IT WON"T WORK
JUST PRESS ENTER AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED THE LAST LINE...
PDF of image attached too...
Cheers
John
PS Qcad must be restarted after a hatch has been copied to the patterns/imperial or patterns/metric
so if you also make any modifications that will need a restart too.... these folders are read only so don't
edit directly in them, edit the file somewhere else eg Desktop then copy to the folder...
That's if you have an installed version if you have a portable version or folder on your Desktop or elsewhere
you will be able to save your edits in that folder..
Cheers
John Hyslop
PS Pen Up Values Always Start with a Negative -
PPS Printable pdf added ( uses less ink )