Best Entrance Design Bundle. Custom Hatch Pattern for AutoCAD1.dwg. Custom Hatch Pattern for AutoCAD2.dwg. Now, although AutoCAD offers plenty of hatch patterns on its own, sometimes we may want to personalize our drawings and implement our own hatch patterns. You can do this by following these simple steps: 1.In your AutoCAD document, draw a desired pattern using a tool from the Draw panel.

Select Hatch on the Ribbon (or type Hatch at the command prompt) then T for Settings. This will bring up the Hatch and Gradient dialog box as shown below. Next select the ellipses as shown next to the pattern name to bring up Hatch Pattern Palette with a Custom tab shown. After selecting the ellipses you will see the Hatch Pattern Palette as. There are 2 commands: 1) DRAWHATCH creates a 1X1 square in which you draw your custom hatch pattern. After you have drawn your hatch pattern: 2) SAVEHATCH lets you name your hatch Pattern and save it as a.pat file. Saving the.pat file (hatch pattern) allows you to copy the contents and save it in your support file or even add. How to make custom hatch pattern in AutoCAD View Larger Image Generally, to fill an area with a pattern hatches are used and there are plenty of ready-made hatch patterns available in AutoCAD but if you want to use your own custom hatch pattern then you can make it using a type of simple code and also using an express tool called Superhatch.

Part 5 of 13 in our How To Use AutoCAD series

One of the great things about AutoCAD is that it can be used to design drawings meant for different types of industries. And because AutoCAD designs can be intended for any structure under the sun, the material being used or involved in the design’s construction can vary greatly.

This poses an interesting situation when AutoCAD users need to fill in the hatches of their drawings. These hatches represent the real material to be used. So getting the hatch patterns just as accurate as the drawings themselves is important.

Now, although AutoCAD offers plenty of hatch patterns on its own, sometimes we may want to personalize our drawings and implement our own hatch patterns. You can do this by following these simple steps:

1.In your AutoCAD document, draw a desired pattern using a tool from the Draw panel.

2. In the Block panel, click on the “Create” command, located in the top right corner.

3. Name your pattern and click “OK”. On the pop-up, choose “Select objects”.

4. Click on your drawing until it gets light blue, and hit Enter.

5. Now select “Pick point” and place the cursor on the bottom left corner of your pattern drawing.

6. Hit “OK”.

7. Go to the “Express Tools” tab > Draw panel > Super Hatch.

8. Choose “Block” as your desired pattern type, select your block by name and hit “OK”.

How To Create Custom Hatch Patterns In Autocad

9. Fit your pattern by following instructions. When you’re satisfied hit Enter.

10. Click on the desired area that you want to hatch and once selected, hit Enter.

How To Add Custom Hatch Patterns In Autocad

All done! For advanced users who are interested in more hatch pattern customization options, check out this tutorial from Ellen Finkelstein.