Create Custom Hatch with Pattern Hatch

The new “Pattern Hatch” command (found in the “XtraTools”) allows us to create a custom HATCH, based on “blocks”, “images”, “External References” or “masks”.

From Hatch command to Pattern Hatch

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Besides working with the traditional HATCH command,

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Ares Commander 2016 features a new command called “Pattern Hatch” (found here in the “XtraTools”).

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This command allows us to create a custom
HATCH,

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based on “blocks”, “images”, “External References”
or “masks”.

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Let’s try first with an “image”.

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Click on this button and select the image.

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This is an image representing elements which size in real life is 100×100 cm.

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Click OPEN.

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To insert a Hatch we need an enclosed area or a closed shape.

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We use “Points Specify” to select a closed area by clicking anywhere inside,

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Ares Commander then finds the enclosed area around the specified point.

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Let’s preview what we have so far.

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If we look closer we can see our image, repeated inside the closed area.

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We also notice that there is a distance between each image.

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Press ESCAPE to return to the dialog box.

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We can control the distance between images here.

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If you want the images to appear right next
to each other,

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simply write “zero” in the X and Y directions.

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Let’s preview again.

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In this way, we get a custom Hatch, based
on our image.

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If we want this to look smaller,
we can return to the dialog with ESCAPE,

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and change the scale factor.

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If we are satisfied with the result, we click
the right button to end the command.

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Now let’s see how it works with a block.

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First, let’s create a small block with a square
of 1.5 by 1.5

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Here inside we do an offset of 0.2 and another
one of 0.1

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Now, with this design, we create the block: Enter “B” and press Enter.

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We write a name for example “Ceramic01” and a description.

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Indicate an insertion point.

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The unit will be meters.

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Select the objects that belong to the block.

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Finally, we choose to remove the entities
after the block creation.

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So we created a block.
Now we go to PATTERN HATCH,

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indicate BLOCK, and click on this button.

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Select the block.

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Specify the closed area with a click.

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We write a separation of “zero” in both directions and click “preview”.

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We have now quickly created a custom hatch from a block.

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We can click on the screen, or press ESCAPE to return to the dialog box.

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Now, among the options available, we could indicate an angle in the drawing or enter a value here.

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Note, that among the available options of
“PATTERN HATCH”

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we have the ability to enter a name and save it as a favorite, for later reuse in the drawing.

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Finally, we can control the point of origin.

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And we can even set the tolerance value in the areas enclosed by curves.

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If we want to modify an existing PATTERN HATCH, we can select it and use the same command:

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Either from the ribbon or by typing it in
the command line.

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In order to launch the Pattern Hatch dialog and modify the parameters we want.

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If you want to know more about this feature and Ares Commander 2016,

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visit the HELP offered by the software.

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