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mcalkins
2007-07-27, 02:02 AM
I recently started at a new office that has recently switched to ACA 2008. I need to hatch a region to represent plywood. I can't remember what the hatch was called at my other office by I need a hatch that is just two parallel lines and a set of diagonal lines every so often. I've always know this as the standard plywood hatch but there is no such thing available to me know. Everyone here is just drawing lines. Can someone help me locate a .pat for this? Thanks.
-Michael

dzatto
2007-07-27, 05:36 PM
I recently started at a new office that has recently switched to ACA 2008. I need to hatch a region to represent plywood. I can't remember what the hatch was called at my other office by I need a hatch that is just two parallel lines and a set of diagonal lines every so often. I've always know this as the standard plywood hatch but there is no such thing available to me know. Everyone here is just drawing lines. Can someone help me locate a .pat for this? Thanks.
-MichaelIf you go to your tool pallete, under interior (I have all my palletes open, so I can't remember which one it is under, but I think it is design), there is a tool for plywood. Just drag it into your drawing, and the hatch and outline are there. All you do is stretch it to whatever length you need.

mcalkins
2007-07-27, 06:38 PM
Thanks dzatto, but what I'm trying to find is a different hatch from what ACA uses for plywood. It looks similar to that but instead of zig-zag lines evenly spaced, it has a group of three diagonal lines spaced every so often. I thought I could hack the plywood.pat file but I can't get ACA to read it. I'm new to this forum so let me know if there is a better place for me to post this. Thanks again.
-Michael

hugh.69031
2007-07-28, 04:02 PM
Some of the links in here may help:

http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?threadID=566365

Hugh Adamson
Cadro Pty Ltd
www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit (http://www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit)