ACAD2012 hatch grip default

[matthew.221135]

Is it posible to set the default of a hatch grip to add vertex instead of stretch.
I generally hatch areas by starting a small area and expanding the hatch to suit, this is time consuming when i have to wait for edit list each time i select an intermediate grip

[Tom Beauford]

I'm confused, why not hatch the area you want the first time? If you expand the Dialog Box by picking the Rt Button at the lower right then you can creat a new Boundary Set to use with Pick points. You could also use Layer Isolate before using hatch.

[matthew.221135]

A lot of the hatches I create use a XREF as a boundary, I have always had issues with this freezing / crashing my computer (although I have recently upgraded to a Whizz bang flash new machine, maybe I will try it)
plus this way I know I will only hatch the areas I want and not hatch areas I don't want, not miss or include and Islands I don't / do want and it will only be 1 hatch entity.

[Tom Beauford]

this way I know I will only hatch the areas I want and not hatch areas I don't want, not miss or include and Islands I don't / do want
Easily taken care of by creating a boundary set.

and it will only be 1 hatch entity.
Using the Hatch editor and adding pick points still results in 1 hatch entity. I've never found a need to grip edit a hatch and prefer associated ones anyway.

[matthew.221135]

Thanks for the input Tom, but you haven't answered the question.
When you say a boundary set, do you mean drawing a polyline around the area requiring hatching or selecting objects to use as a boundary? if the later, I may have numerous criss-crossing lines, polylines, arcs, etc. and selecting one will create the correct boundary in one part of the drawing, but create am unwanted island in another, I have just found it more accurate to expand the hatch than select boundaries and then check for deleted islands.
I am creating the hatch where I want it, not where ACAD thinks I want it.

[Tom Beauford]

Thanks for the input Tom, but you haven't answered the question.
When you say a boundary set, do you mean drawing a polyline around the area requiring hatching or selecting objects to use as a boundary? if the later, I may have numerous criss-crossing lines, polylines, arcs, etc. and selecting one will create the correct boundary in one part of the drawing, but create am unwanted island in another, I have just found it more accurate to expand the hatch than select boundaries and then check for deleted islands.
I am creating the hatch where I want it, not where ACAD thinks I want it.
Sounds like you are familar with selecting geometry for a Boundary Set, have you tried double-clicking the hatch and using the editor? You can add as many pick points as you like. I just don't understand why you want to grip edit when the Hatch Editor is so much easier and produces the same result?

[matthew.221135]

I don't use it every time, but I do a lot, its just what i find easiest in some circumstances

[tim.hodges384339]

Despite the fantastic discourse here has anyone got an answer to the original question:

Is it posible to set the default of a hatch grip to add vertex instead of stretch?

[Richard McDonald]

Despite the fantastic discourse here has anyone got an answer to the original question:

Is it posible to set the default of a hatch grip to add vertex instead of stretch?

When you select the hatch pattern you get a grip either end of a line and a smaller rectangular one in the middle. The grip in the middle will add a vertex.

[ccowgill]

Despite the fantastic discourse here has anyone got an answer to the original question:

Is it posible to set the default of a hatch grip to add vertex instead of stretch?
Not that I have seen, or am aware.