placing text on top of existing hatch

[scansea]

If I have to place text on top of a hatched area and I don't want to erase the original hatch, how can I get the hatch to put a boundary around the text?

[Mike.Perry]

Hi "scansea" ( Sorry, I do not know your real name )

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[Mike.Perry]

If I have to place text on top of a hatched area and I don't want to erase the original hatch, how can I get the hatch to put a boundary around the text?Hi

You could look at...

Express Tools TextMask

or

Core AutoCAD's Text Background Mask

or

...

Have a good one, Mike

[jaberwok]

or, if your hatch is associative, you could place the text, double-click the hatch, click "Add: select objects" and pick your text.

[andy.manninen]

If I have to place text on top of a hatched area and I don't want to erase the original hatch, how can I get the hatch to put a boundary around the text?
Look into the WIPEOUT command. Have a WIPEOUT rectangle over the hatch with the text over the WIPEOUT.
:Cheers: