Stretching Hatch

[tiffany.amorgan]

I've got a couple of blocks that are hatched and require stretching. It takes me a while to get it to work and I honestly can't figure out the ryhme or reason. Does anyone know about any particulars that have to be done for hatch to work properly when being stretched in a Dynamic Block? I'm running AutoCAD LT 2006, it seems like I have problem with hatch behaving sometimes just using it in dwgs. So any info would be helpful and if nothing is known in general I'll post my blocks for examination =).

[Chris.N]

I've got a couple of blocks that are hatched and require stretching. It takes me a while to get it to work and I honestly can't figure out the ryhme or reason. Does anyone know about any particulars that have to be done for hatch to work properly when being stretched in a Dynamic Block? I'm running AutoCAD LT 2006, it seems like I have problem with hatch behaving sometimes just using it in dwgs. So any info would be helpful and if nothing is known in general I'll post my blocks for examination =).

one thing is not to include the hatch in the actions unless it's a rotation parameter if required...

[CADDmanVA]

Be sure the boundary the hatch is associated to is closed. That can cause some oops problems.

Another thing I've noticed is using certain actions after others. Basically, I use the rule of stretching before arraying or anything else. Works pretty well for me.

[tiffany.amorgan]

Has anyone run into the problem of the hatch deciding to unassociate itself from it's boundary randomly as you work on other parts of the DB? I have this one block that is so aggrevating b/c I have to reassociate the boundary and make sure everything is perfect on one view (that includes hatch) everytime I edit anything in anyother part of the block.

[Mr Cory]

Yeap, all the time, some times after i ahve inserted it off the TP it decides 'nup im not going to work for you today' and loses the association

[CADDmanVA]

I've had limited success with this as well. You could always tried closed polylines, sometimes that works for me.

[Mr Cory]

I always use closed plines, and if i dont wanna see them i just hide them in every vis state. still i get the odd one that plays up

[CADDmanVA]

You could also place the polylines on defpoints to ensure they don't show up. I think you can chalk this up to a bug they haven't worked out yet

[CADDmanVA]

Hey, wait! Have you tried using a region instead of a polyline yet? May be worth a shot!

[Chris.N]

You could also place the polylines on defpoints to ensure they don't show up. I think you can chalk this up to a bug they haven't worked out yet

I actually don't recommend defpoints, but rather the use of a special non-plotted layer, if using such boundaries.