does include a 'VL' function - should work on Acad2000 on up. CADALYST 10/: HatchMaker.lsp Hatch Maker (c) 2005 Larry Schiele * = B E G I N C O D E N O W = * HatchMaker.lsp written by Lanny Schiele at TMI Systems Design Corporation * * Tested on AutoCAD 2002 & 2006. pat file created by the SAVEHATCH command Picture below: Applying the newly created hatch Picture below: DRAWHATCH & SAVEHATCH in action pat file (hatch pattern) allows you to copy the contents and save it in your support file or even add it to your acad.pat file where all of your default patterns are stored. This will turn the polyline segments into line segments.ġ) DRAWHATCH creates a 1X1 square in which you draw your custom hatch patternĢ) SAVEHATCH lets you name your hatch Pattern and save it as a. Or use the “SEGS” LISP routine to convert the curved objects to polylines and then explode the polyline. The only drawback that I have come across is that it will only accept line and point entities… This can be over come by drawing your curved objects and then using other LISP routines to convert arcs and circles to line entities. If you have ever wondered how to make a custom hatch pattern and then looked at the coding that is required, you will really appreciate this routine. I hope this helps and have a great weekend.This Routine has been featured on Cadalyst’s website and is very handy. select a scale suitable for your purposes.click on the pattern to pop up the local editor.load the pattern to Revit as a DRAFTING pattern.install the free HatchKit Add-In for Revit (From our website here or from the Revit Exchange).To create a MODEL version for this pattern of whatever scale you like: HatchKit's AutoArrange function reduced that to 45 line definitions with identical appearance to the original and file size of 4.5Kb rather than 116Kb.īoth the original and the revised pattern versions readily load to Revit 2016 as INCH DRAFTING patterns however the scale should be increased by about 50X to load as an INCH MODEL pattern - the pattern is far too small to load 1:1 and suffers from Revit's imposition of a minimum stroke length if loaded with a scaling between 5X and about 20X. There are quite a few patterns out there which contain redundancies as discussed here: and this is just another example. The pattern that you sent me contained 1385 line definitions.

Marble hatch pattern