Hatch Boundary Delineation Disapeared

[RothnieB]

Hi there, having a problem with a Hatch Heavy drawing, on AutoCad 2007.

Was all going fine, but now when I attempt to hatch something new or edit an existing hatch within the document,
the usual dashed line surrounding the selected area does not appear.

Hatching works as normal if I make a new document.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated :)

[SLW210]

Try _HIGHLIGHT = 1 or

_PREVIEWFILTER



Type: Bitcode Saved in: Registry Initial value: 7
Excludes specified object types from selection previewing. The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
0
Excludes nothing
1
Excludes objects on locked layers
2
Excludes objects in xrefs
4
Excludes tables
8
Excludes multiline text objects
16
Excludes hatch objects
32
Excludes objects in groups

[RothnieB]

Thanks for the reply SLW, :)

I have tried all the options for both of those commands,
unfortunately neither solving my problem.

I can turn on and off whether I can see the dashed line when selecting the hatch with these,
but the problem I have only occurs when I get to the stage of picking points for a new hatch
or removing a hatch through the hatch edit dialog box.

[SLW210]

Try setting a new Hatch origin closer to the hatch.

[RothnieB]

Hmm no luck with that, tried setting the origin closer within the hatch and at other positions,

Also if I try to remove the hatch through the hatch edit dialog box by clicking where the boundary would be I get the message
"Object selected is not a derived island." which is a bit weird.

[RothnieB]

Ah fixed it by just copying everything into a new document.

Thanks for the help SLW :D

[SLW210]

I would have used _WBLOCK I like it better than Copy/Paste. Yea, I have fixed a few drawings that have acted strange that way. :thumbsup: