Hatching

[helendarroch]

Am using CAD 2000 and trying to hatch but the message"Spacing too dense or dash size too small", have tried changing scale and hatch type but still same message.
Help would be much appreciated, Helen

[CADTutor]

Well, this is definately a scale issue. This is the error message AutoCAD gives when the scale is too small. I suggest testing by incrementally increasing the scale by a factor of 10 to see the effect. eg try scale 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0 etc.

[helendarroch]

Thanks for your quick response. I am doing a CAD tutorial on the web (the Australian one, it's fab!)and have also e.mailed the tutor there as I have followed instructions to the letter. I will try changing the scale again and see what happens.

[gcp310]

Sometimes i have to set the scale even higher than 100.
you just have to play with the scale untill you get the result your chasing.

line types do the same. they look dashed in modle space, then a solid line in the viewport in paperspace.

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[gcp310]

Sometimes i have to set the scale even higher than 100.
you just have to play with the scale untill you get the result your chasing.

line types do the same. they look dashed in modle space, then a solid line in the viewport in paperspace.

G

[MatthewSchwartz]

Even in 2006 Autocad can't handle hatching well. I am trying to edit the properties of a large hatch error and I get the "Hatch spacing too dense, or dash size too small". This is when I am trying to change the hatch to a larger scale. I can't even define the area with a polyline and try to rehatch. This doesn't make any sense cause the area was originally hatched this way.
If there is any other tips for working around it I would appreciate it otherwise I am going to have to go and pull out each individual line and rehatch, which is extremely tedious and time consuming.

So here we go, just found this and this is the most useful information I have ever received regarding hatching. I found this at this link: http://www.spaug.org/Tip_Month98.Html

How do I fix the error message in R14: "Hatch spacing too dense or dash size too small"?
First of all, this particular error is set by the environment variable MAXHATCH which is defaulted to 10,000. This means that you attempted to hatch an area that would have created more than 10,000 segments. This variable is stored in the Windows system registry. Editing the registry can be dangerous if not done properly. Instead of editing the registry, the easiest way is to use a small lisp funtion on the command line or in a menu section:
ex. (setenv "MAXHATCH" "20000")

So this can help your hatching problems as far back as release 14!!! Awesome tip!!! And to solve my hatching problem for a road I had to use the max of 10 million to get my polyline around the hatch area.

[Methuselah]

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