Hi friends ! I have downloaded a hatch pattern ...But ......

But I couldn't use it coz I didn't know where to put it in AutoCAD folders ....

Please help me in this issue ....

It is best to put it within any of your AutoCAD support search paths. If not sure what these are, just put it into the same folder as where your acad.exe file is stored.

Put it in the same folder that AutoCAD stores the hatch patterns that come with the program. Don't know where acad.pat is located? Type the following , just as it appears, at the command line then press Enter.

(findfile"acad.pat")

Note the path that AutoCAD returns. Now you have your answer.

Or even "nicer":

(startapp "explorer" (vl-filename-directory (findfile "acad.pgp")))

Copy that into acad's command line and press enter. You might need to precede it with

(vl-load-com)

to ensure that the Visual Lisp extensions are loaded though.

It will open an explorer window on the folder where the default acad.pgp file is saved. After which just copy your custom PAT file into that folder - no need to even note where it is. Please don't edit the acad.pat file to include the stuff in the custom one you've downloaded, this could cause errors and you'd loose custom hatches when updating acad. This way the custom hatches will be available under the Custom tab of the hatch pattern palette (not in the "Other Predefined" tab).

I will try to do that .... any way ....Thanks a lot friends ....!!!!!