Hatch Inner Boundary of Closed Polyline

Hello All,

I am trying to find a command that will help me hatch the inner edge of a complex closed poly line, rather than hatch the entire area inside the poly line.

When I have simple shapes such as a rectangle I create a smaller rectangle inside the first that is 1' (or whatever I want my hatched area to be) smaller on all sides than the first rectangle. I hatch by selecting the two rectangles; I change the "Associative" hatch property to "No" and then delete the inner rectangle.

My problem now is that I have a complex closed poly line that I would like to hatch the inner perimeter with a set thickness, say 1 foot. Is there an easy way to hatch a inner boundary of a closed poly line or to recreate a scaled down copy of the poly line that is a set distance smaller all around. I hope I have conveyed the question clearly enough.

I have attached an AutoCAD drawing to show an example of what I was referring to.

Thank you.

Josh

Hatch Boundary.dwg

I believe that the solution is to use the OFFSET command to create that inner shape at a constant distance.

Thanks Mircea,

I am glad it is such a simple solution. Thank you for helping learn a new command.

You're welcome!