DTS419 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have created a hatch, but when I go to it's properties, it does not display its area. What am I doing wrong? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Do the boundaries contain Z coordinates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTS419 Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Do the boundaries contain Z coordinates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1DWG Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I think you need to check the properties of the boundary you (hopefully) hatched to, not the hatch iteslf. Did you hatch an object or pick points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTS419 Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Pick points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1DWG Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I always prefer to draw a boundary or polyline and hatch that, its invaluable when the client changes the design and things move. With a polyline and hatched objects the hatch can be stretched / updated to the new polyline profile - Its also useful for checking areas! - sorry. Try turning off the hatch layer and drawing a polyline or using the boundary command to create the boundary, then list the properties of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commit Accel Dream Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Double click your hatch to bring up the hatch properties window. Select recreate booundary. (Select polyline) Then you can find your area of the boundary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Do the items your drawing have any depth, i.e are they 3D? If true I believe there can be some issues with hatching. Although, quite possibly not. I find the drawing a boundary approach to be unnecessary in most cases, though. I pick a point and then recreate the boundary using hatch edit and then amend the associated boundary it created for me. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 duplicate post - please ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 If hatch boundary polyline has any overlapping portions on the interior, no matter how small, you can create a hatch but area wil not display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 If hatch boundary polyline has any overlapping portions on the interior, no matter how small, you can create a hatch but area wil not display. good tip. With this in mind I would suggest the OP just use hatch edit to recreate the boundary and take the area from that polyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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