sammyteacake Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hello all I have a very basic question, which I thought I knew the answer to, but after a recent conversation with a colleague I'm not sure any more... My question is: do all types of hatching increase the drawing file size or does solid hatching behave differently and only add a few kbs rather than a few hundred? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I will say that there should be no difference at all - both hatches are stored as a list of features (area where is applied, color, layer and other) where the only difference is the name of the pattern. Regards, Mircea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 In a recent test I failed to notice any large differences between a normal hatch pattern (ex. - ANSI32) and a solid hatch. I used a 2x2 square that I hatched in one drawing and a square of the same size that I applied a solid hatch to in another drawing. There was a small, 4KB, size difference between the two. Try doing the same thing yourself. To take the test further you might try half a dozen different hatch patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I did 3 hatch patterns one being Solid 10x10 array all 3 are ~80kb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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