Renaming Hatch - Issues?

[tennis4you]

I am struggling to find any hatches I like online and the default ones for AutoCAD are not enough. I need good ones for stone, brick, roofing, detailing, etc.

 

Anyways... I imported a few hatch patterns from MicroStation and they worked in AutoCAD but they were given some interesting names but they worked OK. I renamed them so they made more sense and they stopped working. Any reason why renaming them would not allow me to use those patterns anymore?

 

Thanks!

[BIGAL]

Not sure about the import problem but there is a product you buy it that will write the hatch .pat code for you search for hatch generator ?

[hugha]

The filename must match the pattern name so you must change both the file's name and the pattern name within the file at the same time e.g: File ZOT.PAT should contain the pattern named "ZOT".

 

If that doesn't get you going, try posting the files for inspection.

 

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au

[SLW210]

The filename must match the pattern name so you must change both the file's name and the pattern name within the file at the same time e.g: File ZOT.PAT should contain the pattern named "ZOT".

 

If that doesn't get you going, try posting the files for inspection.

 

Hugh Adamson

www.hatchkit.com.au

 

 

Check out hugha's site if you want to get a top notch hatch editor/generator and check out the hints & tips, links.

[ReMark]

There are any number of places to obtain hatch patterns on the web. Some are free for the download and others come with some cost. A simple search should turn up more than enough choices to satisfy just about everyone.

[Ahankhah]

The filename must match the pattern name so you must change both the file's name and the pattern name within the file at the same time e.g: File ZOT.PAT should contain the pattern named "ZOT".

You can also add the file content to the end of acad.pat (for imperial units) or acadiso.pat (metric units) files locating in the support folder.