Missing Solid Hatch in AutoCAD 2011

[insight design]

I am not sure when but at some point my solid hatch went missing from my CAD is there anyway to get it back? Where would I download this hatch pattern from?

 

Thanks!

[hugha]

Solid is a standard pattern. Search for ACAD.PAT on your system and open it in a text editor (Notepad will do). You should be able to see Solid defined right at the start of the file - something like this:

 

 

;; Note: Dummy pattern description used for 'Solid fill'.

*SOLID, Solid fill

45, 0,0, 0,.125

 

Despite appearances, that *IS* the definition provided for SOLID.

 

 

If you can't find ACAD.PAT or see SOLID within it you should restore the file.

[ReMark]

Did you check the FILLMODE system variable? Maybe it was reset to a value of "0" when it should be "1".

[hugha]

Did you check the FILLMODE system variable? Maybe it was reset to a value of "0" when it should be "1".

 

London to a brick that is the problem. Good catch.

[insight design]

Thanks but my FILLMODE was set to 1. And hugha I don't quite understand your solution. I could not find what you are describing. and if i did how would i restore the file?

 

thanks Guys!

[ReMark]

If you want to know where your AutoCAD hatch pattern file is located on your hard drive type the following EXACTLY as it is shown below:

 

(findfile"acad.pat")

 

Then press the Enter key. AutoCAD should return the path.

 

Did you do a REGEN after checking FILLMODE?

 

I doubt very much that your acad.pat file is missing the hatch file description unless you edited the file for some reason and deleted it.

[hugha]

Thanks ReMark, I had hair in my eyes.

 

The circumstances fit FILLMODE=0 far better as DWGS carry along the patterns they use having picked up a copy of their definition from the relevant .PAT file when first referenced.

A missing .PAT file (or pattern within ACAD.PAT) only becomes relevant when attempting to load a new pattern where the pattern won't even be offered in the pattern pick-list.

 

OP,

1. Windows Explorer has a search function.

2. you can restore a missing AutoCAD standard file (such as ACAD.PAT) by performing a repair install.

[insight design]

Thanks again. I managed to download the pattern hatch again it had somehow been deleted from my system.