insight design Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugha Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Did you check the FILLMODE system variable? Maybe it was reset to a value of "0" when it should be "1". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugha Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insight design Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugha Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insight design Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks again. I managed to download the pattern hatch again it had somehow been deleted from my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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