- Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. Find When the ribbon is active, the Hatch Creation contextual tab is displayed. When the ribbon is off, the Hatch and Gradient dialog box is displayed. If you prefer using the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, set the HPDLGMODE system variable to 1.
- This video will guide you how to add hatch patterns custom to AutoCAD 2015 and How to delete this hatch patterns custom?
- Oct 13, 2011 Just stick them in a folder, then open Autocad and go into your Options dialog 'Files' tab and click on the 'Support File Search Path'. Next, click the 'Add' button to create a new search path and then click the 'Browse' button to select the folder containing your Hatch patterns.
47 different hatch patterns that you can add to your acad.pat. These are all in separate.pat file but just do a simple copy clip into your acad.pat file and they can all be saved into that one file. All of these hatch patterns are different from the patterns mentioned in Patterns.zip.
Issue:
This article describes how to install custom hatch patterns in AutoCAD using PAT files.Solution:
Windows OS
Copy the custom .pat files into the default Support folder (listed below) that AutoCAD uses to find hatch patterns. Added .pat files will cause hatches to be listed under the User Defined or Custom hatch menu within AutoCAD.
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10. C:Users<USER>AppDataRoamingAutodeskAutoCAD 20xxRxx.x<LANGUAGE>Support
- Windows XP. C:Documents and Settings<USER>Application DataAutodeskAutoCAD 20xxRxx.x<LANGUAGE>Support
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- For AutoCAD 2009 and earlier, the default location is: C:Program FilesAutodeskAutoCAD 20xxSupport
- The AppData and Application Data folders in the above paths are hidden folders (see How to turn on hidden files and folders on Windows).
- The default path is specified in the Support File Search Path listed under the Files tab in Options. It is usually the first one shown, pointing to the current user folder.
- If there is no longer a .pat file of an existing hatch used in a drawing, use the express tool SUPERHATCH to try and bring in the custom hatch pattern.
Mac OS
- On any drawing, type HATCH and press Enter.
- Click the pull-down in the Hatch visor for Patterns and click Open Library.
- Click the drop-down arrow and select Add Patterns.
- Browse to the location of the custom .pat files, select them, and click Open.
- Custom hatch patterns files will automatically be copied to the following locations:
- AutoCAD for Mac 2016 and later. ~Home/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/AutoCAD 201x/Rxx.x/roaming/@<LANGUAGE>@/Support/Hatch Patterns
- AutoCAD for Mac 2011 to 2015. ~Home/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/roaming/AutoCAD 201x/Rxx.x/<LANGUAGE>/Support
Note: Manually copying the .pat files into the specified location will also work.