1. Add the custom section immediately
below the Hatch command in the Draw pop menu: [--]
[/HHatch...]^C^C_bhatch
[/MMyHatch...]^C^C$I=icon_myhatch $I=*
[--]
2. In the ***icon section of the same
.mnu file, add the image tile menu:
***icon
**icon_myhatch
[MyHatch]
[cmj(myzag,MyZag)]^c^c_hatch myzag
If you have more than one slide image and want them to appear, list them
at the end of this section.
3. Create a pattern (like the one shown
below) and save it in a file named myzag.pat. Save the file in
the \SUPPORT subdirectory.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
4. Create a 3 x 2 unit polygon and
boundary hatch it using the custom pattern by entering the name of your
pattern in the field next to the Pattern button in the dialog box.
5. Do a Zoom Extents and make a slide of
this hatched polygon using the MSLIDE command. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for
each pattern and slide.
6. Make a slide library with all of the
slides in it using the following commands: (This example shows a slide
and slide library in the \SUPPORT subdirectory.)
dir *.sld/b > cmj.txt
slidelib cmj < cmj.txt
7. Use the MENU command to load and
compile the new .mnu file. Select the MyHatch option from the Draw
pull-down menu. This should bring up an image tile menu with slides in
it. Selection can be made with either the image or the name in the list
to the left of the images.
This option uses the HATCH command and the selected pattern.
Option 2: Add patterns to existing acad.patand
work without icons
1. Add your custom hatch pattern
definitions (like the one below) to the end of the existing acad.pat
file.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
2. Save the acad.pat file after
adding your custom hatch pattern definitions.
You will get a text reference (with a blank box) in the image tile menu
so you do not have to remember the hatch pattern names - only what they
look like.
This option works with the BHATCH command.
AutoCAD Release 13
This section explains two options for
adding and selecting custom hatch patterns in AutoCAD R13.
Note: The menu syntax used in R13 is
slightly different than it is in R12.
Option 1: Custom hatch image tile menu
and the HATCH command
To create a custom hatch pattern in R13,
refer to the Customization Guide, chapter 2: "Linetypes and
Hatch Patterns" in the section Creating Hatch Patterns. Make the
following changes in the menu file (mnu):
1. Add the custom section below the
Hatch title in the Draw pop menu in acadfull.mnu. Notice the
-> and <- marks; these indicate a nested menu. The new listing
must follow the last line of the nested menu in order to appear after
the Hatch option. By inserting one line earlier in the code, MyHatch
would appear in the sub-menu of the Hatch selection between Bhatch
and Psfill.
[->&Hatch]
ID_Bhatch [&Hatch...]^C^C_bhatch
ID_Psfill [<-PostScript
&Fill]^C^C_psfill
[&MyHatch...]^C^C$I=image_myhatch
$I=*
[--]
2. In the *** image section of the same
.mnu file, add the image tile menu. This section is now labeled
"image" instead of "icon" (as it was in R12).
***image
**image_myhatch
[MyHatch]
[cmj(myzag,MyZag)]^C^C_hatch myzag
3. Create a pattern (like the one show
below) and save it in a file named myzag.pat. in the \SUPPORT
subdirectory. The pattern syntax is identical to R12 and .pat files
used in R12 also work in R13.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
4. Create a 3 x 2 unit polygon and
boundary hatch it with the custom pattern by entering the name of the
custom pattern in the field next to the Pattern button (while you are
in the Boundary Hatch dialog box).
5. Do a Zoom Extents and make a slide
of this hatched polygon using the MSLIDE command. Repeat steps 4 and 5
for each custom pattern and slide.
6. Make a slide library using the
following commands: (This example shows the slide and slide library
are placed in the \SUPPORT subdirectory.) Note that slides and slide
libraries created in R12 are still usable in R13.
dir *.sld/b > cmj.txt
slidelib cmj < cmj.txt
7. Load the new menu file (.mnu) using
either the MENU or the MENULOAD commands. Select the MyHatch option
from the Draw pull-down menu to display an image tile menu with the
slide(s) in it. Selection can be made with either the image tile or
the pattern name in the list to the left.
This option uses the HATCH command and
the selected pattern.
Option 2: Add patterns to existing acad.pat
and work without icons
1. Add the custom pattern definitions
to the end of the existing acad.pat file.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
2. Save the acad.pat file after
adding your custom hatch pattern definitions.
You will get a text reference within a
blank image in the Pattern list in the Boundary Hatch dialog box. As a
result, you do not have to remember the hatch pattern names - only what
they look like.
This option works with the BHATCH
command.
AutoCAD Release 14
This section explains two options for
adding and selecting custom hatch patterns in AutoCAD R14.
Note: The only change from R13 is the
location of the HATCH command in the Draw pop menu definition. Slides
and slide libraries created in R12 or R13 can still be used in R14. The
same custom .pat files you used in R12 and R13 will also work in R14.
Option 1: Custom hatch image tile
menu and the HATCH command
To create a custom hatch pattern in R14,
refer to the online Customization Guide, chapter 2:
"Linetypes and Hatch Patterns" in the section titled Creating
Hatch Patterns. Make the following changes in the menu (mnu) file:
1. Add the custom section immediately
below the Hatch title in the Draw pop menu. The same code used in R13
is functional here; only the surrounding code looks different.
[--]
ID_Bhatch [&Hatch...]^C^C_bhatch
[&MyHatch...]^C^C$I=image_myhatch
$I=*
ID_Boundary
[&Boundary...]^C^C_boundary
ID_Region [Regio&n]^C^C_region
[--]
2. In the *** image section of the same
.mnu file, add the image tile menu. Once again, there is no change
from the R13 code used here.
***image
**image_myhatch
[MyHatch]
[cmj(myzag,MyZag)]^C^C_hatch myzag
3. Create a pattern and save it in a
file called myzag.pat in the \SUPPORT subdirectory.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
4. Create a 3 x 2 unit polygon and
boundary hatch it using the custom pattern. (Enter the name of your
pattern in the field next to the Pattern button when you are in the
Boundary Hatch dialog box.)
5. Do a Zoom Extents and make a slide
of this hatched polygon using the MSLIDE command. Repeat steps 4 and 5
for each custom pattern and slide.
6. Make a slide library with all the
slides in it using the following commands: (This example shows a slide
and slide library in the \SUPPORT subdirectory.)
dir *.sld/b > cmj.txt
slidelib cmj < cmj.txt
7. Load the new .mnu using either the
MENU or MENULOAD commands. Select the MyHatch option from the Draw
pull-down menu to display an image tile menu that contains the
slide(s). You can select the slides by either using the image tile or
the pattern name in the list at the left.
This option uses the HATCH command and
the selected hatch pattern.
Option 2: Add patterns to existing acad.patand
work without icons
1. Add the custom pattern definitions
to the end of the existing acad.pat file.
*MYZAG, Staircase effect
0, 0,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
90, .15,0, .15,.15, .15,-.15
You will get a text reference within a
blank image in the Pattern list in the Boundary Hatch dialog box. You do
not have to remember the hatch pattern names - only what they look like.
This option works with the BHATCH
command.
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